Texas Southeast Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
He attended Concord High School in Rusk County,Texas. Later he was united in holy matrimony to Miss. Alvary Thompson.
God called Bishop C.L Bryant to the Gospel Ministry at the age of nineteen. His first pastorship at age twenty was in Garrison, Texas in the Caldonia Community. He also pastored the Bethlehem Church of God in Chirist in the Concord Community where he was born and attended Sunday School as a small lad.
He built, established and pastored the Bryant's Temple C.O.G.I.C., Minden, Texas; the Eastside C.O.G.I.C., Lufkin, Texas; the Westside C.O.G.I.C., Trinity, Texas; the Progressive C.O.G.I.C. # 1- Denver, Co, Progressive # 2 Colorado Springs, and the Greater Gospel Kingdom C.O.G.I.C., Fort Worth, Texas.
Bishop C.L. Bryant is currently pastoring the Greater Gospel Kingdom C.O.G.I.C., Fort Worth, Texas.
In his forty-five years of pastorage, as a leader in the Church of God in Christ, Bishop C.L. Bryant has organized, trained and utilized members to optium capacities for God's service. These abilities motivated individuals under his guidance to become pastors, missionaries, teachers and most significantly dedicted workers for the cause of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The positions of leadership as a competent and loyal assistant to the late Bishop E. Ranger for fourteen years, as a National C.O.G.I.C. Evangelist, as Colorado C.O.G.I.C. Ordination Board Chairman and twenty years as Colorado C.O.G.I.C. Midwestern District Superintendent inspired Bishop C.L. Bryant to extend his aspirations to a higher degree of responsibility in God's Vineyards.
God gave Bishop C.L. and Alvary Bryant three lovely-talented daughters, three son-in-laws, five grandsons and one granddaughter.
The brief view of Bishop C.L. Bryant's confirms that he has the dignity of the diplomat, the poise of an ambassador, the charm of a fine host and the energy of a pioneer. He has served at all levels of the Church of God in Christ with unusual success. It seems that success for Bishop C.L. Bryant begins at the same point which marked failure for others. His efforts have been crowned with victory.
Bishop C.L. Bryant's constant prayer is "Lord give me work as long as I live and let me live until my work is finished". "For we preached not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' Sake". II Corinthians 4:5
