{"id":526,"date":"2016-05-03T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?p=526"},"modified":"2016-05-03T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:47:53","slug":"notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-fred-lee-cunningham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/2016\/05\/03\/notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-fred-lee-cunningham\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Episcopal Transition – Bishop Fred Lee Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMay 3, 2016\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDear Saints:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Fred Lee Cunningham, Prelate Emeritus of the Columbia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe services for Bishop Cunningham will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Local Home going Celebration<\/strong><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tThursday, May 5, 2016, 6:00 p.m\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Jurisdictional Home going Celebration<\/strong><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tFriday, May 6, 2016, 12:00 p.m\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tboth celebrations to be held at the:\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tGreater Pentecostal Temple Church Of God In Christ<\/strong>
\n\t\t\t\t\t323 Able Street
\n\t\t\t\t\tSouth Haven, Michigan 49090\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tBishop James E. Atterberry,<\/strong> Officiating<\/em>
\n\t\t\t\t\tPrelate, West Haven Michigan Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tBishop John Henry Sheard, <\/strong>Eulogist<\/em>
\n\t\t\t\t\tChairman of the Board of Bishops
\n\t\t\t\t\tChurch Of God In Christ\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"bishop-flcunningham\"\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n\tAll clergy are requested to wear their "Class B" Attire at both services.  All Bishop who attend the Jurisdictional Home going Celebration are asked to wear their "Class A" vestments.  Let us be in fervent prayer for the family during this time.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIf I can assist you further concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office at 501.712.0048<\/a>.  Bishop James E. Atterberry requests that you may also contact the Jurisdictional Secretary, Pastor Phillip J. Holmes at 616.570.1133.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn His Service,\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.
\n\tScribe of the Adjutancy<\/em>
\n\tAssistant General Secretary \/ Records & Archives
\n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 3, 2016 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Fred Lee Cunningham, Prelate Emeritus of the Columbia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  The services for Bishop…<\/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":[142,103],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-bishop-fred-cunningham","tag-home-going-celebration","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","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=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}