Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr.

Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr. matriculated through Morehouse College, Beulah Heights Bible College and graduated from Georgia Perimeter College. In 2017 Bishop Hogan also received an Honorary Doctorate from Saint Thomas Christian University. Bishop Hogan is the Husband of Margaret Glass Hogan, a father, grandfather, mentor and spiritual advisory to many.

 

Bishop Hogan served faithfully at the Valley View Church Of God In Christ and preached his first sermon in 1975. Bishop Hogan was later installed as the Pastor of Hargis Street Church Of God In Christ in 1979. The membership increased tremendously at Hargis Street Church Of God In Christ and was the mechanism for the ministry’s search for a larger place of worship. Through his vision and innovative efforts, he relocated the ministry from a 250-seat sanctuary to a 33,000 square feet edifice on 25 acres of prime Atlanta real estate. This effort expanded the seating capacity to 1,800 and the church was renamed New Life Tabernacle Church Of God In Christ. 

 

Bishop Hogan is a dynamic preacher and a prolific teacher in his own right. He birthed fifteen churches and mentored fourteen pastors along with two state supervisors. He served over 15 years as Superintendent of the New Life Fellowship District. Bishop Hogan served as an administrative assistant for the late Bishop J.D. Husband, Jurisdictional Prelate and General Board Member, and the late Bishop C.D. Owens Jurisdictional Prelate, General Board Member and former Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ Inc. He served National Church in Leadership as a national finance committee captain, the committee of standards and extensions, assistant secretary of the national program committee, and executed changes in the national program structure.

 

On March 6, 2011, the Lord called Bishop Chandler David Owens home to his eternal reward. The Presiding Bishop Charles Blake appointed General Board Member Bishop Sedgwick Daniels as interim bishop of the Central Georgia Jurisdiction until new leadership could be appointed.

 

On May 30, 2011, The General Board unanimously voted to expand the work by dividing the jurisdiction into North Central Georgia and South Central Georgia designating the North to Superintendent Joseph E. Hogan, Sr. North Central Georgia Jurisdiction was formed September 1, 2011. Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr. was consecrated during the 104th Holy Convocation in St. Louis Missouri, Monday November 7, 2011.  Bishop Hogan is the proud Jurisdictional Prelate of North Central Georgia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church Of God In Christ.