Bishop Dr. George B. Jackson, Founder/President
Our Founder and President
Bishop Dr. George B. Jackson, is the son of the late Dr. William T. and Pearlena M. Jackson. of Salisbury, North Carolina, born in 1962, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He is a 1980 graduate of Chester Senior High School, in Chester, South Carolina. Jackson founded United Cornerstone School of Divinity, on November 12, 2005, today known as United Cornerstone University. He matriculated at North Carolina Central University, in Durham, North Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, in Political Science in 1984. Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, earning the Master of Divinity degree with honors, in 1996, and in 2009, the Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Ministries, from Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Jackson is founder and chairman of the Martin Luther King, Social Action Committee, Incorporated! He has taught at colleges and universities throughout the Piedmont-Triad. Jackson established New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1993, and Citadel of Faith Christian Fellowship, Thomasville, North Carolina, 2001. On July 11, 2008, Dr. Jackson was consecrated to the bishopric by United Cornerstone Churches International. On June 30, 2013, Bishop Jackson established Citadel Ministries International Incorporated, an assembly of more than 90 churches in the Carolinas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, South India, and Kenya, East Africa for which he serves as Presiding Prelate. He was elected Pastor of New Beginning, Baptist Church, Clover, South Carolina, March 6, 2022. Jackson was the 2016 recipient of the North Carolina, Order of the Long Leaf Pine. He is the author of numerous articles and four books. Bishop Jackson was sworn in on December 7, 2023 as an Alderman of the Town of East Spencer! He is married to Bishop Dr., Pamela Stanfield Jackson, and they have eight children, and seven grandchildren.