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Who Is Marvin T. Clowney?...

The Ministry…
    Pastor Clowney has been our shepherd, our confidant, our advisor, our brother and our friend for eleven years. He has demonstrated a life based upon the principle that…”In ALL you do, in ALL you think, in ALL you are, put God first and ALL IS WELL!”
     Pastor Clowney has worked faithfully and victoriously in the capacity to which he has been called and placed. He has taught the First Baptist Church family to stand on the Word, put their faith into action and build strong lives.
He is a visionary and a motivator. He takes tasks to action and sees them to completion. He is a transformational leader who recognizes that in order to have growth there must be change and in order that you move forward you must cease to look back.
     He is a power house of a preacher. His messages are deep and penetrating and he delivers them with an energy and intensity that compares to that of Martin and Malcolm and Jesse and Al. It has been said of him that he can preach an entire sermon in three words.
He is humble and anointed. He loves the Lord and he is His servant. He walks the walk and he talks the talk realizing that His life is not his own but belongs to His father.
The Life…
     Marvin T. Clowney, Sr., is a native of Kannapolis, North Carolina. He is the loving and devoted husband of the former Tonda Lynn Stafford, the dedicated and nurturing father of Alpha Dawn Clowney Stywall, Marvin T. Clowney, Jr., and Liseta Lynnette Clowey and the proud grandfather of an energetic, adorable “six pack”: Aniah Dawn, Aunya Lari, Akiya Daneen, Kayla Dawn and twins, Jade Michelle and Jacobi Terrell.
     Pastor Clowney received his Bachelor of Theology Degree from Sugar Creek School of Religion in Charlotte, North Carolina under the leadership of the late Dr. Harold S. Diggs. He received his Bachelor of Religion and Philosophy Degree and Master of Divinity with Languages Degree from Campbell University and Campbell Divinity School.
Pastor Clowney holds administrative positions in the following organizations:
  • President of the Clinton/Sampson Ministerial Alliance
    Moderator of the Western Union Missionary Baptist Association
  • Board Member of the Unity Community Credit Union
    Hearing Officer for the Easter Regional Housing Authority
  • Dean of Ushers for the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolin