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Apostle Lawrence V. Gray is the Founder and Pastor of Greater New Victory Christian Center church, located in San Diego, California.

Apostle Gray was saved in 1963, licensed to preach in 1967, ordained as an Elder in 1969 by the late Bishop J.A. Blake, Sr., and ordained as a Bishop in the United Pentecostal Churches of Deliverance (UPCOD) in 1982. In 1968, Apostle Gray established the first Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) IN Hanau, West Germany under the auspices of the late Bishop S.M. Crouch of Los Angeles, California. He served as the State Youth President of Belize, Central America under the late Bishop Bennett. In 1971, Apostle Gray served as Youth Pastor of the Greater Israelite COGIC, under Pastor Harvey Jesse. In 1988, he was promoted to Co-Pastor. After establishing churches in Washington, Oklahoma, California, South Africa, and Germany, he accepted the calling as an Apostle in 1998.

Apostle Gray has conducted crusades in South Africa during the Apartheid era. He served as a member of the COGIC Adjutant Corps. He is a licensed National and International Evangelist of the COGIC. He has served as a Superintendent and President of the Evangelist Departments of the Southwest Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and of the Fourth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, under Bishop B.R. Benbow and Bishop Roy Dixon, respectively.

Apostle Lawrence V. Gray is the founder and host of “The Hour of Victory” telecast. He is recognized in Who’s Who in the COGIC and Who’s Who in Religion. He received the Mayor’s Proclamation for outstanding humanitarian service to the community, resulting in proclaiming June 22, 2003 as “Apostle Lawrence V. Gray” Day.

A well sought after evangelist and teacher, Apostle Gray is a preacher’s preacher. He has a special anointing to build leaders for today and tomorrow.

He holds a Dr. of Divinity, Master’s in Biblical Studies and a Ph.D. In 2007, Apostle Gray celebrates over 43 years in the ministry, over 38 years pastoring, and 28 years pastoring the now Greater New Victory Church. We can faithfully say that he is a man of God for this time.