Rev. Dr. Larry Donnell Jennings, Sr. is an ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Born in Brooklyn, New York, the 5th of ten siblings, he was educated in Brooklyn School system. He is now the very proud Pastor of Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark, New Jersey.

          

Prior to coming to Union Chapel, Rev. Dr. Jennings previously pastured Bethel A.M.E. Church in Huntington, NY for 16 years, St. Paul A.M.E. Church of Brooklyn (East New York) for 13 years, and Bethel A.M.E. Church, Babylon, New York for 9 years.

              

Rev. Dr. Jennings is committed to community service and has served as President of the Huntington Branch NAACP, Member of the Dolan Family Health Center’s Advisory Board, Huntington Ecumenical Ministerial Alliance and Vicinity, the A.M.E. Ministerial Alliance & Vicinity, Black Jewish Clergy for Justice board member, past Town of Huntington Action Collation Task Force headed by Town Supervisor Frank Petrone and Delores Thompson and Past Anti-Gang task force put together by Congressman Steve Israel for Suffolk County.

              

Rev. Dr. Jennings was formerly employed many years by the JPMorgan Chase Inc. as an Outgoing Distribution Specialist-Coordinator, Proof and Reconcilement Specialist.  

 

His secular education includes Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, College of New Rochelle’s SNR, where he holds the Bachelor of Arts Degree. His Theological Training comes from Master’s Divinity School, and presently, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio, where he is working toward completion of the Master of Divinity Degree.

              

Rev. Dr. Jennings lives in Huntington Station, New York with his loving wife Valerie and children Larry Jr. and Wendell, currently serving in the United States Army’s Infantry Division.

              

One of Rev. Dr. Jennings’ favorite passages of scripture is from Philippians 4:13 “I Can Do All things Through Christ who strengthens me.”