In order to be in compliance with these newly mandated public safety directives, we are making the following adjustments to our programming here at West Angeles Church until further notice. This Sunday, we will have an abbreviated morning gathering designed to fall within the ’50 persons with six feet of space’ requirement. We will have limited seating available for our 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services in order to adhere to those guidelines. All other daily, weekly, monthly and special services, as well as meetings, classes, groups, events and programming, are cancelled immediately until further notice. We will provide information on conference calling to assist in staying connected with your groups and teams. In order to continue serving our constituency, our business offices will remain open. Please visit westa.org for more information.

History
Established in 1943.

West Angeles COGIC was founded in 1943 by Elder Clarence E. Church. The first sanctuary was located in the heart of Los Angeles in a small storefront on Vermont Avenue. After Elder Church passed away in 1968, the search for a new minister began. At that time, Elder Charles E. Blake, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, had been serving in the ministry in San Diego under his father, the late Bishop J.A. Blake. He was appointed pastor of West Angeles in 1969. Beginning with only a 50-member congregation, the dynamic leadership and ministry of Elder Charles E. Blake took form. The 1970’s brought a membership explosion, heralding the founding of the West Angeles Christian Academy. By 1981, a 1,000-seat sanctuary built to house the growing ministry rose from the former site of an old furniture store at 3045 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles (now known as the North Campus; facade pictured above).