With Water and Spirit : History of African American Apostolic Denominations in the U.S.
Bishop James C. Richardson is presiding prelate of the Apostle Church of Christ in God, headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia. He has been a life-long member of that denomination, and is pastor of Mt. Sinai Apostolic Church in Martinsville, and served as a member of the faculty of William L. Bonner Bible College from 1997 to 2007. Richardson holds a Master of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity, where he was a Protestant Theological Fellow and received the Vernon Johns Preaching Prize. He also holds a Doctor of Divinity from Richmond Virginia Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.