Successor incumbent | Name Samuel Jr. | |
Church Church of God in Christ See Historic Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Virginia Predecessor Bishop D. Lawrence Williams Born March 9, 1927 (age 97) ( 1927-03-09 ) | ||
Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr. 2017 Tribute
Samuel Lee Green Jr. (March 27, 1927 – June 26, 2016) was an American pastor and bishop in the Church of God in Christ.
Contents
Biography
Samuel Lee Green Jr. was born to Deacon Samuel Lee and Mrs. Leosia P. Green on March 27, 1927. Green was a graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School and attended Old Dominion University. He received an Honorary Degree of Divinity at the Trinity Hall College in Springfield, IL.
Bishop Green married Mother Vivian F. Green in 1948 and to that union nine children were born: Jurisdictional Supervisor Mother Jacqueline G. Holmes, Apostle Norvice G. Sellers, Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr., Pastor Samuel L. Green, III, Missionary Nathalie G. Neal, Missionary Naomi G. Ward, Missionary Deborah G. Golden, Pastor Phillip X. Green and Pastor Michael D. Green. He was married to Vivian F. Green until her death in 2007, and remarried in 2008 to LueJinne F. Green.
Green was pastor at St. John's Church of God in Christ in Newport News, VA for 45 years. He was appointed to the office of Bishop by Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. in 1973 and became the prelate of the Second Jurisdiction of Virginia. Under his leadership, the jurisdiction went from having 52 churches to 72 churches. In 1984, Bishop Green was appointed to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ. He officially retired from the General Board on November 12, 2012 and was declared an emeritus member of the General Board by Bishop Charles Blake.
Bishop Green died on June 26, 2016.