GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A pastor and community activist who works with adult and young men is this year’s GIANT Among Giants.
The Rev. Jerry Bishop received the honor Saturday evening during the GIANT awards ceremony and banquet, hosted by Grand Rapids Community College.
Bishop founded LifeQuest Urban Outreach, a ministry that works with more than 1,000 men each month, in 1998, according to a Saturday release from GRCC. The college says the ministry’s headquarters functions as a gathering place for multiple congregations of different faiths, a small business incubator and the new site of the Gerald Dawkins Academy.
Bishop has also served on Kent County’s COVID-19 church task force and organized a community prayer event in response to gun violence, according to GRCC.
“There isn’t a place that Pastor Bishop is afraid to go to spread the Gospel,” Tempy Mann, chair of the 2024 GIANT Awards, said in a statement. “His compassion toward often-overlooked segments of our community is inspiring. He has made a difference in countless lives.”