BISHOP DERREYL E. IS A NATIVE OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF 17 CHILDREN BORN TO REV. AND MRS. ULYSSES BLAKE. HE IS A THIRD GENERATION OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST. IN 1978 WHILE LIVING IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, HE WAS CALLED TO MINISTRY, ANOINTED BY GOD TO BE AN EVANGELIST AND PROPHET TO THIS NATION. THIS WAS AFTER GOD DELIVERED HIM FROM HIS PAST AS A GANG BANGER, DRUG DEALER, PI
MP, AND ALCOHOLIC, HE THEN BEGAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY DELIVERING THE TRUTH AND SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH A UNIQUE STYLE OF HUMOR AND PROPHECY. BISHOP BLAKE FORMED A NATIONWIDE MINISTRY CALLED “BROKEN FREE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL” WHICH WAS ORDAINED BY GOD TO PULL DOWN THE STRONGHOLDS AND DESTROY THE YOKE OF BO***GE. BISHOP BLAKE IS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF NEW DIRECTION GOSPEL CHURCH IN JONESBORO, GA. HE WAS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF 1ST AME ZION CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE GREATER HARVEST COGIC IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, A DOCTORATE IN FAMILY AND MARRIAGE COUNSELING AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELING. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE OF DIVINITY FROM THE ELBON/SOLUTIONS COLLEGE OF MINISTRY. HE WAS CONSECRATED BISHOP IN THE FAITH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CHURCHES AND CONSECRATED AS CHIEF APOSTLE OVER BROKEN FREE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED. BISHOP BLAKE IS MARRIED TO DR. DAMETRIA BLAKE, THE FATHER OF 6 CHILDREN AND A GRANDFATHER. HIS MOTTO IS “I’M NOT PERFECT, I’M FORGIVEN”; WE ALL HAVE A PAST THAT EQUIPS US FOR OUR FUTURE”.
