333 Martin Luther King Dr

San Antonio, Texas  78203

210-533-7131

Pastor Otis I. Mitchell

  National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Lieutenant Colonel – United States Army

  Reverend Otis I. Mitchell is a native of Smith’s Alabama near Tuskeegee, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia. He is a graduate of Alabama State University with a B.A. Degree in Political Science. Also he is a graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center, The Morehouse School of Religion with a Master of Divinity Degree. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Erskine Theological Seminary, in Due West, South Carolina.

  Reverend Mitchell entered active duty as a Chaplain in 1981 and has had previous assignments

  at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Giessen, West Germany; Fort Monmouth, NJ; Ford Ord, CA;

  Fort Huachuca, AZ with the Army Signal Command and the U. S. Army Intelligence Command;

  overseas assignments to (2nd I D) Camp Howze, Korea and the 1st Signal Brigade,

  Yongsan, Korea. He also was assigned as the Deputy Installation Chaplain and pastor of the

  Main Post Chapel, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. He was in Panama for operation “Just Cause” and was

  liaison Chaplain for Fort Ord, CA with the National Guard and Army Reserve during Desert

  Shield/Desert Storm.

  Reverend Mitchell has been recreating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermons and speaking about

  Dr. King’s life and influence since 1975. He also has spoken about Dr. King before many

  thousands on military installations, in civilian communities, Europe, Asia, and South America. He

  has even presented his recreation before the King family in Atlanta, GA.

                          

  His last job in the military was assigned as the XO of the Training Directorate at USACHCS, Ft. Jackson, SC. Reverend Mitchell received the call to Mt. Zion First Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas on 5 April 2006 to serve as senior pastor for their congregation. Mt. Zion First Baptist Church is the oldest continuously operating African-American Church in San Antonio and is prominent in leading the community in civic issues which affect the community and which enhance the moral fiber of the people of San Antonio.

Reverend Mitchell's retirement ceremony from active federal service in the United States Army was on 1 August 2006 concluding more than 25 years of chaplain ministry. He is married to the former Venita Dean of Columbus, GA.  They have three children, Patrick, Ashley, and Deante'. He is involved with many organizations including the San Antonio Baptist Ministers Union, the Community of Churches for Social Action, the N.A.A.C.P., and is a founding member and past president of the Ft. Huachuca Rocks, Inc. (a military officer organization).  Reverend Mitchell's personal motto is "Make a Difference!"

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