Over the years, Bishop Brooks has done great works for the
up building and edifying of God's kingdom. In 1994, he and
his brother, the late Walter S. Brooks, founded Beulah Land
Development Corporation to redevelop the crime-ridden
neighborhood in which Beulah Heights Church resides. A few
years later, he began missionary work in the country of
Brazil, and in 2001, he was ordained by the P.A.W. as Bishop
of the Brazil Fellowship of Apostolic Churches. During this
same period, he had earned his B.A., M.A., D.Min., and Ph.D.
in religious studies, and published two books,
Complete
in God: The Apostolic Faith Challenge, and
Pleasing
God-Striving For Spiritual Excellence. His third book,
The Lion's Den will be released soon.
Bishop Brooks' partner in ministry and in life, the lovely
Lady L. Janice Brooks, who has developed a growing ministry,
focused on the needs of women both in and outside of the
church. The two have three sons (Theodore Jr., Darrell, and
Harold) and nine grandchildren (Jordan, Jocelyn, William,
Theodore III., Chelsea, Lindsey, Paige, Ramiah, and the late
Michael Brooks).
Bishop Theodore L. Brooks Sr. began
his illustrious tenure at Beulah Heights Church in 1988,
succeeding in his father, the late Bishop H. George Brooks, as
the church's fifth pastor. Previously a veteran and decorated
U.S. Postal employee, he'd worn several hats within the church
infrastructure, previously serving as Secretary of the Men's
Ministry, Youth Auxiliary President, District Elder, Lay
Director, Suffragan Bishop, and member of the Board of Directors
of the Connecticut District Council of the Pentecostal
Assemblies of the World (P.A.W.) and now 2nd Assistant Presiding
Bishop of
The Pentecostal Assemblies of
the World, Inc. (P.A.W) and Diocesan of the Connecticut
District Council of The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World,
Inc.
(P.A.W.).