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COGIC evangelist leader Louise Patterson, wife of the late G.E. Patterson, died Sunday evening at 84.
Patterson was born in Humboldt, Tennessee on September 22, 1939, to William Archie and Mary Louise Williams Patterson. 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.
Mother Louise Patterson, evangelist, former first lady and wife of G.E. Patterson; Evangelist Joyce L Rodgers#, Jurisdictional Supervisor, Former Chairlady of Youth Dept., international evangelist; Mother Elsie Shaw#, prayer leader; Dr. Lytia R. Howard, Emeritus, President of the Sunshine Band, COGIC Pastor
Louise Thompson Patterson was born on September 9, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Harlem, New York City, where her father was a Baptist minister and her mother was a schoolteacher. Patterson was one of six children, and her family was part of the black middle class. At the age of fifteen, she graduated from Oakland High School.
He was the brother of the late Elder William Archie Patterson Jr., Evangelist Mary Alice Patterson Hawkins, Supervisor Lee Ella Patterson Smith, and Evangelist Barbara Patterson Davis. He became a Christian in May 1951 at age 11 at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis, where his father was the pastor.
Under Mary Patterson's guidance, historical markers and other memorials to COGIC leaders were erected in various Southern states, including a lifesized bronze statue of church founder Charles H ...
Internationally, COGIC can be found in more than 100 nations. Its worldwide membership is estimated to be between six and eight million, [5] composing more than 25,000 congregations throughout the world. The following is a list of the geographical dioceses of the denomination, which are called "jurisdictions", and the leader of each.*
Charles Blake was born on August 5, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to the late Bishop Junious Augustus (J. A.) Blake, Sr. and the late Evangelist Lula M. Blake. He has one older brother, J. A. Blake, Jr., who is also a bishop and pastor in the COGIC denomination in San Diego, California. He became a Christian and converted to Pentecostal ...