Gene Savoy Jr. PHOTO: Stephan Fuelling

Gene Savoy Jr. delivered a presentation at the 2012 Cosolargy Conference titled “Dawn of the Golden Age of Light,” the theme of this year’s conference. The presentation touched on the themes of the Sun of Righteousness, the Miracle of the Second Advent of Christ and of God, the Wondrous Child-Messenger, and the Great Consolation. Telling the story of the Child-Messenger Jamil and the Child’s interaction with his father, the late Bishop Gene Savoy Sr., he described the present New Sun predicted by the Hebrew prophet Malachi and provided notes on the cosmic and spiritual transformation of the Golden Age prophesied by all ancient religions.

Biographical Note:
Gene Savoy Jr. is a theological educator and ecumenical leader. He is President of Cosolargy International and the Jamilian University, as well as President of the Nevada Clergy Association.

Gene is dedicated to leading the new global Ecumenical Movement that encompasses all faiths and is based upon the Universal System of Cosolargy, which he directs internationally. Widely traveled, he regularly visits and presides at venues around the world on behalf of Cosolargy International and the Jamilian University, bringing together members of all faith traditions into the new Teachings of Light. Over the last two decades he has traveled to and lectured at seminars in Greece, Turkey, Japan, South Africa, and India.

Gene is educated in comparative religion and holds degrees in Theology and Divinity. He is author of Solar Cultures of Ancient Greece, a textbook in comparative studies used in the curriculum of the Academy for the Study of the Religious, Arts, Sciences, and Technologies of Cosolargy. Some of his lectures include “The History of Ancient Solar Techniques,” “The Visible and Invisible Church,” “Pythagorean Metaphysics,” “The Birth of the Soul: A Sacred Process,” and “The Appearance of God’s Sun of Righteousness.”

Gene is also the chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee in Reno and presides over the Advocates for Religious Rights & Freedoms, as well as being a spiritual advisor for the National Association of Interchurch & Interfaith Families.

Photo of Rev. Onie Cooper displayed at his funeral PHOTO Bilde

A funeral for the late Reverend Onie Cooper was held on the morning of Friday, April 15, 2011, at Second Baptist Church in Reno, Nevada. Rev. Cooper passed away at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center on April 6 at the age of 86.

A two-hour program of scriptural readings, special presentations, song, and family reflections celebrated the life of Rev. Cooper with a crowd of attendees that stretched out of the church sanctuary, onto the stage, and into the hallway.

Bishop Gene Savoy Jr. addressing funeral congregation. PHOT Bilde

Among the special presenters was The Right Reverend Gene Savoy, Jr., president of the Nevada Clergy Association and chairman of the Northern Nevada Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Committee, who was asked to make a few remarks on behalf of Reverend Cooper, at the request of Rev. Cooper’s wife, Mary.

Mary Cooper reflecting PHOTO Bilde

Reverend Onie Cooper and Bishop Gene Savoy Jr. became good friends over the years. Bishop Savoy was invited by Revrend Cooper to serve on the Holiday Committee in January 2009. In November of that same year, as Rev. Cooper’s health began to fail, he asked Rev. Savoy to take his place as chairman. Since that time, through the auspices of the Nevada Clergy Association, Bishop Savoy has carried on the tradition, begun by Rev. Cooper, to honor the life, work, and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by planning the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service and Memorial Caravan, which drives the 21-mile stretch of US Highway 395 named after Dr. King.

It is of interest that Rev. Cooper was first introduced to the International Community of Christ in 1999, when the Advocates of Religious Rights and Freedoms enshrined Dr. King as an Advocate of Human Spiritual Rights. At that time, the late Most Right Reverend Gene Savoy Sr. also forged a friendship with Rev. Cooper. At Bishop Savoy’s funeral in 2007, Rev. Cooper was among those who spoke in recognition of Bishop Savoy’s work.