Pastor Leroy Rondall Hayes

Dr. Leroy Rondall Hayes, III was born on March 10, 1954 in Ridgeland, South Carolina. The Lord needed a preacher in Heaven and he peacefully departed this life in the morning on Saturday, February 9, 2002. He accepted Christ as Lord and Savior at the age of eleven in the home of retired Missionaries, Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. Mayers. At age 13, he united with Forest Park Reformed Presbyterian Church, in Baltimore, Maryland. LeRoy received his education at Northwestern H.S. and attended Baltimore Community College. Upon completion and attendance of his education, he joined the U.S. Army, March 1974. His tour of duty took him to Fort Hood, Texas, and Bliss Texas Westport Military Academy. He was honorably discharged in December 1980.However on April 14th, 1976, he accepted the call to Ministry Black’s Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, in Austin, Texas. He was called to Pastor Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Las Cruces, New Mexico, from October 1980 until August 1986. In 1985, while in New Mexico, he attended the World Institute of Religious Education, in Farmington, New Mexico, earning his Bachelor of Theology and Masters of Religious Education. From August 1986 to August 1999, he was called to Pastor, New Union Missionary Baptist Church, in San Antonio, Texas. He taught at Guadeloupe College and Seminary, 1988-1994. In 1993, he was an Evangelist and Missionary to Haiti and Guatemala. In 1994, he went on Sabbatical to the Holy Land and Rome. In 1994, he founded and received a full accreditation for the American International Theological Institute and Seminary with campuses in San Antonio, Texas and New York, New York. Also in 1994, he earned his Doctor of Ministry at Austin Christian College in Austin, Texas. In September 1997, he married L’Tanya Yvette Harrison. To this union, their one and only beloved daughter, Zion Nicole was born on Saturday, April 24, 1999. He also served in various ministry capacities: Prison Ministry, Financial Secretary at Mt. Zion District Association, Police Chaplain, in San Antonio, Texas. After much prayer, he was officially called, February, 1999, to serve as Pastor of the New Creation Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, birthed through the 14 founding members. In Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Hayes began a new ministry and teaching as Professor of New Testament Studies and Faculty Advisor of Bachelor of Pastoral Studies at the Queen City Bible College, Charlotte, North Carolina. At the time the Lord called Dr. Hayes home, New Creation was in the process of a four phase building project. Acquisition of 10.5 acres of land, with a fishingpond and a three bedroom house; expansion of the present facilities to accommodate growth and ministry; construction of an 8,000 square foot facility (in storage) for multipurpose /worship edifice; and the development of the campus to provide ministry to the membership and community. His memories are forever cherished by: his wife, L’Tanya; his daughter, Zion Nicole; his parents, Mr. &Mrs. LeRoy (Lucinda) Hayes, Jr.; his mother-in-law, Joyce Ann Remo and his father-in-law, Charles A. Harrison, Sr.; his two brothers, Edward Bernard and Gary Lamont, Sr.; his two sisters, Ingrid Hayes Burrell and Patricia F. Hooper; four brothers-in-law, Dwayne H. Hooper, LTC. Arvonette Burrell, RET. U.S. Army; Charles A. Harrison, Jr., and Marc A. Harrison; loving nieces and nephews, a multitude of beloved aunts and uncles, cherished cousins,precious friends, and a most loving and devoted congregation, New Creation Missionary Baptist Church.

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Pastor Leroy Rondall Hayes

March 10, 1954 - February 9, 2002