Min. Cedric R. Manson was saved at age 17, licensed to preach in 1985, and ordained in 1986 at Temple Baptist Church under the ministry of the late Rev. Bernard J. Boyd. He is a former member of Manna Bible Baptist Church and served under the ministry of the late Pastor Joseph Brown.

 

Minister Manson is a graduate of Arlington Bible College, earning both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from New Hope Bible College in Virginia. He has embarked on 10 missionary trips to West Africa, specifically to Ghana, Nigeria, and the Ivory Coast. Minister Manson helped plant two churches in the towns of Tarkwa and Obuasi in Ghana, West Africa. He retired from the Maryland Department of Public Safety as a Correctional Case Manager Specialist at the Central Home Detention Unit.

 

Minister Manson serves as the Assistant Pastor and Education/Youth Pastor at Pilgrim’s Way Bible Baptist Church, where Rev. Raymond L. Thornton is the Senior Pastor.