Harry R. Jackson Jr

Harry R. Jackson Jr. is an American Christian preacher and Pentecostal bishop who serves as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland.

founded the Christian Hope Center.
He is the Presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches (ICEC)
He is the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition(HILC) and also co-founder of the Reconciled Church initiative (RCI).

Harry was raised in Cincinnati. He became involved in political activism as a child with his mother Essie.
I was a black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people.

He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts where he played football. He had a tryout with the New England Patriots but did not make the team

In 1973 his family moved to Washington D.C. area and eventually settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. After graduating from Williams College with a B.A. he got a high level executive job at Republic Steel and admitted to Harvard business school (MBA). He married his wife, Michele, in 1976.

The death of his father caused Harry to become a Christian minister The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he preached in the inner city. He took a job at Corning Glass (now Corning Incorporated) and preached in his spare time. He founded the Christian Hope Center.
*We really broke racial barriers for a black man pastoring white people in 1981

His work in Corning attracted attention and he was recruited to Bltsville, Maryland to take over Hope Christian Church.

He is now the presiding bishop of ICEC which *seeks to offer a clear, concise, and uncompromising voice to address the most pressing issues of our day primarily those relating to righteousness & justice.

The founder and chairman of (HILC) which is composed of ministers who actively promote socially conservative causes. Plus the co-founder of RCI. which seeks to bring racial healing to the church and America.

He states firmly that same-sex marriage and abortion are morally wrong. In the late 1990s he gained national recognition through his columns in Charisma magazine in which he frequently wrote about abortion and gay marriages
( See ‘Activism’)

He has authored several books. One of his recent books is *Personal Faith Public Policy (See middle para of SHOP the WORD for more title).

He has appeared on many television channels and been featured in the newspapers and other media outlets.

He shares a weekly message on Praise 104.1FM and a daily radio program The Harry Jackson Show on a stream.

Bishop Harry Jackson has two grown-up daughters and resides in Maryland.

Sources
Harry Jackson Ministries
The Harry Jackson Show
SHOP the WORD.com
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