Episcopal Transition – Bishop Benjamin J. Ravenel

April 20, 2018 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Bejamin J. Ravenel, Sr., Prelate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction.  The Ravenel family as well as the…

Notice of Episcopal Transition – Bishop Charles D. Williams

January 24, 2017 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Charles D. Williams, Prelate Emeritus – Alaska Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  As per the Office of Bishop Otis McCormick, Prelate, Alaska Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, the service for Bishop…

The Passing of Mother Ernestine Lewis

June 20, 2015 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Mother Ernestine Lewis, wife of our Senior Deputy Adjutant General, Bishop Clarence Lewis, III.  Information for the home going celebration is forthcoming;…

The Passing of Overseer John Z. Smith

June 11, 2015 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Overseer John Z. Smith, Sr., National Adjutant Overseer, Jurisdictional Chief Adjutant and the Oldest Active Adjutant in the Church Of God In…

Home going Celebration of Mother Imola York

April 29, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Mother Imola York.  She was a longtime member of the National Adjutancy.  She served with distinction and taught platform protocol for the…