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Church of God in Christ Presiding Bishop
Charles Blake, Sr. Joins Pentecostal Charismatic
Churches of North America Executive Committee
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 8, 2016 -Church of God in Christ Presiding Bishop
Charles E. Blake, Sr. was elected to
serve as Co-Chairperson for the Executive Committee of the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America
(PCCNA). Bishop Blake joins PCCNA
Chairperson Assemblies of God Assistant
General Superintendent Alton Garrison;
PCCNA President Jeff Farmer; Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada General Superintendent David Wells, Treasurer, and
Foursquare Church Chief Operating Officer Sterling Bracket serving as Secretary. The PCCNA Executive Board also
includes the following as Members-AtLarge: Church of God General Overseer
Bishop Mark Williams; Assemblies of God
USA General Superintendent George
Wood; United Holy Church of America
Bishop Elijah Williams; National Hispanic
Christian Leadership Conference President Samuel Rodriguez; International
Pentecostal Holiness Church General
Overseer Bishop Doug Beacham and
Grupo Unidad President Fermin Garcia.

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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
"The PCCNA Board of Administration
plaguing the continent. In response to the
was honored to elect Bishop Blake unani- HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, Bishop Blake
mously to serve as their new cofounded, the Pan African Children's Fund
chairperson for a three year term effective (PACF). Save Africa’s Children, a proFebruary 2016," says Farmer. "Bishop
gram of PACF, has provided support to
Blake is a statesman and community
over 420 orphan care programs, 200,000
transformer. We're honored that he is
children in 24 nations throughout subcarving out time in his busy schedule to
Saharan Africa.
partner with us in our vision to demonstrate unity in the power of the Spirit."
Bishop Blake has also formerly served as
PCCNA represents over 40,000 Pentean Advisory Committee Member of the
costal / Charismatic Christian congregaPentecostal World Conference, and as
tions in Canada, the U.S.A and Mexico.
the founder and Co-chair of the Los Angeles Ecumenical Congress (LAEC), an
Bishop Blake is the pastor of West Ange- interdenominational coalition of religious
les Church of God in Christ, one of the
leaders and pastors.
largest churches in the Western United
States, with a membership of over
Second only to his call as a minister of
25,000. He is recognized as one of the
the Gospel, Bishop Blake says his most
great preachers of this generation with a treasured accomplishments are those of
message that ministers to the whole per- a devoted husband to Lady Mae Lawson and brings together people of various rence Blake, and a loving father and
racial and ethnic backgrounds. On April 6, grandfather to their three children and
2009, in Washington, D.C