Church of God Pastor Chosen for Boston Leadership Post
Along with her husband, Bishop Raymond Hall, Pastor Arlene O. Hall founded the Deliverance Temple Worship Center in 1999. Built on the pillars of consistent prayer and Spirit-filled worship, Pastor Hall has innovated new ministry strategies that keep the church on the cutting edge. Her church leaders are well-versed in logic models and measurement tools for ministry. “Outcomes,” she says, “are simply the fruit of the ministry. It’s not a “corporate” thing; it is what Jesus requires. Every ministry should know whether it is producing fruit for the Kingdom. If it is not, we know what area we have to address.”
When you talk about leadership in Boston, especially within its Black Church Community, a name that consistently surfaces is Pastor Arlene O. Hall. It is no surprise, therefore, that she has been chosen as the vice president for the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.
Pastor Hall has served on the board of the BMA since 2004 and has represented the organization in many areas; at the State House on behalf of BMA’s Girls Initiative, providing guidance and support for Clergy Women United -a BMA initiative to support and strengthen women in ministry- and meeting with key leaders of the City.
An Ordained Minister of the Church of God (COG) and one of God’s prophetic voices to the Nations, she is often called upon to speak nationally and internationally. In the 2012 Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary Commencement Service, Pastor Hall was the commencement student speaker; the first time the commencement student speaker was chosen from the Boston campus. Most recently in n February of this year Pastor Hall was the first female/woman to preach at the Church of God Black Ministries Awareness Celebration at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland Tennessee.
Academically, Pastor Hall is a powerhouse. In 1992, Pastor Hall graduated from the Church of God Ministerial Internship Program and received her Ministerial License. She has a Masters of Divinity Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston, MA and is currently pursuing her Doctor in Ministry Degree at Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee.
“It’s no mystery why Pastor Hall was chosen to be the current vice president of the BMA,” says the executive director, Rev. David Wright. “Pastor Hall has all the qualification of a great Christian leader. She loves the Lord with all her heart, she loves God’s people, she continues to equip herself to serve God’s people, and she is willing to go beyond tradition to find new and better ways to fulfill God’s commands. And, to be frank, people just love her and her servant’s heart. Who better to be in line to lead the BMA?”
Under current plans, Pastor Hall will serve two years as vice president under the current president, Rev. Arthur T. Gerald. Thereafter, she will be elected and serve as the BMA’s first woman president.
(Source: Church of God Multi-Cultural Ministries)
