Marcus Taylor:
CLASS OF 1971
Pearl High SchoolClass of 1971
Nashville, TN
Marcus's Story
Marcus is from Nashville, Tennessee. His schools include Pearl High School. He later attended Oakwood University (Religion, Psychology), American Baptist (Theology), American Baptist (Theology), Fisk University (Sociology). He works(ed) at USAF Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, United States Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force.
Marcus's interests include Singing, Cooking, Bowling, Bowling, Tennis on Facebook. Music he likes includes Janyce Cash, Symphony, Classical. Books he likes include The Holy Bible. Movies he likes include Independence Day (1996 film), Batman Returns, Superman: The Movie. TV shows he likes include Firefly, Firefly, Person of Interest.
One of Marcus's favorite quotes is:""You don't become A man, until you get with THE MAN, Christ Jesus!"
"I ain't mad!"".
More about Marcus:"I love meeting, interacting with, developing, helping and blessing people!
Chaplain (Lt Col) Marcus L. Taylor entered the Gospel Ministry after acknowledging his calling in September of 1973, at the age of 19, while a member of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, in Nashville, TN. He began his preparation for ministry in January of the following year (1974), by enrolling at the American Baptist College, where he began his theological studies, following his studies at Fisk University where he majored in Sociology. Chaplain Taylor completed his studies at the American Baptist College with a major in Theology, and continued his studies for ministry at Oakwood University, where he majored in Religion and Psychology. He has also done post-graduate studies and training in the area of counseling, focusing on Pathological Emotions, Addictive Behavior and Group Dynamics and Therapy.
Chaplain Taylor served for three years as Associate and Youth Pastor of the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church; served as a pastor for fifteen years in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as pastor of 11 congregations; and for the past twenty five years has exercised his gifts of ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His pastoral experience includes serving congregations in Nashville, Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Columbia, and Memphis, TN; Louisville and Shelbyville, KY; Huntsville, AL; and Riverside and Los Angeles, California. He has also served as First Elder of the Emmanuel Church of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Calvary Sabbath Praise and Worship Center in Orlando, FL, and is currently involved as a part of the ministry team of the Sabbath Grace Fellowship Church in Apopka, FL.
Chaplain Taylor has been blessed by the Lord with vocal musical talent that has afforded him the opportunity to travel doing concerts and singing for various church and community events; crusades and revivals; both direct and participate in several singing groups; and enhance his own ministry with his singing abilities. He has formal instrumental and vocal musical training that spans the period of his life from 5th Grade through college, affording him the ability to play the Trumpet, French horn, E-flat horn and Baritone horn. His vocal range spans from 2nd Tenor to Baritone. His resume’ of vocal musical experience includes: Member, Pleasant Green Youth & Young Adult Choirs; Member, Pearl High School Chorus; Student Director, American Baptist College Choir; Director, Louisville Chapter of the James Cleveland Gospel Music Workshop & Choir; Founder/Director, Shelbyville, TN Community Choir; Director, Primm Evangelistic Gospel Singers; Chorister, TN Annual Conference, AME Church; Praise & Worship Leader, New Birth and Emmanuel SDA Churches, Praise Team Leader, Calvary Sabbath Praise and Worship Center; Member, Adriel Praise Band, Sabbath Grace Fellowship Church. His instrumental musical experience includes: Member, Murphy and John Early Elementary School Bands; Member, (1st Trumpet), Washington Junior High Concert & Marching Band; Member (1st Trumpet), Pearl High School Concert & Marching Bands; Member, Fisk University Jazz Ensemble; Member, US Navy ROTC Band, Vanderbilt University.
Aside from ministry, Chaplain Taylor has worked as an administrator for various Social Service Agencies and Programs, an Elementary and Secondary Education Teacher, Adjunct College Instructor, Counselor, and Chaplain. He presently holds credentials as a Certified R.E.S.T. Counselor, Group Counseling Trainer and Edu-therapist for T.R.E.T.ment (Training, Research, Education and Therapy) Faith Counseling Services. Chaplain Taylor has also been involved in prison ministry, and served as a chaplain for the Tennessee Departme...Expand for more
nt of Corrections. In his civilian life, he has served as a Site Security Supervisor for Allied Barton Security Services.
