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  • Otis Mcmillan

    Contributing sermons since Jul 13, 2007
Otis's church

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 – The Consequences Of Not Walking With The Lord

    Contributed on Jul 2, 2026
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    This jarring command underscores how severe and deliberate their rebellion had become; their hearts were so firmly set against God that prayer would simply delay necessary spiritual consequences. The national idolatry has become a nationwide, citywide and family-wide crisis.

    Sermon – The Consequences of Not Walking with the Lord Scripture Passage: Jeremiah 7:16-28 (NASB) 16-20 “As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and ...read more

  • Sermon – Waiting On The Lord

    Contributed on Jun 23, 2026
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    Micah ends this prophecy with this passage, “But as for me, I will look to God; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. ~Micah 7:7 Micah's Expectant cry of hope in the middle of despair.

    Sermon – Waiting On The Lord Scripture – Micah 7:1-7 “What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. ...read more

  • Sermon: Divine Order Is God’s Key To Reigning In Life

    Contributed on Jun 17, 2026
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    Divine order is the concept that God has established a purpose for everything, and harmonious system for every operation within the universe, prioritizing spiritual principles over natural chaos.

    Sermon: Divine Order Is God’s Key to Reigning in Life Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping ...read more

  • Sermon – God’s Principle Of Divine Order In Operation

    Contributed on Jun 17, 2026
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    Because the earth was created with unlimited potential and man was created to maximize that potential. After creation, the first order of business was to bring order out of chaos. Before we can maximize our potential we must align ourselves with God’s divine order!

    Sermon – God’s Principle of Divine Order in Operation Scripture Verses - Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." 1Corinthians 14:33, 40 notes, "For God ...read more

  • Sermon The Example Of A Effective Father

    Contributed on Jun 15, 2026
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    Job's example of fatherhood teaches us the importance of providing sound natural and spiritual leadership for our families, the importance of regular intercession for our families, and active involvement in our children's lives, without being overbearing.

    Sermon The Example of a Effective Father. Scripture: Job 1:1-5 “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred ...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
     | 4,890 views

    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