1902 Rev. L.C. Parrish - Served as pastor for four years
1914 Rev. John F. Hargraves - celebrated Zion's 12th anniversary
1920 Rev. Jerome Miller - burned Zion's first mortgage; membership was 260
1931 Rev White - with help fromDeacon James Adgurson of Massachusetts Baptist Convention, Zion reopened after it was closed for more than a year
1947 Rev. Monte B. Gaines - celebrated Zion's 45th anniversary with four days of services
1950 Rev. Williston Holbert - rebuilt Zion and rededicated the new sancturay on Easter Sunday after it was destroyed in a 1949 fire
1954 Rev. Toussaint L. Davis - burned Zion's second mortgage, which resulted from rebuilding the church in 1949-50
1960 Rev. Robert Clark - started a building fund to build a parsonage and community center
1970 Rev. Enoch Oglesby - celebrated Zion's 68th anniversary with a Worship and Praise Service on June 29
1977 Rev. Lewis Jenkins - clelbrated Zion's 75th anniversary with a banquet at Anthony's Hawthorne Restaurant in Lynn
1978 Rev. Charles Gray - appointed a committee of seven, chaired by Deacon Gerald Alleyne and Sister Margaret Kimber, that raised $40,000 in pledges toward the $125,000 building expansion
1982 Rev. Earl Trent - served as interim minister for one year
1982 Rev. Dr. Everett Frye - raised/added another $40,000 to the building expansion project; created annual business reports and introduced structured business meetings
1988 Rev. Walter R. Murray, Jr. - secured a $290,000 mortgage for American Baptist Convention to build the new sanctuary, which was dedicated in 1993; celebrated Zion's 92nd anniversary in the new sanctuary in 1994; honored with a "Banquet of Appreciation: in 1994; celebrated the Church's 95th anniversary at Angelica's Restaurant in 1997; built a dynamic ministry and increased Zion's membership
2001 Rev. Dr. William C. Hill - Celebrated Zion's 99th anniversary and Centennial (100th) anniversary. On December 7, 2003 he led the service for yet another Zion mortgage burning. Also that year, Rev. Hill, Rev. Adrienne Berry-Burton and Rev. Anita Faber Robertson achieved Rev. Murray's dream of building expansion. In 2007, Zion's 105th anniversary was celebrated with revival services, June 20-22
2014 Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones accepted the position of Senior Pastor in November. Rev. Dr. Jones, servant, preacher, teacher, and writer is a lover of all things Zion and jazz.
2016 Rev. Jones formed the Presidents' Roundtable; re-established Zion's historic leadership role with Essex County Community Organization, created a Re-entry and Recovery Ministry, created "Moment of Solitude" and organized the Church Anniversary Team.
2017 Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones - expanded Zion's clergy team to six pastors; trained and ordained six new deacons; walked 5 new deacons on April 23, 2017. Deacon Ralph Tyler, Deacon Steven Beard, Deacon Janette Redding, Deacon David Murray, and Deacon Dalphine Parker. He established a "Zion Cares" program, established a New Members Ministry; created a Security Team Ministry; formed a Social Media Ministry; created "Good Morning Zion"; formed a Poets' and Writers' Ministry.
2017 Celebrated the 115th Anniversary on June 24, 2017 with a banquet and ceremony held at the Sheraton Four Points, Wakefield. Musical guest, Kirk Whalum, a personal friend of Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones performed jazz favorites.
2019 Zion Baptist Church Youth Ministry, under the direction of Rev. Andre Bennett, held their first Youth Revival - themed: Broken, Restored and Breakthrough. Guest Speakers were: Friday, July 13th - Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard of Bethel A.M.E. Church Lynn, MA; Saturday, July 14th - Pastor Jay LaPlanche of Motivation Church of Randolph, MA; Sunday, July 15th - Minister Danielle Wilson of New Life Ministries International of Hyannis, MA.
2019 Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones licensed to minister on July 21, 2019 - Minister Roxi Green-Iyawe, Minister Cheryl Moore, and Minister Dalphine Parker.
2020 Definitely a trying year. The entire world infected and affected by Corona Virus - COVID-19. Church doors closed in mid-March and did not reopen. We learned to use social media as a platform for all ministry work - including Sunday Service and thus broadened our reach to the community and the world.