Bishop J. O. Patterson

82nd Annual Holy Convocation COGIC
Official Day Service
1989

[@TheSanctifiedMusic]

They won’t preach this today.

[@Steryjen]

We BETTER WaKe UP I’m not talking about getting a rest I’m talking SPIRITUAL MY GOD of ZION That devil he ain’t playing he is SERIOUS and GOD too BUT we NEED REPENT For AMERICAN has FORGOT the LIVING TRUE GOD Heaven and Earth wil passed away BuT GoD words Shall not PASS AWAY THuS SAYTH the LORD😇🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♀️🤓🌹🕊

[@burgessgrb3]

How prophetic was his message. A foreshadow of today. “Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph”. FD Washington used to say pepper are not happy until you lie to them. How true, and evident today. Either this generation was right or today’s generation. Someone is wrong. That generation may not had money, education, recognized in the world…etc but they had power. Power of prayer to cast out devils. Heal the sick. Who remembers tent meetings where drunks were delivered and saved instantly. As the old school song reads “let us all, let us all go back. To the old, to the old time way. Praising the Lord like we used to do…”. Even so, Come Lord.

[@markwalker9377]

I certainly appreciate you doing this. Thank you for sharing this!

[@sante3121]

"Thank you sir you old hog raiser you"😂😂😂

[@sante3121]

Smh, if God spoke to you he would have told you that I AM NOT A SUCKER! REPENT AND TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS! THERE IS TIME JESUS CAN SAVE YOU TODAY!

[@TheMstosca]

Bishop if you could hear this mess NOW!!

[@Whatisthis438]

He woulda died twice

[@VincentBohanan]

I love how Bishop Owens backed him the whole message!

[@isaacjones5385]

God Bless you and your music. I hope I find out when you come to Kansas City. ❤️

[@ellisnelson9084]

Owens didnt back the whole message. The only time he shut up was when Patterson said positions are given by God not my those that pander for them. You didn;t hear any say that bishop then!!

[@marycalhoun3407]

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[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

@@ellisnelson9084 In spite of What you hear or don't hear Bishop Owens supported Bishop J O Patterson SR. Did you know that it was Bishop J O Patterson SR that gave Bishop Owens his middle when he was elected to the General board because all of the board members had middle names, but Bishop Owens.

[@lashunpace9611]

I’m sooo glad, I’m not by myself I shall be God’s Evangelist: and say what the Lord tell me to say! Thanks for this video 🙏!

[@pastoredwards]

You are welcomed. You have been such a blessing to this generation.

[@dr.ermag.williams6866]

We have almost outgrown this type of Courageous Preaching. What a dynamic Message. University Teaching of Seed Teaching, Destiny, etc. ONLY God.s Word Will REFORM what has become DEFORMED. Thank God for Him.

[@CLGICBYFG]

Sound doctrine just what the church needs today.

[@Tyler12354]

This Man of God Really Spoke From His Heart and Depth...My My. Very anointed to. "People come here to be healed. I need a touch from the Lord." You heard the pain in his voice....He got his reward...bless the name of The Lord!!

[@jeremyperkins2035]

Great preaching! Not like today. GOD bless you..

[@ShardyShardWagner24]

Was that Mother Clark directing the Orchestra?

[@jddrew1000]

Absolutely!

[@MichaelMoochie88Scott]

Was looking for this comment. Thanks

[@mosestyson2705]

Thanks for posting this. I went to his house with the Late Bishop WL Porter...a couple weeks later and few weeks prior to his death. We discussed the upcoming Holy Ghost conference..He died before it. He was a man of COURAGE. So touching seeing THIS

[@kong012]

PQ

[@princedarius7224]

God Bless you man of God. Thanks for sharing.

[@tkc5898]

Courage is taking care of and acknowledging your children Courage is staying faithful to one wife like he preaches This man has NO COURAGE!!

[@thelovegang9634]

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[@alivingwitness]

Thank you Sir for the full upload of this message.

