BISHOP LANDON B. MASON SR.
PASTOR AND FAMILY
Bishop Landon B. Mason Sr. has served as Senior Pastor of the Greater Saunders Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hertford North Carolina, since 1997. Bishop Mason was born in Richmond, Virginia to Janice Butler and Clarence Mason.
Bishop Mason grew up in Surry County, Virginia where he attended and graduated from the Surry County Public School System. As a youth, he was baptized and joined the First Baptist Church in Dendron, Virginia. He was very active in various ministries within the local church.
After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army where he served in various parts of the country. While serving in the military, his first assignment was in Karlsruhe, Germany for a period of two years. After his tour was completed in Germany, he relocated to Columbus, Georgia where he was called into the Gospel Ministry.
He was licensed to preach the gospel at the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Columbus Georgia in March 1991 under the pastoral leadership of Dr. Ralph Huling. After spending two years in Columbus, Georgia he relocated to Fairbanks, Alaska.
While serving in the military for total of eight years, he received various awards, citations, certificates and degrees. He has completed a diversity of courses to include Management Development, Leadership Development, and Concern for Community and Family Development.
He is a graduate of Troy State University, Troy Alabama, Norfolk State University; Norfolk, VA and Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA. Bishop Mason received his Master of Pastoral Counseling and Doctorate of Ministry degree from Andersonville Theological Seminary, Camillia Georgia on May 27, 2005. Bishop Mason has completed the requirements for a Master of Divinity Degree at Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University.
In addition to his earned degrees, Bishop Mason was bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Ministry degree from Great Commission School of Ministry, Kansas City, Missouri. Bishop Mason was elevated to the office of Bishop and consecrated in June 2005. He was appointed as the 1st Regional Bishop for the New Vision World Wide Fellowship of Churches Kansas City, Missouri that consists of 85 churches serving under the Prelate of Apostle Larry B. Aiken.
In addition to providing pastoral leadership to the Greater Saunders Grove Missionary Baptist Church, he also serves as the Former President of the Ministerial Alliance of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association consisting of seventy-three churches, former President of the Perquimans County Fellowship consisting of twelve churches and the Present President of the Perquimans County Ministers for Education.
Bishop Mason and his committed partner in ministry, Maxine, have a son, Landon B. Mason II. The Greater Saunders Grove Missionary Baptist Church is extremely proud to have him as their servant Leader.
