Dr. Jason Atkinson,

Dr. Atkinson is a native of Bladenboro, North Carolina.  He began taking piano lessons at the age of 6, and started playing the piano in church at the age of 9.  He served as pianist of his home church, Northside Baptist Church, until September 1999, when he accepted the call as Minister of Music at Dublin First Baptist Church in Dublin, NC.  He served at Dublin First for six and a half years.  In April 2006, Dr. Atkinson accepted the call as Minister of Music at West Lumberton Baptist Church, where he continues to serve today.  Dr. Atkinson was ordained and licensed into the Gospel Ministry in February 2005. 

Dr. Atkinson is bi-vocational, and also serves as the Superintendent for Bladen County Schools in Elizabethtown, NC.  He has served previously as a middle school choir teacher, high school band director, and an adjunct professor of music for UNC Pembroke, Bladen Community College, Carteret Community College, and Robeson Community College, and an adjunct professor of instructional technology for East Carolina University.

Dr. Atkinson earned degrees at the following universities:

Bachelor of Music in Music Education (BM) – UNC Pembroke

Master of Arts in Education in Instructional Technology (MAEd.) – East Carolina University

Master of Arts in Music Education (MA) – UNC Pembroke

Educational Specialist in Educational Administration (Ed.S.) – Liberty University

Doctor of Worship Studies (DWS) – Liberty University

Doctor of Education in School Administration and Supervision (Ed.D.) – Liberty University

Dr. Atkinson and his wife, Erica, now reside in White Lake, NC, and have three children, Carlee Faith (16), Brodee James, who passed away shortly after birth in 2014, and Weslee Saul (1).