Chaplain Taylor has also served his country in the United States Navy, and later continued to serve in the Tennessee State Guard and the United States Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol. He attained the rank of Major in the Tennessee State Guard (TNSG) where he served in the following positions: Assistant Recruiting Officer, Assistant Family Assistance Officer, Administrative Assistant to the Commander, Director of Personnel Management, Deputy Command Chaplain and Military Funeral Honors Training Officer. Chaplain Taylor also holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) in the United States Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol. He has served as Emergency Services Officer, Squadron Commander, Delaware Wing Chaplain, the Middle East Region Deputy Region Chaplain for Diversity Affairs, and Asst. Dean of the Middle East Region Chaplain Staff College. Chaplain Taylor presently serves as the Deputy Region Chaplain for the Southeast Region (SER), encompassing the states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. In this capacity, he serves as the Dean of the SER Chaplain Corps Staff College. Prior to being assigned to the SER, he served as the Wing Chaplain of the Florida Wing. He held this position from June 2008 until October 2011.
From May 2010 – November 2010, Chaplain Taylor fulfilled a temporary duty assignment at the Unified Command Center, Incident Command Post, for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Mission, in Mobile, AL. He was the only CAP Chaplain representative and member of the Joint Forces Ministry Team for this mission. This mission was the single largest mission involvement for CAP since World War II. In this role, he ministered to over 1200 individuals from four military branches (US Coast Guard, Army National Guard, Air National Guard and Civil Air Patrol) and civilians from 40 various Federal, State and Local agencies working on the oil spill in various capacities. For his work and efforts in this mission, Chaplain Taylor was the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award, given by the Military Chaplains Association of the United States, and the Civil Air Patrol Distinguished Service and Exceptional Service Medals.
His Military Decorations and Awards include:
(U.S. Navy) Navy Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Overseas Service Ribbon, Navy Recruiting Ribbon, and Navy Pistol Marksman Ribbon.
(TN State Guard) HQ Outstanding Unit Citation, Distinguished Service Award [3 Oak Leaf Clusters], Meritorious Service Award [2 Oak Leaf Clusters], Commendation Ribbon [with Oak Leaf Cluster], Officers Achievement Ribbon, TNSG Enduring Freedom Medal, TNSG Recruiting Ribbon [with Gold Star], TNSG Volunteer Service Award [with Oak Leaf Cluster], TNSG Service Ribbon [with 5 yr service device], State Guard Association of U.S. Longevity Service Ribbon, State Guard Association of U.S. Membership Ribbon.
(USAF Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol) Distinguished Service Medal, Exceptional Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Commanders Commendation Medal, Distinguished Unit Award, Paul Garber Award, Grover Loening Award, Brig Gen Benjamin O. Davis Award, Leadership Medal[with Silver Star], General “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Award, CAP Command Service Ribbon, CAP Membership Ribbon, CAP Red Service Ribbon, CAP Search and Rescue Ribbon, CAP Disaster Relief Ribbon with “V” device, CAP Cadet Special Activities Ribbon, and the CAP Encampment Ribbon. He also holds qualifications as an Emergency Services Specialist (AFRCC Search Management Course)(FEMA Courses IS-001 / IS-002 / IS-100 / IS-200 / IS-700) (American Red Cross Disaster Management Certificate), CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management [Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support, Group Crisis Intervention and Pastoral Crisis Intervention Courses]) Certified, ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) Certified, Mission Chaplain qualified, Mission Scanner qualified, Mission Observer qualified (Wings), and ARCHER (Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance) Operator & Tracker qualified. He is also a Skills Evaluator Training Officer, and Training Leaders of Cadets Trainer.
Chaplain Taylor is the father of three sons and two daughters, and a proud grandfather of four grandsons. His personal motto for ministry is: “A voice crying in the wilderness preparing people to meet the Lord!”".
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