Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., the oldest Oneness Pentecostal organization in existence and the second largest Oneness Pentecostal organization in the United States; Diocesan of the Georgia State Council; Founder and Pastor of the 4,300 member Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan; Chief Chaplain, Detroit Police Department; Chairman of the Detroit Police Commission under Mayor Coleman A. Young. A second-generation Pentecostal, his pulpit was the stopping and launching point for all local and national political aspirants - one of the most memorable events was the 1988 rally for Presidential candidate Governor Michael Dukakis. Bishop Ellis was a man of great vision and a leading force for the city's economic development. He was responsible for starting the Greater Grace Temple Christian Schools (now an accredited Charter school, pre-school through grade 8), a multi-family housing complex, a credit union, a travel agency (GGT Travel Impressions), and Ellis Manor - an 89-unit senior citizens facility. He was honored in 1996 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as the Minister of the Year.
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Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., the oldest Oneness Pentecostal organization in existence and the second largest Oneness Pentecostal organization in the United States; Diocesan of the Georgia State Council; Founder and Pastor of the 4,300 member Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan; Chief Chaplain, Detroit Police Department; Chairman of the Detroit Police Commission under Mayor Coleman A. Young. A second-generation Pentecostal, his pulpit was the stopping and launching point for all local and national political aspirants - one of the most memorable events was the 1988 rally for Presidential candidate Governor Michael Dukakis. Bishop Ellis was a man of great vision and a leading force for the city's economic development. He was responsible for starting the Greater Grace Temple Christian Schools (now an accredited Charter school, pre-school through grade 8), a multi-family housing complex, a credit union, a travel agency (GGT Travel Impressions), and Ellis Manor - an 89-unit senior citizens facility. He was honored in 1996 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as the Minister of the Year.
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Bishop David Lee Ellis, Sr.
1935-1996
Pastor, Greater Grace Temple (1962-1996)
Diocesan, Georgia State Council (1982-1996)
Assistant Presiding Bishop, PAW
'Most men see and dream... Here lies a man of God who caught a vision of what could not be seen.'
