{"id":2151,"date":"2025-12-19T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/?page_id=2151"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:29:49","slug":"our-ministerial-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/our-ministerial-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ministerial Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MINISTER OF WORSHIP\/FINANCE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Elder Aaron\u00a0Henson<\/strong> is from Tyler, Texas and has been a part of\u00a0The Church of the Living\u00a0God, P.G.T. all of \u00a0his life. After graduating high school, he spent 4.5 years in the United States Army and is a veteran\u00a0of Desert \u00a0Storm. He was called to the Ministry in May of 1991 and started his ministerial training under the guidance \u00a0and leadership of Bishop C.C. Berry, Jr.<\/p>

Elder Henson has\u00a0Pastored at the\u00a0 Mt. Pleasant COTLG\u00a0for 2 years and the Waco COTLG\u00a0for 13 years. Elder \u00a0Henson is\u00a0the Assistant Pastor and\u00a0also serves as the Youth Minister\u00a0here at Ewing Street COTLG\u00a0and is \u00a0currently working towards attaining a Masters Degree in Biblical\u00a0studies. His favorite verse is in<\/em> Romans \u00a08:28; And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who \u00a0are called according to his purpose. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0Eldress Tielow Henson<\/strong> who is from Waco, Texas\u00a0and the wife of Elder Henson, \u00a0serves as an associate \u00a0minister at Ewing Street.\u00a0She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Mountain View College in Dallas, \u00a0Texas. She in the United States Army\u00a0and has served our country for 13 years.\u00a0Eldress Tielow works with the \u00a0Youth department and works with\u00a0the Youth Mime Teams in practicing and getting them ready to perform. Her favorite song is Great is Your Mercy by Donnie McClurkin<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Deborah Isaac- Hopes<\/strong>\u00a0is a life long member of the COTLG. She accepted her calling to ministry in \u00a0January, 2000. She serves as an Associate Minister and has served as: coordinator Youth Education, Adult \u00a0Education, Youth Activities, Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher, and member of the choir. \u00a0She is the daughter of the late Bishop Adolphus Isaac and Sister Cassie Isaac. Her favorite scripture is Luke \u00a06:38.<\/p>

Dr. Hopes has completed 34 years of service to various public and independent school districts retiring in \u00a0July, 2009 serving as Vocal Music Instructor, Assistant Principal, Head Start Program Director, and Principal \u00a0at the Pre- Kindergarten through High School levels and retiring in 2011 as an Adjunct Professor of DCCCD.<\/p>

She is a motivational speaker and inspirational preacher, teacher, and vocalist; conference, workshop, and staff \u00a0development presenter and trainer; curriculum developer and trainer, published author, and grant writer. She i \u00a0is a member of and volunteer for numerous social, civic, and religious organizations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Eldress Cynthia Louise Lee Bursey<\/strong> was born in Texarkana, Arkansas and moved to Texarkana, Texas \u00a0where her family was an integral part of the Church of the Living God, Christians Workers for Fellowship \u00a0(CWFF). Eldress Bursey completed Dunbar High School, degree programs from Tennessee State University in \u00a0Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.\u00a0 Additional studies in Educational Leadership \u00a0from Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas. Continuing in the area of social work, Eldress Bursey had a 28 \u00a0year career in Dallas, Texas with Dallas County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, in numerous \u00a0administrative and leadership capacities.\u00a0 Additionally she has served as a consultant with the Department of \u00a0Defense, Head Start, Magellan Health and several local independent school districts.<\/p>

As a member of the General Assembly Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth (PGT), \u00a0Dallas, Texas, Eldress Bursey was ordained as a minister in 2000, after a 27 year membership. As an associate
minister, she has worked with numerous auxiliaries, specifically with the Sunday School Department. In the \u00a0community, Eldress Bursey is involved in a number civic and community affiliations, along with having a s \u00a0state Social Work licensure. She is also the President of our General Assembly Institute in Tyler, Texas.<\/a> Eldress \u00a0Cynthia Bursey achievements and blessings have been supported by her son, Brian and his family (Michelle, Brian II and Briana) of Dallas, Texas; her brother and sister-in-law Mr. & Mrs. Robert (Catherine) Lee, Jr. of Austin, Texas, and Family, church family, and friends. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE THINGS HE HAS DONE!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MINISTER OF WORSHIP\/FINANCE Elder Aaron\u00a0Henson is from Tyler, Texas and has been a part of\u00a0The Church of the Living\u00a0God, P.G.T. all of \u00a0his life. After graduating high school, he spent 4.5 years in the United States Army and is a veteran\u00a0of Desert \u00a0Storm. He was called to the Ministry in May of 1991 and started […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/ewingstreetcotlg\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}