Question 1

Bishop Doral R. Pulley | Presiding Prelate

Accepted Answer

Dr. Doral Reginald Pulley celebrates 40 years in ministry and has worked almost every capacity of the Church. He has traveled across the country spreading the Word of God in an innovative manner that empowers people to change. He is known for his ability to effectively train church leaders and to stimulate holistic growth and development.
 
At an early age, Dr. Pulley became aware of his true identity as a son of God and demonstrated a love of God and church, which distinguished him from other children. He accepted his call to ministry at the age of 7 and was licensed as a minister at 12. He has served several churches in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area as assistant, associate, or senior pastor.
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In 1992, Dr. Pulley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morgan with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Religious Studies and Theology. He received his Masters of Science in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College of Maryland in 1996 and his Certificate of Advanced Study in 2000. He graduated in May 2010 with a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Psychology from Graduate Theological Foundation.
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Dr. Pulley is certified as a mental health professional by the National Board of Professional Counselors and by the State of Maryland as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. After 20 years of service, he retired from being the Assistant Principal of St. Frances Academy, an inner city Catholic high school.​
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Dr. Pulley is the President and CEO of the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom, a network of  local assemblies, ministries and businesses throughout the United States who manifest the Kingdom of God right here on earth.
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Dr. Pulley was introduced to New Thought Christianity in 1996. Under the auspices of the Rev. Dr. Mary A. Tumpkin in 2009, he decided to further his metaphysical studies. In 2014, he graduated from the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary‘s Previously Ordained Clergy Program and received credentials from the Universal Foundation for Better Living, an international association of New Thought Christian churches, organizations, centers and study groups dedicated to spreading the abundant life teachings of Jesus the Christ.
 
In August 2014, he moved to the Tampa Bay Area to pursue full-time ministry. In 2017, he became the founding Spiritual Leader of Today's Church with two locations in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL. In addition to pastoring, preaching, teaching, counseling, and writing, Dr. Pulley is the proud father of two beautiful twin daughters, Brittney and Courtney, one son, Doral, II and granddaughter Tyler Jade.

Question 2

Bishop A. Bernard Hector | Vice Presiding Prelate

Accepted Answer

Bishop A. Bernard Hector is a graduate of Morgan State University with a degree in Elementary Education and has earned his Master of Education degree from Loyola College in Administration and Supervision. For over 20 years, Bishop Hector has worked for the Howard County Public School System where he now serves as a member of the Hammond Elementary School Leadership Team as an Instructional Team Leader. In addition, he has served as site coordinator for Professional Development Schools in partnership with his alma mater, Morgan State University, mentoring and training all matriculating Morgan interns aspiring to become elementary teachers.
 
For ten years he served as principal and administrator for Howard County's Academic Achievement program for minority students and has piloted a program that focuses on maintaining minority student achievement throughout the course of the summer. Bishop Hector is celebrated within his school and school system for his innovative, instructional strategies for state and models of instruction for students. Having served as a minister of music for twenty years, Bishop Hector has traveled the country conducting music workshops and working with singers, musicians, directors and choirs including various recording artists. He became a licensed minister under the leadership of Bishop Doral R. Pulley at Word of Truth Center, International and went on to serve as their interim spiritual leader. From there, Bishop Hectorserved as Minister of Music for fiffteen years at Temple Ministries and went on to serve as their administrator and eventually the spiritual leader under the leadership of Bishop Jerome, McNeill, Sr. This is where he became known for his work as a ministry consultant, teaching and training in church leadership and administration.
 
Bishop Hector currently serves as the Vice-Presiding Prelate of the Executive Board of the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom where he has both chaired and championed the National Five-fold affairs of the organization. In 2014, Bishop Hector founded the Kingdom Covenant Network and has already begun the apostolic work of restructuring, re- building and being a resource of administrative excellence and profound wisdom for ministries and ministry leaders along the east coast.

Question 3

Bishop Teto T. Saunders | Parlimentarian and Chaplain

Accepted Answer

Bishop Teto T. Saunders walks in the Light of God, as a man of integrity, baring God’s truth, and Holy Spirit filled. He lifts up the very existence of God with a joyful heart, a boisterous praise, and a lifestyle that is earnest and pure, bringing Glory to God. Bishop Saunders is a native of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, growing up in the Southwest Philadelphia area. He is a graduate of John Bartram High School, seen as a quiet person with leadership qualities and often looked up to as well being one who has had to victoriously overcome many of life challenges. Bishop Saunders is currently attending Drexel University in obtaining both his Masters and Doctoral Degrees with an anticipation completion date of December 2019.
 
