James Shaffer (February 14, 1910 – March 9, 2014[1][2]) was an African American religious leader, and pastor who led the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc. after the death of James F. Jones in 1971.
Shaffer became a leading minister in the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc., eventually serving as leader of the Detroit Headquarters' church, Universal Thankful Center #1, and assistant to Jones.
In time Jones, ailing in health, asked Shaffer to "carry his torch".
[3] In 1995, at the age of 85, Shaffer married long time Universal Triumph member Maggie Boatmon.
Lord James Shaffer as he left the physical body to a higher spiritual plane.