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Statement from the family of the late Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr.


Newport News, VA June 26,


2016 – It is with much sadness that we announce the homegoing of the Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr. (89), Pastor of St. Johns’ Church of God In Christ and Emeritus Prelate, Church of God In Christ, 2nd Jurisdicition, VA.


Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr. was BY BREANNA EDWARDS


the draft as soon as 2018, based on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday in the Senate. The bill included the amendment that would require women who turn 18 on or after Jan. 1, 2018, to register for the selective service, the New York Times notes.


draft, under the bill they could end up losing various forms of federal aid, including Pell Grants, which is the penalty that men currently face.


If women do not register for the Women may have to register for agree.


conscript young girls in combat to my mind makes little sense at all,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is also the father of two little girls, said on the Senate floor last week.


bill Tuesday, saying that he “could not in good conscience vote to draft our daughters into the military, sending them off to war and forcing them into combat.”


in this country, both men and women, members of the military leadership, believe that it’s fair, since we opened up all aspects of the military to women, that they would also be registering for selective services,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said.


Supreme Court ruled that women should not be required to register for the draft because they did not participate in the front lines of combat. However, since all combat jobs have recently been open to women, military officials are now arguing that women should be required to sign up for the draft.


As the Times notes, in 1981 the “The fact is, every single leader


Some, however, clearly did not “The idea that we should forcibly


born in Norfolk, VA on March 19, 1927 to the late Deacon Samuel L. Green, Sr. and the late Mrs. Leosia P. Green and resided in Hampton, VA. In 1960, Bishop Green was appointed to his pastorate, St. Johns Church of God in Christ in Newport News, Virginia where he served for the past 52 years. In 1971, Bishop was appointed by the General Board Presidium of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. to the office of Jurisdictional Prelate for the Second Jurisdiction, State of Virginia, where he served over 41 years. Under his leadership, the jurisdiction went from having 52 churches to 72 churches. He officially retired from the General Board on November 12, 2012 and was declared an emeritus member of the General Board by Bishop Charles Blake


Bishop Green was an Emeritus Cruz ultimately voted against the


Member of the General Board (Presidium) Church of God in Christ, Inc. for 26 years and Founder of Faith For Living Richer Life Ministries. He was also the First African American COGIC Bishop to have secured over


court of the House of Representatives, where the move does have support, although the amendment was not included in the House version of the bill, the Times reports.


included the provision, with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) introducing it in order to make a point about women serving in combat roles, even though he strongly opposes the idea. Hunter then voted against his own amendment, which ended up passing anyway with bipartisan support and then, in a procedural move, was removed from the final bill before it went to the floor, the Times notes.


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• One of only 6 commissioned African-American officers on active duty in the U.S. Navy when he served on the ship.


• Graduate of Newport, RI, Officer Candidate School (OCS)


• Embassy attache’ in Ghana and Rwanda.


OPENS JULY 22 Battleship Wisconsin Wardroom Included in Admission


The House had originally Celebrate the


accomplishments of the FIRST AFRICAN-


AMERICAN OFFICER to serve on the Battleship Wisconsin!


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a million dollars in scholarships for Students of COGIC in the fields of Law and Divinity at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. Bishop Green had the distinct honor to have an endowed Chair (The Samuel L. Green endowed chair in Doctoral Ministry) named in his honor.


Bishop Green was married to


the late Mrs. Vivian Frazier Green for 60 years, and to their union were born nine children; Jacquelin G. Holmes, Norvice G. Sellers, Dwight L, Samuel L. III, Nathalie G. Neal, Naomi E. Ward, Deborah E. Golden, Phillip X., and Michael D. Bishop Green is presently married to Mrs. LueJinnie Flemming Green.


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