\u201cJames Leggett led the IPHC into the twenty-first century with great wisdom, personal character, and a vision to reach the world. He was not only our denominational leader, he was an outstanding leader in the global Pentecostal movement and beyond. Through the National Association of Evangelicals, Christian Churches Together and the Global Christian Forum, James Leggett spoke with clarity and grace to the body of Christ across the wide spectrum of Christian thought and expression. Susan and I are grateful for the love and friendship of the entire Leggett family to us and to the world-wide IPHC family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bishop Leggett served the Lord and the IPHC faithfully and with honor. A memorial service for Bishop Leggett is under the direction of Skinner and Smith Funeral Home<\/a> and will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at the J. Culbreth Memorial Auditorium in Falcon, North Carolina. The family will greet visitors from 11:30 a.m – 1:45 p.m. and interment will be at the Falcon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Holmes Bible College,\u00a04901 Old Buncombe Road, Greenville, SC 29617. Out of town guests may secure hotel accommodations at the Hampton Inn or Fairfield Inn in Dunn, North Carolina.<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong> Bishop James Leggett’s Memorial Service will be broadcast via Livestream<\/a> on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 2:00 pm EST. An archive of the full service is also available online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bishop James D. Leggett<\/p><\/div>\n Not many people have the distinction of moving from student to teacher to president of their alma mater. But that is precisely the story of James D. Leggett, with much living and leading between.<\/p>\n James Daniel Leggett was born in Williamston, North Carolina, on October 21, 1939. He was one of eight children born to James S. and Hazel W. Leggett. The Leggetts were members of the Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church in Williamston. James was born again in 1954 in his home church and he knew without a doubt that God had a call on his life.<\/p>\n During James\u2019s high school and college years, he attended Holmes Academy and College of the Bible in Greenville, South Carolina. He continued his education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he earned a B.A. in history.<\/p>\n As a high school student at Holmes, James met and fell in love with another student, Clara Faye Watts, a pretty girl from Virginia. They dated for five years before exchanging marriage vows on June 25, 1961, in the First PH Church, Norfolk, Virginia. She was 19 and he was 21 at the time.<\/p>\n The newlyweds returned to Greenville and to their alma mater; this time, however, the mission was for James to teach at the school. He spent a year as a member of the Holmes faculty before assuming his first pastorate\u2014Swan Quarter Pentecostal Holiness Church (Pinetown, NC). He pastored two more congregations, Mount Olive (Pembroke, NC), 1964-70, and Culbreth Memorial (Falcon, NC), 1970-1986, before being elected superintendent of the North Carolina Conference.<\/p>\n James had served as conference superintendent for only three years when the delegates at the 1989 General Conference elected him to the General Executive Board as executive director of Evangelism and chairman of the Extension Loan Fund, which grew from $3 million to $12 million under his leadership. In 1993, he was re-elected to head the Department of Evangelism, which had become known as Evangelism USA (EVUSA). He was also chosen as vice chairman of the denomination.<\/p>\n As director of EVUSA, Leggett set an aggressive goal of planting 100 new churches in America in only one year. \u201cIn the most remarkable year ever, the church succeeded in planting 110 new churches in the U.S. in 1994.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n Then, in 1997, James D. Leggett was elected as general superintendent and presiding bishop of the IPHC. During those years, 1997-2009, Leggett also served as co-chairman of the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America, chairman of the Pentecostal World Fellowship, and as a member of the Global Christian Forum and Christian Churches Together (CCT).<\/p>\n For seven years, Bishop Leggett applied his skill and knowledge as both a wordsmith and theologian to writing Sunday School curriculum for Advocate Press (now LifeSprings Resources). During his tenure as general superintendent, he served as editor of the denominational magazines, IssacharFile, <\/em>and Experience<\/em>. He also compiled and edited the book, Preaching to Connect<\/em>,[ii]<\/a> an anthology of sermons and practical insights by several well-known pastors and educators.