Kendrick became pastor of what was then known as Shades Crest Church of God in 1983, with only four members. The name changed to Pocahontas Road Church of God and then, in the late 1990s, Oasis of ...

Delores Jessup, with her husband of 67 years, Bill Jessup. Rev. Dr. William E. Johnson Jr., who was consecrated as lead pastor of Sharon Baptist Church on Nov. 12, with First Lady Felicia Johnson.