Meet Our Pastor, Reverend Joseph C. T. Flippin

Reverend Joseph Charles Taylor Flippin

Reverend Joseph Charles Taylor Flippin is the youngest son of Rev. Dr. & Mrs. William E. Flippin. Rev. Flippin is a 2003 Cum Laude graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, and a 2006 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, with a Master of Divinity. As a freshman at Morehouse College, Rev. Flippin accepted the call to preach the gospel and was later ordained into gospel ministry at his father's church, The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, becoming the third generation of clergy in his family.

During his first year at Wesley Theological Seminary, he was privileged to be appointed Assistant to the Pastor of New Union Baptist Church, Vienna, Virginia. Rev. Flippin, in his final two years at Wesley Theological Seminary, studied under the tutelage of Metropolitan Baptist Church’s (Washington, DC) Senior Servant, Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. In November 2004, Rev. Flippin had the honor to join Metropolitan’s staff as the Senior Servant’s personal research aide and adjutant.

On February 23, 2006, the Macedonia Baptist Church in Bryans Road, Maryland, called Rev. Flippin to become their next Pastor. Under his leadership, numerous lives were transformed for the better, countless souls saved, several programs and ministries were added to during his five years at Macedonia Baptist Church.

Pastor Flippin was honored by being selected by The Informer newspaper as one of America’s 40 Best Pastors Under 40. He has also been privileged to preach the gospel throughout the United States, the Caribbean, in Europe, and Africa. In 2013, Rev. Flippin was inducted in the Morehouse College Board of Distinguished Preachers.

On December 16, 2006, he married his best friend, the former Kendall D. Wilson, a 2003 Spelman College graduate and a middle school administrator.

On October 5, 2014, Rev. Flippin began serving the people of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church as interim pastor.  On May 16, 2015, he accepted the call to permanently pastor Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, being officially installed later in August.

Rev. Flippin's vision for Oak Grove's future is:  To be an ALIVE Christ-centered church focused on SERVING the community through LOVE and with a message of HOPE.

We invite you to join us in our journey!