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“For Today, For Tomorrow”
Contents Letter To Chief Apostle Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr. Letter from Administrative Assistant John M. Richardson, Sr. 1 Letters From Local Bishops Bishop George D. McKinney, Sr, PhD. General Board Member Southern California Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bishop Roy Dixon, D.D. Southern California Fourth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
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Bishop Joe Ealy Southern California First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
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Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth Southern California Metropolitan Jurisdiction
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Who We Are
Chart - Committed Churches Chart - Percentage of COGIC Pastors vs non-COGIC Pastors Chart - Fellowship Churches Average Membership
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Chart - Fellowship Pastors Age Groups
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Purpose, Goals, Commitment, and Growth Our Purpose
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Our Goals Our Commitment
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Our Growth
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Financial Contributions to the National Church
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Online Leadership Institute
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Journey Online Leadership Institute Resume of Administrative Assistant John M. Richardson, Sr. Resume
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Letter To Chief Apostle Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr.
“For Today, For Tomorrow” March 7, 2015
To the Chief Apostle Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr. And The General Board of the Church of God in Christ 3045 South Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90016 Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
On December 5, 2014, after much prayerful deliberation throughout 2014, and consultation with a number of Pastors, I formed the Journey Fellowship. At this present time there are forty-two (42) churches that are part of this Fellowship and we strongly believe more churches will be added to the Journey Fellowship in the weeks and months ahead. The majority of the churches of the Journey Fellowship are churches coming back into Church of God in Christ and churches coming into Church of God in Christ for the very first time. Before I officially started the Fellowship, I met with Bishop Roy Dixon to explain my journey to starting the Fellowship and asked his blessing and full support. He understood and gave me his blessings and full support. After I met with Bishop Roy Dixon, I contacted Bishop Jerry Macklin and Bishop George McKinney to explain to them my journey to starting the Journey Fellowship and my desire to fulfill whatever obligations and requirements to become a new Jurisdiction in the Southern California area. A few weeks later, I meet with the Senior Bishops in the Southern California area, Bishop Joe Ealy and Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth to explain to them my journey to starting the Journey Fellowship and the churches we are focusing on reaching, which are churches that are not part of a Jurisdiction or in the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Jerry Macklin, Bishop George McKinney, Bishop Roy Dixon, Bishop Joe Ealy, and Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth gave me their blessings to proceed on the journey God has led me on to become a Jurisdiction. I am grateful each Bishop took time out to share much wisdom, guidance, and their expectations of me as I proceed to continue to grow the Journey Fellowship and become a Jurisdiction in the Southern California area. I strongly believe we are ready!
14115 Cordary Avenue • P.O. Box 487 • Hawthorne, CA 90250-0487 • 310-853-2825
Superintendent John M. Richardson, Sr., Pastor
“For Today, For Tomorrow” Chief Apostle Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr., the Pastors of the Journey Fellowship and myself, Superintendent John Richardson, are formally requesting that you allow the Journey Fellowship to become a Jurisdiction!
We are excited and ready to work together to support your vision, the National Church mission, and grow the kingdom of God through starting new churches and growing the local church. We believe we have all the ingredients necessary to help our great church continue the phenomenal growth it has achieved thus far. We also believe we have everything that is necessary to be a great Jurisdiction in the Southern California area and in our great church, the Church of God in Christ! I am available to meet with whomever you designate concerning our request to become a Jurisdiction. And, at the appropriate time of your choosing, I am available to meet with you to share about the Journey Fellowship request to become a Jurisdiction. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Thank you for taking time to read this letter.
Superintendent John M. Richardson, Sr.
