Rev. Derrill Blue

Chief Technology Officer

Rochester-Syracuse District

 



 

Senior Pastor, Memorial AME Zion Church, Rochester, NYPresiding Elder of the Rochester-Syracuse District. 

Reverend Derrill Antonio Blue is a native of Broadway, NC. He is the son of Jerry and Gail Quick. He graduated from Lee Senior High School in 2001. He received his undergraduate education in Business Management from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Organization Leadership from the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. He obtained his Master of Divinity from Saint Paul School of Theology in Oklahoma City, OK. In January 2017, he began his doctoral studies at Boston University, where he is pursuing his Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) in Transformational Leadership. 

Reverend Derrill A. Blue preached his trial sermon on June 9, 2002 and began his pastoral vocation at the age of 23. He has served the following A.M.E. Zion congregations:  Erwin Memorial in Erwin, North Carolina, Coleman Chapel in Batesville, Mississippi, New Beginnings in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Sharon Chapel in Sharon, Mississippi, Mt. Olive in Waterbury, CT. On December 17, 2017, Reverend Derrill A. Blue was appointed pastor of the Memorial AME Zion Church in Rochester, New York. He was appointed the Presiding Elder of the Rochester-Syracuse District on July 15, 2018.   

Reverend Derrill A. Blue has experience working in the banking industry, university assessment, and accreditation.

Reverend Derrill A. Blue is married to the former Paula Danielle Bryant. They have two children Makis Antonio Blue and Norie Danielle Blue.  

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