Mother
Barbara McCoo - Lewis
GENERAL SUPERVISOR
International Department of Women
Church Of God In Christ, Inc.
The Theme of her Life is....
"I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengthens Me"
Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis was appointed the seventh General Supervisor of the International Department of Women by Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake and the General Board April 2017. She was re-appointed by Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard in 2021.
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Since her appointment as General Supervisor the following Indicatives have been added:
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Administrative Facilitators, 4th revised Official Handbook IDOW, Jurisdictional Supervisors Training Academy, Administrative Assistant Wives Circle, District Missionaries WO Charge, Standardized Curriculum for Licensing Missionaries, Examination Board for Foreign Supervisors, Legacy Missionaries (75 & Above), Millennial Missionaries (18-42), On-line Registration and additional registration options for WIC, Hannah Project (addressing contemporary issues-teen pregnancy, female ex-offenders, financial literacy, Literacy for children, preparing young women for marriage), Sisterhood Support Group for Shepherdess, COGIC Book Club, IDOW Directory, Senior Love Committee, (honoring seniors 80 & over), seven monthly Prayer Lines for the diverse constituency of women.
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Dr. Lewis was married 57 years to her life partner the late James A. Lewis. In 1970 she co-founded with her husband the New Antioch Church Of God In Christ in Los Angeles and is currently the church mother. She has two sons, Elder James A. Lewis, Jr. (wife Sonya) and Administrative Assistant Jeffrey M. Lewis who is her pastor (wife Floetta). She has two adult grandchildren Shannon and Jeffrey, Jr.