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393 Norfolk Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
Tel 617-436-0479
Fax 617-436-0209
Sunday School - 9:30am
Sunday Worship - 11:00am
Bible Study & Prayer Service
Wednesdays @ 7:00pm
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Rev. Dr. John H. Womack, Sr.
Rev. Dr. John
H. Womack, Sr., was born and raised in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
His parents, George and Elnora Womack, worked as sharecroppers. He
graduated from Lunenburg High School in Victoria but was unable to
attend college due to lack of finances. Reverend Womack decided to
enlist in the U. S. Navy. Reverend Womack is married to First Lady
Bertha, with three children, Tonya, John Jr., and Monica.
Upon leaving
the armed forces, Reverend Womack's first job was a Sales
Representative at Record Wagon in Woburn, MA. Following his
employment with Record Wagon, Reverend Womack began work as an
ironworker for McGarrahan Steel Erection. Thereafter, Reverend
Womack used his experience as a "hot suit man " in the Navy to
assist in obtaining a firefighter position for the Salem Fire
Department.
In 1977,
while still working for the Salem Fire Department, Reverend
Womack, with a mop and bucket, started his own company and named
it "John's Janitorial Services, Inc." Reverend Womack often states
that money and education are not requisites to starting a business
or to make it in this world; rather, it is the proper state of
mind or frame of reference. Reverend Womack's frame of reference
has always been and continues to be his Christian belief and his
faith in God.
On February
18, 1989, Reverend Womack accepted his call to the Christian
Ministry by preaching his trial sermon and by receiving his
license to preach. In May, 1990, after attending night school for
ten years, he received his Master of Religious Education degree
from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
In 1993,
Reverend Womack began his pastoralship at Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Prior to serving the Lord at Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Reverend Womack served as a Family Minister at St. John's Baptist
Church in Woburn, MA.
In March
1998, the Womacks sold their main business, JJS Services, Inc., to
another minority-owned business in Maryland. Reverend Womack will
now fully concentrate on fulfilling his promise to God by "moving
from success to significance. " By fulfilling his commitment to
God, he is now dedicating his whole life to ministering to God's
people as Pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church so as to carry out
the vision which God has given him for the community.
In June 2001,
Reverend Womack received his Doctorate of Ministry from Gordon
Conwell Theological Seminary.
Reverend
Womack recognizes that God has made all of his accomplishments
possible and he encourages others to pursue their dreams, for it
is the Lord and not one's ethnic background chat allows one to
realize his or her dreams.
Education:
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Lunenburg High
School, Victoria, VA
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Boston Iron
Workers Apprenticeship Program, Journeyman Iron Worker and
Certified Welder.
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Dartmouth
College; Tuck Minority Business Executive Program
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Gordon Conwell
Theological Seminary, Master's Degree, Religious Education, 1990
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Gordon Conwell
Theological Seminary, Doctorate of Ministry, 2001
Business Experience:
1977-1998
Founder, President and CEO of JJS Services, Inc., Peabody Paper &
Industrial Supply Company, and Classical Foods, Inc., a Popeye's
franchise.
1977-1980
Firefighter, City of Salem, Massachusetts
1970-1977 Iron
Worker, McGarrahan Steel Erection
1969-1976
Maintenance Supervisor, Professional Maintenance Company
1967-1970 Sales
Representative, Record Wagon
1963-1967 U.S.
Navy
1950-1963
Sharecropper and Farmer.
Church, Civic & Business Activities:
- Deacon,
St. John's Baptist Church, Woburn, MA
- Licensed
to preach at St. John's Baptist Church, Woburn
- Ordained
through the American Baptist Association and St: John's Baptist
Church, June, 1991
- Pastor,
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Dorchester, 1993 to present
- Former
President, Greater Boston Deacon's Union
- On the
Board of Advisors at Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME)
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Chairperson)
- Member,
Board of Directors, Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Inc
- Former
Member, Board of Directors, Jobs for Youth, Inc.
- Member,
Board of Directors, North Shore Community College Foundation
Board
- Member,
Board of Directors, Warren Five Cents Savings Bank
- Former
Member, Board of Directors, New England Advisory Council,
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Member,
Board of Trustees, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Member,
Board of Directors, Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
Awards of Recognition:
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