Lady
Dorothy L. Preston
Missionary Preston was saved, at an early age, at her home church -New Jerusalem COGIC in Foxworth, Mississippi. She was filled with the Holy Ghost at the age of nineteen (19) while under watch care at Amazing COGIC under the late Bishop Marcus Butler.
She is a graduate of Jackson State University, with a degree in Business Administration, the Charles Harrison Mason Jurisdictional Institute, and is a Certified Public Manager.
Missionary Preston has been married to Bishop Kenneth E. Preston, Jurisdictional Bishop (MS Southern Second Jurisdiction) for over forty-eight (48) years. She was inducted into the Bishop Wives Circle in November 2021. She is the mother of three (3) daughters with two (2) granddaughters and one (1) deceased grandson.
Missionary Preston became a Pastor’s wife at age nineteen (19) and has served in that capacity for over forty-eight (48) years. She is, currently, First Lady of Miracle Temple Evangelistic COGIC – South Jackson Mississippi.
She served as District Missionary of the Jackson District for 15 years. She was consecrated by the national Church as Assistant Supervisor – MS Southern Second Jurisdiction in November 2017. She previously served as Membership Secretary (5 years) and later served as a Member of the Advisory Board (1 year) for the International District Missionary Unit, under the leadership of the former President, Dr. Noma Roberson.
Missionary Preston has been a Mississippi Notary since 1999. She is a retired State of Mississippi employee, with thirty-three (33) years of employment starting at the Mississippi Bureau for Narcotics in January 1979 and ending at the Department of Finance & Administration – MMRS Division in December 2011.
She later retired as a Nissan Contract Worker with MINACT Logistical Services, after seven (7) years of employment. She owned and operated Prestod Consultants for 22 years (1999-2021). She is now the current owner of Focus Driven, LLC, a service-oriented organization.
Never Retired from “Serving the Lord”
Missionary Preston has a firm belief in the scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:10 – Whatsoever thy hands findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, wither thou goest.
