First Bishop in New Thought Movement of Churches to be Consecrated
From Atlanta Daily World
Members of the International College of Bishops will consecrate the Rev. Dr. Barbara Lewis King as the first bishop within the international New Thought Christian Movement of Churches. This historic conseration service will take place on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. at the Hillside International Chapel and Truth Center located on Cascade Road in Atlanta.
“Dr. King has shown immense dedication, compassion and commitment to the work of the church for many years. As an affirmation of her ministerial call and global impact, we — the members of the International College of Bishops — will consecrate her to the office of Bishop in God’s Universal Church,” said Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, Interim senior minister at Christ Universal Temple (Chicago), senior consecrator for the service.
The College of Bishops slated to consecrate Dr. King includes Bishop Yvette Flunder (San Francisco), Bishop Xavier (Ike) Eikerenkoetter (Malibu, Calif.), and Bishop Jim Swilley (Conyers, Ga.). The Rev. Dr. Blaine Mays, president of the International New Thought Alliance, and the Rev. Dr. Della Reese-Lett, Understanding Principles for Better Living Church, will participate in the service along with Bishop Pearson. Spiritual leaders, stateswomen, and statesmen from around the world have been invited and are expected to attend the celebration, including Dr. Maya Angelou, Susan Taylor, Tavis Smiley, and Dr. Cornel West.
The living legacy of the Rev. Dr. Barbara Lewis King is a long-standing testimony of her qualifications for the position of bishop.
She is the founder minister/world spiritual leader and CEO of Hillside International Chapel and Truth Center Inc., one of the largest New Thought Christian churches in the world, and she has been enstooled as the first female chief at Assin Nsuta, Ghana, West Africa. Having had audiences with the Dalai Lama, South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; and having worked closely with His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, she is known throughout the world.
