Jurisdictional Prelate
Central Georgia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Former Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ Worldwide and General Board Member

Bishop Chandler D. Owens is known and respected as a dedicated and tireless servant of the Church of God in Christ and an outstalnding spiritual leader who has brought hope and comfort to the members of his congregation and the community. He served as chairman of the Commission for the Constitution of the Church of God in Christ, and has served as a member of the General Board of the Church of God in Christ since 1976, served as Second Assistant Presiding Bishop and First Assistant Presiding Bishop, and served as Jurisdictional Prelate of the Central Georgia Ecclesiatical Jurisdication.

In 1991, he became the founder and pastor of the Greater Community Church of God in Christ in Marietta, Georgia. In 1992, while serving as a General Board member, Bishop Chandler D. Owens was assigned by Bishop Louis Henry Ford to the local area to oversee insular matters as well as those pertaining to the Central Georgia Jurisdiction. Later, he was appointed Jurisdictional Prelate over Central Georgia . Bishop Owens has continued to build on that same foundation of those who labored diligently before his appointment.

In 1995 he was designated as the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ in 1995. In 1996, he was invited to give the official prayer for worldwide leaders at the 1997 Presidential Inaugural, and was selected to serve as cochairman of the President's summit for America Future Committee, and was honored by Ebony Magazine in April 1997 as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Men in America. In 1998, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing and commending Bishop Chandler D. Owens for his many years of dedicated service to the Church of God in Christ and the citizens of the State of Georgia.