"For the Arkansas politician similarly named, see Charles J. Blake.Charles Edward Blake, Sr. (born August 5, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., a 6 million-member Pentecostal-Holiness denomination. On March 21, 2007, he became the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., as a result of Presiding Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson's death."@en . . "Blake, Charles E."@en . . "American bishop" . "1940-08-05Z"^^ . . . . . "Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr."@en . "1940Z"^^ .