Some people respectfully refer to me as Bishop Lankford, while there are still many here in Georgia who know me as "Sheriff Lankford". As a minister, I have been preaching since 1977 and pastoring since 1979. I am presently the Founder and Overseer of the Atlanta International Christian Praise Center, a non-denominational church with powerful worship services. We are a young, newly organized congregation, being in existence since 2001. I have been blessed to have had over 40 spiritual Sons and Daughters enter the ministry under my pastorate. I am an organist, pianist, keyboard player and vocalist, currently writing a number of songs for an anticipated CD release, hopefully before the end of the year. I have been privileged to have preached revivals and conducted music workshops in Germany, as well as in many cities in Georgia and many other parts of the country.My career history also includes almost 30 years of law enforcement experience. I was honored to be the 1st African American to be elected to a Sheriff's position in the history of the State of Georgia.Surprisingly enough, I have also completed a very lengthy novel (1200 manuscript pages) entitled "Big Judges - Little Gods", which is a very interesting glimpse behind the scenes of the federal criminal justice system. I am aggressively seeking publication for this work. I am also excited about the possibility of creating a new area of literary consideration and categorization known as "extended reading" or the "mega-novel", especially for authors such as myself, who write very detailed and sometimes complex story lines, with multiple plots and several main characters.I have been married to a wonderful woman, Jackie, for over 30 years, who is also the Senior Pastor of our congregation. We are the proud, proud parents of three lovely children; Nancelyn, LaMont and Bruce; and the proud, proud grandparents of ten awesome grandchildren; Bruce Jr, Eli, Nia, Elvin, Jalyn, Aaron, Kennedy, Cameron, Solomon and Avery! (whew!)I would love to meet the right people someday who could help me get my music and my writing into the correct hands and see it begin to inspire the lives of many, many others.
