Ordained an Elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1931, the Rev. Taylor Jr. served as a Pastor in the North Carolina Annual Conference, and in New York. He was appointed to churches in the following communities: Kernersville (1931–32), the Northwest Methodist Church in Greensboro (1932–35), the St. Thomas M.E. Church in Thomasville (1935–38), and the East Calvary Methodist Church in New York City (1938–40). He also served as the summer pastor at St. Mark's Methodist Church in New York City, 1940–42 and 1945-48.