{"id":1965,"date":"2019-09-24T18:40:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T23:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2019-09-26T10:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:22:42","slug":"episcopal-transition-bishop-james-arthur-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/2019\/09\/24\/episcopal-transition-bishop-james-arthur-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Episcopal Transition – Bishop James Arthur Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>September 24, 2019<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop James A. Lewis<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0 an Auxiliary Bishop of the Southern California First Jurisdiction, under the leadership of Bishop Joe. L. Ealy, Jurisdictional Prelate; and the husband of Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis, General Supervisor, Department of Women, Church Of God In Christ, Inc..\u00a0\u00a0The Lewis family and the Jurisdiction are in need of our fervent prayers at this time.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Final arrangements can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 As information is given to the Adjutancy, we will forward it to you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

If you need further assistance, you can email me at ematthews@cogic.org or call 904.217.9603<\/p>\n

In His Service,<\/p>\n

Overseer Earl R. Matthews<\/strong>
\nScribe of the National Adjutancy<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 24, 2019 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 James A. Lewis,\u00a0 an Auxiliary Bishop of the Southern California First Jurisdiction, under…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[351,41,88,38,9,352],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-bishop-james-arthur-lewis","tag-church-of-god-in-christ","tag-ecclesiastical-jurisdiction","tag-episcopal-transition","tag-national-adjutancy","tag-southern-california-first","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t