Gospel Concert - Whittier Street Health Center

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Saving the Health
of the
Community
International Gospel Concert
Featuring
Dr. Bobby Jones

	Honoree Bishop G. A. Thompson
	Gospel Performers
	Photos from the Event
	Sponsors

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	Whittier Street Health Center's mission is to provide high quality, reliable and accessible primary health care and support services for diverse populations to promote wellness and eliminate health and social disparities.

December 6, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.
Berklee Performance Center

Honoree Bishop G.A. Thompson of Jubilee Christian Church
		Bishop Thompson has been a spiritual leader in Boston for over 35 years. In 1971, Bishop Thompson graduated from the Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL) with a BA in Bible Theology and continued with graduate studies at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). After a short time at Northwestern, Bishop moved to Boston to pastor the Shawmut Community Church of God in Boston 's South End in May 1972. In 1982, Bishop Thompson founded New Covenant Christian Church, as a means to establish “a church without walls.” Now called Jubilee Christian Church, it numbers over 4,000 in active membership and ministers to nearly 5,000 over three services on Sundays. Currently, Bishop Thompson is the president of the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston (BMA), the largest African-American clergy association in New England that serves over 30,000 people in the Boston area. “Whittier’s Saving the Health of Our Community concert is a wonderful opportunity to bring our community together to enjoy fantastic music and honor such a dynamic and inspiring community leader as Bishop Gilbert Thompson, all while benefiting a valuable community resource in Whittier Street Health Center,” says Whittier President and CEO Frederica M. Williams. “Through his Jubilee Christian Church, Bishop Thompson has shown exemplary commitment to the economic, spiritual and physical health of our community. All of these are important in building a true foundation of total health and well being for the community. We thank Bishop Thompson for his unequivocal commitment.”