December 5th People Magazine Features Bishop Charles E. Blake and Save Africa's Children.LOS ANGELES -- People Magazine recently traveled to Africa with Bishop Charles E. Blake Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr. serves as the Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, a 6 million-member Holiness-Pentecostal denomination. Blake is the fifth Presiding Bishop (seventh leader) of the historically African-American denomination. and Save Africa's Children, and their trip is featured in the December 5th, 2005, issue of People Magazine. Save Africa's Children (SAC), a program of the Pan African Children's Fund, has assisted over 300 grassroots and faith-based projects in Sub Saharan Africa reaching over 90,000 AIDS-affected children. The majority of SAC-supported programs support vulnerable, AIDS-affected children. The brutal HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome pandemic in Africa has left in its wake more than 17 million orphans. More than a million children globally are living with HIV and the number is growing daily. Save Africa's Children was founded in 2001 by Bishop Charles E. Blake, pastor of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ West Angeles Church of God in Christ is a member church of the Protestant denomination of the same name. It is located in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in the early 1960s and the first sanctuary was located on Adams Boulevard, near Interstate 10 (known locally in Los Angeles. West Angeles is one of the largest African American churches in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century , with over 25,000 active members. Save Africa's Children is among the first and largest African American-founded organizations providing direct support to AIDS orphans. Save Africa's Children has been supported and recognized by numerous celebrities, including Natalie Cole, Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Lou Gossett, Jr., Ray Romano, Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance Courtney B. Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He formerly starred as a regular in the NBC television series as Ron Carver. Vance was born in Detroit, Michigan. , Magic Johnson, Samuel and LaTonya Jackson, and others. |
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