Bishop GE Patterson

The Late Bishop GE Patterson wide open with a message of prayer for healing. Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22, 1939[1] – March 20, 2007[2]) was an American Holiness Pentecostal leader and Pastor who served as the National Presiding Bishop and Founder of the Temple of Deliverance COGIC Cathedral of Bountiful Blessings and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Incorporated.[3][4] Bishop Patterson was the second youngest person to ever be elected Presiding Bishop of COGIC at the age 60 in 2000, second to his predeceased uncle Bishop J. O. Patterson, Sr who was 56 when he was elected Presiding Bishop in 1968.[5][6]