Meet The Pastor
Senior Pastor Pastor J. Elwood Gatlin, Sr.
James H. Gatlin, Sr. and District Missionary Phyllis White Gatlin. At an early age, he gave his life to Christ at the St. Paul’s Church Of God In Christ, Virginia Beach, VA. It was there under his father’s tutelage that he received his early Christian training and the foundation was laid for his life and his calling to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. In 1991, he graduated from Norfolk Christian High School and attended Mt. Olive College in Mt. Olive, NC.
On the first Sunday of November 1994, he began his first Pastorate in Cape Charles Virginia under Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr. His next pastorate assignment was in Hurlock, MD. under the late Bishop George Fletcher and Bishop Paul Harmon. At age 23, he was appointed Superintendent of the Salisbury District. During this stent, he could be found establishing churches in the Cambridge, MD and Denton, MD area.
In 2005, Supt. Gatlin relocated to North Carolina where he began his pastorate in Asheville NC. In 2007, the late Bishop C. E. Anderson, Sr. appointed him to the then Faith Chapel COGIC in Hendersonville, NC where he worked faithfully until his next assignment. December of 2012, Supt. Gatlin was sent to Bolton COGIC by Interim Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, (Second Assistant Presiding Bishop). As the Pastor of Gospel Harvest COGIC, formerly known as Bolton COGIC, Supt. Gatlin can be found preaching the gospel and implementing Godly strategies in this new millennium.
Passionate for ministry Supt. Gatlin served faithfully as Superintendent of the Western NC District and Administrative Assistant in the North Carolina Second Jurisdiction under the late Bishop C. E. Anderson, Sr., the late Bishop Otis Lockett, Sr., Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin and currently serves with Bishop Stenneth E. Powell, Sr.
Supt. Gatlin and his wife Chavar Van Zandt-Gatlin are both life-long members of the Church Of God In Christ and reside in Bolton, NC. The Gatlins have three sons: Johnny, Davon, and Andrew. Supt. Gatlin is currently pursuing his Masters of Divinity degree from Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest NC.