Bishop Geoffrey Folkes was recently appointed as Jurisdictional Bishop of the Church of God in Christ UK , Britain's oldest Black Pentecostal denomination. It was founded in 1948 by Mary McLachlan, who came to England from Jamaica on HMS Windrush. Bishop Folkes is the fourth person to be appointed as Head of COGIC UK.

In this episode of The Servant Leaders Podcast, Bishop Folkes talks about how his mother predicted that he would become a minister, his love of serving others, the impact of COGIC members on the wider church, his hopes for COGIC during his leadership tenure and much more.

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Bishop Mike Royal is General Secretary of Churches Together in England (CTE), an ecumenical body that promotes Christian unity. He is the first Black person and first Pentecostal to serve in the role. He is also a part-time Forensic Mental Health Chaplain with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust and was consecrated a Pentecostal Bishop in 2016.

He talks about how he overcame losing both parents to cancer whilst a teacher, his experience of pastoring at a young age, the challenges of working to maintain the unity amongst the 54 denominations that are part of CTE, supporting the persecuted church and much more.

The Servant Leaders podcast was created by Marcia Dixon, Editor of Keep The Faith magazine and produced by Damilola Okeke

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Pastor Lola Oyebade is senior pastor of House on the Rock International in Bermondsey, south east London and President of Feast of Esther, an organisation that hosts events for female church leaders, ministry leaders and Pastors wives. She is dedicated to raising leaders, and serves as President of Women of Faith International, a mentoring ministry for women and is an executive board member of PVM (Prophetic Voice Ministers’ Fellowship UK).

In this episode Pastor Lola shares her dramatic conversion to Christianity, her entry into church leadership, the obstacles she faced - including the opposition from other Christian sisters and sexism when ministering in the church, working in the community and much more.

The Servant Leaders podcast was created by Marcia Dixon, Editor of Keep The Faith magazine and produced by Damilola Okeke

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