At least 33 African American bishops, reverends and pastors who led various denominations around the country have died from the coronavirus, according to an ABC News analysis.
Communities of faith have paid a heavy price, both in terms of congregations not being able to worship together and religious leaders along with so many of their church members being afflicted with and dying from the disease.
The Church of God in Christ , which has been around for almost 100 years and is the largest black Pentecostal denomination in the United States, lost seven bishops to the coronavirus, according to Charles E. Blake, the presiding bishop of the COGIC, which is based in Los Angeles, California. Bishop William Harrell Jr. was the head of St. James Community Full Gospel Church in Harlem. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus and died on April 17 at the age of 63.
Bishop William Harrell Jr. with his son Jonathan Harrell. Bishop Harrell died from the coronavirus on April 17, 2020.Pastor A.R. Bernard, the founder and leader of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, New York, was steadfast when he was diagnosed with the coronavirus in March.
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