Although his major purpose was to receive a formal education, the Lord was fast at work. His calling was evident in the life of this young man. While singing and traveling with the Widener University Gospel Choir throughout the Tri-State area and Maryland, the Teto Saunders of that day, had unknowingly begun his transformation from one who travels with Godly people, to one who now knows God intimately, surrendering his life to the Lord. In 2000 Bishop Teto T. Saunders aligned himself as a member of Fellowship Tabernacle Church (FTC) under the direction and Pastoral Leadership of the late Apostle Robert M. Taylor, Sr., where he served in many capacities of ministry. While serving as Trustee Board Chairman he received and acknowledged the call of God to preach the gospel. Deciding to make his calling and election sure, he actively participated in the rigid Ministerial Training Program within the Christian Education Department at FTC. Determined to show himself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, like Christ, Bishop Saunders was able to grow in wisdom and stature, gaining favor with God and man. In 2002, he received licensure as a minister and in 2004 he was ordained and installed as the Pastor and Founder of New Birth Fellowship Tabernacle. Passion and Zeal leads the way toward knowing God on higher ground and deeper levels. In 2006 consecrated to the office of Overseer within The International Covenant Ministry Fellowship governed by Bishop Robert M. Taylor Sr., and 2009 consecrated to the office of Diocesan Bishop within the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom governed by Bishop Doral R. Pulley As it stands now well with the Lord and prophesied into Bishop Saunders life, as of July 11, 2015 he was elevated to the office of Ordinary Bishop, and now and is the Presiding Bishop of New Birth Fellowship Alliance. He is the father of two sons, Cornelius and William and a proud grandfather!

Question 4

Bishop D. Walter Rogers | Vicar General, General Treasurer and Vice President of Executive Affairs

Accepted Answer

Bishop D Walter Rogers is a native of Washington, DC who was reared in Montgomery County, MD. Bishop Rogers came to his Christ awareness (Salvation) at the tender age of 5 and was baptized shortly thereafter. Bishop Rogers is a mighty man of valor with a heart and a passion for the people of God.  He seeks to tailor his life to reflect that of the mandate given in the book of Isaiah 61:1 “ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
 
Bishop Rogers is a true praise and worshiper and daily gives glory to God for the years that Christ has been preparing and equipping him since his very first sermon at the age of 15. Bishop Rogers attended Pensacola Christian College and Liberty University studying Business and Religion with an emphasis in Pastoral Ministries and is currently studying Psychology. God has truly anointed him with a unique gift of preaching and teaching to a variety of age brackets and cultures with a style of delivery that causes one to stop, think, examine and invoke change in their lives. 
 
Bishop Rogers has served in many different areas of the church to include but not limited to ushering, multimedia, church planting and executive staff as assistant, associate or interim pastor. Bishop Rogers has launched another local assembly known as Beyond Church in the Silver Spring, MD area. Beyond church is a Kingdom’s View Assembly in which he is the Presiding Bishop. Kingdom’s View Assembly, Inc. is an affiliate of the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom where he serves on the National Executive Board as the General Treasurer and Adjutant General. It is through the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom under the leadership of Bishop Dr. Doral R. Pulley where Bishop Rogers was affirmed as a Bishop in 2016.

Question 5

Overseer Julius Ford | General Secretary & Vice President of Administrative Affairs

Accepted Answer

Overseer Julius Ford is a native of Orlando, Florida. At the age of 13, he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, Shepherd and Bishop of his soul. Higher education led Elder Ford to Baltimore, MD where he attended Morgan State University. His diversity of gifts engaged him in the world renowned choir, the Magnificent Marching Machine (band), U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, writer, designer and editor of the Spokesman Newspaper, Student Government Association and resident assistant all while receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Public Policy with a minor in Pre-Law.
 
Elder Ford has also matriculated through the Mind of Christ School of Ministry where he now serves as dean of Faculty and Christian Education. Elder Ford is a certified Professional of Human Resources and has supported global leaders in various industries like IBM, Lafarge and the US Department of Homeland Security throughout his career. He still garners a great deal of clientele from his entrepreneurial venture as a graphic designer and strategic marketing consultant.
 
Elder Ford has been active in ministry since the summer of 2004, when he overhauled the youth ministry and implemented Sunday School and Children’s church at Higher Dimensions Christian Center. He received his ministerial license in 2007 and was ordained as an elder in the Lord’s Church under the Church of the Everlasting Kingdom, Inc. (COTEK) in 2012. COTEK is a covering for local assemblies, ministries and businesses under the auspices of Dr. Doral R. Pulley. In November of 2010, Elder Ford was sent out to expand the reach of the covering by establishing a local assembly and diocese in Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Today, the vision of Kingdom Assembly of Grace and Truth (KAGT), “Liberating souls and changing lives,” is coming to pass and in July 2014, Elder Ford was designated to become an overseer. Overseer chairs the board of directors for Release to Reunion, a 501c3 nonprofit organization in Atlanta established to reunite families separated as a result of incarceration, domestic violence and/or addiction. He is the general secretary of the COTEK National Executive Board. Most recently Elder Ford began the prayerful establishment of FORD-ify. The official debut of FORD-ify took place at INCREASE 2015 in Baltimore, MD as Julius released his first literary work, “Worriers and Warriors: Conquering Fear by Fighting with Faith.”

Question 6

Overseer Dr. Davina Jones | Vice President of Five Fold Ministry

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Bishop Samuel Zimmerman | Vice President of Episcopal and Ethical Affairs

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