Bishop Geoffrey Vincient Dudley, Sr., D.Min. – Senior Pastor

Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. is from Goldsboro, NC and is the youngest of 11 children from the union of Bishop Leamon Dudley, Sr. & the late Mrs. Ida Dorothy Dudley.  He gave his life to Christ when he was 12 and began ministry at the early age of 13. He grew up in the United Holy Church of America, Inc. He was ordained by the UHC in 1986. He changed denominations and became an ordained Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 1989 and served as a chaplain in the Air Force for the C.O.G.I.C.  Bishop Dudley is married to the former Glenda D. Jones of Spring Hope, NC. They have two children, Mahogany Kneecoal and Geoffrey Vincient II.  He is a retired Air Force Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel, and in his 21 ½ years of service he has lived and ministered in many states and several countries.  He diligently pursued formal education to prepare for a lifetime of ministry.

• 1981 – Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Drama & Speech, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• 1991 – Master of Divinity, School of Theology, Virginia Union University
• 1992 – Master of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma
• 1997 – Post Master Education Specialist, University of Memphis
• 2000 – Doctor of Ministry, Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University

He is the author of “Prayer:  Answers Guaranteed” (Outskirts Press Publishing).  His formal education culminated with a doctorate in ministry dissertation or “project piece” on “How to Plant and Grow Churches in the 21st Century.”  He has put his education and leadership gifts to use in a milieu of venues.  In less than 3 years each congregation he founded or lead experienced tremendous growth:

• 1990 – Moody AFB Chapel service 35 to 150
• 1993 – Spaindahlem, Germany 235 to 500+
• 1998 – Progressive Life in Christ (new church plant) Hampton, VA 12 to 200+
• 2000 – Scott AFB Chapel 2 from 230 to over 635
• 2003 – New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church (current) from a core of approx. 28 to over 2300

Bishop Dudley has Episcopal responsibility over the following churches and ministries through Changing Lives Ministries.

• F.A.I.T.H. International Ministries
• Six New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, Africa & Monrovia, Liberia
• New Generational Christian Church, St. Louis, Missouri
• Word in Season Ministries, Warner Robins, Georgia
• Progressive Church, St. Louis, Missouri
• Chaplain, Captain Kenny Neal, USAF
• D.I.V.A.S. Fellowship and Outreach, O’Fallon, Illinois
• Chariti Home, Belleville, Illinois

Bishop Dudley has dedicated his life to serving the church and community in a milieu of civic organizations. In October 2009, he was consecrated a Bishop in the Lord’s Church by Bishop David M. Copeland, presiding prelate of the Kingdom Council of Interdependent Christian Churches and Ministries. In addition, he serves as follows:

• Founder & CEO of New Life Enterprises
• Founding President of the O'Fallon/Metro-East Branch of the NAACP
• Chairman St. Louis Metro East CARES Mentoring Circle
• Secretary General of the Kingdom Council of Interdependent Christian Churches and Ministries
• Board Member of FOCUS St. Louis
• Illinois Facilities Fund (IFF) Advisory Board
• Charter Board Member United Military Chaplains Association Board
• First African American on District 90 School Board, O’Fallon, IL

Bishop Dudley is the founding pastor of the fastest growing church in the Metro East (O’Fallon, IL) area of St. Louis, MO.  LifeChangers, as they call themselves, are committed to changing lives in their lifetime in the St. Louis/Metro East area.

Click here to see his family on NBC's today show in 2004:

Click here to see his son at Rod Parsley's church during Youth Trip 2006: