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Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22, 1939[1] – March 20, 2007[2]) was an American Pentecostal-Holiness leader and minister who served as the international Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Inc.

Patterson was born to Bishop William Archie 'W. A.' (1898–1991) and Mary Louise Williams Patterson (1901–1981) in the parsonage next door to the Church of God in Christ in Humboldt, Tennessee and was the youngest of six children. Growing up on Orleans street in the Lauderdale Sub neighborhood of Memphis, he was saved at 11 years old at a revival held in Holy Temple COGIC. Holy Temple COGIC was founded by his father. Later he moved with his family to Detroit, where his father pastored a second church New Jerusalem COGIC. At the age of 16, he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and answered his call to ministry in 1956 while he was only 16 years old at New Jerusalem.
Bishop J. S. Bailey ordained him in 1958 as an elder in the Church of God in Christ. In 1962, Pat

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Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc.

Bishop Patterson continued his pastorate in 1975 as the founder and pastor of Temple of Deliverance, the Cathedral of the Bountiful Blessings in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ is one of the nation's fastest growing congregations with over 12,000 on its membership roll. The church is located at 369 G. E. Patterson Avenue.

Temple of Deliverance also serves as the home church base for the rapidly growing which is weekly, as well as on local TV stations throughout the nation. BBM has a mailing list of over 100,000 active donors from outside the Memphis viewing audience. Bishop Patterson is founder and president of BBM.

Bishop Patterson is a learned minister. He has studied at the Detroit Bible Institute, and LeMoyne Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds an honorary Doctorate from Oral Roberts University and is the president of the Charles H. Mason Bible College of Tennessee Fourth Jurisdiction in Memphis, Tennesse

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Gilbert E. Patterson

Pastor (1939-2007)

His Gracethe Most Reverend Gilbert E. Patterson
Church	Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ
In office	1975 - 2007 (Pastor) 1988 – 2007 (Bishop) 2000 – 2007 (Presiding Bishop)
Predecessor	Bishop Chandler D. Owens
Successor	Charles Edward Blake, Sr.
Born	(1939-09-22)September 22, 1939 Humboldt, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	March 20, 2007(2007-03-20) (aged 67) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Spouse	Louise Dowdy Patterson (January 27, 1938 - November 20, 2022)
Occupation	Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ, Pastor, Televangelist, Singer

Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22, 1939^[1] – March 20, 2007^[2]) was an American Holiness Pentecostal leader and pastor. He served as the founding pastor of the Temple of Deliverance COGIC Cathedral of Bountiful Blessings, one of the largest COGIC churches in the Eastern United States, from 1975 to 2007. He also served as the Presiding Bishop the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination fr