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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bishop-Designate Derek L. Calhoun, senior pastor of New Vision International Ministries, Bridgeport, CT, will be consecrated to the office of Bishop. The ordination and consecration service will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Faith Church in Danbury, CT at 9:30 am. A celebratory banquet will be held from 4:00pm - 8:00pm at The Matrix Banquet & Conference Center in Danbury, CT. The consecration and banquet will be attended by local and national clergy, elected officials, and dignitaries.
The grand appointment was announced by Bishop Vaughn M. McLaughlin and Covenant Fellowship International. Bishop McLaughlin is the senior pastor of the internationally renowned Potter's House International Ministries in Jacksonville, FL and the presiding prelate of Covenant Fellowship International. He is also the co-founder of New Vision International Ministries and will serve as the Chief Consecrator.
Bishop-Designate Derek L. Calhoun, a Hartford, CT native, has been actively engaged in ministry for more than 25 years, preaching and teaching nationally and internationally. Bishop-Designate Calhoun earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Howard University with a minor in Economics. He earned a Masters Degree in Divinity from Howard University's School of Divinity where he graduated among the top three students in his class. Bishop-Designate Calhoun also recently released his first book, "Breaking Out of the Recession Mindset."
New Vision International Ministries (www.nvim.org) is a non-denominational, multi-ethnic Christian ministry, with members from areas between New York and Massachusetts. Bishop-Designate Calhoun and his wife Sharron began New Vision in 1999 with a core group of 15 people. The ministry has grown to more than 1,000 people and more than 50 individual ministries that respond to the needs of the community. Bishop-Designate Calhoun believes, "A mega church should never be based on the size of its membership but by its impact in the community." The primary regional focus is in Fairfield and New Haven counties.
