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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.
Bishop James Oglethorpe Patterson Sr. was elected in November 1968 as the first presiding bishop of the church by the General Assembly at the Sixty-First Holy Convocation of the church. Bishop Patterson was also to date the youngest person to ever be elected presiding bishop of COGIC at the age of 56; the second youngest was his nephew Gilbert ...
COGIC evangelist leader Louise Patterson, wife of the late G.E. Patterson, died Sunday evening at 84. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
For most of its first 60 years, the church was led by Bishop Mason, who died in 1961. In 1968, J.O. Patterson Sr., who had married Mason's daughter, Deborah Indiana Mason, in 1934, was elected the ...
The Caravans – Paved the Way; Bishop G.E. Patterson & Congregation – Singing the Old Time Way, Volume II; Youth for Christ – The Struggle is Over; Performers
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 ...
I thought about my friend and his words after church service on Sunday, June 25, when at The Church of God Tabernacle (true Holiness) in Liberty City, Elder Thomas P. Edwards, the newly installed ...