Church of God in Christ
The Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ is currently Bishop Charles E. Blake. His duties are to oversee and supervise everything religious that goes on in the denomination. He was preceded in this position by Bishop G.E. Patterson.
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Made all Platonic tolerance vain
And vain all Doric discipline.”
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