Bishop
Brandon Burdett Porter Bishop
Brandon Burdett Porter, an accomplished pastor, author, singer,
songwriter, and evangelist, has extensively traveled this
nation sharing God’s Word with God’s people. He
is a fourth generation member of the Church Of God In Christ
– the son of Mother Ida M. Porter and the late Bishop
W.L. Porter, who founded Greater Community Temple COGIC in
Memphis; became the organizing prelate of Tennessee Central
Jurisdiction in 1981; and was a former member of the church’s
General Board. Bishop Brandon B. Porter is also the grandson
of the late Elder George T. Flagg, who pastored in Arkansas.
His rich
heritage is rivaled only by his love for and dedication
to the church. For Bishop Brandon B. Porter has consistently
served the Church Of God In Christ in numerous capacities,
starting with his introduction to the ministry while he
was still very young. He accepted his call to preach in
1976 and was ordained an elder in 1978 by Bishop J.O. Patterson,
Sr., Presiding Bishop at that time. In that year, he became
the assistant pastor of Greater Allen Avenue COGIC in Jackson,
Tennessee. And in 1981, he was appointed pastor of Greater
Victory Temple, also in Jackson. He became the district
superintendent in 1986, and in 1991 his father resigned
over to him the now historic Greater Community Temple COGIC
in North Memphis. Under Bishop Brandon B. Porter’s
leadership, the membership of Greater Community Temple COGIC
has flourished to over 5,000, and the church has expanded
to include an additional campus, located in East Memphis.
Continuing
to follow in his father’s footsteps, Bishop Brandon
B. Porter has held numerous positions within the Church
Of God In Christ on all levels (local, district, jurisdictional,
and national). These positions include the vice chairman
of the National Trustee Board; president of the International
Youth Department; national director of Public Relations
and Marketing; executive producer of the COGIC Today TV
show; and coordinator of Christmas in November. In 2009,
he succeeded his father by becoming the Jurisdictional Prelate
of the Tennessee Central Jurisdiction of the Church Of God
In Christ. (This jurisdiction has since grown with over
95 churches and continues to grow at a phenomenal rate.)
An
anointed, passionate preacher and motivational speaker with
a dynamic message of spiritual empowerment and family enrichment
for practical living, Bishop Brandon B. Porter can be heard
by millions weekly via television, radio, and the World
Wide Web. He is also an inspired writer, touching thousands
with his transforming books: A Reason to Keep Going, It’s
Time to Be Filled, In His Likeness, You Have Been Planted,
and Speaking Life.
Success knows no boundaries for Bishop Brandon B. Porter,
who is the CEO of several community developments in the
Tennessee area. In November 2012, during the 105th Annual
Holy Convocation in St. Louis, Missouri, he was elected
as one of the Church Of God In Christ’s newest members
of its General Board – the highest executive and administrative
board within the Church Of God In Christ, consisting of
twelve elected bishops, including the Presiding Bishop.
Though having extensive ecclesiastical responsibilities,
Bishop Brandon B. Porter still manages to spend quality
time with his wife Melody and their two sons, Brandon II
and Bryson.