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About The VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

The Right Reverend James L. Dargan

 

I could write of my accomplishments in life, and rejoice over how I successfully completed my testings for the ministry, canonical work for the priesthood, consecrated twice as a Bishop and obtained my Master of Divinity Degree.  My, credentials are lodged within the files of the Church, but, these are not important.   I'd rather be noted for my ability and willingness to serve God and His Church. 

My life is simple and plain.  My Grandmother was the driving force behind my being yielded to the ministry with God being her helper.  Though, she could not read nor write, yet, she taught me the Bible.  You may ask, how?  I say to you, “the answer is simple.”  She taught me through the inspirations of God.   Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of God of the Almighty giveth them understanding.  As a child, my grandmother would say to me, “boy, you’re gonna be a preacher,’ and I would think to myself, “Yeah, right grandma,” not knowing that her prophecy would eventually come to pass.  But, look at me today, I’m a preacher.  What, a Mighty God I serve.

I lived in South Carolina and was not brought up in the Church because, my grandmother lived too far in the country and we had no car nor knew anyone that would give us a ride to town on Sunday.   In a sense, I was spared from becoming confused over religious protocol.  I, acknowledged God early in my life and tried to live the best that I knew how by applying what my grandmother and the good people along the way taught me.  You’d think the word “preacher” was stamped on my forehead because I was often asked by people if I was a preacher.

In my early twenties, I lived in New York with my mother and became exposed to the drug scene by acquaintances who went in pursuit of a hit (drugs).  Though, I saw all that went on in dug houses, I never desired to partake of smoking, drinking, and drugging, because, I remembered my grandmother telling me to profit from the mistakes of others.  My, grandmother’s teaching held fast in my mind and I never succumbed to those beggarly elements of the world.

Though, there were many bad habits that I avoided in my life, yet, there were some ill behaviors I had that did not represent a Christian life and I had to overcome through the power of God. Not knowing that God was getting me ready for my life’s work.

My life took a drastic change in early 1994 when I met my wife Katie and she said unto me., “you’re going to be a preacher, God has a calling on your life.”  Those, were the same words that my grandmother had spoken to me so long ago, and though, I had been already walking in God’s calling in my life from my youth, I had not acknowledged it as such.  I was pricked in my heart and readily accepted the work that God had begun in my life as a child.  I could clearly see God’s vision and plan for me, and, late in 1994, my grandmother’s vision came true.  I was ordained a minister.

When, I think of how God preserved me at the age of three when I was given by my mother to an abusive couple who beat me on my head with spike heeled shoes, of which, I now bear the scars on my head, and how God used my grandmother to fight for me and my freedom and how she nurtured and raised me for the ministry through Divine intervention, I am inclined to believe that this scripture pertains to me. Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.  God does work in mysterious ways.


I have come to realize that there is a difference in being called by God and being designated by man.  I’d rather be noted for my ability to serve God and His Church, than be led by man through my glorified academic accomplishments.  1 Corinthians 3:19  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.  For it is written, He taketh the wise in their craftiness.


My goal as Vice President PWPM is to move forward with my wife, Pastor Katie and meet the challenges of developing the Ministry as God leads

 

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