Jackie McCullough

Bishop Jacqueline E. "Jackie" McCullough (born January 14, 1950) is the founder and Pastor of The International Gathering at Beth Rapha. Bishop McCullough is also an author and a gospel musician. Her first album, This Is for You Lord, was released by Zomba and GospoCentric Records in 1998. This was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release upon the Gospel Albums and Christian Albums charts.

Early life

McCullough was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 14, 1950, as Jacqueline E. Phillips. She is the daughter of minister parents, who relocated her to New York City as a child. She was a registered nurse at Harlem Hospital Center, while she had aspirations of a medical career, potentially becoming a medical doctor in Pediatrics. At this time, she was in a domestically violent relationship with her now ex-husband, and during this timeframe she had a baby, but the baby did not survive.

Education and philanthropy

McCullough would use these trials, as an impetus to further her walk with the Lord. She went on to postgraduate study at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Her Master's degree was earned at New York University in Philosophy. She was bestowed her Doctorate degree...

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