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Bishop
Urundi Knox
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Work
Experience |
Present
- Ebenezer
Ministries, Senior Pastor
- C.S.
Mott Community College
Professor - Business Division
Work
Experience |
Past
- Michigan
Works! Career Alliance, Executive
Vice President
- Kettering
University (Formerly
GMI Engineering & Management
Institute)
Director, Pre-College
Programs
- T.
Rowe Price & Associates
Marketing Investor
- General
Motors Corporation,
Accounts Specialist
Education
- Wayne
State University,
Doctoral Program ABD, School
of Education & Administration
- Morgan
State University,
MBA Program
- Eastern
Michigan University, M.A.
- University
of Michigan, B.A.S.
- C.S.
Mott Community College, A.A.
Affiliations
- Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
- Genesee
County Sheriff's Dept.,
Public Safety Mentor
- Motorcycle
Safety Amassador,
C.S. Mott Community College
- Harley
Davidson Mentor from the State
of Michigan
- Metropolitan
Executive & Professional
Registry, 2006 Edition
- NAACP
member
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| The
rich history of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church first began on the second Sunday
of May 1969 with the Rev. Clarence Knox
at its helm. What began as a Mission with
eight dedicated members who held their
first meeting in the United Methodist
Church on the corner of Lippincott and
Center Roads would decades later expand
to more than 1,000 members who worship
in a church more than three times the
size of the original building.
A few
months after its inception, on Sunday,
September 21, 1969, the Mission met
at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
for the purpose of organizing a church,
which was later established with 37
members. One of the charter members,
Sister Betty Petty, suggested the church
be named after the Ebenezer Missionary
Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia,
in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Consequently,
services for the church were held every
Sunday at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist
Church. Approximately 14 months later,
the membership had increased to 65,
who, along with the Rev. C. Knox, raised
a total of $11,000 to purchase six lots
on Eckley and Kent Streets for the purpose
of building their own house of worship.
Unfortunately, they met with much opposition
from the neighbors in the area and were
unable to use the lots.
As a
result, the Rev. C. Knox and the church
went into prayer and asked God to lead
them to a church site. And as is His
usual practice, God answered and lead
the congregation to 2140 South Center
Road. The church however, did not have
enough money to purchase the land so
the Pastor and his wife Mary stood in
the gap and loaned the church what was
needed.
Unfortunately
there were still roadblocks that had
to be overcome. Shortly after the church
began to hold services in the basement
of the house that was purchased with
the land at 2140 South Center Road,
neighbors began to complain, which led
to a legal battle with the officials
of Burton Township. Shortly thereafter
the church returned to the United Methodist
Church for its services.
But
all was not lost. Upon their return
to United Methodist, the Lord saw fit
to bless Ebenezer with more members
and more money. The church’s first
two acting deacons were the late Brother
John Abell and the late Brother Ira
Crawley.
Through
hard work, prayer and sacrifice, a tabernacle
was soon erected to worship God at 2130
South Center Road in Burton. And on
Sunday, December 10, 1972, the Reverend
Clarence Knox, along with 110 members,
marched into the tabernacle.
In 1973
the Lord blessed the church with another
180 members, giving the church roll
a total of 290, including the Reverend
Jay Watkins from Macedonia Missionary
Baptist Church and the Reverend Walter
A. Holbrook.
There
is absolutely no doubt that the Reverend
C. Knox was a passionate and positive
leader for Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church. Under his leadership, six members
received their calling into the ministry,
eight deacons were ordained, and the
following church organizations were
formed: a Deaconess Board, five choirs,
four Mission Circles, a Nurses Guild,
a Floral Club, a Pastor’s Aid
Society, and a very strong.......
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