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Charles Edward Blake Sr. (born August 5, 1940) is an American minister and retired pastor who served as the Presiding Bishop and leader of the Church of God in Christ, a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination, from 2007 to 2021. [2] [3] On March 21, 2007, he became the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ.
Bishop Blake led COGIC through the death of G. E. Patterson while preparing the church for its 100th Holy Convocation; an important milestone for the church. Bishop Blake led the COGIC to become a greater global ministry, primarily in Africa and Latin America, while at the same time investing in the inner cities where many COGIC congregations ...
It was founded by Elder Clarence E. Church in 1943. [1] The first sanctuary was located on Adams Boulevard, near Interstate 10, known locally as the Santa Monica Freeway.In 1969, after Elder Church's death, Charles E. Blake took over as the pastor of West Angeles.
He also served as the Presiding Bishop the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination from 2000 to 2007. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Patterson was the second youngest person to ever be elected Presiding Bishop of COGIC at the age of 60 in 2000, second to his predeceased uncle Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr., who was 56 ...
Bishop Jimmie L. Williams, pastor of Lighthouse Worship Center Church of God in Christ in Fort Lauderdale, and prelate of the Florida Eastern Ecclesiastic Jurisdiction, which is comprised of 81 ...
In 1984, Bishop Green was appointed to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ. He officially retired from the General Board on November 12, 2012 and was declared an emeritus member of the General Board by Bishop Charles Blake. [citation needed] Bishop Green died on June 26, 2016. [1]
Charles Blake (chess player) (1880–1961), Anglo-Canadian chess player and lawyer Charles Edward Blake Sr. (born 1940), American bishop of the Church of God in Christ Charles Blake (politician) (born 1983), African-American Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In 1992, she became the Music Director at West Angeles Church of God in Christ (COGIC). In 2004, she became a vice-president for the International Music Department (COGIC) under the leadership of Iris Stevenson. Finally in 2009, she was appointed the President of the International Music Department (COGIC) by Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr.