PROFILE IN LEADERSHIP
Bishop George W. Ayers was called into the ministry in 1950. He pastured an AOH CHURCH OF GOD in Tuskegee, Alabama for four years and later the Pratt City AOH CHURCH OF GOD for three. In an act of faith, he and his wife journeyed to California in 1956 and established the first AOH CHURCH OF GOD in the state. The first church was established in Marin City; the second in San Jose. There are currently churches in Sacramento, Los Angeles, and the state of Washington.
The MarinCity church was later relocated to Richmond, and is presently named Faith Tabernacle AOH CHURCH OF GOD. Bishop George W. Ayers is the pastor of Phillips Temple AOH CHURCH OF GOD in Mobile, Alabama and New Jerusalem AOH CHURCH OF GOD in Birmingham, Alabama. Bishop Ayers presides over the Western Diocese and the South Alabama Diocese. He has served on the National Executive Board for over 50 years.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1945
* graduated from Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
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* married Verley M. Smith; they have one daughter, LaTanja Ayers-Davis, one son-in-law, Elder Reginald Davis, and two grandchildren, George and Octavia.
1953
* received B.A. degree in Business (receiving the Alumni Merit Award with honors) from Booker T. Washington Business College, Birmingham, Alabama.
1957
* received TH.B., degree from Bethel School of Theology, Detroit, Michigan.
1965
* consecrated Bishop in the AOH CHURCH OF GOD
1975
* founded the Western Regional Bible College and Academic Studies.
1977
* received TH.M., degree from Maranatha Bible College, Union, South Carolina.
1990
* Awarded D.D., L.L.D, from the International Bible Institute and Seminary, Orlando, Florida.
1994
* received TH.D.
* received a Ph.D., in theology
2000
* elected International/National Presiding Prelate of the AOH CHURCH OF GOD by the National Executive Board at the 84th Annual Pentecost meeting.
