Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop of the Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) to the international Pentecostal denomination. Bishop Charles E. Brown of New Orleans, Louisiana will manage the day-to-day activities of the denomination as the COO.

Brown will act on behalf of the presiding bishop to conduct business for the Church Of God In Christ. In the absence of the presiding bishop, Brown will negotiate contracts, execute documents, direct national church staff, and manage operations for the denomination.

Brown is the founder and senior pastor of Full Gospel Church Of God In Christ headquartered in New Orleans with an additional campus in Houston, Texas. He has also been an executive board member of the Church Of God In Christ since 1984. Brown is the president and founder of Church Growth Fellowship Conference USA, the coordinator of the National Leadership Conference for the Church Of God In Christ and is a board member for Save Africa's Children, a private, non-profit relief and development organization working in African nations to deliver aid and assistance to needy children.

He also serves as chaplain for the New Orleans Police Department and Spiritual Advisor for New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin.