MEET THE LEADER OF OUR JURISDICTION

Bishop Jack Stephens was born on August 4, 1944 to Deacon and Mrs. Raymond Stephens in Toomsboro, Georgia. Bishop Stephens attended the public schools of Wilkinson County in Irwinton, Georgia. After his graduation from high school he completed an apprenticeship as a weaver at J P. Stevens Industries, where he carries the distinction of being the first African-American employed as a weaver for the company. After four years of employment at J. P. Stevens, he obtained employment at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia.. Throughout his thirty years of faithful service at Central State Hospital, he achieved many commendations and certificates of Leadership in the areas of Vocational Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Aide, and Work Adjustment Instructor. Bishop Jack Stephens accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior at the age of seventeen. After being called into the ministry, he was ordained as an elder in the Church of God in Christ at the hand of the late Bishop E. W. Strickland. His flrst pastoral appointment was at Mosleytown Church of God in Christ located in Vidalia, Georgia. While serving God in the ministry, he has had the privilege to build three churches, (Smith & Ingram Temple, Dixon Temple and Greater Union Grove). He currently serves as pastor for Dixon Temple and Greater Union Grove. Throughout his years of ministry Bishop Stephens has served the church on the local and jurisdictional levels in the capacity of Sunday School Teacher, Chairman of the Four Square District, Superintendent of the Four Square District and Administrative and Personal Assistant to Bishop C J. Hicks. Bishop Stephens was consecrated to the Sacred Office of Bishop and installed as the Jurisdictional Bishop of the Georgia Southern Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction by Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson, the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ on July 29, 2002. Bishop Stephens has been married to his wife, Sister Pansy Stephens, for 44 glorious and joyful years.