Dr. Raymond & Lady Tina Bradford Landry celebrated their 10th year anniversary March 15th at the Independent Holiness Church located at 605 South 16th St. Richmond California.

The service started with the call to service provided by the praise team. The Voices of ICC/and Company provided the opening song. Bro. Anthony Moore and Sister Brejanea Grantham continued with Scripture/Vision Values and Prayer.

Dr. Shantina Jackson gave the welcome for the occasion.  Pastor Sam Morris from the Bay North Church Of Christ in Fairfield Ca. was the speaker of the hour.

Dr. Raymond Landry was born in Oakland, California. He holds a B.A. in Urban Policy & Planning and Early Childhood Development and an M.A. in Social Work Administration from California State University San Francisco. Further, he holds a PsyD. from Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College.

In 1992, Landry was ordained by Pastor James and the late Marjorie Taylor under Steps of Faith Ministry, Word of Faith Organization. From 1988 to 1995 Pastor Landry served as the Children and Youth Pastor, Outreach Coordinator, Men’s Home Director, Transportation Coordinator, Technical Engineer, Singles Ministry Coordinator, Prayer Line Counselor, Bible Teacher, and Youth Choir Director.

In 2010, Pastor Landry succeeded Pastor Emeritus Tommie L. Bradford as the Senior Pastor.

In addition to his role as a religious leader, Pastor Landry served as a college faculty and counselor in the Peralta Community College District. Currently, Landry serves as the Executive Director of Richmond Labor and Love Housing Corporation, Manager of Divine Partnership Organization LLC. and General Manager of Macdonald Housing Partners. He also works for Contra Costa County Social Services Division and is currently pursuing his license to become a clinical social worker.

Lady Tina Bradford Landry was born in Richmond California to the late Pastor Tommie L. Bradford Sr. and First Lady Juanita Bradford of Independent Holiness Church. At the age of five, Lady Tina was encouraged by her parents to sing unto the Lord within the Church. Since then she has sung with the joyful Voices, Inspirational Voices, and Voices of ICC Praise Team. Throughout her teens and twenties, Lady Landry honed her ministerial skills by taking on various leadership roles in the youth and adult, Outreach and Prison Ministries. While working in the children’s Ministry, she met her soulmate Pastor Raymond Landry. In 1996, the two became one flesh to serve God. Together they have two children Rayna Janay Landry and Isaiah Ray Landry.

Lady Landry earned an A.A. in Psychology from Contra Costa Community College, a B.A. in Human Development, and an M.P.A. from California State University, Hayward. She also works for the federal government in an administrative capacity.

For the last several years, Lady Landry has served as the Minister of music at IHC. Under her leadership, the choir won the People’s Choice Award at the Verizon “How the Sweet the Sound Gospel Competition in 2007. Lady Landry has been privileged to sing with the True Vine Ministries Praise Team, Charlene Singleton, and with the Northern California First Jurisdiction Mass Choir.

In 2014 she recorded “He’s Exalted,” her first live lead vocal on The Faith Out Loud Project. Lady Landry’s new musical challenge is to record original IHC gospel classics written by her mother the First Lady Juanita Bradford and new songs that the Lord has given her to minister to the people.

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