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Meet Our Bishop

Bishop Chris Crump

Bishop Chris Crump is the Senior Pastor of Unity Christian Fellowship Church of

Columbus, Ohio.Pastor Chris a native of Youngstown, Ohio was saved and filled with the Holy

Ghost at the young age of nine in 1976. Over the years, he has held many offices in the Lord’s Church to prepare for Ministry. Pastor Chris was licensed to preach in 1994 through The United Pentecostal Churches of Christ and ordained as an elder in 2002 through Greater Works of Christ International. He is the son of

(late) Pastor and (late) Deacon Emeritus Crump who established and served at the Faith Temple Pentecostal Church in Youngstown, Ohio for over 17 years. Over the past few years, many doors have been opened for Pastor Chris to preach and proclaim God’s Word where many souls have been saved, healed,

delivered and set free.  In September of 2005, Pastor Chris through much prayer accepted the call of

Pastorate, at Unity Christian Fellowship Church in Columbus, Ohio. In June of 2007, Pastor Chris was officially installed as Senior Pastor of Unity Christian Fellowship Church under the Chief Installer, Bishop Gregory L. Fly, (General Overseer) of the kingdom Builders International Fellowship. In 2017, Pastor Chris

was consecrated as a Bishop and served as the Assistant to the Apostle of the United Body of Christ Multicultural Fellowship of Churches. Pastor Chris holds a Bachelor of Art’s Degree from Youngstown State University where he majored in Communications and minored in Marketing. Also, Pastor Chris has completed three units of certification in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) for Chaplaincy pursuing Board Certification. And, in 2019, he completed a Graduate Degree Program through MTSO, (Methodist Theological Seminary of

Ohio) with a Master of Divinity Degree. Currently, he is employed as a Staff Chaplain through the Mount Carmel Health Systems, at St Ann’s Hospital in  Westerville, Ohio. Over the years, Pastor Chris has attended and completed many leadership seminars and workshops with a primary focus on preparing leaders for ministry. Pastor Chris is married to First Lady Charisse Crump, who actively serves as an Elder in the church, and they are the proud parents of one beautiful daughter De’Anna Ariele Crump.

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