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Alfonso R. Bernard, Sr. (born August 10, 1953) is the founder, CEO and pastor of the Christian Cultural Center Megachurch in Brooklyn, New York. In the 2020s, the CCC is a 37,000+ member church that sits on an 11+1⁄2-acre campus in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education Bernard was born in Panama, the son of an Afro-Panamanian mother and a Castilian Spaniard father. His father disowned him and in 1957, he and his mother moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. As part of the 1960s desegregation movement in the public school system, he was bused to school in Ridgewood, Queens and then attended Grover Cleveland High School. Bernard worked after school in the garment district pushing racks for $2.00 per hour to assist his mother in their single parent household. He landed a clerk position with Bankers Trust Company during his senior year of high school. Bernard gained a Master of Urban Studies and a Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. He has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wagner College and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary. Career As a young man, Bernard was a part of the Muslim American movement. He became a born again Christian in January 1975. In 1978 he and his wife Karen, started a Bible study in the kitchen of their Brooklyn railroad apartment. Bernard left his 10-year banking career in 1979 to go into ministry full-time, and they rented a small storefront in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Later that year Household of Faith Ministries was incorporated. In 1988, Household of Faith turned an abandoned Brooklyn supermarket into a 1000-seat sanctuary, naming it Christian Life Center in June 1989, with a membership of 625. In 1995 they purchased a vacant lot adjacent to Starrett City and the church moved into its new home on December 31, 2000. Bernard has served as the President of the Council of Churches of the City of New York, as well as the Boards of Directors for the Commission of Religious Leaders (CORL), the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Bernard has founded the New School of Biblical Theology in Orlando Florida and the Brooklyn Preparatory School in New York City. During the campaigning for the 2016 presidential elections, Bernard joined the board of Donald Trump's "Evangelical Executive Advisory Board". The purpose of the board was to "provide advisory support to Mr. Trump on those issues important to Evangelicals and other people of the faith in America,” the campaign said in a statement. Bernard then stepped down in 2017 quoting a "deepening conflict in values between myself and the administration." In 2018, Bernard put forward a plan to build an urban village within the CCC complex. The site was designed to include over 2,000 apartments, a grocery store, greenspace, a trade school, a performing arts center and daycare center. Half of the apartments would be reserved for people on low incomes. Personal life Bernard has been married to Karen since 1972. They met in high school when he 15 and she 16. In an interview, he revealed that they were once headed for divorce because of some decisions that he had made and that he had made his "ministry his mistress". They have 7 sons and several grandchildren together. His eldest son, Alfonso R. Bernard Jr., died from an asthma attack on 4 February 2015 at the age of 39 and is survived by his wife Janel and four children. Recognition In 2018, he was recognised as one of New York’s 50 Most Powerful People in Brooklyn by City & State In 2016 the New York Times recognised him as The Power Pastor In 2007 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Consulate General of Israel in New York Published works Happiness Is (Touchstone, 2011) Chasing Donkeys: Finding God's Purpose at the Crossroads of Everyday Life (2013) Four Things Women Want from a Man (Howard Books, 2017) References External links Christian Cultural Center's official website A.R. Bernard's official website "The Influentials: Religion", New York Magazine. Discover the A R Bernard popular books. Find the top 100 most popular A R Bernard books.
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Fallen Mysteries
S. R. BernardAlexis Monroe’s crossroads stood before her in the form of a substantial metal gate topped with the words Blue Lake Lodge. Alexis and her sister Jordan’s small unique family unit d...
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Quillifer the Knight
Walter Jon Williams“Williams knows exactly what to do with Quillifer, and it's hugely entertaining.” Locus“Walter Jon Williams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to fin...
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Four Things Women Want from a Man
A. R. BernardAfter decades of preaching, teaching, and counseling, influential Christian leader A.R. Bernard reveals the four qualities women want in a manqualities that contribute to a satisfy...
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War Lord
Bernard CornwellNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of ThronesThe f...
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Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
R. M. O'Toole B.A., M.C., M.S.A., C.I.E.A.Concise encyclopaedia of mathematics (152 pages) from basics (age 9) up to GCE Advanced Mathematics (age 18), is comprised mainly of material extracted from our comprehensive revi...
