Patterson was re-elected presiding bishop every year until his death in 1989. ... Bishop Patterson married Mary Patterson in 1989, about eight months before his death at 77.

In the 1960s, Bishop Frederick Patterson started his own nondenominational church because he believed that churches should make young people feel like part of the church.

Patterson was re-elected presiding bishop every year until his death in 1989. Partly due to Bishop Patterson's influence, the Church of God in Christ throughout most of its history held its annual ...

Patterson was re-elected presiding bishop every year until his death in 1989. Partly due to Bishop Patterson's influence, the Church of God in Christ throughout most of its history held its annual ...