\n\tMarch 22, 2017\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tThis correspondence is being sent at the request of our leader, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Howard Thomas, Auxiliary Bishop, Michigan Western Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction<\/strong><\/em> under the leadership of General Board Member and Prelate, Bishop Nathaniel W. Wells, Jr.  The Thomas Family and the jurisdiction are in need of our fervent prayers.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tArrangements can be found here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLet us be in fervent prayer for the family during this most difficult time. If I can assist you further concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office at 501.712.0048. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tSanctifying the Leader, I Am,\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.
\n\tAdjutant General<\/em>
\n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 22, 2017 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of our leader, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.  It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Howard Thomas, Auxiliary Bishop, Michigan Western Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under the leadership of General Board Member and Prelate, Bishop Nathaniel W. Wells, Jr.  The…<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","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=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}