Phillip D. Jackson

Rev. Phillip Jackson is a native of Miami, Florida. He was appointed pastor of Mount Sinai Cornerstone AME Church (MSCAME), Indian Head, Maryland in July 2020 to present. Prior to this appointment at MSCAME; pastored Life Change AME in Columbia, Maryland for 6 years; pastored Shorter Chapel AME in South Charleston Ohio for 4 years; Rev. Jackson served on the ministerial staff of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Maryland for 9 years.

Prior to pastoring, Rev. Jackson served as Program Director for Reintegrating Alternative Personnel Program (R.A.P.P.) Inc. in Washington D.C. from 2006 – 2014. R.A.P.P. is a reentry program designed to aide returning citizen from prison to reintegrate back into the community as law-abiding citizens. Director of Residence Life at Wilberforce University 2001-2005. He was Clinical Support Supervisor at National Rehabilitation Hospital @ Washington Hospital Center Physical Medicine and Rehab Dept. for 13 years.

Rev. Jackson served in the United States Army as a Medical Assistant and Physical Therapy Assistant for 11 years (1977-1988). Rev. Jackson is certified in Cognitive Restructuring, parenting, anger management and domestic violence classes where he taught at District of Columbia Dept. of Correction and Petersburg Federal Correction Facility. Restorative Justice Facilitator through the Community Justice Initiative Association. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management from Wilberforce University, and a Masters of Divinity Degree from Payne Theological Seminary.

Presently, Reverend Jackson serves as a board member on the Maryland Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation; a board member on Crossroads Freedom Center (Residential Drug Rehab Program) in Ijamsville, MD; and a member of the Payne Theological Seminary Alumni board.

Rev. Jackson is happily married to Rev. Karen D. Jackson (26 years)