![]() ![]() Jemison has been married to his college sweetheart, the former Jacqueline Renee Norris, for more than 40 years and they are the proud parents of one son, MaKinsley, a 2008 graduate of Georgetown College in Kentucky Member, Historic Skirvin Hotel Restoration Committee.Member, Oklahoma City Park & Recreation Commission.Member, Youth Council, Governor’s Workforce and Economic Development Board.Member, Governor’s Marriage Initiative Board.Graduate, Leadership Oklahoma City, Adult Signature Class XXIII and Member, LOKC Alumni Association.Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree, Richmond Virginia Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree, Jackson Theological Seminary, Shorter College, Little Rock, Arkansas.Executive Board, Baptist Joint Committee.Executive Board, Baptist World Alliance.Member, Commission on International Affairs, World Council of Churches.Executive Board, Oklahoma City Branch of the Urban League.Member, Concerned Clergy for Spiritual Renewal (CCSR).2nd Vice President, Baptist Ministerial Alliance and Chairman, Oklahoma City Simultaneous Revival.Executive Board Member, Oklahoma City Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).Lifetime Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).Executive Board Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), State of Oklahoma.Former National Director, One Thousand Churches Connected Initiative, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.Former Vice President for Civil Rights and Church Development, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.Member, Board of Trustees, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.Member, Board of Trustees, Langston University, Oklahoma City, OK and Tulsa, OK Campuses.Board of Preachers, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. Bishop College (Dallas, TX), Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion & Philosophy, with emphasis on Church Ministries & Pastoral Care, 1977.Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital ( Dallas, TX) Certified Psychiatric Counselor, 1979.Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX), Master of Theology Degree, with special emphasis on Church Ministries, Pastoral Care & Counseling, 1982. ![]() Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Kansas City, MO), Doctor of Ministry Degree, 1990.Harvard University School of Divinity (Cambridge, MA), Certificate, 1994.Jemison previously served PNBC as 1 st Vice President on the local level and as President of the Southwest Region, later moving to 2 nd Vice President and 1 st Vice President of the national body before being elected President in 2002. Jemison provided exceptional leadership related to the convention’s involvement in, advocacy and support of a number of civic issues and concerns, especially those directly related to the plight of African Americans and our brothers and sisters on distant shores. Jemison completed a historic four-year term as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc an association of approximately 2,000 Baptist churches throughout the world with a collective membership of more than 2.5 million persons. Jemison was licensed in the Gospel Ministry (1974) and Ordained (1982) at the Concord Baptist Church (Dallas, TX) by the late Dr. Jackson, and becoming Senior Pastor in 2003. John in 1984 as Assistant to the Pastor, later serving as Co-Pastor with Rev. John Christian Heritage Academy, a private, accredited Christian school serving students in pre-kindergarten through the sixth grade. He also functions as the church's Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, with administrative and fiscal responsibility for 7 full-time staff, 13 part-time staff, numerous committed volunteers, an annual budget in excess of $ 1.5 million and property holdings valued at ~ $6.0 million. John Missionary Baptist Church (Oklahoma City, OK), providing spiritual leadership and pastoral care for a congregation of ~2,500 members. Jemison serves as the Senior Pastor of St. ![]()
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