How to describe his Exodus Faith Ministries? Is it part of another denomination, or independent?
Bishop E. W. Jackson, Sr. is author of the book, “TEN COMMANDMENTS TO AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE – Making Your Dreams Come True” published in the summer of 2008. He is also Founder of Exodus Faith Ministries, a nondenominational ministry headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia with a satellite church in Boston, Massachusetts. He is originally from Chester, Pennsylvania. After three years in the U.S. Marine Corp, he attended the University of Massachusetts (Boston), graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B. A. in 1975. He finished college in three years, and was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Key.
A 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School, he also studied theology at Harvard Divinity School and was licensed to preach by Ebenezer Baptist Church in Boston. Shortly after graduating from law school he became a tax associate at Coopers & Lybrand, and later a Deputy Commissioner of Banks for Massachusetts. He then served three years as Executive Director of the West Medford Community Center, a Human Service Agency. A gifted communicator, Bishop Jackson was a panelist on “Topic Religion”, Boston’s longest running religious radio talk show, a full time co-host for “Jackson & Jurkowitz” on Boston’s WHDH radio and host of a daily nationally syndicated program on Radio America.
During his career in Boston, he practiced law for 15 years and started Boston’s first and only all-gospel radio station. In 1996, he left law practice and radio to lead “The Samaritan Project”, a national outreach and racial reconciliation effort which distributed $500,000 to churches victimized by arson. In recognition of his national leadership, he was consecrated a Bishop on June 28, 1998 and moved to Chesapeake, Virginia to plant another church and establish the headquarters for Exodus Faith Ministries, Int’l.
Bishop Jackson served five years both as a minister for the Boston Red Sox Chapel services, and protestant Chaplain for the Boston Fire Department. He has taught Administrative Law at Northeastern University and business and commercial law at Strayer University in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia.
He and his wife are the founders of the Chesapeake MLK Leadership Breakfast which brings together hundreds people from the greater Chesapeake area to celebrate the life and ideals of Dr. King. They are also the founders of Youth With A Destiny, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping youth avoid gangs, drugs and violence through faith, education and positive activities.
He presently serves as a member of the Chesapeake Police Advisory Board, Commissioner on the South Norfolk Revitalization Commission and a Trustee of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
Bishop Jackson’s media appearances include CNN’s Talk Back Live, ABC's Good Morning America, ABC's Politically Incorrect, Hardball with Chris Matthews, C-Span’s Washington Journal, National Public Radio, Janet Parshall’s America. He also hosts his own radio program on WYRM AM 1110 in Norfolk, which can be geared around the world on the internet. His editorial page contributions have appeared in newspapers around the country. His work has been reported by the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and many other publications. He is often requested as a guest speaker for churches and other organizations.
He may be contacted for speaking engagements and book signings at 1-866-573-0772; through his administrative assistant at 757-214-9053 or by emailing him at exfmn@exfmn.org. His website is www.bishopjacksonministries.org
Bishop Jackson and his wife Theodora reside in Chesapeake, Virginia.