[@MrHoody72]

More relevant today then when he preached it...smh😔✝️🙏🏿

[@vanessareynolds529]

YES YES YES, ITS REALLY NEEDED NOWlll💃🏽💃🏽🙏🏽

[@prophetbillmartin6262]

The Late Most Reverend Presiding Bishop James Oglethorpe Patterson Sr. (born July 12, 1912-died December 29,1989) was Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ for over two decades from 1968 until his death in 1989. He was the father of the now deceased COGIC bishop and Chairman of its General Assembly, The Right Reverend J.O. Patterson, Jr.(1935-2011) and was the first elected Presiding Bishop. He was also the uncle of the Late Presiding Bishop His Grace, The Most Reverend Gilbert E. Patterson. BiographyEdit Bishop Patterson was born in Mississippi in 1912. He and his family joined the Church of God in Christ then under Bishop C.H. Mason when he was a young teen. In the 1930's, as he grew older, his favor with the leaders of the COGIC increased, and according to them, his favor with God also increased. He also married Mother Deborah Indiana Mason-Patterson in 1935 and had 2 children by marriage James O. Patterson, Jr. And Janet Laverne Patterson; in addition to Stephen Wigley & Benjamin Jimerson-Phillips. In 1939, he opened J.O. Patterson Funeral Home (ln 1986, changed to J.O. Patterson Mortuary). He was ordained a minister in the COGIC in the 1940s, under Bishop Mason. He was ordained a bishop in the COGIC in the 1950s. In 1961, when Bishop Mason died, Bishop O.T. Jones, Sr., who succeeded Bishop Mason as the Senior Bishop of the COGIC, organized an executive "General Board," and appointed Bishop J.O. Patterson,Sr. as the assistant leader of the Board. In 1968, after being the Senior Bishop for seven years, BIshop Jones resigned from the office of Senior Bishop due to controversy from the conflict over his tenure as the Senior Bishop. Bishop J.O. Patterson immediately stepped in and became the interim senior bishop. The General Board met in 1968 and organized a General Assembly of all the bishops of the COGIC. The General Assembly voted to create a new office to replace the office of senior bishop. They called this new and ultimately more "powerful" office, "The Office of the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God in Christ, Incorporated." The General Assembly, and the millions of members of the COGIC then voted that Bishop Patterson should take the office of Presiding Bishop. After being elected as the first "Presiding Bishop" of the COGIC denomination, he immediately began starting COGIC Christian missions to bring the COGIC to countries outside of the U.S. During his tenure as Presiding Bishop, Bishop Patterson had built and organized COGIC churches in over 44 foreign countries and organized many jurisdictions in those foreign countries. Under his leadership, he appointed over 100 Bishops to lead the COGIC along with him and the General Board of the church. He also founded the COGIC International C.H. Mason Memorial Choir, to serve as the official mass choir of the denomination. He appointed Dr. Mattie Moss Clark as the head director of the choir and as the head president of the church's music department. In the 1970s and 1980s he appointed Bishops Otha Miema Kelly, F D Wasington, Louis H. Ford and Chandler D. Owens as his Assistant Presiding Bishops (Ford and Owens later became Presiding Bishops in succession) - they served in their respective positions at different periods. DeathEdit Bishop Patterson was diagnosed in April of 1988 with pancreatic cancer. Bishop Patterson continued to serve as the Presiding Bishop until his death. He transitioned on December 29, 1989 at the William F. Bowld Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. His funeral was held at the Mason Temple COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee in January of 1990. Nearly 10,000 people attended the funeral. The hymn of comfort that was sang at the funeral was "Oh I Want to See Him and Look Upon His Face." Many famous Gospel singers sang songs of tribute to Bishop Patterson and songs of comfort to the Patterson family. Among the many famous Gospel singers that sung at the funeral were Karen Clark Sheard, Elbernita Clark-Terrell, Mattie Moss Clark and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Many famous leaders and activists attended the funeral as well. Among the many notable people who attended the funeral were Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Bishop David L. Ellis, and the President of the National Baptist Convention of America, Reverend T. J. Jemison, the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, and the Senator of Tennessee, Senator James Sasser. The funeral was also attended by a Catholic Cardinal-Bishop who was sent by the Catholic leaders in Vatican City to represent Pope John Paul II. The eulogy was delivered by his successor The Late Most Reverend Louis Henry Ford (who was elevated to the Office of Presiding Bishop by the General Assembly in early 1990), who, in his eulogy, urged the people of the COGIC to return to "basic holiness in God." Bishop J.O. Patterson, Sr. was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Shelby County, Tennessee.. VideosEdit

