Dr. Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr., is Bishop of the Massachusetts First Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ. He has been a pastor, counselor and teacher for over 40 years, and has taught preaching at Gordon-Conwell Seminary for more than 25 years. In 2000, Dr. Hogan opened the Boston Christian Academy, School of Practical Ministry.  He is currently an instructor of Pentecostal Polity and the counselor to Pentecostal students at Harvard Divinity School. Dr. Hogan is the pastor and founder of the Good Shepherd Church of God in Christ in Boston, where he has labored in the vineyard for 36 years, preaching the Word of God, teaching ministers and training pastors, seeding ministries across the nation. He is the author of several books. Dr. Hogan is a graduate of the University of Detroit, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Harvard Divinity School.