Meet Our Senior Pastor

Bishop John W. Siggers Jr.  D.D. is a Licensed, Ordained  Minister and Consecrated Pentecostal Bishop in the Lord's church.  He has served in ministry for more than 33 years. He has his roots in the Church of God in Christ  from birth where he gave the Lord his life at the age of 16 years old.  He moved from the church of God in Christ in 1994 by the leading of the Holy Spirit to served under Dr Apostle Richard Bunkley for 23 years until God spoke to Bishop to birth into existence on his behalf Freedom Empowerment Ministry Center to the Glory of God!

  

ABOUT OUR PASTOR

Bishop John Wesley Siggers Jr. is a licensed, and Ordained Minister and consecrated Pentecostal Bishop in the Lord’s church. Bishop John Wesley. Siggers Jr. was born in Chicago Ill before moving to Cleveland with his parents at a young age.  He was raised on the northeast side of Cleveland Ohio. He has served in ministry for 48 years He is the eldest of 10 siblings.


Bishop has been married to his wife Arlivia Elaine for 46 years and has six children and eleven grandchildren.  Bishop is an associate member of the Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops.  

 

Bishop Siggers is The author of the book "The Preparation of Christian Leaders for Multi Cultural Ministry in the Urban Pentecostal Church" He is also an advocate for empowering a multicultural multigenerational church to walk in kingdom authority. He believes that it is time for this nation to come back to God by the transformation of lives by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. He is a certified chaplain with the International Federation of Christian Chaplains Inc and has worked actively in the community as an advocate for urban youth and has partnered with many community/faith-based and secular programs. Such as the Freedom Empowerment youth-build, Hudson Adapt-a-cottage youth mentorship program, The Bridge 2 Health initiative partnering with Ohio State University, Fairhill partners, The U.S.D.A., Virgina State University, and the Blue Cross North Carolina Institute for Health and Human Services. He is also a member of the N.A.A.C.P. and the Cleveland Chapter of Champion mentorship association.


Bishop has earned an Associate degree in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor’s in Management from the University of Phoenix.   He has also earned  a Master’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan Seminary, and a Doctor of Divinity from Petrus Fidei Seminary.


Bishop believes that holiness is the key to causing meaningful change in our communities and believe that it is imperative that men and women of God step into their rightful place of leadership, integrity,  commitment, loyalty, and humility through faith in God to make that change a reality and invite other to do so as well.

But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.                                                                           Matthew 19:26