CANDIDATE FOR

THE GENERAL BOARD

BISHOP JERRY L. MAYNARD, SR.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Muncie 1970, served as Director of the Muncie, Indiana Human Rights Commission.
  • 1970-1981 A member of the Indiana and United States Civil Rights Commission
  • 1977-1983 President’s Domestic Policy Committee

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science and Psychology, Ball State University
  • Post-graduate Studies in Psychology and Social Sciences, Indiana University
  • PH.D., Philosophy
  • Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) Crossroads Bible College

ECCLESIASTICAL EXPERIENCE

Pastoral Ministry

  • Over 60 years in pastoral ministry
  • Pastor, Cathedral of Praise COGIC, Nashville, Tennessee

Jurisdictional Bishop

  • Consecrated June 16, 2001 – Tennessee 4th Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

Ecclesiastical Elected Position

  • January 19, 2024-GENERAL BOARD, Member – COGIC
  • April 2017 – April 2022 – Vice-Chairman of the General Assembly COGIC

Ecclesiastical positions: 2001 – 2007

  • Chief Operating Officer, COGIC
  • Chairperson – Leadership Conference, COGIC
  • Coordinator – International Holy Convocation, Church Of God In Christ

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

  • Board of Directors: Mary Martha Restoration
  • Board of Directors: Community Alert
  • Board of Directors: Urban City Ministries
  • Former Board Member for: Citizens Bank, Urban League

AWARDS RECEIVED

  • Sagamore of the Wabash, State of Indiana

Author – Now in publication:

Maximize Your Potential
Living Beyond Expectancy
Christian Maturity
Effective Leadership: The Dynamics of Spiritual Authority

He is married to Dr. Mary T. Maynard, a retired deputy superintendent of the DeKalb County Schools in the state of Georgia, and they are a blended family of five children.