dr
jeremiah
mcintyre.
Rev Dr. Jeremiah McIntyre was born in Monique, St James, Jamaica on the 1st July 1931. Dr. McIntyre was converted at age 19 and immigrated to England in 1956. He pastored 5 churches by the age of twenty five (1950- 1956). From his arrival it was known that his passion was evangelism and church planting. By 1957 he was a licensed minister and ordained in 1964.
Dr. McIntyre was the driving force behind many small groups who sought to establish themselves as a church. Under his leadership churches were organised in Bolton, Crewe, Liverpool, Oldham, Preston and Southampton. After a successful twenty years of evangelism and church planting in the UK, he immigrated to Canada in 1976 and successfully organised churches in Montreal and Ottawa (French speaking cities). To enable him to communicate effectively with the French speaking Canadians, Dr McIntyre undertook the task of learning to speak French.
At the General Assembly of 1978, Dr. McIntyre was appointed National Overseer of NTCG England & Wales. During his tenure, he was responsible for organising the first Scottish Church of God in Edinburgh. The Metro Churches were also established for the cross-cultural section of the Church of God in the UK. Dr. McIntyre introduced the Church to Dennis James Kennedy’s “Evangelism Explosion” and vigorously pursued its objectives to win the lost for Christ.
Administrative Bishop
1978 – 1984
Dr. McIntyre was instrumental in the purchase of the prestigious property at Overstone Park, Northamptonshire for the sum of £154,000. This was purchased for a Bible College and convalescent home for members of the Church of God. It became the home of the Administrative Office of the NTCG England & Wales, Overstone Theological College and part-leased to Abbeyfield Dorcas Residential Care Homes for the elderly. The leaders then took the shrewd move of selling a portion of the land to Henrietta Franklyn, for £185,000 on the 11 October 1990.
legacy
In 1984 Dr. Arnold conducted the first ordination service held independently of the National Convention. He was the first to take members of the National Executive Council on a mission trip outside the UK to Trinidad & Tobago.
Through Dr. Arnold’s leadership, the Church was encouraged to sympathise with young women who had fallen into moral sin and had become pregnant. He instructed that the Church should not dis-fellowship them but instead restore them.
Many individuals, who had studied at Overstone College and other projects which he had commissioned, will forever be grateful to him for his encouragement and support.