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Bishop R. Lamar Vest Congratulates Dixon Pentecostal Research Center

Bishop R. Lamar Vest Congratulates Dixon Pentecostal Research Center

Former Church of God General Overseer R. Lamar Vest congratulates the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center on their 50th Anniversary of ministry to the Church of God and Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements. Bishop Vest recalls the 1980 General Assembly when ordained bishops approved the construction of a resource center to house both the William G. Squires Library and the Dixon Pentecostal Research Cen... »

Church of God General Assembly 2018 Agenda: Meaning and Usage of the Term “Bishop”

Church of God General Assembly 2018 Agenda: Meaning and Usage of the Term “Bishop”

MOTION: 76TH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL/ASSEMBLY, 2016 After a detailed review by the International Executive Council of the meaning and usage of the term “bishop,” further study needs to be done that will better address whether it is necessary to change the current nomenclature in order to clarify and fulfill the intent of the International General Council with respect to the designation of th... »

Bishop Matt Gunter Sunday Evening Service – 02/26/2023

Bishop Matt Gunter Sunday Evening Service – 02/26/2023

“The Lifeboat” Rev. Jay Hibberts Sunday Evening Service – 02/19/2023 »

Lutherans elect first openly gay bishop

(CNN) For more than two decades, the Rev. R. Guy Erwin couldn’t officially be a priest in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Friday, he was elected a bishop. Erwin’s election signals a shift not only for the ELCA – the nation’s seventh largest church – but also for American Christianity. To date, only one other mainline Protestant church, the Episcopal Church, has ele... »