Reverend André Symmonds now bishop designate
Article by December 15, 2020
Scores of well-wishers in Quebec, Canada and Barbados witnessed the consecration of Reverend André Symmonds, senior pastor of Calvary Temple Community Church (CTCC), in Groves, St. Philip, to the position of bishop and conferment of the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in a virtual ceremony beamed from CTCC on Sunday, December 6, 2020.
Dr David Harewood, presiding bishop and chairman of the College of Bishops at Bethel Life International Fellowship (BLIF) in Austin, Quebec, Canada, lauded Rev. Symmonds as a loyal and exemplary church and pastoral leader who has led with distinction.
“Having been led of the Holy Spirit, we do find pastor Symmonds to be of good behaviour, an obedient servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, faithful to the sacred scriptures of truth and upon completion of training, he will be fit for acceptance into this Most Holy College of Bishops.