On February 9, the Rev. Anthony N. Witherspoon, senior pastor of Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church, was inducted into the Livingstone College Hall of Fame in Salisbury, North Carolina.
The Rev. Witherspoon is the son of Mrs. Elfreida Witherspoon and is married to the former Sherry Renee Pharr of Charlotte, North Carolina. He has two daughters, Brittany (a sophomore attending Livingstone College) and Anquanette (a ninth grade student).
During his twenty-two years of ministry he has served as associate minister at Clement Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (Charlotte, North Carolina) and Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (Portland, Maine). He served as Youth Pastor at the Brighton Rock A.M.E. Zion Church (Portsmouth, Virginia), Senior Pastor of the Huntersville A.M.E. Zion Church (Huntersville, North Carolina), Senior Pastor of New Jersey A.M.E. Zion Church (Lexington, North Carolina), Senior Pastor of Fair Promise A.M.E. Zion Church (Sanford, North Carolina) and Senior Pastor of St. James A.M.E. Zion Church (Goldsboro, North Carolina).
The Rev. Witherspoon is a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry Degree at Eden Theological Seminary and a graduate of Duke Divinity School, Livingstone College and East Mecklenburg High School.
He currently serves as adjunct professor of African American Religious Studies at Saint Louis University.