Leaders

Bishop Marilyn Mitchell Porcher is a “spiritual daughter” of Holy Rock Temple of God Church where she was baptized and received the baptism in the Holy Spirit at the age of ten. She is the biological daughter of Overseer Mary Fordham Mitchell and Deacon Elijah Mitchell, Sr. She is a native of Wando, SC and attended Cainhoy Elementary and High School in Huger, SC during the seasons of school segregations, graduated in 1965. Bishop has seen this community transformed from a rural area with a single lane dirt road, majority African American families to a diverse social, cultural, economic, ethnic, and religious groups. 

Bishop Porcher provides leadership as well as exercises ministry and administrative responsibilities to Holy Rock Temple of God a Bible believing, Christ centered, and Spirit led Church.  During Holy Rock’s 62nd General Assembly on August 21, 2016, she was selected and consecrated as the church first female Bishop.

  She is a servant leader and educator engaged in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and conducting various biblical teachings and classes. During her seminary studies and pastoral work, she traveled to the mission fields of Zimbabwe and Uganda, Africa as well as Haiti and Guatemala.

A believer in lifelong learning, Bishop Porcher is a graduated of Allen University in Columbia, SC with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education, holds a Master of Divinity Degree (M.Div.)  with a concentration in Pastoral Care and Psychology of Religion from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, GA and earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree (D.Min.) from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.

Bishop Porcher is married to her childhood sweetheart, Elder Robert Porcher, Jr who is her partner in life and ministry for fifty-two years. They have two adult children, one deceased son, and three grandchildren.