14115 Cordary Avenue • P.O. Box 487 • Hawthorne, CA 90250-0487 • 310-853-2825
Superintendent John M. Richardson, Sr., Pastor
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Letters From Local Bishops
Bishop Joe Ealy
LETTER
Bishop Hackworth
LETTER
Journey Fellowship
Who We Are
Journey Fellowship Committed Churches
Total Committed Churches Forty-Two (42)
Committed Churches
Journey Fellowship Committed Churches 42 Churches
COCIG vs Non-COGIC 67%
Non COGIC 33% COGIC
Journey Fellowship Churches Attendance
Average Weekly Attendance 59% 41% Above 200 Below 200
Journey Fellowship Pastors Ages
Average Age Of Pastors 58%
41-55
20% 56-70+
22% 30-40
Journey Fellowship
Purpose, Goals, Commitment, and Growth
Our Purpose
“T he purpose of our Fellowship is to h e l p e a ch F e l l o w s h i p C h u r ch g r o w n u m e r i c a l ly a n d sp i r i t ua l ly ; he l p e a ch F e l l o w s h i p C h u r ch p o s i t ive ly i m p a c t the community whe re they are located; provide t r a i n i ng and resources to our constituents; and p o s i t ive ly i m p a c t c o m m u n i t i e s a n d t h e w o r l d w h e r e n o C h u r ch o f G o d i n C h r i s t ch u r ch ex i s t t h r o u g h p l a n t i ng n e w ch u r ch e s ! ”
Our Goals
Planting New Churches
Planting new churches in neighborhoods where no Church of God in Christ church exist. Provide training and financial support to church planters.
Changing Urban Communities
We will connect all of our Fellowship Churches to the Urban Initiative Ministry so that Community Based Help Programs can be implemented and resources distributed to community residents.
Growing Fellowship Churches
Provide need assessment, training, and technical support to each existing Fellowship Church, Pastor, and Leader on how best to creatively implement Church Growth Strategies in their local church.
Changing Our World
Network with Church of God in Christ Missions Department and other Mission Ministries to establish Churches and Help Centers that provide food, medical care, and skilled development in foreign countries.
Online Leadership Institute
Provide online training courses, such as: Church Planting; Leadership Development; Church Growth Strategies; Theology; COIGC Ordination; Evangelist Missionary; Adjutancy; and Sexual Misconduct.
Our Commitment
We Will
We will support and carryout the vision of the Presiding Bishop, General Board, and the Leadership of our great church.
We will We will be accountable, trans-
We Will
parent, to our Presiding Bishop, General Board, and the Leadership of our church, and act with integrity with each other and the people God has called us to serve.
We will attract independent and non-
We Will
We Will
aligned Church of God in Christ churches to our Fellowship and plant new churches where no Church of God in Christ is located.
We will support the National Church Departments, helping them to fulfill their mission.
We will support the National Church
We Will
through annual assessments and any other contributions our Presiding Bishop request.
Our Growth
Inactive COGIC Churches
Inactive Church of God in Christ Churches These are churches that carry the name but no longer pay reports, participate in a local Jurisdiction, and have not done so for years, and consider themselves not to be part of any Jurisdiction.
Withdrawn COGIC Churches
Churches that have withdrawn from Church of God in Christ - These are churches that once was involved in Church of God in Christ but for whatever reason has withdrawn from, no longer carry the name, and consider themselves Independent or Non-Denominational.
Independent Churches
New Church Plants
Independent Churches - These are churches that are Pentecostal in nature, share the same beliefs as Church of God in Christ, but has never been a member of the Church of God in Christ. New Church Plants - These are new churches that have existed for a short time but now realize they need a covering and desire to be part of a larger organization that they can be accountable to or hold them accountable, doctrinally and organizationally.
Journey Fellowship
Financial Contributions to the National Church
Journey Fellowship Financial Contributions
Projected Financial Contributions To The National Church
$34,000 $26,000 Total
Contribution
$8,000 Existing COGIC Churches April 2015
Projected
To the
Non-COGIC
National
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Church
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Non-COGIC
Becomes
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Jurisdiction
Journey Fellowship
Online Leadership Institute
Journey Leadership Institute “For Today, For Tomorrow”
Church Planting
Leadership Development COGIC Ordination
Theology
Resume of Administrative Assistant John M. Richardson, Sr.
Resume of Administrative Assistant John M. Richardson, Sr.
Curriculum Vitae John Mark Richardson, Sr. 22601 Big Pines Highway, Box #2765
Home: 760-249-4942
Wrightwood, CA 92397-2765
Office: 310-853-2825 Cell:
310-569-7990
Fax:
310-775-4429
Email: [email protected]
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