{"id":479,"date":"2015-11-02T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?p=479"},"modified":"2015-11-12T15:09:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T21:09:50","slug":"notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-alfred-marlin-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/2015\/11\/02\/notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-alfred-marlin-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Episcopal Transition Bishop Alfred Marlin Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tNovember 2, 2015\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDear Saints:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"768\" alt=\"bishop-amsmith\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/11\/bishop-amsmith.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px;height: 367px;border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;margin: 5px;float: right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/11\/bishop-amsmith.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/11\/bishop-amsmith-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Alfred Marlin Smith, Prelate of the Michigan Great Lakes Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and the Vice Chairman of Michigan\/Canada Council of Bishops.&nbsp; The arrangements are being made for the services at this time.&nbsp; As soon as the Adjutancy is made aware of the final arrangements, we will pass the information on to you in a timely matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLet us be in fervent prayer for the family during this most difficult time.&nbsp; If I can assist you further concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office at 501.712.0048.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn His Service,\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.<br \/>\n\t<em>Scribe of the Adjutancy<\/em><br \/>\n\t<em>Assistant General Secretary \/ Records &amp; Archives<br \/>\n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, 2015 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.&nbsp; It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Alfred Marlin Smith, Prelate of the Michigan Great Lakes Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[124,41,125,126],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-bishop-alfred-marlin-smith","tag-church-of-god-in-christ","tag-michigan-great-lakes-second","tag-michigancanada-council-of-bishops","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}