Deborah T. Bogan is a Daughter of Zion who accepted Jesus as her Savior before the age of twelve. She is the daughter of Vivian Guyton and the late Pastor Horace Guyton. Deborah is the wife of Pastor Clabon Bogan Jr. of the First Baptist Church of Jericho. She is the proud mother of two sons, Clabon III and Carlton and grandmother of seven grandchildren: Alyssa, Christa, Clabon IV, Carlton Daniel, Isaiah, Ciana, and Aaron; and one great grandson Adrion.

Sister Bogan is often found working in the teaching ministries of First Baptist including the Adult Women’s Church School Class and Small Group Bible Studies. Her teaching abilities have extended into a number of workshops and seminars including: “Dealing with Anger,” “The Area of My Agonies,” “Parenting Skills,” “Ministering to Difficult People,” and “Conflict Resolution in the Church.”

Deborah is employed in the community. She also attends Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA where she received her Associates of Arts Degree in Religion. Currently Deborah is a senior at Liberty University and is studying to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling.

Through many of life’s experiences, Deborah recognizes God’s presence, power, provisions, and promises and realizes that she is able to work only as God directs. She gives all praise, glory and honor to God as she daily lives out her life verse Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”