INTERNATIONAL PROGRESSIVE MINISTRIES WAS FOUNDED BY BISHOP ERNEST JEFFERSON IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI IN 2004 UPON MOVING FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THIS MINISTRY IS LED BY BISHOP ERNEST JEFFERSON AND ELECT LADY TRICIA JEFFERSON. THE THEME OF THE MINISTRY IS "THE ANOINTING  BREAKS THE YOKE. " INTERNATIONAL PROGRESSIVE MINISTRIES IS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRY. DIVERSE AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED SEEKING TO SAVE THE LOST AT ANY COST.

THE PASTOR HAS SERVED AS A STATE PRELATE, ADMINISTRATIVE BISHOP AND SERVES AS THE CHIEF APOSTLE/AND PRESIDING BISHOP FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRESSIVE MINISTRIES WORLDWIDE. IT IS THROUGH VISION  AND PURPOSE THAT INTERNATIONAL PROGRESSIVE MINISTRY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND GLOBALLY; FOR WITHOUT A VISION THE PEOPLE WILL PERISH. BISHOP ERNEST JEFFERSON BEGAN PREACHING AT AGE 9 AND HAS HAD

A 40 YEAR LONGEVITY IN MINISTRY BISHOP JEFFERSON HAS CONSECRATED BISHOPS, ORDAINED LEADERS IN MINISTRY AND CONTINUES TO EDUCATE MINISTERS WORLDWIDE