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  • Otis Mcmillan

    Contributing sermons since Jul 13, 2007
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The Department of Church Growth & Development of the AME Zion Church
Charlotte, North Carolina 28269
704 599 4630 ext 2174

About Otis
  • Education: Pastor McMillan has earned a Bachelor and Master of Theology degree, Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degree.
  • Experience: Pastor McMillan has served as an active pastor in the AME Zion Church for40 years. He has traveled extensively through the United States and around the world sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. He has published seven books, numerous music Cds, and thousands of teaching tapes and Cds each year.
  • Family: Our first family, Pastor Otis and Sister Barbara McMillan had been married 51 years and are the proud parents of five adult children and fifteen grandchildren and two great grand children.
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: "Good preacher needs five things: purpose, perseverance, preparation, purity, and piety..." (Quote from Rev. W.E. Turner, my grandfather, a AME Zion Pastor for 55 years)
  • Books that have had an impact: Money Really Matters
  • Hobbies: fishing, traveling
  • What I want on my tombstone: He lived a life that mattered
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  • Sermon: When Life Seems Unfair

    Contributed on May 29, 2025
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    Christian may find themselves battling with feelings of bitterness, resentment, or anger towards what God has chosen to allow, and how unfair it feels, I encourage you to lift your eyes to our loving Savior who knows your pain, struggles, and heartache.

    Sermon: When Life Seems Unfair Scripture Lesson: Jeremiah 12:1-17, “Lord, you always give me justice when I bring a case before you. So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? You have planted them, and they have taken root and prospered. ...read more

  • Sermon: Finding Stability Amid Life’s Confusion

    Contributed on May 27, 2025
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    Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? Why does it rain on good and evil, the just and the unjust? Asaph decided to seek God. In seeking God, we will find stability amid life’s confusion.

    Sermon: Finding Stability Amid Life’s Confusion Scripture: Psalms 73:1-28, “Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have ...read more

  • Sermon: "Laboring For Unity In A Divided World”

    Contributed on May 20, 2025
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    Ephesians 4 describes both the unity of believers and the new hope which Christians have in Jesus. Paul appeals to Christians to live in a way which reflects the grace we've been given by God.

    Sermon: “Laboring For Unity in a Divided World” Scripture Lesson: Ephesians 4:3-13 ‘Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, ...read more

  • Sermon - Standing Strong In The Faith In A World Of Temptation

    Contributed on May 15, 2025
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    After Paul heard troubling reports about the church in Corinth and received a letter that the church wrote him, he responded by writing 1 Corinthians. His most basic purpose is to exhort the Corinthian church to live like who they are: “saints” or God’s holy people.

    Subject: Standing Strong In a World of Temptation Text: 1Corinthians 16:13-14 “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” Introduction: How do you stand strong against temptation? It’s not surprising for a church to have sin problems. A church is a ...read more

  • Sermon: The Attributes Of God The Father

    Contributed on May 13, 2025
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    What is God really like? Some people think the most important question of life is “Do you believe in God?” But a more important question is “What kind of God do you believe in?” God is love! Really!

    Sermon: The Attributes of God the Father Text: Luke 15: 11-24 “And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all ...read more

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  • Back To The Future

    Contributed on Jan 26, 2010
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    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system ...read more

  • The Good Outcast: Longhaired Biker

    Contributed on Dec 16, 2009
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    THE GOOD OUTCAST-LONGHAIR-BIKER Now it came to pass that a certain man was traveling Lonesome Street, a lonely and dark road from Tom's Tavern to Bill's Bar. After many visits to this bar, the consumption of liquor got a hold of him, stripped him of all his goods and left him destitute and dying ...read more