ABOUT OUR BISHOP



Bishop Bruce Bufford, Sr.

Bishop Bruce Bufford, Sr., is a native of Buffalo, New York.  He was born to the parents of Mr. John and Rosa Lee Bufford.  He is the 2nd of five children and he was educated in the Erie County School District in Buffalo, New York.
 
Bishop Bufford was greatly influenced by his father’s role as head of the household.  He proudly acknowledges that his father is his greatest hero and mentor; and his mother was his model of “knowing what a good wife looks like.” 

In 1977, Bishop Bufford moved his family to Greenville, South Carolina.  He and his family joined the Lincoln Street Baptist Church under the leadership and spiritual guidance of the Reverend William E. Gamble, Sr. While there, he served as Chairman of Sunday School, a member of the Trustee Board, and became an appointed deacon.

After serving faithfully for ten years at Lincoln Street Baptist Church, Bishop Bufford moved his membership and joined God’s Chosen Assembly Church (formerly Ambassadors of Christ).  In July 1988, he was licensed to preach the gospel through God’s Chosen Assembly Church under the leadership of Apostle Bertha F. Terry.  He served as Pastor there for 14 years.

On December 31, 2004, Bishop Bufford joined in holy matrimony to Pastor Teresa L. Reeves.  As a joining of their union, they are the proud parents of 5 children, Minister Dawn Terry (Elder Cory Terry) Bruce Bufford, Jr., (Bridgette), Elder Brian Bufford (Jennifer), Telicia Reeves and Lakeisha Henderson (Minister Myron Henderson).  They are blessed with 13 beautiful grandchildren.

On October 14, 2006, Bishop Bufford was consecrated as Bishop of the Lord’s Church by the laying on of the hands of the presbyter; consecrating Bishops---Bishop Alfred Jackson, Bishop Andy C. Lewter and Bishop Ralph E. Lewis. 

Today, he serves as the founder of Christians in Covenant Fellowship (CICF), overseer of the Bethel Full Gospel Baptist Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina and Integrity Worship Center in Batesburg, South Carolina.  He and his wife, labor together in team ministry at the Bethel Full Gospel Baptist Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina.

Bishop Bufford does not live by a motto; instead, he lives and conducts ministry by his passion “The Man and His Family.”