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John Drew Sheard Jr. (born January 1, 1959) [1] is an American pastor and minister from Detroit, Michigan, who is the current presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, a six million-member predominantly African-American Holiness Pentecostal denomination that has now grown to become one of the largest African-American Pentecostal denominations in the United States.
On October 23, 2020, Bishop Blake announced that he will not seek re-election as Presiding Bishop nor as a member of the General Board. [5] He officially retired on March 19, 2021, and was succeeded by Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Sr. as Presiding Bishop on March 20, 2021.
As a result, the general board exercises great authority over the church. The presidium includes a separately elected international presiding bishop by the general assembly who serves a term of four years, who, then appoints two assistant presiding bishops. The current presiding bishop is Bishop J. Drew Sheard who was elected in 2021.
Bishop J. Drew Sheard is installed during a ceremony at the Temple of Deliverance Church Of God in Christ in Downtown Memphis, Tenn. on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
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The August 2018 grand jury report includes all Pennsylvania dioceses except Philadelphia and Altoona–Johnstown, which had already issued earlier reports.. A grand jury investigation of Catholic Church sexual abuse in Pennsylvania lasted from 2016 to 2018, and investigated the history of clerical sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
BISHOP BUDDE: I hope that a message calling for dignity, respecting dignity, honesty, humility and kindness is resonating with people. I'm grateful for that. I'm grateful for that.
Michigan North Central – Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ, General Board Member; Michigan Northeast – Bishop Zachary N. Hicks; Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr. - Vice Chairman, Board Of Bishops; Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Robert Delano Taylor, Sr.