Bishop Edwin C. Bass
A native of Pennsylvania, he is the 8th of ten children born to the late Superintendent Joseph E. Bass, Sr. and the late Missionary Mary V. Bass.
An alumnus of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, he also attended Panjab University in Chandigarh, India. He retired as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Blue Cross Blue Shield.
He has served as pastor of The Empowered Church in St. Louis for thirty years. This progressive ministry continues to grow and flourish.
Bishop Bass served in the administration of Bishop Charles E. Blake as Chief Operating Officer, Chairman of Urban Initiatives and Chairman of Jubilee Broadcasting. Working closely with all branches, departments and ministries of the church has given him a thorough understanding of the interworking of the church.
He is the Prelate of the emerging Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Spain.
Bishop Bass has served on the boards of St. Louis Transitional Hope House, Lindenwood University, the Urban League of St. Louis, the United Way of Greater St. Louis, the U.S. Justice Department’s Operation Weed and Seed, the Christian Hospital Ethics Committee, Enterprise Bank and the Colgate University Alumni Corporation.
He has appeared on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, the BBC and media throughout the world and quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Huffington Post to name a few.
He is the author of two books, I Won’t Be Silent Anymore! and So you want to marry me?
The greatest asset of his professional and personal life is his beloved wife of 52 years, Lady Jessie Miller Bass. As children, they had the prophetic experience of being saved in the same revival service. They are the blessed parents of Sean, Craig, and Courtney and grandparents of Kyng, Paige and Hannah.