Rev. Demond Hairston is a native of North Carolina. After being born in Laurinburg, he spent the majority of his youth in Winston-Salem and Charlotte. He is a product of the Forsyth County School System and a proud alum of Averett University, Danville, VA. There he earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with concentrations in Clinical Counseling and Cognitive Psychology. He is also an alum of Hood Theological Seminary, where he received his Master of Divinity Degree. Rev. Hairston is currently working to attain the Doctorate of Ministry Degree at United Theological Seminary.

Rev. Hairston began serving in the Preaching Ministry in 2012 and was appointed by Bishop George E. Battle Jr. to his first pastoral charge, McAuley Memorial AME Zion Church in Mt. Gilead, NC, in May of 2016. In May of 2018 Bishop Battle appointed him to serve the New Zion AME Zion Church, in Robbins, NC. From there he was appointed by Bishop Kenneth Monroe, as the Pastor of the York Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Greenville, NC. He has most recently been appointed by Bishop Daran H. Mitchell to serve the Blessed people of Daniel Chapel AME Zion Church in Phoenix, IL.

Along with his work in Ministry, Rev. Hairston either served on or currently holds membership with various community boards and organizations. Currently, Rev. Hairston serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Operation Sunshine, a female youth mentoring program in Greenville, NC. He is also the immediate past President of the Montgomery County Branch of the NAACP. Some of the other boards he has served on

include, but are not limited to, the Youth and Families Advisory Board for Montgomery County Cooperative Extension, the Montgomery Crisis Board, and Robbins Area Christian Ministries, Hearts on Fire Outreach Ministries, and the Electrical Systems Technology Advisory Board for Pitt Community College. Rev. Hairston is a proud charter member of the Iota Nu Nu Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated.

He is happily married to Shyla Hairston. They recently celebrated 13 years of wedded bliss. He is also the proud uncle of a host of nieces and nephews. Rev. Hairston believes that his life's mission to is to serve God by preaching the gospel and cultivating authentic community.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.1 Corinthians 2:9 King James Version (KJV)