Pastor Marcus D. Davidson is a native of Tuscumbia, Alabama. He is the son of Dr. Green Davidson, III and Mrs.

Barbara Bostick-Davidson and has four siblings: Vanessa Batten, Latresha Davidson-Woods, Reverend Green

Davidson, IV, and LaBradford Davidson. Pastor Davidson is married to Mrs. Yvokia Jones-Davidson, and they

have one child, Layla Alexandria.

Possessing a commitment to education, Pastor Davidson is a graduate of Deshler High School, Tuscumbia,

Alabama; and he received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Alabama

Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama. He later entered Heritage Bible College in

Huntsville, Alabama; where he received his Master of Biblical Studies. He also graduated from Beeson Divinity

School at Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, with his Master of Divinity. In addition, he has studied at

Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas; and abroad at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology,

Kingston, Jamaica in the West Indies. Pastor Davidson received his Doctor of Ministry degree (with an emphasis

in Black Church Leadership) from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. His

doctoral project was “Developing Church Members into Ministry Leaders.”

At the age of six, Pastor Davidson accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and united with the St. James Missionary

Baptist Church in Leighton, Alabama under the leadership of his father, Dr. Green Davidson, III. When he was

sixteen years of age, Pastor Davidson acknowledged his call into the preaching ministry.

In 1999, Pastor Davidson was elected Pastor of the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Courtland,

Alabama. Currently, Pastor Davidson serves as Senior Pastor of New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort

Lauderdale, Florida. He also serves as Assistant Treasurer, Budget Committee Member, and Member of

Consortium of Young Pastors of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated. Pastor Davidson also

serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is an

active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.

This young man preaches from the depth of his heart across the nation and abroad. His love for the Lord is evident

in his preaching and teaching and he continues to be a blessing to the body of Christ. In addition to being a

preacher par excellent, Pastor Davidson released his debut CD in 2007, entitled “I’ll Say Yes.”He also recorded

“When Pastors Meet” with other gospel artists in 2009. Copies of these recordings are available on iTunes and

www.cdbaby.com.

This dynamic preacher has held the following positions, among others too numerous to list:

• Moderator, Muscle Shoals District Missionary Baptist Association, Inc.

• Second Vice Moderator, Muscle Shoals District Missionary Baptist Association, Inc.

• Chairman, Moderators’ Department of the Northwest Wing State Convention

• National Baptist Moderators’ Auxiliary Liaison between Young & Senior Ministers of the National Baptist

Convention, USA, Inc.

• Member, Twenty Distinguished Men of the Shoals

• Campaign Treasurer, Scruggs-Young 2009 Campaign

• Alabama People’s Choice 2007 Male Vocalist of the Year

Visit Pastor Davidson at www.mountolive.org or follow him on Twitter@mdd1911