Chief Apostles of the Church of God in Christ
with Ancestral Roots in the Delta
| Senior Bishop Charles Harrison Mason | Mississippi (Born in Tennessee) |
| Senior Bishop Ozro Thurston Jones, Sr. | Arkansas |
| Presiding Bishop James Oglethorpe Patterson, Sr. |
Mississippi |
| Presiding Bishop Louis Henry Ford |
Mississippi |
| Presiding Bishop Chandler David Owens |
Alabama |
| Presiding Bishop G. E. Patterson |
Tennessee (Father born in Mississippi) |
| Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr. |
Arkansas |
| Presiding Bishop John Drew Sheard |
Mississippi (Father born in Mississippi) |