Odinga Lawrence Maddox

Background

Maddox, Odinga Lawrence was born on March 6, 1939 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Stephen Henderson and Exia Pearl (Jefferies) Maddox.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Livingstone College, 1974; Master in Divinity, Hood Theological Seminary, 1977; postgraduate, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, since 1986.

Career

Minister, Pleasant Ridge African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1971-1978; minister, St. Peter's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Cleveland, 1978-1985; minister, First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Columbus, Ohio., since 1985. Board directors Michael Jackson Simms and Associations, Inc. Educator Board of Education, Cleveland,1978-1985.

Achievements

• Odinga Lawrence Maddox has been listed as a noteworthy minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member staff, writer African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church School Literature, 1979-1983. Director evangelism Ohio Annual Conference, board evangelism, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1983-1985. Delegate African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church General Conference, St. Louis, 1984, 88.

Trustee Coalition of Concern Clergy, Inc., Columbus, 1985. Member Ohio Council Churches, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (president since 1986), Alpha Phi Alpha.

Connections

Children: Sharon Lynette, Lawrence Junior, Stephen Henderson III.

Father:

Stephen Henderson Maddox

Mother:

Exia Pearl (Jefferies) Maddox

child:

Stephen Henderson III Maddox

child:

Lawrence Junior Maddox

child:

Sharon Lynette Maddox