[@MinisterDBush1]

Bishop O. T. Jones was forced to resign. They basically forced him out because he wanted to hold to that old way like Bishop Mason. J. O. Patterson set up the General Board and Jurisdictional Bishops. And the COGIC has been on a downward spiral every since. The COGIC is nothing like what it was.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Mother Watkins Jones still sounds same as she did 50+ years ago.

[@abilityrc]

James, you’ve done it again! Thank you for posting this! #COGICPROUD

[@bishopelijahhankerson4982]

I was there. Great message.

[@stevenmchenry9276]

God bless you. I was 6.

[@Noneofyabusiness1]

I want God's face turned towards me. I am bringing my promiscuity to God. I need to get straight with God. I'm so tired of struggling on and off with this habit.

[@MrBigran83]

Nothing is to hard for God and what ever you are dealing with God still loves you ❤

[@Noneofyabusiness1]

@@MrBigran83 .. Absolutely! I agree. There is NO doubt in my mind.

[@Steryjen]

Pastor’s this day time ain’t nothing like it was years ago Ppl have changed But,I’ll say this God The Truly Living Almighty Awesome Terrific God he is the same God in B.C. And He is the same God in 1960’s and It’s now 2022 GOD I SERVE HE HASN’T changed not bit HE IS EXACTLY HE iS DAILY 😇🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♀️🤓🌹🕊

[@m.jackson2609]

2022, sermon of Bishop J.O. Patterson still relevant today, God bless Bishop Patterson's legacy and family.

[@TheMstosca]

The LORD GOD IS HIS NAME!!

[@geegeegars4377]

Awesome Word Lord help us to get back to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I felt the Spirit of the Lord as Bishop spoke from his 💜

[@daniesavage]

Wow. It's tight, but it's right. If this type of message was preached today it would be deemed to prudish. Dang.

[@boxcar3646]

Your posts are a blessing.

[@marvinfowlkes1]

“The Lords face is turned towards me!!” Inspiring

[@abenjam2]

I love watching these old school Cogic videos!

[@TheSanctifiedMusic]

abenjam2 me too. It’s great history

[@yolandanelson1863]

The love the power of the Word of God. Nothing was out of place! The Word went forth🙏🏾

[@eddiejackson8942]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢❤

[@daniesavage]

I know he ruffled A LOT of feathers with this one

[@BishopCharlesJones]

We still need the Fire

[@fostertrader4065]

This is great sound teaching.

[@mosestyson2705]

Had the privilege to produce 2 COGIC Albums. He'll Bring You Out and Leaning On Jesus. Also Heritage...100 year celebration. Edwin Hawkins...co Produced as well. The Church have GREAT GIFTED PEOPLE. RIP BISHOP PATTERSON.

[@pastoredwards]

Moses Tyson God’s blessings to you, your family, & the Jerusalem COGIC.

[@newbruns14]

When are you coming to Jersey ?

[@mosestyson2705]

@@newbruns14 when COVID 19 ALLOWS?

[@boxcar3646]

I truly appreciate this post. If possible, can you to post this service/sermon in it's entirety (unedited)?

[@pastoredwards]

boxcar This is the only version that I have. God bless.

[@boxcar3646]

@@pastoredwards Thank You very much.

[@rebadavis5280]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS POWERFUL MESSAGE OF TRUTH. IT WAS POWERFUL BACK IN THE DAY IT IS STILL POWERFUL AND NEEDED TODAY. COGIC NEEDS TO REPENT .THE WHOLE GENERAL BOARD NEEDS TO RESIGN THE CHURCH HAS GONE TO PITS 😡

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Sing Ora L Watkins Jones! Supt O S Sheard (the current presiding Bishop grandfather) married Ora's mother after the death of mother Keziah Sheard. Yes Ora was the PB step aunt

[@SeanAPalmer]

I think as long as music artists glorify God and their heart's intent is set on glorifying God, then their music is honorable to God. However, when their heart’s intent draws away from glorifying God, then that is when they become too worldly.

