Homegoing Celebration for Bishop John McRae
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent form the body is tob present with the Lord II Corinthians 5:8

Obituary

   On January 14, 1963, in Baltimore, Maryland, Willie Davis McRae and Exie Marie Thomas celebrated with joy, the birth of their son, John David McRae.
   Elder John D McRae was a native Baltimorean. He was a graduate of Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School in Baltimore, Maryland. He also attended the Charles Harrison Mason College, Baltimore, Maryland and completed other courses of higher education in the ministry.
   Elder John D McRae was a man of vision and purpose striving to do the will of God with power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost.
   “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the Lord has anointed me to preach the good tidings unto the meek: he hath sent to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captive, and opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
   Elder John D McRae served as Pastor of the New Victory Chapel Church of God In Christ (COGIC) located in Baltimore, Maryland from 1990 until December 2002 under his ministry many have been saved, blessed and anointed to do the will of God.
   We thank God for the soul mate He placed in his life some years ago, Mrs. Christina Stephens-McRae, the mother of their daughter, seven year old K.C. McRae.
   Elder John D McRae founded the Greater Temple of Praise Ministries located in Baltimore, Maryland where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Pastor of the New Beginnings Temple of Praise Ministries.
Elder John D McRae was elected to the office of Bishop in June 2005; however, he chose to wait until June 2006 to be consecrated to the sacred office of Bishop.
   Until his untimely death, Bishop McRae served as the presiding prelate of the Greater Temple of Praise Ministries.
   Bishop John D McRae was a man of God, full of faith and wisdom. He believed in giving God the highest praise. One of his favorite sayings was, “When praises go up, blessings come down!”
On Thursday evening, August 30, 2007, the Almighty God, concluded that Bishop McRae’s earthly Ministry was completed. God dispatched His Angel of Mercy to the side of his humble servant, and swiftly but quietly, the Angel of Mercy escorted him to a place of eternal rest and peace.
However, the memories of Bishop John D McRae will linger and forever be cherished by those he loved the most.
His beloved wife, Christina McRae, a beautiful daughter, Kristina C. McRae (K.C.), his caring mother, Exie Marie Thomas, father, Willie Davis McRae (Baltimore, Maryland), Grandmother, Saybriann McRae (Dillon, South Carolina), two sisters – Cindy O’Neal of Richmond, Virginia and Nicole Thomas (Baltimore, Maryland), two brothers – Willie and Roosevelt, mother-in-law, Perla Stephen, two father-in-laws, Wayne Stephen and James Gayman, three sister-in-laws, one brother-in-law, all of Baltimore, Maryland, Godmother, Elder Mary Lucas, several godchildren, nieces, nephews and a host of relatives and friends. A very special and reliable friend, Deaconess Shirley A Tisdale, other friends includes Deacon Gary Dallas, Bishop Jessie Fliggins, and Apostle Samuel Jones.