Pastor Dexter Cannon

Dexter Cannon is a native of Greenwood, South Carolina and currently resides in Richmond, VA.  Rev. Cannon comes from a line of men and women called to the preaching ministry.  Pastor Cannon accepted Christ as a teenager  and accepted his “call to ministry” shortly after college.  While working as a Teacher/Coach in the South Carolina public school system, he sensed the call to further prepare himself for full-time ministry and relocated to Virginia.
Pastor Cannon is a graduate of South Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and Health. He is also a graduate of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, where he obtained a Master of Divinity Degree. He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Preaching and Leadership at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

Prior to being called to serve as Pastor of the First Union Baptist Church of Mechanicsville, Virginia, he served as the Director of Men's Ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Virginia and Youth Minister of two Richmond area churches.   Along with being a Pastor, his ministry spreads abroad.   He has been described as "wise beyond his years" and able to connect with all ages.

Pastor Cannon serves as an officer for the National Baptist Convention USA Inc., Baptist General Convention of Virginia, Chickahominy Baptist Association, and the Baptist Ministers Conference of Richmond and Vicinity.
Pastor Cannon believes that salvation enhanced by education will lead to personal transformation and it is through God’s elevation that we can all rise above our situation.