Meet The Team

Fredrick W. Boyd, Jr, graduated from Arsenal Tech High School in 1965.  Attended Porter Business College with a degree in Business Administration which opened the door for a career occupation with the Railroad.  In 1979 began in the ministry under direction of Pastor Rubin Fields, Sr. and continued studies through the Christian Fellowship School of Divinity.  

The call to serve as Pastor of Zion Unity Baptist Church came in 1984 and to serve as the Senior Executive Director of the Creation Evidence Expo in 2006.  Attended Salt Lake Baptist College, receiving a Bachelor’s of Divinity in 1989 and Master of Divinity in 1990.    Received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Day Spring Bible College and Seminary In 2022.  

Married  to Elaine Boyd for 42 years and the father of Vanessa Washington and Fredrick W. Boyd, III, grandfather of five and great grandfather of four.  My life verse is Philippians 1:21. “For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
 

Leroy Michael Parran is a native of Indianapolis.  An award winning singer from his childhood.  Cross-country runner at University of Indianapolis (then Indiana Central College), and  a long time employee of Eli Lilly’s whose life was featured in the Indianapolis magazine.

Rescued twice from death, Leroy lives a life of dedicated service to the Lord, as a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.   He is an Elder at Zion Unity Baptist Church and wholly committed to the Creation Evidence Expo. 
 

Richard Scott Reynolds was born in Indianapolis, IN into a Christian home, the youngest of six children, in 1962.  He was born again in 1974 at the end of a Sunday evening service in a small Baptist church in Indianapolis.

Richard moved with his family to the country in 1973. There he learned to appreciate God’s creation by raising chickens, cows and exploring the great outdoors while hunting and fishing.  He graduated from Cloverdale High School and earned a bachelors degree in Political Science from Indiana State University in 1985.  He was baptized at Cornerston Baptist Church, Lawrence, IN, where he was active in Ministry, teaching Sunday School, music, bus ministry and visitation. 

Richard married Tonya Tidd in 1998 and they have four children:  Drew (Kimberly) and first grandson Garrett, Victoria and Samuel, both pursuing careers in Indianapolis, and Gianna, still at home.

Early in life, Richard felt the Lord was leading him into a political career. In fact, he was running for office when he met Pastor Fredrick Boyd at Zion Unity Missionary Baptist Church.  No one knew at that time what the Lord had in store but this was a providential meeting that would reveal itself in time.

Richard was called to pastor Walnut Street Baptist Church in Lebanon, IN in March, 2020 and he continues to practice and prepare for when the Lord is ready for him at Zion Unity.