December 16, 2017
Dear Saints,
This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr.
It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Jesse James Lipford, Auxiliary Bishop of the Tennessee Fifth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under the leadership of Bishop Jerry W. Taylor, Jurisdictional Prelate. The Lipford family as well as the Tennessee Fifth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction are in need of our fervent prayers at this time.
Firanl arrangements will be forthcoming. As the information is given to the adjutancy, it will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.
If I can be of further assistance, you can reach me by calling my office at (904) 217-9603.
In His Service
Overseer Earl R. Matthews
Scribe of the National Adjutancy
Church Of God In Christ, Inc.