Bishop Jack Wisor
Spiritual Biography
As a young boy, Jack Wisor was brought up in a Roman Catholic Church. His parents saw to it that he went to church and catechism. At that point in his life, he really did not understand what salvation meant. He knew that he believed in Jesus and thought if he was good, he would go to heaven.
During high school, Jack got into more than his share of trouble and seriously began an addiction-filled life with alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
At the age of eighteen years old, on a mid-afternoon in the summer of 1982, as he was passing through Brandy Camp, PA, Jack had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ Himself. Christ appeared to him and confirmed it with another visitation several days later. However, it would take seventeen years for him to begin to understand why Jesus had presented Himself to Jack and what He expected of his life.
At age nineteen, Jack began what would prove to be a very successful career (in the world’s view)
in custom carpentry and home building. At age twenty, he was given the position of construction foreman for a major homebuilder; at age twenty-five, Jack was starting his own home building business which grew to be very profitable, well known, and well-respected throughout North Central and North Western Pennsylvania.
The addictions, which continued and worsened over time, led to Jack becoming a functioning alcoholic. To the world, he appeared to have it “all together”: a successful business and lots of friends. Only God knew that his depression from the alcohol was so severe that he would pray each night that God would take his life while he slept.
Jack agreed to enter a structured rehabilitation for alcohol addiction when he was thirty. When he entered the hospital room, he saw a picture of Jesus on the wall that was just like the picture of Jesus at his parent’s house. (It was the only room in the hospital to have a picture of Christ in it.) He immediately dropped to his knees and gave his life completely to Jesus. It was spontaneous and a total surrender. There has been no looking back.
Jack’s daily walk with Jesus began in earnest after his release from rehab and after attending AA Meetings. He began to read and study the Bible with rapidly increasing interest and appetite. His family began attending church and his blessed daughter was born.
At age thirty-five, Jack was called by Jesus to begin his ministry. Serving under the watchful eye of Reverend Richard Moyer, he received wonderful instruction in the Word of God and learned many lessons about being in the ministry that have proven to serve him well over time.
In 2001, Reverend Moyer installed Jack as a pastor under the authority of the non-denominational standards, serving one year behind the pulpit to prove himself a workman for the Lord. Then he served an additional year before being ordained reverend (non-denominational) to preach the Gospel of Christ everywhere to all people and denominations and to build churches and outreaches for fulfilling Matthew 25:31-46.
Reverend Wisor continued to preach the Word of God and served as pastor of the Faith Bible Fellowship Church (non-denominational) before starting the First Apostles’ Doctrine Church (non-denominational) in 2003 with two congregations – one in Brockway, PA and the other in Brookville, PA.
Also in 2003, Reverend Wisor was compelled by the Holy Ghost to surrender his personal home and open it up to homeless persons and those in need. This quickly became the mission of the First Apostles' Doctrine Church, known as the Just For Jesus Challenge Homeless Outreach. He gave up his home building business and all that he owned in order to follow in the steps of Jesus and to live out His life as exemplified in Matthew 25:31-46.
Just For Jesus has seen over 1500 people come through its doors in the first twelve years of operation and more than 2/3 of them have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Providing food, shelter, clothing and personal care needs are some of the ways they are helped, but most importantly, teaching and preaching the Word of God to enable them to change their lives through the transforming power of the Cross of Jesus Christ is the priority. In 2005, Reverend Richard Moyer ordained Reverend Jack Wisor as Bishop Jack Wisor, in recognition of being overseer of two congregations of the First Apostles' Doctrine Church plus the mission field of the church, the Just for Jesus Challenge Homeless Outreach Ministry.
Bishop Jack Wisor is truly an Apostle of Christ. He gives his all preaching and teaching the Cross of Christ. This is a message that all people need to hear. It is very powerful – so powerful that the Holy Spirit will work in you and change your heart, turning the world upside down. Bishop Jack Wisor was recognized and given the title of Apostle after if was evident that the works and ministry reflected by the Apostles of the first church in the book of Acts was being revealed in Bishop Jack Wisor’s anointing and it was evident that he was also fulfilling the five-fold ministry found in Ephesians 4:11 (… some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.)
Bishop Jack Wisor is a powerful preacher and spiritual advisor having been warmly received and used extensively by State and County Parole and Probation Departments, Placement Coordinators at the Jails and Correctional Facilities, the State Police, Magistrates and Judges. Hospitals, Mental Health Units and all forms of Human Service Agencies are increasingly asking him to take people that they must release and who have nowhere to go. He has provided a spiritual resource for all people who are eligible for release from jail, homeless, or in need.
Bishop Jack Wisor is leading the state in the rehabilitation efforts of the released Megan Law Offenders and homeless in general. He has established a foundational curriculum for a solid faith-based ministry for the State of Pennsylvania. He has helped law enforcement agencies to establish policy and procedures to keep our communities safer. He has also helped to establish laws to help shape the efforts of keeping communities safer. Bishop Jack Wisor works statewide with various influential individuals to speak for the hopeless and less fortunate.
Bishop Jack Wisor has become highly influential in going out into the streets, the hedges and the byways presenting the Gospel and making the people aware of a place which has been prepared for them where they can receive spiritual, emotional and mental support and help.
The God-given message that Bishop Jack Wisor brings to you is personal and powerful. It stirs in each heart. We must not ignore what God has sanctified. Bishop Jack Wisor’s message will touch the hearts of all people – leaders, the hungry, the thirsty, the strangers, the naked, the sick, and the prisoners – with powerful results changing lives in a dramatic way just as Jesus changed Bishop Jack Wisor’s life, leaving those who hear with a caution to never look back because the throne awaits us.
Bishop Jack Wisor is now currently focusing on speaking engagements in churches, prisons, and jails throughout the nation. All love offerings are supporting the Just For Jesus Challenge Homeless Outreach. For additional information call (814) 590-3898 or purchase his testimony “IRA: A Watcher for the Lord.”
