Rev. Amos J. Malone was born in Colbert County, Alabama on September 29, 1947 to Amos and Mary Malone; he is the third of seven children. He was educated in the Cherokee and Barton Elementary and High School Districts. After graduating he attended Alabama A& M in Normal, Al. In 1968 he joined the U.S. Army where he served three years and was honorably discharged in 1971.
In 1970 he married his childhood sweetheart, Doris Nell Watts, to that union three beautiful children were born: Michael, Elizabeth, and Amelia. He is the proud grandfather of six: Jaelin, Jaalin, Denver, Mikal, Niamya, and Isaiah.
Rev. Malone was employed by the United States Postal Service for thirty-eight years and in February 2007 he retired.
Rev. Malone became a member of Saint Peters’ Baptist Church in 1975. There he served as Chairman of the Deacon Board and Superintendent of the Sunday School. In 1976, he answered the call to preach the gospel and gave his trial sermon that summer. In 1977 he was ordained by the Permanent Council of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Association. Rev. Malone has attended Northeast Bible College, Essex Fells, NJ, Rankin Theological Seminary, Newark, NJ, Hampton Ministers Conference, Hampton, VA and is a member of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Association Permanent Council. Rev. Malone is also a member of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Newark and Vicinity. After his ordination, Rev. Malone served Saint Peters’ Baptist Church and Pastor Robert L. Morrast as the Assistant to the Pastor for over twenty years.
In January of 1994, Rev. Amos J. Malone was called to pastor the Macedonia Baptist Church Family. He was installed in March of the same year.
The relationship between Rev. Malone and the members of Macedonia has been a continual love affair. This love affair has brought forth a happy union that no man can put asunder.
Many accomplishments have been made during his fifteen years as pastor. The Mother’s Board has been re-activated, the A.J. Malone Mass Choir was formed and dedicated in his honor, the Anne Raybon Scholarship Committee was established and continues to provide financial support to members of the congregation and those within the community. Christians Committed to Changing Our Community was also formed and is actively working to reach out to the physical and spiritual needs of those within the community. The Building Fund along with the entire congregation is actively working toward the vision of building a new edifice and community center to enhance the worship services and to lead those in the community to Christ.
Since becoming Pastor, Rev. Malone continues to keep the mission of the church as being a Christian establishment seeking to provide guidance to the saved and salvation to the unsaved. Overall he attempts to spread the message that the wages of sin is still death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 (KJV)