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Mother Perrella Hines is the Supervisor of Women for the
Western Georgia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of
God in Christ.
She is a native of Marietta, Georgia. She was one of the
first African Americans to integrate F.T. Wills High School
in Smyrna, Georgia. She graduated from the Atlanta College
of Medical and Dental Assistants. After training at Kennesaw
State University, she became a Headstart and homebound
teacher for the Economic Opportunity Atlanta program. Many
of her techniques for serving special needs children were
incorporated into the dissertation for education graduate
students. As a result of this work, she was honored as
Pre-School Teacher of the Year in 1984.
She was raised in Avery Street COGIC where her mom, the late
Mother Mary Emma Bohannon served as the organist under the
leadership of Bishop James J. Hinsley. Mother
Bohannon has served in the national church as the secretary
for the International Music Department under the late Mother
Mattie Moss Clark.
She accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at the age of
15. As a youth, she served in the Sunshine Band, YPWW, and
the Youth Choir. Avery Street COGIC became Hinsley Chapel
COGIC in 1974. Her greatest success in her early years
was teaching a class that had over 100 faithful members;
many of whom came to Christ during this Sunday School class.
She learned to be a prayer warrior under the tutorage and
mentorship of Mother Tommie Young. They began a
Saturday Prayer Service in which many people were saved and
healed.
She is married to Elder Arenza Hines the Pastor of Community
Outreach Church of God in Christ in Hiram, Georgia.
First Lady Hines serves by her husband’s side. At the local
church, she serves as Prayer leader, Sunday School teacher,
Women’s Department mentor, and Social Services Outreach
coordinator.
She became Supervisor of Women for the Western Georgia
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in 2005 serving with Bishop
Henderson Spivey. Prior to this, she served as District
Missionary of the Marietta District and Choir Director for
the Central Georgia Jurisdictional Choir. She has
proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ in prisons in Georgia
and Louisiana, in street ministries, and at numerous
churches throughout this country as a traveling evangelist
who loves prayer.
Supervisor Hines has received many awards and recognitions
for her service in ministry. Her greatest reward has
been witnessing the lives that have been changed and souls
saved by the Power of Jesus Christ. The most important
thing for others to know about Supervisor Hines is, “She
Loves God and God’s People!”
Supervisor Hines’ benediction mantra:
We walk out of these doors in Victory,
Knowing that God is the devil’s boss and
We are God’s Children!
So we say Amen, Amen, Amen,
It Is So, In the Mighty Name of Jesus!
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