The Center of Praise Ministries was conceptualized from the visionary directive given to our founder and visionary, Bishop Parnell M. Lovelace, Jr. While a student at Oral Roberts University, Bishop Lovelace was given the mandate to begin a ministry in his native home of Sacramento, California. The ministry would serve to embrace people of all backgrounds with the message of unconditional love and abundant grace. Bishop Lovelace, upon returning to Sacramento, continued serving in his home congregation for 3 1/2 years prior to being released under the leadership of the late District Elder Robert B. Holman, Sr. The 10,000 sq. foot mission-centered complex served as the hub for those who gathered for weekly worship services and studies.

Our Bishop, who serves as a prolific expositor and teacher of God's Word, also sought to implement the importance of praise and worship as a means of communion with God and fellowship with other believers. Center of Praise is non-denominational; evangelistic in spirit; diverse in culture and ethnicity; embracing the traditional and contemporary forms of worship (music and the fine arts); committed to the sacraments of the church; progressive in thought, and deliberate in entrepreneurial pursuits. There is an expressed effort to warmly welcome and care for those from a non-church attending background.