City of Zion, The Mt. Zion Church
A Community Church Built on Prayer, Praise, and Preaching!
Talmadge J'Von Thomas, Senior Pastor
One Team! One Vision! One Voice! One Victory!
City of Zion, The Mt. Zion Church
701 Vance Street  *  Toledo  *  Ohio  *  43604 
Email: mtzionzionites@bex.net
Phone: 419-246-1850  *  Fax: 419-241-1675

Family:

A third-generation Pastor, Talmadage J'Von Thomas was born on August 27, 1966, in Dayton, Ohio. He is the eldest of three sons born to Reverend Dr. W.C. Thomas (Wichita, KS) and Mrs. Diane Thomas.

Pastor Thomas is married to the former Aronda M. Robertson and together they love and nurture four beautiful children--David (Ben), TJ II, Ausha Jade and Nia Gabrielle.

Pastorate:

Pastor Talmadge J. Thomas accepted Christ as his personal savior and was baptized at the age of six. He accepted the call on his life to preach the gospel at the age of 14 and began pastoring the Antioch Baptist Church in El Dorado, Kansas at 23. He pastored the Antioch Baptist Church in Wichita, Kansas for six years. In November of 1999, Pastor Thomas accepted the Senior Pastorate of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, Toledo, Ohio. He leads a congregation of 300 families, with more than 20 ministries.

In 2003, embracing the vision for the house, the City of Zion was birthed. The City of Zion, which will include a series of expansions over the next few years, will ultimately serve as a major business and spiritual complex in the city of Toledo. The City of Zion campus is blessed to have Pastor Thomas as its resident theologian. Under his leadership, Mount Zion has grown numerically and spiritually.

In addition to his pastoral calling, Pastor Thomas also has a dynamic itinerant preaching ministry that extends across the United States. He is well known and sought after for his ability to proclaim God's Word with simplicity. Pastor Thomas serves in a number of capacities--Religious Affairs Coordinator for the NAACP (Toledo branch); Vice President at Large, Ohio Baptist State Convention. Pastor Thomas' love for preaching, pastoring and people motivates him to touch every life he can for the kingdom. "Believing that my mission is to preach and teach the life-changing, time altering Word of the Living God in a great place like Toledo and the world, seeing people encouraged, empowered and enlightened... motivates me."