Reverend Barrington B. Ross

Servant Pastor

The Reverend Barrington Bernard Ross is a native of Winnsboro, S.C. His ministry began in 1990 at Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) in Phoenix. Rev. Ross completed his Master of Divinity Degree from Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio in 2018.  At Payne, he served as Vice President, President, Payne Trustee Board Member and  Senior Class President. He received the prestigious Student Leadership Award. He's currently pursuing a certification in Chaplaincy from the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP).  He's pastored four churches in the Western North Carolina Conference-WNCC (St. Joseph Aberdeen, Joseph Temple Laurinburg, Piney Grove Raleigh, and Pearson Chapel Yanceyville). Shawn Myers Ross, his loving wife of 37 years. They have two children, Amena and Caleb Ross, and grand daughter Eden Leigh-Jones-Ross.