PERSON: Harry Jackson (Deceased)

Bishop

Harry R. Jackson Jr. (February 4, 1953 – November 9, 2020) was an American Christian pastor, Pentecostal bishop, and author who served as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, and served as the presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches. He was also a social conservative activist and commentator and was known for his opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion. Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, an organization of ministers who promote socially conservative causes, and was a co-founder of The Reconciled Church Initiative. Jackson died in November 2020 of unknown causes.

Jackson was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of Harry Jackson Sr. And Essie Jackson. His family moved to Ohio from Florida three years before Jackson was born because a white policeman in Florida had nearly killed Jackson’s father. Jackson became involved in political activism as a child with his mother. He attended Cincinnati Country Day School. In an interview, Jackson stated that he had been “the black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people”. Jackson graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he played football and wrestled at heavyweight. He received a tryout with the New England Patriots, but did not make the team.

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