Reverend A. L. Zollicoffer was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the seventh child of fourteen. Reverend Zollicoffer was united in matrimony to Miss Stephanie Goodman and to this union came three sons, one daughter, and thirteen wonderful grandchildren.

 

Reverend Zollicoffer served as Chairman of the Trustees and Deacons Boards at Macedonia Baptist Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under the leadership of the late Pastor, Reverend Floyd Taylor. He relocated to Marietta, Georgia in 1989. Upon Reverend Zollicoffer accepting his calling into the ministry, he was licensed in October 1990 and ordained in May 1991. In 1994, Reverend Zollicoffer was called to pastor at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, where he is currently serving. 

Reverend Zollicoffer attended Carver Bible Institute in 1991 for two years, then attended Beulah Heights University 2002, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and a Minor in Christian Counseling. In 2014, Reverend Zollicoffer was elected Moderator of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Association, where he currently is serving. In 2016, he joined In His Image College, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In 2024, Reverend Zollicoffer was appointed to Assistant Coordinator of Moderators, Pastors, and Ministers Division of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia Inc. Also, as of 2025, he is currently serving as a Volunteer Chaplain for Cobb County Judicial Circuit.

 

His desires are to please All Mighty God in all his worshipping, serving, praising, witnessing and winning souls for the Kingdom of God!

 

Reverend Zollicoffer's guiding scripture is Matthew 28:19-20, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even until the end of the world. Amen."