The Department Of Missions is very blessed to have Mother Mary Beth Kennedy, Elder Vincent and Sharon Mathews and Family and Missionary Beatrice Booker as the ONLY full-time missionaries presently representing the National Church Of God in Christ in and on the foreign field.
These Individuals have been designated by the National Department Of Missions to represent the Church Of God In Christ as International C.O.G.I.C. Missionaries.
They are in need of your prayerful and financial support as they have purposefully decided to dedicate their lives to serve the Lord FULL TIME and go forth in the Holy Name of Jesus!
We are very proud to present to you those who have come from amongst us, represent us, and ARE us!
You can earmark a donation in support of either of them and send it to Bishop Carlis L. Moody c/o Mother Barbara Woodards , P.O. Box 733, Evanston, IL 60204-0733 and it will go directly to them and you will receive a tax-deductible receipt of donation.
Pastor Vincent Mathews and his devoted wife Sharon Mathews ares saved and love Jesus. For the past 5 years, Pastor Mathews with his wife Sharon by his side has served as a full-time COGIC missionary in South Africa. They have been married for 17 years and they serve together at the Tabernacle Church Of God In Christ in Ivory Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. They have 10 children. Vincent received a BA from Wayne State University and an MA from University of Illionois Champaign-Urbana. He has authored 4 books and loves the ministry of worldwide evangelism. He is a profound preacher of the gospel.
Mother Mary Beth Kennedy is Co-founder of three organizations (with her late husband Elder Charles Kennedy) and is the recipient of the National Alexis deToquebille Award. She serves as the International Director of Community Of Caring which is active in seven countries. Mother Kennedy has served with her husband in numerous countries and now serves as Jurisdiction Supervisor of The Democratic Republic Of Congo. Mother Kennedy has also been active in missions for over fifty years. Mother Kennedy was the first Church Of God In Christ missionary to give birth to children on the foreign field.
Beatrice Burns Booker was born and raised in Sylvania, Georgia, and attended her family’s church, Ogeechee Church of God. After completing her education, she relocated to Illinois, where she accepted Christ as her personal savior at age 19, at Saint James Temple COGIC, Waukegan, Illinois, where the pastor was Bishop James Markham. She attended the Waukegan Business College, while working at the VA hospital, and Great Lakes Naval Base. Missionary Booker is a part of the central Georgia Church of God In Christ, where C. D. Owens is her jurisdictional Bishop, and mother Edith L. McGrew is her Jurisdictional supervisor. She is a member of Kelly Lake COGIC in Decatur, Georgia, where she has served under Superintendent Norman O. Harper for the last 20 years. In the local church she has served as president of the outreach ministry, working with the Atlanta Shelter, Atlanta Detention Center, Atlanta Federal Prison, Community Outreach Evangelism, and Bread ministry. Sis Booker was also a member of the Word of Praise COGIC, pastured by, Bishop Benjamin P. Collins, of Savannah, GA where she served as Assistant Sunday School Superintendent, Usher Board President, Sunday school teacher, and part of the prison ministry. After 22 years of dedicated employment with the federal government, the Lord opened the door for Missionary Booker to pursue her dream to serve as a missionary on the foreign field. Her first short term mission trip was in 1995, to a Native American Reservation in North Dakota. The trip, coordinated by Charles and June Rivers, was made by Youth on a Mission (YOAM). Her love for the people and desires to share Jesus was stirred even more as doors opened for her to travel to the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Brazil, Chile, Kenya and Panama. In 2002, she was appointed as “Resident Missionary” to Brazil, South America where she works with Supervisor Mother Lee Van Zandt, and Bishop Samuel Moore. She faithfully works each year in Memphis with the International Missions Breakfast Committee. She has two sons, Travis Booker Jr., stationed at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia, and Andre Booker of Atlanta. She also has seven grandchildren, all residing in Georgia. beaburns1@yahoo.com
