Greater Centennial AME Zion Church
Mount Vernon
NY

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Greater Centennial AME Zion Church in Mount Vernon, New York is a Christian congregation serving the Mount Vernon community and encouraging others through a life-changing Christian journey.

We seek to serve God by working for justice and peace, respect and learn from all the great faith traditions and desire to be known by the love we have for one another.

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Reverend Dr. Stephen W. Pogue

Pastor

914-664-1838

914-664-2067

Reverend Dr. Stephen W. Pogue is a native of Roselle, N.J. He graduated from Cranford High School in 1983 and joined the United States Air Force in 1984. He remained enlisted until 1988. He graduated from Nyack College in 1998 with a B.S. Degree in Bible and Pastoral Ministries.

While there, he served as President of the African American Association of Cultural Exchange (AAACE) Club and the Presidents Advisory Panel on Cultural Enrichment (PAPCE) for two years. Dr. Pogue is currently vice president of the Alumni Association of Nyack College. He is also a graduate of Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY where he received the Masters of Divinity Degree in May 2005. In May 2011 Dr. Pogue received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in preaching from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2001, he was appointed Pastor of the Greater Hood Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y. where he served until September 2006. He served in the New York Conference in a variety of capacities. Rev. Pogue is also Co-Founder of the Hip Hop Church in Harlem New York. The Hip Hop Church has been featured in a variety of national and international print media including Jet Magazine. Hip Hop Church has also been seen internationally as well as on many local cable networks and nationally on CBS, ABC, NBC, MTV, BET, and CNN.

In September 2006, Rev. Dr. Pogue was appointed to serve as the Pastor of The Greater Cooper A.M.E. Zion Church in Oakland California. Rev. Dr. Pogue served the California Conference in a variety of capacities.

In November 2012 Dr. Pogue was appointed Pastor of The Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church in Mount Vernon New York.
Rev. Dr. Pogue is a very sought after preacher and workshop leader.

He is married to the lovely Iris Pogue and they have three children, Stephen, Stephany, and Deanna. A dynamic preacher and gregarious leader, The Lord continues to use Rev. Dr. Pogue to reach all people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Dr. Pogue serves the church and the community on a variety of boards and commissions. He is a very proud member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Sis. Saundra Jefferson

Office Manager

114 West Fourth Street
Mount Vernon
New York
10550

914-664-1838

914-664-2067

Sunday
Worship: 7:00am, 9:30am, 12noon
Sunday School: 9:15am

Tuesday
Bible Study: 7:00pm

Service Times last updated on the 15th of June, 2018

In 1896 a small group of people met in the home of Mrs. Anna Green, who lived on the corner of Eleventh Avenue and Eastchester Lane, for the purpose of organizing a colored Methodist church in Mount Vernon, New York, thus marking the founding of the first A.M.E. Zion Church in the city of Mount Vernon. Those present at the meeting were Brothers A. Lyle, Allen Banks, William Keeler, Charles Johnson, J. B. Underhill, Sisters W. H. Ely, R. A. Lyle, Maria Landrine, Nellie Thompson, Elizabeth Manigault and Anna Green. The first meeting place as a church was in a frame building on the corner of South Ninth Avenue and West Third Street. However documented evidence including information revealed in the publication, A Time to Remember authored by Mount Vernon historian, educator and cleric, Dr. Larry H. Spruill, indicates that the A.M.E. Zion Church was the first, independently organized African American religious group in Mt. Vernon. Dr. Spruill writes; “The fundraising drive to build an A.M.E. Zion Church was documented in The Chronicle a village newspaper, from 1869 – 1892 in descriptive announcements and articles on Black community life.” These facts allow him to conclude that, “the honor of pioneering Black religious life in the city of Mount Vernon belongs to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion congregation.

Based on Dr. Spruill’s research, the A.M.E. Zion church led by Rev. Jacob Thomas, an A.M.E. Zion minister, had a presence in Mt. Vernon as early as 1868. Greater Centennial, however, looks to its official founding date as 1896, when under the leadership of the Rev. W. H. Ely the groups of members were organized into a church and Rev. Ely became the first pastor.

The Pastors of Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church

Rev. C. H. Williams ( 1899 - 1900 )
Rev. George Frances Green ( 1900 - 1901 )
Rev. Emory Thomas ( 1901 - 1903 )
Rev. R. A. Lye ( 1903-1907 )
Rev. N. E. Ray ( 1907-1908 )
Rev. N. E. Collins ( 1908-1912 )
Rev. Johnson ( 1912-1913 )
Rev. Samuel S. Boyd ( 1913-1924 )
Rev. F. W. Riley ( 1924-1926 )
Rev. James R. White ( 1926-1933 )
Rev. J. H. Tucker ( 1933-1934 )
Rev. Blunt ( 1934-1935 )
Rev. Polk K. Fonvielle ( 1935-1946 )
Rev. Dr. Clinton L. Wilcox, Sr. ( 1946-1967 )
Rev. Dr. Clinton Hoggard ( 1967-1968 )
Rev. Dr. Belvie Holland Jackson, Jr. ( 1968-1993 )
Rev. Dr. W. Darin Moore ( 1993-2012 )
Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Pogue ( 2012-Present )