Dorrelle Lomax Burnett is a visionary, entrepreneur, success advocate and Hebrew priest born in Chicago, Illinois. His passion to serve others as he serve himself started at the young age of 10. His mother (Ora Lee Burnett) was Catholic and a nurse (LPN) and his father (Emile Orgeuf Jones, Sr) was a steel mill worker, a preacher's son and a first generation evangelist of the Nazarene church community in Chicago. Dorrelle was heavily influenced by the examples of selflessness, leadership and service to community shown by both of his parents early in life. At age 21 he produced the highly recognized Gold Coast Hair and Fashion Show, at The Mars Bar on Rush Street. Not long after that success, Dorrelle encountered critical harassment from Chicago Police, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Dorrelle was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1983. The Bible, the Navy, his parents and their faith contributed greatly to the values Dorrelle lives by and share with others today. His purpose for being is driven by his personal experience with and understanding of Joshua 1:5-9 and his strong desire to be well by helping others be well.
Dorrelle attended Holy Angels Elementary School, The Academy of St. James College Prep and is a graduate of Columbia School of Broadcasting. He continued his higher education in theology through his completion of the Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course, (Worldwide Church of God, Pasadena, CA). In 1992, Dorrelle completed his biblical studies with the Institute Of Divine Metaphysical Research (Downtown Chicago), where he became a Doctor of Divine Metaphysics and a licensed minister. That same year, Dr. Burnett was called to the temple priesthood (The Order of Melchizedek) and founded the HalleluYah Corporation, a Yahweh Elohim International business and personal development ministry.
In the 1980s, he created The House Party International Music Television Show (HPI-TV), one of the first music television programs to originate from the Chicago Access Network (TV Channel 19) and be listed in Billboard Magazine. HPI-TV aired House Music, Disco, Hip Hop and Alternative Dance Music.
In 1993, Dr. Burnett co-founded Skynet, Inc. Skynet became a leading Authorized Agent of Ameritech Cellular and Paging. Skynet established key wireless retail locations throughout Chicago and all six states in the Midwest. Its headquarters was located on the southwest corner of Chicago and LaSalle Avenue. After his success in wireless retail, Dr. Burnett became one of the first Internet Service Providers of color in the United States. In Chicago, in 1996, he founded American Communications and Entertainment Networks, Inc. (ACE Networks), from his residence at the Sydney Kent Mansion (2944 South Michigan Avenue), where he placed a T1 Line (fiber optics) and offered access to internet services to IIT (Illinois Institute Of Technology) and to the residents and businesses in Chicago's Historical Bronzeville community.
In the late 1990s, Dr. Burnett established the Chicago Music Showcase to promote the values of the City of Chicago Music Information Center, at the Harold Washington Library.
In 2007, Dr. Burnett established the Humanitarian Neighborhood Basketball Alliance (HNBA) in Southern California. In 2008, changed the name of the organization to HNA Sports and he became a business development partner with the Los Angeles Clippers NBA Basketball team. That same year Dr. Burnett founded the Successful Teens International Leadership Program to promote the SUCCESS Foundation. His leadership program ran at the STAPLES Center for three consecutive NBA seasons. In mid 2010, Dr. Burnett moved to the San Francisco Bay area and worked with the Golden State Warriors Professional Wheelchair Team, until returning back to Chicago in 2011. He founded Cash Flow Clubs International, Inc. and CFCI Foundation in August of 2011.
Dr. Burnett still puts most of his focus on the Kingdom of God and his righteousness (Matt 6:33). Combining his seasoned business experience with his passion for sharing the Gospel of The Kingdom of YHWH, Dr. Burnett created the Gospel House Media Initiative
with the mission to inspire the followers of Christ with Gospel Music and House Music. Through the internet, podcasts, radio, television, video, print, social and application media. Followers of Christ can be inspired through the uplifting lyrics of Gospel music combined with the spirit moving beats of House dance music.In 2019, he founded Gospel House International and launched (WGHI) Gospel House Radio, as the music outreach ministry of YHWH Temple Church. Gospel House Radio expresses his lifelong love for Gospel Music, House Music and radio.
Today, CFCI Foundation focuses on cooperative success development. It helps individuals, businesses and communities to be their best and to do what they do best. As a Hebrew priest, Dr. Burnett works to see CFCI Foundation be recognized as a world leader in helping individuals, organizations, and communities become more successful as well as support the growth of large audiences through media platforms like the Gospel House Media Group worldwide. CFCI Foundation is an integrated auxiliary of YHWH Temple Church. In his free time, Dr. Burnett enjoys bible study activities, watching movies, sports and documentaries, playing video games, spending time with family and friends, and dancing to music found on Gospel House radio and television programs.