J. Drew Sheard

Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle, Church of God In Christ

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Bishop John Drew Sheard is Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., one of the largest African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States.

Bishop Sheard was first elected to the General Board in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. In 2021 he was again re-elected Bishop as a member of the Presidium (General Board) of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., at that time he was also subsequently elected to the Office of the Presiding Bishop as Chief Apostle.

Bishop J. Drew Sheard is a former public school teacher. In 1982 he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education, and in 1998 he earned a Master of Arts in Mathematics from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Bishop Sheard received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from (where?), and in 2007 was inducted into the prestigious Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers Bishop Sheard is married to Evangelist Karen Clark Sheard.

They have two children, Kierra Kelly and John Drew Sheard, II, one son-in-love, Jordan Kelly, and two grandchildren. Together he and his wife, Karen, founded Karew Records, a faith-based record label focusing on various forms of Gospel, Christian and Inspirational music.

J. Drew Sheard

Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle, Church of God In Christ

Tech Town Hall Speaker

Bishop John Drew Sheard is Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., one of the largest African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States.

Bishop Sheard was first elected to the General Board in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. In 2021 he was again re-elected Bishop as a member of the Presidium (General Board) of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., at that time he was also subsequently elected to the Office of the Presiding Bishop as Chief Apostle.

Bishop J. Drew Sheard is a former public school teacher. In 1982 he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education, and in 1998 he earned a Master of Arts in Mathematics from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Bishop Sheard received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from (where?), and in 2007 was inducted into the prestigious Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers Bishop Sheard is married to Evangelist Karen Clark Sheard.

They have two children, Kierra Kelly and John Drew Sheard, II, one son-in-love, Jordan Kelly, and two grandchildren. Together he and his wife, Karen, founded Karew Records, a faith-based record label focusing on various forms of Gospel, Christian and Inspirational music.