[@rochellewarren6219]

💜Beautiful folks in Memphis. Loved my stay & visits.♡

[@kennyray4458]

Yes Lord! Yes Lord

[@meladams5295]

I also love that. Bishop Owen has his back in all the sermons I have seen. It’s obvious Bishop Owen believed in Bishop Patterson by his constant support on the platform!

[@lashunpace9611]

Thank you ❤️.

[@newbruns14]

What a message!!! Thank God.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Are we going to ignore the sisters in deep meditation behind mothers Sarah Jordan Powell? 😂 😂 😂

[@TheSanctifiedMusic]

mrtheoneandonly 83 They were deep in

[@eddiejones9744]

Right

[@rickythe2nd63]

I so love these videos. Thank you so much for posting. They enable us to see our church through the tented lense of history. So interesting, to me awkward, were his remarks about music, in which he called out to "Sister" Mattie Moss Clark, paternalistically addressing her, "Baby." Much can be said about his [their] treatment of her after her appearance with her daughters at the Grammys. How times and attitudes change over the years. Thanks again for this valuable snapshot in our colourful history.

[@rickythe2nd63]

@DeVante Cooley ok

[@markwalker9377]

DeVante Cooley thank you for putting in context

[@rickythe2nd63]

@Bishop T.D Jakes Sure pal. You've written this under comments before. Impersonation of men of the cloth is not very prophetic. In fact, it's a bit pathetic. Peace be unto you, whomever you truly are. Praying for you.

[@Alfamale-xs4ev]

@DeVante Cooley Sure whatever you say, he was talking about the Clark Sisters, in today's Church, be it C.O.G.I.C., Baptist, AME, CME, Non-Denominational, have all fallen away from Sound Doctrine, the church today is a joke period.

[@shafonda-vt9lc]

If I can make it to Mt Airy I know I'll be okay

[@brodocbetty4856]

Plain & simple but sound doctrine.

[@Tri-Stone]

amen

[@Steryjen]

God word KJV Bible are Real just As Real as KING MASTER JESUS CHRIST PPL needs a double portion of NEW WINE and I’m not talking about earth wine from vineyard I’m talking about spiritual REAL WINE that came FROM the Master JESUS CHRIST 😇🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♀️🤓🌹🕊

[@Steryjen]

This what we NEED in 2022 Words say What ThuS SAYTH the LORD SAY not Men wrote But,What ThUS SAYTH The LIVING GOD whom HAVe The Death and Life in His Hand 🤚 GLORY to The GOD😇🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♀️🤓🌹🕊If,PASTOR message what God gave him to preach and it hit hard down your soul Then you Tell the Good Lord Thank You for the Message and then when the service if over You Shake Hands to the Pastor for the message what God put in his heart to preach the gospel 😇🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♀️🤓🌹🕊

[@firstptr3and10_]

The song at the beginning is amazing. It reminds me of the bands of HBCUs. What are they singing? What is this song?

[@romeoharris3704]

Climbing up the mountain , wrote by dr Mattie Moss Clark originally recorded with the southwest Michigan State Choir

[@Professorrob2k24]

John Hannah in the house 😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@pastoredwards]

professorrob where at?

[@Professorrob2k24]

@@pastoredwards at the end in the choir

[@terrilynwoodfin8980]

Unfortunately sir, that did not happen.

[@jorgefisher4438]

Preach bishop

[@johnathenbrown8624]

What’s the name of this song and who was the lady leading this song? They she along with the choir showed out!!!

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

The late Ora Lee Watkins Jones. She was the original lead singer for that song.

[@davidthehermit7813]

thank you

[@shafondasheppard8448]

Amen

[@Mark-ye9pi]

9:45

[@Mark-ye9pi]

11:29

[@Mark-ye9pi]

Jeremiah 1:5

[@Mark-ye9pi]

1 Peter 4:7 God’s judgement

[@Mark-ye9pi]

16:43

[@Mark-ye9pi]

21:18