<\/p>\n When Leggett left the office of General Superintendent in 2009, he returned to Greenville, South Carolina, and the school that held so many memories for him and Faye. He accepted the challenge as head of Holmes Bible College. While serving as the school\u2019s sixth president, he revitalized the institution and strengthened its ties with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He worked diligently to fortify the school\u2019s financial base while overseeing the construction of a lovely new campus, including a new building for the Holmes Memorial Church, which he pastored. By the time he retired in August 2017, the primary campus was debt-free.<\/p>\n James and Faye Leggett have four children: James D., Jr. (Sandra); Joseph Talmadge (Sharon), John (Laurie) and Cindy McKeone (Jim); and 11 grandchildren.<\/p>\n James Leggett said his life motto was to \u201crealize God\u2019s full potential.\u201d He based that goal on Philippians 1:6: \u201c[I am] confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in [me] will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ\u201d (KJV).<\/p>\n In a sense, James Leggett\u2019s adult life led him full circle\u2014student, teacher, preacher, pastor, writer, presiding bishop, college president\u2014and always ministering and leading with a positive outlook toward the future. The thousands who have heard him preach will no doubt recall his declaring, \u201cThe best is yet to come!\u201d<\/p>\n By\u00a0Shirley G. Spencer<\/strong><\/p>\n The International Pentecostal Holiness Church has received additional tributes to Bishop Leggett from the following individuals:<\/p>\n Rev. Donavan Ng<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Arto H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen<\/a><\/p>\n Rev. Carlos L. Malav\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n Rev. D. Mohan<\/a><\/p>\n Bishop Gordon McDonald<\/a><\/p>\n Prince Guneratnam<\/a><\/p>\n Leith Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n Jeff Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. William M. Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [i]<\/a> Vinson Synan, Old Time Power<\/em>, LifeSprings Resources, Franklin Springs, Georgia, \u00a91998, p. 304.<\/p>\n [ii]<\/a> LifeSprings Resources, Franklin Springs, Georgia, \u00a92005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[510,525,39,437,526],"class_list":{"0":"post-1933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-510","9":"tag-bishop-james-leggett","10":"tag-february","11":"tag-in-memory","12":"tag-james-daniel-leggett","13":"entry"},"title_es":"La IPHC recuerda al obispo James D. Leggett","content_es":"La Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal (IPHC) celebra la vida y el ministerio del Obispo James D. Leggett, quien muri\u00f3 la ma\u00f1ana del jueves 8 de febrero de 2018 en su casa. El Superintendente general Doug Beacham recuerda: \"James Leggett dirigi\u00f3 la IPHC en el siglo XXI con gran sabidur\u00eda, car\u00e1cter personal y una visi\u00f3n para llegar al mundo. \u00c9l no solo era nuestro l\u00edder denominacional, era un l\u00edder sobresaliente en el movimiento pentecostal global y m\u00e1s all\u00e1. A trav\u00e9s de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Evang\u00e9licos, Iglesias Cristianas Unidas y el Foro Cristiano Global, James Leggett habl\u00f3 con claridad y gracia al cuerpo de Cristo a trav\u00e9s del amplio espectro del pensamiento y la expresi\u00f3n cristiana. Susan y yo estamos agradecidos por el amor y la amistad de toda la familia Leggett para nosotros y para la familia de IPHC en todo el mundo \".<\/em> \u00a0<\/em> El Obispo Leggett sirvi\u00f3 fielmente y con honor al Se\u00f1or y al IPHC. Nuestros pensamientos y oraciones est\u00e1n con su familia en este momento. \u00a0<\/strong>\r\nJames Daniel Leggett (1939-2018)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/a>James Daniel Leggett<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nNo muchas personas tienen la distinci\u00f3n de pasar de estudiante a profesor a presidente de su alma mater. Pero esa es precisamente la historia de James D. Leggett, con mucha vida y liderazgo entre. James Daniel Leggett naci\u00f3 en Williamston, Carolina del Norte, el 21 de octubre de 1939. Fue uno de los ocho hijos de James S. y Hazel W. Leggett. Los Leggetts eran miembros de Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church en Williamston. James naci\u00f3 de nuevo en 1954 en su iglesia natal y sab\u00eda sin lugar a dudas que Dios ten\u00eda un llamado en su vida. Durante los a\u00f1os de secundaria y