{"id":2605,"date":"2016-10-12T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:30:37","slug":"bishop-chris-thompson-announced-next-president-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2016\/10\/12\/bishop-chris-thompson-announced-next-president-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Chris Thompson Announced as Next President of Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chris-thompson\"<\/a>At the annual Feast of Ingathering of Holmes Bible College on October 6, 2016, Chairman Doyle Marley announced that the board of trustees has elected Bishop D. Chris Thompson to serve as the next president of Holmes Bible College following the retirement of Bishop James D. Leggett who has served as president since 2009.<\/p>\n

Bishop Thompson holds a Bachelor of Theology from Holmes Bible College, a Bachelor of Arts from Campbell University and a Master of Ministry from Southwestern Christian University. He currently serves as executive director of Evangelism USA and vice chairman of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) as well as superintendent of the Acts2Day Conference. He plans to complete his current term in these roles and will transition to Holmes Bible College after the 28th General Conference.<\/p>\n

Dr. Doug Beacham, General Superintendent of the IPHC, states, \u201cHolmes Bible College continues to provide anointed people to serve the IPHC. The foundation established by Bishop Leggett has provided a strong platform for the vision and leadership of Bishop Thompson. I am very grateful that he will continue to serve the IPHC as vice chairman and executive director of Evangelism USA through our General Conference in July 2017. After General Conference, he will assume the office of President of Holmes Bible College and will fulfill a life-long dream of preparing a new generation of pastors and missionaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishop Thompson\u2019s vast experience in pastoral ministry and leadership will be a tremendous asset to Holmes Bible College. With 12 years of pastoral experience, he has served on the IPHC General Executive Board, the General Board of Administration, chairman of the Falcon Children\u2019s Home Board, committee chairman of the Emmanuel College Board of Trustees, and vice chairman of the Holmes Bible College Board of Trustees. He has also served in various leadership roles in the North Carolina Conference for 30 years. For eight years, he led the conference as superintendent.<\/p>\n

Bishop Thompson stated, \u201cI am so honored to serve the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.\u00a0 My grandparents, John and Desi Maye Thompson, received Pentecost after the Azusa Street East revival in Dunn, NC and founded my home church, Manley Gove PH Church, in 1923. They were lay church planters and church planting is in my DNA. The church has been good to Betty and me. She was saved under the preaching of Bishop B.E. Underwood and attended the Salem PH Church. The Lord said to us in leaving Holmes in 1974, \u201cHe who continually goes forth weeping. Bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing sheaves with him\u201d (Psalms 126:6). We are doing a 360 degree turn by going back to where we began. May the Lord bless Holmes and may He bless Evangelism USA. We look forward to training laborers to go around the world preaching the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have greatly enjoyed my time at the IPHC Global Ministries Center in Oklahoma City,\u201d stated Bishop Thompson. \u201cWe have discovered great people all across the USA. It has been a special joy to work with all the Conference Bishops and the Acts2Day people are phenomenal. The Evangelism USA team and staff are our family away from home. We weep as we go but rejoice in the direction of the Lord. God is at work!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chris Thompson para servir como el pr\u00f3ximo presidente de Holmes Bible College tras la jubilaci\u00f3n del obispo James D. Leggett que ha servido como presidente desde 2009. el obispo Thompson posee una Licenciatura en Teolog\u00eda por Holmes Bible College, una Licenciatura en Artes de la Universidad de Campbell y una Maestr\u00eda en Ministerio de Southwestern Christian University. Actualmente se desempe\u00f1a como director ejecutivo de Evangelismo EE.UU. y vicepresidente de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal (IPHC), as\u00ed como superintendente de la Conferencia Acts2Day. \u00c9l planea completar su mandato actual en estos papeles y pasar\u00e1 a Holmes Bible College despu\u00e9s de la Conferencia General 28. Dr. Doug Beacham, Superintendente General de la IISP, afirma, \"Holmes Bible College contin\u00faa proporcionando pueblo ungido para servir a la IISP. Las bases establecidas por el Obispo Leggett ha proporcionado una plataforma s\u00f3lida para la visi\u00f3n y el liderazgo del obispo Thompson. Estoy muy agradecido de que seguir\u00e1 sirviendo a la IISP como vicepresidente y director ejecutivo de Evangelismo EE.UU. a trav\u00e9s de nuestra Conferencia General en julio de 2017. Despu\u00e9s de la Conferencia General, que asumir\u00e1 el cargo de Presidente de Holmes Bible College y cumplir\u00e1 una vida largo sue\u00f1o de preparaci\u00f3n de una nueva generaci\u00f3n de pastores y misioneros. \"la vasta experiencia de Thompson Obispo en el ministerio pastoral y liderazgo ser\u00e1 un gran activo para Holmes Bible College. Con 12 a\u00f1os de experiencia pastoral, ha sido miembro de la Junta IISP General Ejecutiva, la Direcci\u00f3n General de Administraci\u00f3n, Presidente del Consejo del Hogar Infantil Falc\u00f3n, presidente del comit\u00e9 de la Junta de Colegio Emmanuel de S\u00edndicos, y vicepresidente de la Junta de Colegio B\u00edblico Holmes de S\u00edndicos. Tambi\u00e9n se ha desempe\u00f1ado en diversos puestos de liderazgo en la Conferencia de Carolina del Norte durante 30 a\u00f1os. Durante ocho a\u00f1os, dirigi\u00f3 la conferencia como superintendente. Obispo Thompson declar\u00f3: \"Estoy muy honrado de servir a la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal. Mis abuelos, John Thompson y Desi Maye, recibieron Pentecost\u00e9s despu\u00e9s de que el avivamiento de Azusa Street East en Dunn, Carolina del Norte y fund\u00f3 mi iglesia, Manley Gove PH Iglesia, en 1923. Ellos fueron los iniciadores de iglesias laicos y plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias est\u00e1 en mi ADN. La iglesia ha sido bueno con Betty y yo. Ella se salv\u00f3 bajo la predicaci\u00f3n del obispo BE Underwood y asisti\u00f3 a la Iglesia PH Salem. El Se\u00f1or nos dijo en dejar Holmes en 1974, \"El que anda continuamente iban llorando. con semilla para la siembra, volver\u00e1 \u00e1 venir con regocijo, trayendo sus gavillas. \"Estamos haciendo un giro de 360 grados, volviendo al punto de partida. Que el Se\u00f1or bendiga a Holmes y que \u00c9l bendiga Evangelismo EE.UU.. Esperamos a los trabajadores formaci\u00f3n para ir por el mundo predicando el Evangelio. \"\" He disfrutado mucho mi tiempo en el Centro de Ministerios Globales de la IISP en Oklahoma City \", declar\u00f3 el obispo Thompson. \"Hemos descubierto grandes personas en todo el EE.UU.. Ha sido una alegr\u00eda especial para trabajar con todos los Obispos de la Conferencia y las personas Acts2Day son fenomenales. El equipo y el personal de Evangelismo EE.UU. son nuestra familia fuera de casa. Lloramos a medida que avanzamos, pero regocijamos en la direcci\u00f3n del Se\u00f1or. 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