Bishop Albert L. Jamison, Sr. is a native of Brooklyn, New York. He serves as the distinguished Pastor of Pleasant Grove Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York, where he holds the unique honor of pastoring in the church in which he was born and raised and where it is evident that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are powerfully manifested.

Bishop Jamison is the husband of Lady Dianette Jamison and the proud father of Jourdan Allen and Joshua Jermelle Jamison. His eldest son, Albert J. Jamison, Jr., preceded him in death in January 2001.

As God began to manifest Himself in Bishop Jamison’s personal life, he was ordained first as an ‘Elder’ by Bishop Jennifer Hudson and the Hudson Temple C.O.G.I.C (1980), called to the ‘Pastorate’ at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (1983). He was ordained as a ‘Reverend’ by the Eastern Baptist Association by Dr. Bob Laws, moderator (1984). In 98, he was consecrated as a ‘Bishop’ in the Lord’s Church at the 31st Annual Session of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. held in Philadelphia, PA b,y Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr. Founder of Full Gospel Baptist Church International and Bishop Ottis Floyd Vice- Chairman.

He is currently the Presiding Prelate of the “Pentecost At Any Cost” Fellowship, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Perfecting Christian Pentecostal Connections, and the First Vice President of the United Clergy Coalition (U.C.C). Bishop Jamison is part of and has faithfully served with the following organizations:

Clergy Liaison and Chaplain Inspector Brooklyn North

Ministerial Board of Leukemia Society

Member of Board of Directors- United One Voice (AIDS Foundation)

Board of Directors- African American Religious Connection, Dr. Clay Evans- Founder

Board of Directors- People United To Save Our Children

First Vice-President of the Free Spirit Assembly

Ministerial Alliance with the Office of Mayor David Dinkins

As a dedicated Pastor and leader in the ministerial field, Bishop Jamison exemplifies a powerful ministry in Gospel Music. He has given the choir of “People United to Save Our Children” a rich, diverse music ministry and to their credit. “The 20th Annual Dove Award” for Contemporary Black Gospel – Album of the Year.

Bishop Jamison is nationally known as the Founder and President of the Tri-Boro Mass Choir, and to his credit, Tri-Boro has recorded eight (8) albums. In 1979, Tri-Boro Mass Choir was nominated for a ‘Grammy Award” for the recording, “n God’s Own Time, My Change Will Come.” In June 1994, the New York State Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. performed a live recording and video entitled “Moving On” at Pleasant Grove Tabernacle.

Since 1970, Bishop Jamison has worked with the late Reverend James Cleveland (Founder and President of GMWA, Inc.). While serving on the Board of Directors, Bishop Jamison was voted “Chairman” of the Board of Directors in March 1996. He has taken the world’s largest gospel music organization, with approximately 75 000 members and 162 chapters in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean to new heights.

After three (3) years of Covid, the Lord and forty (40) of pastoring, God has blessed us. We can say, “All my life, God has been faithful.”

Psalms 41:11: “By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.”