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Bishop Otis Trey Wright is the Founder and Pastor of Zion Community Church of Jacksonville, Florida. His God-given mission to the body of Christ is to restore broken visions and strengthen families by “Simplifying God’s Word for Practical Application.” He is a native of Jacksonville, Florida raised by his parents Otis II and Carolyn Wright.Pastor Wright accepted Jesus Christ in June 1980 at the age of 17 at Greater Holy Temple COGIC (now Cathedral of Faith). In the summer of 1981, he visited Philippian Community Church with his brother Pastor LeAnthony Wright and fell in love with the powerful and anointed ministry of the late Bishop Lawrence C. Callahan. As he devoured and acted upon the teachings of Bishop Callahan, he soon became an important part of the outreach of the fast growing church by bringing many souls to Christ. He was known for running “front porch revivals”, which entailed stopping by houses where he noticed people congregating and sharing the gospel to strangers. Bishop Callahan noticed his faithfulness and commitment to the ministry and entrusted him as the first “Jr.” Deacon of the church. In November of 1982, he preached his first sermon. He also began to serve Bishop Callahan as his armor bearer and did so faithfully until God told him to leave and start Zion Community Church. He designed the first logo of the young church at Philippian that was used for years. While at Philippian he served in the choir, the witnessing team, and taught both youth and adult Sunday school classes. He served as the District Leader to the youth district and later to an adult district leader. He

watching the television broadcast. One Sunday morning, while he listened to a close friend share a dream, the Holy Spirit spoke and said that” it was time to leave the Philippian family and start a church.” Bishop Callahan had not arrived to the church, so he tearfully shared his news with the man who became his Presiding Prelate, Bishop Virgil C. Jones. With only his immediate family at his side ( his wife and two children), he began having church service in the living room of his apartment.was a part of the phone ministry that received calls and prayed with those who called in for prayer after They later began to have service in the clubhouse of those same apartments.The late Bishop Callahan told him of a building that was available on the east side of Jacksonville. He was given the keys and a $1,600.00 offering from Philippian

Community Church and told that if he did the repairs the building would belong to Zion. To his surprise, the building needed so much worked that he doubted whether or not it was worth the labor. As he began to pray in the building the Lord told him that “the glory of the latter would be greater than the former.” Because the building had no plumbing or electrical connections to the city and many other structural problems, it took several years and over $65,000 to make the building suitable for worship. By God’s grace it was done debt free. The church still operates debt free. Bishop Otis Trey Wright is married to Pastor Cynthia Wright, and they are proud parents of two children, Trey and Kailyn. He majored in architecture at University of Florida and is a graduate of Florida State College of Jacksonville, Florida. After returning home from college, he began working for a naval architect company call CDI Marines. He started as a Jr. Draftsman and work his way up to a Sr. Designer. Through the years he has worked for an aerospace company, an architectural firm, a construction company and an engineering company as well. In every place he’s worked, he lead someone to Christ, or into a deeper encounter with God. He has coached Pop Warner Football for many years. Currently, as he shepherds Zion, he is also the CEO and Head Personal Trainer of Just Wright Fitness. As a certified personal trainer, he is a firm believer in physical fitness for children and adults. He often says that he is “taking the church to the gym and the gym to the church.”

Cynthia D. Wright is the wife of Bishop Trey Wright. They have been married for 30 years. Together they pastor Zion Community Church, an interdenominational church, in the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida. She oversees the Sunday school department and the Women’s Fellowship. She is a dynamic teacher of the Word of God.She received Jesus as savior as a teen. She loves teaching and seeing others come to know God and grow into having an intimate relationship with Him as Father.She knows she has a God-ordained call to help men, women, boys, and girls come to know God as Father, Savior, Lord, and Friend. She, along with her husband, accomplishes this precious mandate by presenting the Gospel in a simplified way so, that all people can easily learn how to apply Gods word to their everyday life so that they can influence the world around them. It’s all about making disciples to impact this lost world.A native of Jacksonville, she attended the local public schools in Jacksonville. Cynthia obtained her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of North Florida. She has worked in the public school system of Duval County for 29 years. She specialized in teaching Reading and working with students with Specific Learning Disabilities.Cynthia is a devoted mother of two children and one grandchild.