BISHOP FRANK A. WHITE
35 years of effective management in both the public and private sectors of capital securities, brokerages, record labels, insurance corporations, financial planning, real estate, hiring management, publicists and production firms. Proven record of service in overseeing and managing multi-million dollar budgets, projecting, constructing, executing quality assurance and improvement, team development, empowerment training, proactive problem solving at all levels.
EDUCATION
FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE OF MUSIC Dix Hills, NY
Associate of Applied Arts/Music Business May, 1982
C. W. POST COLLEGE AT LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY Greenvale, NY
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration May, 1985
SOUTH FLORIDA BIBLE COLLEGE & THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Deerfield Beach, FL
Candidate: Master of Divinity (M.Div.) May, 2022
ECCLESIASTICAL EXPERIENCE
Pastor, Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ – Freeport, NY March 1998 – Present
As Pastor of the landmark, 90-Year strong, 4.5 million-dollar Cathedral and Chair of the Cedarmore Corporation, co-spearheaded its flourishing congregational growth along with the facilitation of more than 35 fully operational ministries for young aspiring entrepreneurs, families and the greater community. Garnering resources from more than a decade of Wall Street Brokerage experience, innovated a five-fold mission for Winning & Nurturing Souls, Renewing & Cultivating Minds, Healing Families, Awakening & Rebuilding Communities and Transforming Finances. This mobilized movement includes a built-in volunteer concert artists base, the proceeds from these televised concerts have saved school music programs across the tri-state area.
Pastor, King’s Chapel Church of God in Christ – Southampton, NY October 1999 – May 2019
As a forward-moving congregational leader equipped with the professional and community-centered resources at hand to lift the ministry to an entirely new and energetic level, King’s Chapel Church continues to flourish not only in membership (drawing members from as far west as Queens and the boroughs of Manhattan as well from all across Long Island), but in ministerial services in response to the visionary model of “Marketplace Ministry: Taking the Church Outside the Box.”
Skillfully executed the systematic growth and expansion of the Church’s total infrastructure–the most prominent being its Summer Sunrise Highway Outreach and the establishment of the J. A. King Educational Resource Center, Inc. King’s Chapel operates as one of the strongest religious bodies in the entire area with a commitment to excellence in the areas of missions, evangelism, Christian education, music and liturgical arts and outreach.
THEOLOGICAL & PROFESORIAL PORTFOLIO
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers – Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Professor of Homiletics – MKWW Religious Training Institute, Freeport, NY
Guest Lecturer – Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Guest Lecturer – Queens College, Jamaica, NY
Noonday Speaker, 105th Hampton University Ministers’ Conference – Hampton University, Hampton, VA
EXECUTIVE & CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
Financial Consultant/Broker – First Investors, New York, NY (1981-1988)
Principal Partner – The Oxford Group, New York, NY (1988-1992)
Chief Executive Officer – FAW Enterprises (Business/Consulting)
Chief Executive Officer – FAW Ministries, Inc. (Education/Outreach)
President – MusicQuest Records (Industry)
President & Chief Executive Officer – Preachers’ Kids, Inc. (Fellowship)
President & Chief Executive Officer – FAW Life Insurance Company/Greater NY
Chief Executive Officer – Zion Community Development Corporation
Chief Executive Officer – The Cedarmore Corporation
DIOCESAN & NATIONAL SERVICE
Vice President, International Department of Music, Church of God in Christ, 2000-2008
National Trustee Board, Church of God in Christ, 2000-2008
Financial Secretary, Church of God in Christ, 2008-Present
Chief of Staff, New York Eastern Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 2010-2016
Prelate, New York Eastern Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 2016-Present
Chairman, COGIC Executive Finance Council, 2009-Present
PUBLICATIONS
30-Day Prayer & Praise Devotional 2016, FAW Publishing
Zero Tolerance: Telling the Truth in A Culture Where Anything Goes 2019, FAW Publishing