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Floyd Harold Flake (born January 30, 1945) is an American businessman, minister, and former politician who was the senior pastor of the 23,000-member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and the 18th president of Wilberforce University.
The church has been pastored by Floyd Flake and his wife Elaine for nearly five decades. Floyd Flake also served as the president of Wilberforce University-- his alma mater and a former United States Congressman. Flake's wife, M. Elaine Flake was appointed by Bishop Gregory Ingram to serve as senior Pastor when Floyd Flake retired in 2020.
Floyd raised her as his own and eventually forced her to marry him, the documentary details. Suzanne later died in a suspected hit-and-run accident when she was 20, according to the Tampa Bay Times .
Floyd H. Flake: Zeta Gamma Lambda: Former US Congressman from New York; president of Wilberforce University; pastor of Greater Allen Cathedral of New York [23] [24] Elson S. Floyd: Mu Zeta: First African American president of three universities: Western Michigan University, University of Missouri, and Washington State University [25]: 78
In 2005, along with fellow former African-American Democratic congressman, the Reverend Floyd Flake, he joined with U.S. Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) to support the Houses of Worship Freedom of Speech Restoration Act (H.R. 235), which would have allowed tax-exempt religious institutions to engage more directly in current politics. [9]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett says she cried with her daughter when she saw the video of the police killing of George Floyd. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of ...
The abuse included forcing her children to do physical labor, restricting food, binding one child's hands and feet and emotional harm. Franke and Hildebrandt told Franke's children they were evil ...
Lockridge was born in Robertson County, Texas, the oldest of eight children and the son of a Baptist minister. A graduate of Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, he worked for two years as a high school English teacher. In 1940 in Dallas, he felt led to preach. In 1941 he married Virgil Mae Thompson. [2]