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Michael A. Blue was born in NC and raised in SC. He served as an award-winning educator for twenty-five (25) years. Bishop Blue has been in ministry since 1980. In 1992, he and his wife became the founding pastors of The Door of Hope Christian Church, Marion, SC. He was consecrated to the bishopric in 1997 and has served as presiding prelate for the Christian Covenant Fellowship of Ministries (CCFM), from 2000 until the present.

Bishop Blue’s work as a musical composer and artist has received national acclaim.

Besides being the weekly speaker for the church’s various media outreaches, Bishop Blue has been a featured guest in various national television forums such as the following: The Right Side with Armstrong Williams, The Word Network’s Rejoice in the Word, and TBN’s Praise the Lord.

Bishop Blue is the author of Building Credibility in Leadership: Principles for Secondary Leaders (published by Creation House, 2011).

Besides being the weekly speaker on the church’s various media outreaches, Bishop Blue has been a featured guest in various national television forums: The Right Side with Armstrong Williams, The Word Network’s Rejoice in the Word, and TBN’s Praise the Lord. He travels widely speaking on various platforms – both “secular and sacred”: in addition to religious settings, he has presented in such leadership and educational conferences such as SCABSE (South Carolina Alliance of Black School Educators), the AKA Sorority Regional Conference, etc. Bishop Blue was honored to serve as Commencement speaker for Florence-Darlington Technical College, May of 2021 and a keynote speaker for SC HeadStart Association’s Fatherhood Conference, April of 2023.

Bishop Blue has served (serves) the Community in numerous capacities: South Carolina State Board of Education (2010-2013), iMPACT Marion County Committee, and Marion County Long Term Recovery Group (Hurricane Matthew). Furthermore, Bishop Blue hosts the CCFM national conference annually.

Bishop Blue is a 1985 graduate of Francis Marion University (FMU) in Florence, S.C., earning a bachelor’s degree in English. He has done graduate studies at the College of Charleston and various other institutions. Bishop Blue’s honors include a Doctor of Divinity from Cathedral Bible College in May 2010; the Doctor of Humanities from Francis Marion University in December of 2010; the Governor’s Ambassador of Economic Development Award for Marion County, S.C. in May 2016; and FMU’s Outstanding Alumnus Award in March 2017, and Marion County School District’s Superhero Award, (November 2022).

He is married to the former Malinda J. Tarte of Camden, NJ. They are the loving parents of two children -- Michala and Michael II (also known as “B.J.”).

Bishop Blue’s chief desire is to know Christ more intimately and to make Him known more fully. It is a paraphrase of his primary life motto, one that has shares every week with his church family: he is “committed to bring pleasure to Christ’s Heart and fame to His Name.”