About Us
Grace Fifth is a place of opportunity for individuals who desire to serve in our Lord's Church. As we continue formation of the jurisdiction, there are opportunities to serve in the the auxiliaries of Youth Ministry (YPWW), Evangelism, Music, Missions, and Sunday School. Today there are a variety of ministry approaches to win the lost; and Grace Fifth is open to the unique ministries that target different demographics of our community. Some of our churches are traditional, others are contemporary, while others are hybrids.
The common denominator is our faith. We believe that man can be saved by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord. Man can live a holy life through the power and baptism of the Holy Ghost. As believers we have an obligation to share our testimony with others; and we vow to share our treasury with our beloved Savior and Redeemer to promote the gospel ministry. The ministry of Grace Fifth operate through the fivefold ministry gifts given to the church by Jesus with signs and wonders following, divine healing, deliverance, miracles, and discipleship.
Grace Fifth provides assistance to affiliates churches and para-church fellowships with organizational development templates, personnel and volunteer development, through our Vision Development Seminars; financial support strategies, innovative ministry techniques, through E-Conference that emphasizes (Economic, Education, and Evangelism); Emerald Blu Institute which provide advance formal education; Holy Convocation which is a time for inter-congregational fellowship; Women's Convention for Seminar concerning women's matters; and Pastor, Elders, and Wives Retreat (PEW).
Grace Fifth churches are located in Roanoke, in the southwest corridor of Virginia; in Alexandria in Northern Virginia, in Richmond in Central Virginia, and the Hampton Roads vicinities of Newport News, Portsmouth, Smithfield, and Chesapeake. As we open our doors to new church plants, sons and daughters of COGIC, independent ministries desirous of fellowship and/or apostolic covering you will discover Grace 5 leadership operates out of love and goodwill.
As we stabilize the formation of Grace Fifth opportunities exist for administrative, management, and financial professional to collaborate with us in our development of a statewide professional service network (PSN) for small churches and mission ministries.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, INC.
GENERAL BOARD
Front Row, Left to Right
2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop Jerry W. Macklin, Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard, 2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten
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Back Row, Left to Right
Bishop Linwood E. Dillard, Bishop Jerry L. Maynard, Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson, Bishop Charles H. McClelland, Bishop Brandon B. Porter (Secretary) , Bishop Michael E. Hill (Assistant Secretary), Bishop Darrell L. Hines, Bishop Prince E. Bryant, Bishop Frank A. White
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Grace 5 Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction is affiliated with the Church of God in Christ, Inc. headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. There are approximately, six million adherents associated with this global church community. It is the largest predominantly African American Pentecostal Holiness denomination principally located in America with churches in 110 countries throughout the world. Bishop C. H. Mason is founder and Bishop J. Drew Sheard is Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle, eighth in succession.
