Fellowship of Independent and Global Churches & Ministries, Inc.

The Fellowship of Independent & Global Churches & Ministries Inc. (FIG) is a fellowship and union of Christian Churches, founded and headquartered in Fredericksburg, Va. The Current Presiding Prelate is Archbishop William E. Brown. This Fellowship is a convergence Fellowship, where the Western and Eastern Rites blend.

Basic Information

The Fellowship of Independent and Global Churches & Ministries, Inc. is a correlation of Christian churches, ministries and paraministries, pastors and ministers which recognize the need for networking, accountability, fellowship, trust and integrity, and an outlet for resource facilitation. Their mission is to become a catalyst and a resource agent for the unity and support of churches, ministries and paraministries that desire to full destiny. Their key concern is that every member be provided with the necessary tools to mature the individual call and the vision of God as understood by each member, through the unification and the networking of their collective member resources. This Fellowship can assist all of the churches, ministries and paraministries in fulfilling their respective roles in the body of Christ.

Although it serves as a spiritual covering for its members, the Fellowship is not a denomination. It does not govern any of its member ministries. Each ministry operates personally, privately, and independently of the Fellowship and the member ministry has no required reporting accountability in their personal church affairs in the way they operate to this Fellowship. However, they believe that members of the Church should live the life representative of Christ and above reproach. Therefore, they are there for strengthening and to make sure full integrity is there to the utmost. They serve to bring churches of different sizes (non-mega/medium to small sized churches) together for fellowship.

tatement of Faith

*We believe the Bible to be the inspired and the only infallible and authoritative word of God.

*We believe there is one God internally existing in three persons - God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.

*We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus the Christ, in His virgin birth, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and the blessed hope of His personal, visible, future return to earth to receive to Himself His blood bought church that it may be with Him forever.

*We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.

*We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

*We believe that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.

*We believe that the baptism with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4 with the evidence of speaking in tongues is given to believers who ask for it.

*We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

*We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and lost. The one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation

Ecclesiastical Government

The Fellowship is Governed and Headed by the College of Bishops which is split into two houses;The Executive Board of Bishops which consists of the 1st Presiding Bishop (Who is first among equals), the 1st Vice-Presiding Bishop, 2nd Vice-Presiding Bishop, the General Secretary Bishop, and the Ecumenical Liaison Bishop.

The General Board consists of State Bishops, Diocese Bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, Titular Bishops and all Bishops.

Underneath the Bishops are Overseers, which oversee states and ministries. Underneath the Overseer falls the Elder, then the Ministers and Deacons.

Current Leaders

*The Current Presiding Prelate is Archbishop William E. Brown (Stafford, VA)
*1st Vice-Presiding Bishop George O. Ward (Las Vegas, NV)
*2nd Vice-Presiding Bishop Charles V. Singletary (New Jersey)
*Chair of the College of Bishops Bishop Walter J. Crowdus (Louisville, KY)

Diocese

The Diocese within the Fellowship consists of States and Districts that the appointed Bishop Oversees. Within this Diocese the Bishop appoints other Bishops (as State Bishops, Regional Bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, Titular Bishops, etc.) Overseers and District Elders to help head and lead the Diocese. The head church in the Diocese is the church appointed by the Bishop to serve as Headquarters for the Diocese. The Diocese within the fellowship include:

*Archdiocese of Fredericksburg (Archbishop William E. Brown)
*Diocese of New Jersey (Bishop Charles Singletary)
*Western Diocese (Bishop William Walker, Los Angeles, CA)
*Central Diocese (Bishop Walter J. Crowdus, Louisville, KY)
*Eastern Diocese (Vacant)
*Diocese of Mississippi (Bishop Roberta Porter)
*Diocese of Arkansas (Bishop Eddie J. Stewart)
*Diocese of Las Vegas (Bishop George O. Ward)
*Diocese of New England (Bishop Christopher L. McCarter)
*Diocese of Texas (Bishop Iabrahim Oyama)
*Vicar General (Bishop Paul M. Price)
*Diocese of Northern Extra-Territorial (Bishop Michael D. Gardner)
*Diocese of California (Bishop-Nominee Jonathan Moseley)
*Diocese of Orlando (Bishop-Elect R.T. Davis)
*Auxiliary Bishop (Bishop Richard O. Goodridge- Deceased)
*Auxiliary Bishop (Bishop Mary E. Adams)

References

* [http://www.figleafmin.org/default.htm] The FIG Webpage
* [http://www.ichcoc.org/Communities.dsp] ICHCOC Communities