PASTOR’S 11^th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WAS ‘AN EVENING WITH PASTOR AND LADY ROUNDTREE’

     Rev. Larry L. Roundtree, II, and his family celebrated his 11^th anniversary as pastor of New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Tampa, FL, Inc. Last Friday, April 19, 2024, the anniversary was celebrated with a semi-formal banquet. The theme was “Love, Laughter and Loyalty.” Minister DeRon Graham was the Master of Ceremonies. Pastors who attended the event, from left to right are: Dr. Julius Wynn, Chairman, State Home Mission Board; Rev. Paul Buster, Moderator, Gulf Coast Association; Dr. Bartholomew Banks, President, Progressive Missionary and Education Baptist State Convention; honoree, Pastor Roundtree;  Dr. N. S. Sanders, Past State Convention President, Pastor Roundtree’s father in the ministry; Dr. Rayford Harper, Moderator, First South Florida Association; Rev. E. L. Wiseman, First Vice Moderator, First South Florida Association; Dr. Rollie Murray, Pastor, Bethel MB Church, Orlando; Rev. Timothy Chaneyfield, Pastor, St. James Freewill Baptist Church, Winter Haven; Rev. Hugh Strafford; Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Dundee; and Rev. Clem Bell, Congress Director, First South Florida Association. (Photograph by Tonya M. Lewis)