Bishop herro blair biography definition

Former political ombudsman and founder of the Deliverance Evangelistic Association Inc, Bishop Herro Blair, has credited the late Edward Seaga for helping to reposition non-traditional churches in Jamaica from the margins to the centre of religious and national discourse, empowering evangelical leaders to have equal voice with clerics from the Establishment.

Blair recalled being contacted by Seaga shortly after he won the general election in October to discuss how he could get the grass-roots churches involved in national dialogue. Following consultations, a small group of church leaders joined forces and formed a consultative committee that would meet with the government to discuss issues.

A National Consultative Committee was eventually formed.

Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, is one of the most visible and influential leaders in Jamaica.

President of the Jamaica Theological Seminary, the Reverend Dr Garnett Roper, said that while Seaga helped to push non-traditional churches to the forefront, he believes that endorsement of these churches was politically motivated. The then prime minister found that at the time, charismatic churches were attracting in droves people from marginalised communities.

The first National Leadership Prayer Breakfast, for example, was held in January , and was a collaborative effort involving several church groups. According to the latest national census, in , the number of Jamaicans aged in just three denominations almost tripled the youth population in the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Moravian and Roman Catholic churches.

Of the 1,, persons in that age cohort, just , of them, or 12 per cent, attend these five traditional churches. But some , people, or Head of the Emmanuel Apostolic Church, Bishop Everton Thomas, recalls emerging and traditional churches collaborating more on various projects during the s.

BISHOP HERRO Blair can point to hundreds of lost souls he has helped save during his four decades as a clergyman.

The Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches consists of seven affiliate groups representing an estimated 99 per cent of the Christian community in the island. His remains will be interred at National Heroes Park. View the discussion thread. Skip to main content. Under Seaga, evangelicals emerged from shadows, say clergy. Photo Video.