![]() However, a fully virtual format will be implemented. Porter said, initially, plans reflected a hybrid format, partially in-person for some events, and virtual broadcasts of others. With the Delta variant and so many still needing to be vaccinated, our presiding bishop, our general board, and other leaders engaged felt that it would be the right decision since safety is a primary concern.” Bishop Brandon B. Porter added, “It was a long, hard thought-out decision. And we all agreed.”ĬOGIC Bishop Brandon B. We decided last week that it would not be safe for our senior leaders and pastors to be under one roof with these rising numbers of new cases. “Just on the General Board, we lost four bishops – four out of 12 bishops. ![]() “The tremendous level of loss we experienced last year was staggering,” said Bishop David Hall, a member of the General Board. Sheard and the General Board of Bishops decided just last week that the resurging numbers of the virus’ Delta variant across the nation would make an in-person meeting of that magnitude unsafe. Last year, the entire event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.Įarlier this year, when the virus-case numbers were steadily decreasing as more and more Americans received the vaccination, plans for an in-person week of scheduled gatherings were being laid for the convocation’s normally allotted slot during the first week of November. ![]() ![]() Drew Sheard, but also to mark the long-awaited return to Memphis after a decade.įor nine years, the annual meeting convened in St. The 2021 event was to be a special celebration, not only honoring newly installed Presiding Bishop J. The return of the Church of God in Christ Holy Convocation to Memphis, the city of its beginnings, will not happen this year because of COVID-19 safety concerns. Drew Sheard and the General Board of Bishops have decided that the resurging numbers of the COVID-19 virus’ Delta variant across the nation would make an in-person meeting of the Holy Convocation's magnitude unsafe. ![]()
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