universidad de James, asisti\u00f3 a Holmes Academy y College of the Bible en Greenville, Carolina del Sur. Continu\u00f3 su educaci\u00f3n en la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Pembroke, donde obtuvo un BA en historia. Como estudiante de secundaria en Holmes, James conoci\u00f3 y se enamor\u00f3 de otra estudiante, Clara Faye Watts, una chica guapa de Virginia. Salieron durante cinco a\u00f1os antes de intercambiar los votos matrimoniales el 25 de junio de 1961, en la First PH Church, Norfolk, Virginia. Ella ten\u00eda 19 a\u00f1os y \u00e9l ten\u00eda 21 en ese momento. Los reci\u00e9n casados \u200b\u200bregresaron a Greenville y a su alma mater; esta vez, sin embargo, la misi\u00f3n era que James ense\u00f1ara en la escuela. Pas\u00f3 un a\u00f1o como miembro de la facultad de Holmes antes de asumir su primer pastorado: Swan Quarter Pentecostal Holiness Church (Pinetown, Carolina del Norte). Pastore\u00f3 dos congregaciones m\u00e1s, Mount Olive (Pembroke, NC), 1964-70, y Culbreth Memorial (Falcon, NC), 1970-1986, antes de ser elegido superintendente de la Conferencia de Carolina del Norte. James hab\u00eda servido como superintendente de conferencias por solo tres a\u00f1os cuando los delegados en la Conferencia General de 1989 lo eligieron para la Junta Ejecutiva General como director ejecutivo de Evangelismo y presidente del Fondo de Pr\u00e9stamo de Extensi\u00f3n, que creci\u00f3 de $ 3 a $ 12 millones bajo su liderazgo. En 1993, fue reelegido para dirigir el Departamento de Evangelismo, que se hab\u00eda conocido como Evangelismo USA (EVUSA). Tambi\u00e9n fue elegido como vicepresidente de la denominaci\u00f3n. Como director de EVUSA, Leggett estableci\u00f3 una meta agresiva de plantar 100 nuevas iglesias en Estados Unidos en solo un a\u00f1o. \"En el a\u00f1o m\u00e1s extraordinario, la iglesia logr\u00f3 plantar 110 nuevas iglesias en los EE. UU. En 1994\". [I]<\/a> Luego, en 1997, James D. Leggett fue elegido superintendente general y obispo presidente de la IPHC. Durante esos a\u00f1os, 1997-2009, Leggett tambi\u00e9n se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como copresidente de las Iglesias Carism\u00e1ticas Pentecostales de Am\u00e9rica del Norte, presidente de la Confraternidad Mundial Pentecostal y como miembro del Foro Cristiano Global y Iglesias Cristianas Unidas (CCT). Durante siete a\u00f1os, el Obispo Leggett aplic\u00f3 su habilidad y conocimiento como escritor de palabras y te\u00f3logo al escribir el curr\u00edculo de la Escuela Dominical para Advocate Press (ahora LifeSprings Resources). Durante su mandato como superintendente general, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como editor de las revistas denominacionales, IssacharFile<\/em> y Experience<\/em> . Tambi\u00e9n compil\u00f3 y edit\u00f3 el libro, Preaching to Connect<\/em> , [ii]<\/a> una antolog\u00eda de sermones y puntos de vista pr\u00e1cticos de varios pastores y educadores conocidos. Cuando Leggett dej\u00f3 la oficina del Superintendente General en 2009, regres\u00f3 a Greenville, Carolina del Sur, y la escuela que ten\u00eda tantos recuerdos para \u00e9l y para Faye. Acept\u00f3 el desaf\u00edo como jefe de Holmes Bible College. Mientras se desempe\u00f1aba como el sexto presidente de la escuela, revitaliz\u00f3 la instituci\u00f3n y fortaleci\u00f3 sus lazos con la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal. Trabaj\u00f3 diligentemente para fortalecer la base financiera de la escuela mientras supervisaba la construcci\u00f3n de un hermoso campus nuevo, que inclu\u00eda un nuevo edificio para Holmes Memorial Church, que \u00e9l pastoreaba. Para cuando se jubil\u00f3 en agosto de 2017, el campus principal estaba libre de deudas. James y Faye Leggett tienen cuatro hijos: James D., Jr. (Sandra); Joseph Talmadge (Sharon), John (Laurie) y Cindy McKeone (Jim); y 11 nietos James Leggett dijo que su lema de vida era \"realizar todo el potencial de Dios\". Bas\u00f3 esa meta en Filipenses 1: 6: \"[Estoy] seguro de esto mismo, que el que ha comenzado un buen trabajo en [m\u00ed] llevar\u00e1 a cabo hasta el d\u00eda de Jesucristo \"(KJV). En cierto sentido, la vida adulta de James Leggett lo condujo al c\u00edrculo completo -estudiante, maestro, predicador, pastor, escritor, obispo presidente, presidente de la universidad- y siempre ministrando y liderando con una perspectiva positiva hacia el futuro. Los miles que lo han escuchado predicar\u00e1n, sin duda, recordar\u00e1n que declar\u00f3: \"\u00a1Lo mejor est\u00e1 por venir!\" Por Shirley G. Spencer<\/strong> [i]<\/a> Vinson Synan, Old Time Power<\/em> , LifeSprings Resources, Franklin Springs, Georgia, \u00a9 1998, p . 304. 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