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Marriage Lorraine K. Lulay v. Bernard R.
First District Court of Appeals of IndianaAppellantrespondent Michael Wagner challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the trial courts order terminating his parental rights as to his daughter, S.S., and claims...
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Bernard R. Finch v. Richard W. Swingly
Supreme Court of New YorkMemorandum: This appeal is from an order of Special Term, Monroe County, which denied defendants motion to dismiss the complaint. It is alleged in the complaint that on June 30, 19...
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Lord Quillifer
Walter Jon Williams“For all of you who need some great fantasy to read while you're waiting for The Winds of Winter...try Quillifer, by Walter Jon Williams. WJW is always fun, but this might be his b...
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Beach Resort Hotel Corporation v. Bernard R. Wieder
En Banc. Supreme Court of FloridaThis case involves a lease. Plaintiffs below were Wieder and Amigo, owners of 50% of the stock of Palwi, Inc., the lessee corporation. Defendants included Yetta Rosen, owner of the...
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Eine Leiche zum Advent
Otto Penzler, Barbara Röhl, Axel Franken, Winfried Czech, Thomas Schichtel, Dietmar Schmidt, Rainer Schumacher, Daniela Jarzynka, Stefanie Heinen, Stefan Bauer & Dr. Helmut PeschDas größte WeihnachtskrimiBuch aller Zeiten als hochwertiges Geschenk für alle Krimifans mit teils raren GeschichtenVerdächtige Weihnachtsmänner, skrupellose Nikoläuse, tödliche We...
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The Modern Library
Carmen Callil & Colm ToibinFor Colm Toíbín and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their sele...
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The Wall
Douglas JacksonAD 400. Rome and its Empire are failing . . .Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadria...
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Patrick R. Bernard v. City School District Albany
Supreme Court of New YorkMotion for reargument granted, without costs, and decision dated July 15, 1982 [89 A.D.2d 676], rescinded and order entered August 3, 1982, vacated. Special Term, by order entered ...
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All My Lies
Sophie Flynn'Perfectly paced, suspenseful and gripping a real pageturner' SOPHIE HANNAH, author of Haven't They Grown 'A rollercoaster ride with a cast of flawed characters an exce...
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Anarchy
Stewart BinnsAnarchy is the knucklewhitening third novel in Stewart Binns' The Making of England series. Ruthless brutality, greed and ambition: the AnarchyThe year is 1186, the thirtysecond ye...
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Quillifer
Walter Jon Williams“Walter Jon Williams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns, exquisitely written.” George R. R....
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Theodore R. Flaiz Et Al v. Jack Bernard Moore
Court of Criminal Appeals of TexasOn the basis of its conclusion that the contacts between the parties and the forum are insufficient to require that the courts of Texas retain and exercise jurisdiction over this s...
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Beowulf
Janina RamirezPart of the ALLNEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES'This accessible illustrated guide is a great introduction to the story, its origins and its enduring legacy' BBC HISTORY Which is more ter...
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Sagas of Warrior-poets
Leifur EirickssonKormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred TroublesomePoet, The Saga of Gunnlaug SerpentTongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads o...
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Bernard v. Foley
Colorado Supreme CourtIn this case we determine whether close personal friends of a dependent elder who at the end of her life provided her with personal care, including health care, are "care custodian...
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Bernard R. Riley v. Carl Holmer
En Banc. Supreme Court of FloridaTERRELL, C. J. Plaintiff in Error, being a married male minor of the age of eighteen years, exhibited his petition in mandamus against the Defendant in Error as supervisor of Regi...
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Nur einmal werden wir noch wach
Otto Penzler, Barbara Röhl, Axel Franken, Winfried Czech, Thomas Schichtel, Dietmar Schmidt, Rainer Schumacher, Daniela Jarzynka, Stefanie Heinen, Stefan Bauer & Dr. Helmut PeschVerdächtige Weihnachtsmänner, skrupellose Nikoläuse, tödliche Weihnachtsbraten und Leichen unter Mistelzweigen vergessen Sie den Einkaufsstress, achten Sie nicht auf das ungewohnt...