GUEST SPEAKER: RANDY LAWRENCE SR.

Bishop Randall Lawrence grew up in W.Va. where he attended the Hambleton Pentecostal Church of God as a child and teen ager.  Receiving his call to ministry as a teen ager,  He attended Southern Bible College in Houston, Texas.  Upon Graduation from Bible School, He did some graduate studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and then beginning his ministry as a  youth Pastor in Memphis, Tn.   He has been in the Pastoral ministry for the past 43 years.   His first pastorate was at Victory Tabernacle in Thurmont, Md. For 3 years.  Bishop Lawrence felt the call of God to come to Pulaski, Va., in 1986,  where He began Pastoring the Pulaski Pentecostal Church of God, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years before transitioning the Church to his son. Over the past 39 years, Bishop Lawrence has also served the Mid Atlantic Coast District in the various ministry capacities:   District Youth Director,  Christian Education Director, and District Board member. In 2007 Bishop Lawrence was elected to serve as the District Bishop of the M.A.C. District of the Pentecostal Church of  God, a role he still currently serves.