Bishop Maldonado

04/11/2026

“People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.” — Aristotle

04/05/2026

Happy Easter 2026!

04/05/2026

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04/05/2026

04/04/2026

Holy and Silent Saturday Reflection

04/03/2026

Happy 14th Birthday Jon!!!! Our baby boy is growing up, help us celebrate this incredibly kind, talented, hilarious, and curious young man!

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03/27/2026

Today marks 18 years in the sacred work of the episcopacy, and my heart returns with gratitude to the moment it all began. Eighteen years ago today, the late Bishop J. Delano Ellis II., together with the distinguished ecclesial body of The Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops, laid hands upon me and consecrated me unto the Lord’s service on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. That journey began even earlier through the appointment, mentorship, and fatherly care of the late Bishop Bill McKinney, who before his passing entrusted me to Bishop Ellis’ watchful guidance so that I might be formed and made a bishop in the Lord’s Church. Their investment, wisdom, and spiritual authority remain woven into the fabric of my ministry.

The Lord has been unfailingly kind to me in these 18 years. They have brought challenges that became classrooms, pressures that became places of formation, and opportunities that shaped me in mercy, humility, compassion, and maturity. I have learned to defend the faith, to sit as a student at the feet of the consensual tradition of the ancient Church, and to grow deep roots in a liturgical and sacramental life. I have opened my ear to the wisdom of the Fathers and given my hands to the work of preaching, teaching, governing, guiding, planting, correcting, and making disciples. I have known fatigue, burnout, brokenness, humiliation, confusion, betrayal, and burden — yet grace has kept me. I know what it is to be an earthen vessel, “pressed on every side, but not crushed,” upheld by the mercy of God.

I thank God for my wife, Tia, our four children, my family, and for the beloved communities of CIC and CIF. Your prayers, encouragement, partnership, and love have strengthened my hands and steadied my heart. The episcopacy has taught me to love deeply, live intentionally, and embrace the fullness of life. As I step into this new year of ministry, I do so with gratitude, humility, and renewed devotion to Christ and His people.

Grateful,
DMM

02/23/2026

24 years later … and still “ I Do.” Happy Anniversary to us!

Let me tell you about her … I had no clue what an amazing gift and treasure I was marrying that day! My entire life has been UPGRADED —my hopes, aspirations, and reality!

I love her! I love her! I love her!

02/15/2026

… Surprise! It a Valentine’s Day trip.🤣🤦🏼‍♂️😆