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The Servant
The Reverend
Cleveland A. Thompson
Senior Pastor
The office of the Pastor is the fundamental axis of the
structure of the
black church. The Pastor becomes a kind
of
gravitational well, such that
all agendas and causes and
crusades typically end up in his office,
often hampering the
pastor's efforts to lead. However God empowers
pastors to
lead and inspire men
and
women of faith, moving us beyond
that which we can see and into a realm of faith where God can
and will accomplish great things through us. |
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About The Pastor
 Cleveland A. Thompson was born on July 7,
1958 in Liberty Mississippi to the late David L. Thompson Sr. and Vivian
N. Thompson. His personal walk with Christ began at age 10 at the
Liberty Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Dr. William
H. Tobias. At age 20, he united in holy matrimony with the former
Bernice Bates and their holy union has blessed them with four children,
Duriel, Shawndell, Dana and Jacey.
Pastor Thompson was ordained as Deacon on April 12, 1987 at the
Traditional Gospel Church, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, by Rev. Dr.
Alexander Tate. Deacon Thompson was licensed in the Gospel Ministry May
23rd 1993 at The Greater Strangers Rest Missionary Baptist Church in
Fort Worth Texas, under the leadership of Pastor R. E. West. Reverend
Cleveland Thompson united with Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in
1994 and was appointed as First Assistant to the Pastor in July 1999,
wherein he was ordained and commissioned on October 24th 1999.
Reverend Cleveland Thompson was called by the Emmanuel congregation on
October 30th 2006 and preached his first sermon as the Senior Pastor of
Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church Sunday, November 5th 2006 at the 10
am worship hour.
Pastor Cleveland Thompson earned a Bachelors of Science in Computer
Information Systems from the University of Phoenix in 1998 and has
completed seventy of ninety nine hours towards a Master of Divinity
Degree at the New Geneva Theological Seminary, Colorado Springs. Pastor
Thompson honorably served twenty four years in the United States Air
Force, retiring in 2001 at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
Pastor Thompson is affiliated with the following professional
organizations:
The National Baptist Convention, USA Inc
The Western States Convention of Colorado and Wyoming
The Western States Congress of Christian Education
The Southern District Association
The El Paso County Ministerial Alliance
The Hampton University Minister’s Conference\
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