Bishop Charles Blake Snr of West Angeles Church of God in Christ: Biography, Age, Net worth, Family, Wife, Children

Charles Edward Blake Biography

Key Facts about Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior age: born on the 5th August 1940.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior Senior parents: Bishop J.A. Blake Sr.(father) Lula Blake (Mother).

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior wife :  Mae Lawrence Blake

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior Children: Charles Blake II (Jr.), Lawrence Blake, and Kimberly Blake. The couples have 8 grandchildren.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior Senior Net Worth: Approximately $10 Million

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior Senior place of birth : Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

 

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior Biography 

The Bishop in charge of West Angeles  Church of God in Christ Inc in the person of Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr, is a man with great reputation and a soul winner indeed.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr. is the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, an 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination, that has now grown to become one of the largest predominantly African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr Age , Date of Birth and Birthday

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr was born on 5th August, 1940, at Little Rock, Arkansas. As of 2021, Charles Edward Blake is 81 years old. He celebrates his birthday on the 5th day of August every year.

Pertinent to note that Blake was the fifth Presiding Bishop and 7th leader of the historically African-American denomination from 2007 to 2021. 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.

It is imperative to mention that the rise of Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr to stardom was quite epic and divinely ordained. At the death of Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson, Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr became the Bishop in charge of the Church of God in Christ, Inc.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr became the Bishop in charge of Church of God in Christ, Inc following a spectacular election in March, 2007, that he was elected to complete to complete the unfinished tenure of the deceased Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson.

However, because of his excellent performance at the time he was elected., he was elected to for another four-year term in November 2012.

Also, Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr being a trailblazer in the ministry and because of his awesome work in the ministry, was also elected for the third time to be the Bishop in charge of Church of God in Christ Inc on the 15^th Day of November, 2012.

The seventh head and the fifth Bishop in charge of the well renowned historically African-American denomination in the person of Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr was the Bishop in charge of the first Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Southern California between 1985 to 2005, of which more than Two Hundred and Fifty Churches were under his jurisdiction. However, Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr was replaced by Bishop Joe L.  Ealy.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr wife Mae Lawrence Blake

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr. is married to his beloved and cherished wife, Mae Lawrence Blake, an indigene of Michigan. The union of Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr and Mae Lawrence Blake, is blessed with three children in the persons of:  Charles Blake 11 (Jr), Lawrence Blake and Kimberly Blake. Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr   eight grandchildren.

The Western United Angeles Church of God in Christ is the one of the biggest churches recognized in the Western part of the United States, has an estimated Twenty-four Thousand persons as part of its congregants. The church began in 1969 with an infinitesimal number of fifty persons. Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr became a pastor of Western United Church of God in Christ in 1969.

The Ebony Magazine recognized Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr in 1982, as one of the 15 greatest preacher of the gospel in the United States of America. Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr has been acknowledged yearly by Ebony magazines as one of the most hundred plus, African-Americans that is influential.

Also, Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr sent an article to the Ebony magazines on the imperativeness of the churches in the United States that comprises blacks to sway the presidential elections.  Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr has been a Board Member of Western United Church of God in Christ since 1988.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Senior is a passionate proponent of academic and education excellence. Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr has myriads of honorary and academic degrees spanning from plethora of institutions of higher education. As at 2010, he was conferred with honorary doctorate by Biola University.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr is the initiator and head of Pan African Children’s Fund (PACF), which was created to carter for the HIV/AIDS problems in Africa.

Notably, one of the enlightening programmes of Pan African Children’s Fund, do in recent times provide aid to an estimated number of Two Hundred and Twenty Orphanages throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr is the founding chairman of the board of directors of Inter-Denominational Theological Seminary. Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr has served both as a board member and also part of the Executive Committee of the board of directors of The Inter-Denominational Theological Seminary.

Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr being a man with high charisma, has also headed the Executive Committee and member of Directors of Oral Roberts University. Also based on Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr leadership qualities, he has also been a member of the Board of Directors of International Charismatic Bible Ministries.

The Pentecostal World Conference was so lucky to have Bishop Charles Edward Blake Snr as part of its advisory committee member.