5th Pastor
Reverend Franklin Delano Sampson, Senior
The Reverend Franklin Delano Sampson Senior was born January 31, 1947. He is the fifth child and fourth son born to The Reverend and Mrs. Harry Burney Sampson, Senior in Houston, Texas. He attended Matthew W. Dogan Elementary School of Houston Independent School District; George Washington Carver Elementary and George Washington Carver Junior-Senior High School of Aldine Independent School District; and graduated from Kashmere Gardens Junior-Senior High School. He entered The University of Houston upon High School Graduation, and was graduated and awarded The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. His Post Graduate Studies was done at Prairie View A & M University in Counseling and Guidance.
Reverend F. D. Sampson Senior was married on March 12, 1972 to Miss Fannie Marie Iles. He is the father of one daughter, De Anza Michelle Sampson, and two sons, Franklin Delano Sampson Junior and Frederick Dwayne Sampson.
Reverend F. D. Sampson Senior confessed his call to preach The Gospel on May 21, 1967, and was licensed to Preach on September 17, 1967, and was ordained on December 14, 1969, all at Friendship. Reverend Sampson was call to be Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Incorporated on Sunday, January 23, 1972.
Reverend F. D. Sampson Senior served as past Moderator of Unity Missionary Baptist General Association of Texas, Incorporated; past Vice President of The Baptist Ministers Association of Houston and Vicinity; past Chairman of the Ministers Conference of The Missionary Baptist General Convention of Texas; past Chairman of The Commission on Orthodoxy of The National Baptist Convention of America, Incorporated; past President of Trinity/Houston Gardens Super Neighborhood;and past President of Trinity Gardens Integral Forces, Incorporated. He is presently the Treasurer of The National Baptist Convention of America International, Incorporated and President of Visions of Faith Ministries, Incorporated.
Reverend F. D. Sampson Senior is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Reverend Sampson is a Master Mason with membership in Purple Heart Lodge #205 F & AM. He advanced to Grade of Sublime Prince Secret, 32 degree and made member of Douglas & Burrell Consistory No. 56 on June 30, 1984. He was created a Grand Inspector General of the 33 degree and elevated to membership in the United Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction on October 6, 2014 H. Reece Class of 2014. He was created on October 5, 2014 as a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Al Muhaymin Temple No. 300 at Memphis, Tennessee. He is also a member of University of Houston Alumni Association. Reverend Sampson has an Honorary Doctorate of Ministries from Mount Hope Bible College, an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Saint Thomas Christian University in Jacksonville, Florida and was nominated and selected for the Fourth Edition of Marquis Who’s Who In Religion.
