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Directresses Biography
First Episcopal Diocese – National Directress, Reverend Diane Knowles
Reverend Diane Knowles was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to
the late Reverend Sammie and Mother Georgia Barnes. She is the oldest of eight children.
She has four brothers and three sisters. She is presently serving at Brown’s Temple Fire Baptized
Holiness Church on the ministerial staff and a deaconess and many other roles under the
leadership Dr. Henry Brown, III, and her ruling Elder is Elder Dan Richbourg, South florida
District. She is married to Deacon Vincent Knowles for thirty-eight years and they are
blessed with four children (Taneisha, Tomika, Anthony,and Ashley), two grandchildren
(Tiandra and Talía), and one great grandchild (Paris). Reverend Knowles was employed as
an executive secretary with Broward Health Medical Center for over forty years.
She enjoys baking and traveling, but her ultimate purpose is to fulfill the will of God.
Reverend Knowles accepted the call on her life to preach the gospel in 2015 and was
ordained in the Annual Convention at Thompson Temple F.B.H Church in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. in November of 2019. She has been the Directress of the Junior Missionary for South Florida District for more than fifteen years. During, the 33rd Quadrennial General Counsel she was elevated to the National Jr Missionary for the First Episcopal Diocese.
Reverend Knowles favorite passage of scripture is
Psalms 37:4
“Delight thyself also in the lord; and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.”
Second Episcopal Diocese – National Directress, Minister Regina Raiford
Min. Regina L. Raiford is the firstborn of the Late Deacon Rayfield Raiford and Sis. Angela
Raiford and the granddaughter of the Late Pastor, Rev. Dr. O.B. Warren, and the
Late Deacon Wesley B. Warren, Sr., and the Late Deacon Louis T. and Late
Mother Jeanette Raiford. She has one sister, Charmaine Raiford. Regina is a native of
Arlington, VA. She attended Arlington County Public Schools and graduated from
Washington-Lee High School. Regina pursued higher education and achieved an
Associates’ Degree in Paralegal Studies and continues herpursuit at Trinity University
in Washington, DC. She has served the U.S. Federal Governmentfor 31 years
and is currently employed as a Program Analyst and Ombudsman at the U.S.
Department of State, Office of Inspector General. She began her spiritual walk
with Christ at the tender age of eight in a revival at her home church,
Little Mount Zion (LMZ) under the preaching of the Late
National Mother L.M. Brown; and has worked in many capacities in her local
church and on the Washington-VA District since that time. Regina accepted the
call into the ministry on November 7, 1995 and preached her initial sermon December 31, 1995.
On June 14, 2014, at the 31 st Quadrennial General Council, under the guidance and ordinance of God, our Presiding Bishops elevated Sis. Raiford to serve as the National Directress of the Junior Missionary Department for the Second Episcopal Diocese. Sis. Raiford considers this a humbling honor and opportunity to serve God and mankind in such a capacity. Most importantly, Regina wants the world to know that she loves God with all her heart, mind, body, soul and strength. She cherishes her relationship with Him, knowing that with God in her life all things are possible.
