Rev. Joy L. Gallmon, Senior Pastor of St. Mark’s AME Church, is a native of Ft. Pierce, Fl.

‘Pastor Joy’, as she is affectionately called, graduated from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. After graduating, from 1992 to 1998 she worked as a buyer with JC Penney Company, and later as a buyer with the Miami Airport, purchasing candy and souvenirs for that venue. During the time that she was employed at JC Penney, she also married and started a family.

In response to the divine call to ministry, Pastor Joy delivered her initial sermon in April 1999 at Greater Bethel AME Church in Miami, FL.   She enrolled full-time in the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, GA where she earned a Master of Divinity degree from that institution and was ordained an itinerant elder in 2003.

Prior to her appointment to St. Mark AME Church, Pastor Joy served New Mount Pisgah AME Church, Lake City, FL for seven years, St. Paul AME Church, in Ocala, FL for five years and Allen Temple AME Church, in Brooksville, FL for two years.

Rev. Joy L. Gallmon, Senior Pastor of St. Mark’s AME Church, is a native of Ft. Pierce, Fl.

‘Pastor Joy’, as she is affectionately called, graduated from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. After graduating, from 1992 to 1998 she worked as a buyer with JC Penney Company, and later as a buyer with the Miami Airport, purchasing candy and souvenirs for that venue. During the time that she was employed at JC Penney, she also married and started a family.

In response to the divine call to ministry, Pastor Joy delivered her initial sermon in April 1999 at Greater Bethel AME Church in Miami, FL.   She enrolled full-time in the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, GA where she earned a Master of Divinity degree from that institution and was ordained an itinerant elder in 2003.

Prior to her appointment to St. Mark AME Church, Pastor Joy served New Mount Pisgah AME Church, Lake City, FL for seven years, St. Paul AME Church, in Ocala, FL for five years and Allen Temple AME Church, in Brooksville, FL for two years.