Dr. Winfield Bevins is joined by the influential Bishop John Mark Richardson for a powerful testimony of church planting during the pandemic, women in leadership, and the future of the church in America. This is part 1 of 2. 

Bishop Richardson is currently an Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop-Emeritus  Charles Edward Blake, Sr., and the COGIC General Board, November 2016.  Bishop Richardson provides spiritual and organizational management to over 60 pastors and congregations in California, Arizona, and Oregon, and over 100  churches in the International Community: Republic of Kenya, East Africa; Belize,  Central America; Republic of Benin, West Africa; and the Democratic Republic of  Congo, Central Africa. He has planted, directly and indirectly, over 40 churches  throughout the United States and International Communities and continues to work  with, train, and support church planters. Bishop Richardson is also the COGIC  Regional Bishop for the Western States, covering California, Arizona, Nevada,  Utah, and Idaho.

Influential Women in Ministry:

Jessica LaGrone (Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary)

Carolyn Moore (Writer, Preacher, Crafter of Ministries and Movements) 

Valerie Grimes (Senior Pastor, Church Planter, Radiant Church Savannah, GA)

For more resources visit:

asburychurchplanting.com