{"id":859,"date":"2017-09-22T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T02:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?page_id=859"},"modified":"2017-09-22T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T02:39:11","slug":"the-presiding-bishop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/the-presiding-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Presiding Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Blake is the pastor of\u00a0West Angeles Church of God in Christ<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0one of the largest churches in the Western United States, with a membership of over 25,000.\u00a0 He is recognized as one of the great preachers of this generation with a message that ministers to the whole person and brings together people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds.<\/p>\n

On April 6, 2009, in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama sought Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake to serve on his 25-person\u00a0White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.<\/em>\u00a0 This one-year appointment is a testament to his passion for the community and his desire to unite all people for the common good.\u00a0 He was also chosen as one of four individuals to speak at the Democratic National Convention\u2019s first Ecumenical Service, where he pronounced his status as pro-life Democrat and challenged both Democrats and Republicans to protect the rights of the unborn and born alike.<\/p>\n

The heart of Bishop Blake is seen quite clearly in the love that he has for the children in Africa who have become orphans because of the HIV\/AIDS pandemic plaguing the continent.\u00a0 In response to the HIV\/AIDS crisis in Africa, Bishop Blake founded, and was president of the\u00a0Pan African Children\u2019s Fund<\/em>\u00a0(PACF).<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Save Africa\u2019s Children<\/em>, a program of PACF, provided support to over 420 orphan care programs, 200,000 children and 24 nations throughout sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

Bishop Blake has also formerly served as an Advisory Committee Member of the Pentecostal World Conference, and as the founder and Co-chair of the Los Angeles Ecumenical Congress (LAEC), an interdenominational coalition of religious leaders and pastors.\u00a0 He was the founding Chair of the Board of Directors for the C.H. Mason Theological Seminary, and has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and as a Board Member of the Board of Directors for the Interdenominational Theological Seminary.\u00a0 Bishop Blake has served as Chair of the Executive Committee, member of the Board of Directors of Oral Roberts University, and as a member of the Board of Directors of International Charismatic Bible Ministries.<\/p>\n

Bishop Blake\u2019s awards and accolades are numerous.\u00a0 A few include the Distinguished Leadership Award presented by the African Presidential Archives and Research Center at Boston University (2007), the Trumpet Award (2006), the Salvation Army\u2019s William Booth Award, the Greenlining Institute\u2019s Big Heart Award, and was the designated recipient of the Los Angeles Urban League\u2019s Whitney M. Young Award (2000).\u00a0 In 2003, Bishop Blake was awarded the Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Medal for his work with\u00a0Save Africa\u2019s Children<\/em>\u00a0and its mission to support orphanages throughout the continent of Africa.\u00a0 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors designated February 5, 2004 as Bishop Charles E. Blake Day.<\/p>\n

Second only to his call as a minister of the Gospel, Bishop Blake says his most treasured accomplishments are those of a devoted husband to Lady Mae Lawrence Blake, and a loving father and grandfather to their three children and eight grandchildren.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"