Rev. Carroll L. Jackson is the youngest son, born to the late Deacon and Deaconess Jesse and Thelma Jackson, raised in Caroline, Virginia.  At an early age, Rev. Jackson confessed his faith and belief in Jesus Christ and was baptized at Zion Grove Baptist Church. Growing up in the church, he served on several auxiliaries as a youth and member of Zion Grove Baptist Church, under the leadership of the late Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Carter, Sr.

 

Upon graduating from Caroline High School in 1983, he joined the United States Marine Corps and traveled all over the world.  He was stationed in various military duty stations in the United States, from Jacksonville, North Caroline to Oceanside, California, with several deployments overseas.  Rev. Jackson's military career and Christian experiences often paralleled one another.  While in recruit training, he was assigned to be the lay reader for his platoon.  On one of many deployments overseas from Beirut to Iraq, Rev. Jackson was able to tour the Holy Land and make the pilgrimage.  He even tried to straighten out the Leaning Tower of Pisa.  In 1993, he was ordained as a Deacon at Zion Grove Baptist Church.  In 1996, while stationed in Oceanside, California, he attended Second Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon and 1st Vice-President of the Brotherhood.

 

In 1999, while attending J.T. Kerr Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, in Jacksonville, N.C., Rev. Jackson felt a calling on his life like no other time before.  After conversations with his Pastor, he announced his call to the ministry under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Dr. Preston L. Harris.  Through Rev. Harris and the Holy Spirit, he was trained and guided in the duties of pastoring.  While in North Carolina, he served on the committee that oversaw the planning and construction of the Trent River Oakey Grove Association Headquarters Building.

 

In September 2007, Rev. Jackson was called to serve as the eighth pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, where he faithfully and diligently serves with the joy of his life of thirty-seven (37) years, Viola.  They have two grown children: son, Julian and daughter, Kiersten (Lavada) and his favorite grandson, Rashawn.  

 

Rev. Jackson retired from the Marine Corps in 2007, after twenty-four (24) years of honorable service.  He is a bi-vocational pastor and has been employed with the Spotsylvania County Public School System since August 2008.  Rev. Jackson has served as the Moderator of the Mattaponi Baptist Association of Virginia and the President of Caroline County Sunday School Union.  Rev. Jackson regularly supports various local and global causes that practice the betterment of all people.  Rev. Jackson holds a Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Counseling (2019) and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Religion with a minor in Church Leadership (2015) from Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia. 

 

Rev. Jackson loves his family, his church and his Lord.  Serving God's people is his passion.  His favorite passage of Scripture is: "For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more,"  (1st Corinthians 9:19).  His on-going mission is to continually execute the calling placed on his life to fulfill a ministry of restoration and second chances.