Our Senior pastor
FRANK ANTHONE WHITE is a third-generation Church of God in Christ servant, born the eldest of five children to the late Bishop Frank Otha White and Dr. Juliet L. White. Bishop White's ministerial career has progressively spanned a
record of service from the Sunshine Band to the Bishopric.
As Pastor of Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ, Bishop White spearheads its flourishing congregational growth through more than 45 operational ministries for the total man. As CEO of the Cedarmore Corporation, he drives the improvement of educational, social, and emotional development programs for youth, serving the diverse families of the New York metropolitan area.
These programs include:
• The Afterschool Enrichment Program
• The Big Brothers Mentoring Program
• The award-winning Young Entrepreneurs Program
• The Cynthia Roberts Youth Empowerment Series
• The Bishop Frank O. White Digital Literacy Center
Meet Bishop Frank Anthone White
Bishop White's cosmopolitan portfolio includes recognition among the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College and guest lectureships at Cornell University and Queens College. Ecumenically, Bishop White has proclaimed the Gospel across the nation, including at Madison Square Garden and as Noonday Preacher at the 105th Annual Hampton University Ministers' Conference. The scope of his civic presence and influence is broad and diverse. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Bishop White to the New York State Interfaith Advisory Council, Office of Faith and Non-Profit Development Services.
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A former Wall Street executive, Bishop White holds the professional designations of Chartered Financial Consultant
(ChFC), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and Chartered Financial Manager (ChFM). He is a graduate of Five Towns
College of Music, C.W. Post College at Long Island University, and the MKWW Religious Training Institute.
In 2011, Bishop White was consecrated to the Office of Auxiliary Bishop, and in 2017 he was appointed Jurisdictional Prelate of the New York Eastern Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
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Bishop White has served the National Church as Vice President of the International Department of Music and as a
National Trustee Board Member (2000–2008).
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Upon completing four distinguished terms as Financial Secretary of the Church of God in Christ (2008–2024), Bishop
White was elected to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. (2024).
He is the published author of Zero Tolerance: Telling the Truth in a Culture Where Anything Goes (2019) and Trust: The Currency of the Kingdom (2024). Bishop White's commitment to the Body of Christ is supported by the blessing of his only son and daughter-in-love, Pastor and Mrs. J. K. White, and grandson, Jeremiah.
