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Christian Church. It later merged with Ridgecrest Baptist church with Rev. Ron- ald Bennett, Rev. Henry Hennigan and Rev. Edward King. Rev. Redfern joined First Church of the Nazarene while serving as Executive Director of CityLight. Joe and Gladys Grimaud, founders of CityLight, are key supporters of the Ecumenical Church movement.
Redfern II has served as the Chief Execu- tive Officer in a diverse array of companies worldwide. He is known for his innovative leadership and management skills. He has a demonstrated track record of providing companies with the leadership, organiza- tional and operational tools for sustained profitable growth. He serves as special advi- sor to Jimmy LaRose and the National De- velopment Institute.
Rev. Redfern is a retired newspaper pub- lisher and the retired owner of FSGM, Inc, a ground maintenance and waste manage- ment company. As the founder of Black News, he built the first major statewide newspaper network with 9 publications. FSGM, Inc was the largest grounds main- tenance company in the southeast, with over 600 employees operating in eight states.
Rev. Redfern is a life long civil rights activ- ist. He has led marches and demonstrations throughout the United States. During his protest years, he took over the presidents of- fice at USC, held the Richland One School board hostage for 24 hours and held the branch officers of a bank hostage while ne- gotiating the hiring of more African Ameri- cans. He successfully protested to get the first African American car salesmen, insurance agent, Blacks in management at the phone company, retail workers on Main Street and the Malls.
Redfern is a founding member of the United Black Fund, the National Black Family Sum- mit and the 100 Black Men in South Carolina. He was one of the organizers on SC State Col-
lege campus the night of the Orangeburg Mas- sacre. He organized the largest protest rally ever held at the SC State Capitol building. Redfern orchestrated protest demonstrations on every major college campus on the East Coast.
Redfern has successfully managed political campaigns from the local magistrate office to statewide and congressional offices. He has served in operational capacities in several Presi- dential campaigns. He was a Reagan presiden- tial appointee to the transitional team assigned to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
He is a former Board member of the United Way with a 30-year service history. Redfern has held several executive volunteer United Way campaign positions. He has further served the non-profit sector as president of two community based organizations. In each case he substantially increased fund- ing, service delivery and organizational ef- ficiency.
Redfern was elected presiding Bishop and chief elder of the Ecumenical Church world- wide. He has served as the International direc- tor of CityLight and Cross Style International ministries. As the director of CityLight he or- ganized a chain of worldwide prayer cells cov- ering the 8 regions of the world. In his position at Cross Style he develop the strategic plan for 125 Bible training centers in 25 countries.
Bishop Redfern II is married to the former Luella Jones and is father to Jasmine Jones and Shelton Blue.
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