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His family was living in Mississippi at the time, but shortly after in 1941, they moved to Memphis so his father could serve at the Holy Temple, a COGIC church. His father was a COGIC minister, which later led to his own involvement in the church. G.E. Patterson regularly attended church. He accepted and affirmed COGIC traditions and teachings.
The meeting was chaired by Bishop L.H. Ford, in the presiding bishop's absence. Therefore, the general board's November 1986 action was not executed by Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. until January 29, 1988, at the Bishops' Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Bishop G. E. Patterson was elected to the General Board in 1992, and reelected in 1996.
Patterson was born in Memphis, the son of the first international Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), J. O. Patterson Sr. (1912–1989) and Deborah Mason Patterson (1914–1985). He was the grandson of COGIC founder Bishop Charles Harrison Mason (1864–1961) and cousin of the late Presiding Bishop of COGIC Gilbert E ...
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Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ, Pastor, minister Chandler David Owens Sr. (October 2, 1931 – March 6, 2011) was an American minister and Holiness Pentecostal denomination leader of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), for which he served as the Presiding Bishop from 1995 to 2000, after the death of Bishop Louis Henry Ford.
John Coleridge Patteson (1 April 1827 – 20 September 1871) was an English Anglican bishop, missionary to the South Sea Islands, and an accomplished linguist, learning 23 of the islands' more than 1,000 languages. In 1861, Patteson was selected as the first Bishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
A brutal beatdown of ex-Gov. David Paterson and his step son, Anthony Sliwa, was captured on newly released video footage posted online by Anthony's dad, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
Bishop T.D. Jakes, 67, had what his church described as a "slight health incident" during a sermon Sunday.. The megachurch celebrity pastor was seen to pause his sermon and shake as people ...