Charles H. Ellis III

Bishop Charles H. Ellis III
Bishop Ellis is the Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, the world's oldest Apostolic organization
In office	2010–present
Predecessor	Bishop David L. Ellis, Sr. (as Pastor of Greater Grace Temple)

Bishop David L. Ellis, Sr.

Charles H. Ellis III (born 1958) is an American Apostolic Pentecostal preacher, author and the current Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. He is the pastor of the 6,000 member Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan. He is also the son of Michigan preacher and civic leader, Bishop David L. Ellis, Sr.

Charles H. Ellis III was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958. Later his family moved to Detroit. He grew up in the church where his father, Bishop David L. Ellis, was pastor, Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith. He attended Detroit's Mumford High School and later went on to Wayne State University, where he graduated with an Accounting degree. After working as an accountant for several years, Charles Ellis and GGT Trustee Martin Hardy became the church's main financial administrators. Ellis also work beside his father as the Assistant Pastor. After Bishop David Ellis' death in 1996, then Elder Charles Ellis became pastor of Greater Grace Temple.In February 2002 Greater Grace Temple Opened "City Of David" (A Project Envisioned by Bishop David Ellis A $35 Million Project Featuring A Banquet Hall Conference Center. 4,000 Seat Sanctuary, A School Funeral Home transitional housing a golf course Senior Center & Activity Center. Print Shop Travel Agency Television and Radio Production. Only a few years after assuming this role of leadership, he was appointed to the office of Bishop, becoming the second-youngest bishop in the history of the 1.3 million-member Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.(PAW). In 2010, Bishop Charles Ellis ran unopposed and was elected the office of Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.(PAW).

Ellis also holds an honorary doctorate from Aenon Bible College in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is married to Crisette Michelle Ellis, and they have two children. Charles H. Ellis IV and K

It was in 1996 that Bishop Charles H. Ellis III had the role of leadership suddenly placed upon his shoulder. His father, David L. Ellis, was a leading clergyman who was highly respected in Detroit and around the nation. He had taken Greater Grace Temple from a struggling congregation that was thousands of dollars in debt, to one of the most respected ministries in the country. It had become a celebrated spiritual pillar of the Motor City.