Bishop of God's Church in Christ, Paterson, New Jersey, George Edmunds Patterson (November 2, 1918 - May 10, 1992) was an African-American bishop who led the Faith Bible Church and School in Brooklyn, New York. He was born in Washington, D.C., to Mary Jane Patterson and William Patterson. He married Willie Mae Lee Johnson on August 4, 1946. They had four children: Gwendolyn, George Jr., Margaret, and Patricia. Patterson graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in religious education. In 1950, he received a master's degree in religion from Howard University in Washington, D.C. He served as a pastor at several churches in the New York City area before being elected president of Faith Bible College in Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained as a bishop by Clarence Andrew Allen in 1959. As head of the United Church of God, he established dozens of churches across the country. He also founded the UCCG Publishing House to distribute Christian books written by other people. His health began to decline in 1990 when he was diagnosed with cancer. He died on May 10, 1992.