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Bishop Mickey and First Lady Minnie Whitehead
By Lou Coleman
Under the leadership of Bishop Mickey R. F. and First Lady Minnie Whitehead, “The Day of Compassion” is structured to be a tool to reach out to those who have lost a loved one to violence, unforeseen tragedy, and loss of life prematurely. As we know, the world cares very little for broken hearts, but the God of the Bible is the God of the broken-hearted. It’s not to the whole and the well, but to the broken and the wounded, that Jesus comes with compassion, the sweetest tenderness {Isaiah 61:1}. He repairs and restores the hurt and ruined life. “The Day of Compassion,” impacting a community with the presence of community participations; City to City and State to State. The purpose is to act on what is known as “The Great Commission” {Matt. 28:18-20} “And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Our mission, showing love and compassion on a Godly scale and becoming excellent so that others will see and know how great God is.
About the Founders
Bishop Mickey and First Lady Minnie Whitehead, yes, you read it right…. Mickey & Minnie …. Mickey a “real-life gangster” discovered that playing such a role came with some serious and real consequences. Mickey wanted to be like the gangster Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti. At age 15, he robbed a Savings and Loan Bank and because of it thought that he would spend the rest of his days in prison until he started watching Kenneth Copeland on TV and received a word of encouragement. As a result, he surrendered his life to Jesus, and began a remarkable journey of faith. To God be the Glory! I tell you regardless of who you are God indeed can use you. Sometimes we get the idea that God can only use a certain class of people but it has been my observation that for the most part it is not the high and mighty that is greatly used of God but rather it is an altogether different kind of people. God doesn’t take the majority of His workers from the ranks of the wise, mighty or noble. 1Cor 1:26 says, “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.” – Verse 27 – But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen.” Bishop, Dr. Mickey Robert Whitehead had come out of the streets of Chicago, Illinois and had been a heroin addict for 29 years… But God… Mickey belief in the Lord brought him out of the prison system. He became the Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of World Wide Compassion at the Lord Jesus Christ Ministry. He was formerly named Director of the Department Evangelism of the Bible Way Churches World Wide by the Presiding Apostle Huie L. Rogers. He was led to the Lord by Kenneth Copeland, and raised up in the Faith under Bishop William C. Latta of Columbus, Ohio. Currently Bishop Mickey Whitehead is a Bishop in the International Bible Way Church of Jesus Christ, Apostle Cornelius Showell, and Presiding Bishop; Also, an Auxiliary Bishop in Clarence C. McClendon Ministries. He is currently conducting his effort to have the Day of Compassion held throughout several communities and states with his lovely wife First Lady Minnie Whitehead. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.” May the love, pity, and grace of God ministers sweet blessings of comfort and healing to restore the broken and wounded hearts of His people. The Day of Compassion! For more information please contact us via email at compassionheadquarters@yahoo.com.
