Pastor James Cozart

Reverend James Cozart III was born in Richmond, Virginia to Ms. Lena

Cozart and the late Mr. James Cozart. Reverend Cozart is a product of

Richmond Public Schools, where he graduated from Armstrong High

School. He continued his education at Virginia Tech, The Evan Smith

Leadership Institute at Virginia Union University, the Richmond

Virginia Seminary, and Regent University where he received a Bachelor

of Arts Degree in Biblical and Theological Studies. Reverend Cozart

was licensed to preach the Gospel in 1997 by the Mount Calvary Baptist

Church in Richmond, Virginia, where he was ordained in 2004. While at

Mount Calvary he served as the teacher for the Men’s Sunday School

Class, Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School, and Minister of

Christian Education. December 2023 he was installed as Pastor of the

Sandy Mount Baptist Church of Smithfield, Va. He is the proud

husband to the former Ms. Sheila Fields of Surry County, Virginia, and

they have five children and three grandchildren.