Bernard Installation Tonight

We'll be snapping pix and taking notes at the David K. Bernard Installation tonight in St. Louis.

Live streaming here.

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Bernard Installation

Bro. David Bernard will be installed as the UPCI's General Superintendent this Friday night at 7 p.m.

Special speakers will include Rodney Shaw, Darrell Johns, Ken Gurley, Elton Bernard and the new General Superintendent himself.

From the look of things, it will be a simpler service than Bro. Kenneth Haney's installation 8 years ago.

Naturally, we will be on hand with pictures and commentary, but you can also see the service streamed live here.

Baton Rouge Covers Bernard

The Advocate in Baton Rouge has a meaty article on the UPCI's recently elected General Superintendent David K. Bernard:

“I’m proud of my French and Cajun and Louisiana roots,” Bernard said during a recent telephone interview. “I hope (Baton Rouge area friends) pray for me and hope they can support someone who has their values and can lead in this office.”

AND:

Bernard said he will also have to curtail some of his writing, but he is still focused on a doctoral dissertation in New Testament from the University of South Africa. Its short title, he said, is “The Monotheistic Deification of Jesus.”

“I’m examining, ‘How did the early Jewish Christians see Jesus as God when they were so monotheistic?’” Bernard said. “They wouldn’t believe in a different God, so how did they come up with this concept that Jesus was more than just a man in the context of their strong, monotheistic beliefs?"

Photo used from the excellent CarlosHernandezPhotography.