Meet the Pastor
Elder James L. Bishop Jr. was born December 25, 1974, to the union of Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Bishop Sr. He was raised in Willis, Texas, attended and graduated from Willis High School, and matriculated to Huron University where he received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Education. He has also attended Walden University and Region IV Principalship Program receiving a Masters of Arts in Education and Texas public school Principal Certification. Pastor Bishop was also deferred an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Saint Thomas Christian College. Elder Bishop is currently employed as Assistant Principal in the Willis Independent School District.
Elder Bishop is happily married to Brenda J. Bishop. Together they are the proud parents of Jaspen and Jayden Bishop. The entire family is devoted to Christ and dedicated to ministry.
Elder Bishop accepted Christ in his life in 1999 at Toliver Memorial Church of God In Christ under the anointed, soul-stirring preaching of the Late Supt. L. V. Whitaker. Pastor Bishop received and accepted the call to the preaching ministry at the age of 24. In March of 1999, he gave his very first sermon in the Toliver Memorial COGIC. Many Saints and friends from around the city of Willis and State of Texas came to hear the sermon entitled “Do You Know Him?” focusing on Luke 9:18-21. In January of 2007, he was ordained an Elder in the Church of God in Christ.
In October of 2000, he founded Humble Lamb Ministries as a personal outreach ministry. He continued to serve under Supt. L.V. Whitaker at Toliver Memorial Church of God In Christ as the Adult Sunday School teacher and Associate Minister. February 17, 2007 The Lord called Supt. L.V. Whitaker from labor to reward. After the death of Pastor Whitaker, Elder Bishop continued to serve under the Bishop C.L. Bryant for eighteen months.In March 2008, he decided to follow his God-given destiny and begin his Pastorate at Kingdom Harvest.
Elder Bishop is a very high-spirited servant of Christ who devotes his life daily to fulfilling his calling. Elder Bishop prays, fasts, and studies the Word of God daily in an effort to further understand and commit his life to the work that God has for him. Elder Bishop wants nothing more than to have his cup to run over with the love of God and the spirit of the Holy Ghost. His ultimate desire is to have God's will fulfilled in his life.
In March of 2008, the Lord led Elder Bishop to gather individuals together to organize Kingdom Harvest Church of God In Christ, a ministry that operates in reconciliation, empowerment, healing, and exemplifying the love of Jesus Christ. As Pastor of this Christ-centered, life-building ministry, he has the awesome opportunity to assist in helping persons live the God-kind of life through the sound biblical teaching, preaching, and implementation of the Word of God in to their everyday lives. Pastor Bishop and the kingdom dwellers of Kingdom Harvest Church of God In Christ are “Evangelizing the sinner, Equipping the Saints, Exalting the Savior”.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
