Charles Edward Blake Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charles Edward Blake Sr.

Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1940

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Profession: priest, theologian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Charles Edward Blake Sr.
(born August 5, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is the current Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., a 6 million-member Pentecostal-Holiness denomination.
On March 21, 2007, he became the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., as a result of Presiding Bishop Gilbert E.
Patterson's death.
In a November 2007 special election, he was elected to complete the unexpired term of his predecessor as Presiding Bishop.
In November 2008, Bishop Blake was re-elected to serve a four-year term as Presiding Bishop.
In November 2012, Bishop Blake was re-elected again to serve a four-year term as the Presiding Bishop.
He was reelected to a third term as Presiding Bishop on November 15, 2016. Blake is the fifth Presiding Bishop (and seventh leader) of the historically African-American denomination.
From 1985 until 2009, he was the Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southern California, overseeing more than 250 churches that compose the jurisdiction.
He was succeeded by Bishop Joe L.
Ealy.
Bishop Blake is married to Mae Lawrence Blake, a native of Michigan, and they have three children together, Charles Blake II (Jr.), Lawrence Blake, and Kimberly Blake, and they have eight grandchildren.