Lewis and Watson were, without question, diligent workers and held in high esteem by the Saints. After functioning in this office for seven years, Overseer Lewis relinquished the Bishopric and relocated to Los Angeles, California. Mother Watson was appointed as his Supervisor of The Women’s Work and both were charged to labor in harmony. Paul Church by Professor James Courts in 1914. This noble cause came into fruition when the initial classes where taught within the basement of the St. He fervently undergirded the vision of the “Founding Father” by assisting him closely in ministry and establishing a school. It was Lewis who steered the Diocese as Mason traveled extensively across the nation attending to a broader work.
Lewis and Stephen Rice were selected as the first two Statewide Overseers, along with Supervisors Jennie Watson and Victoria Jones in succeeding intervals. Overseer Lewis, from the very outset, began to hurriedly pursue the work of the ministry. 1897 by Reverend Mason: The Mother Church) located in Lexington, functioned as the administrative center.
The Saint Paul Church of God In Christ (Est. Mason established a Diocese in Mississippi that encompassed the total land area of the State. The First Statewide Diocese In MississippiĪs Senior Bishop, Charles H.
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