Bishop Charles Mellette is the founder and senior pastor of Christian Provision Ministries, Inc. (CPM)in Sanford, North Carolina. He is also the Chairman of Positive Direction for Youth (PDY), an innovative youth conference designed to  encourage and inspire, that serves nearly 8,000 youth, youth leaders, and pastors annually. With more than 15 years in ministry, Bishop Mellette is committed to teaching challenging messages of provision in the areas of salvation, Christian maturity and Christian prosperity.

A former computer operation analyst, Bishop Mellette received the vision for Christian Provision Ministries in 1993. With a heart for the needs of the community, he is committed to the task of “Changing Lives and Building Communities”. He is dedicated to the task of directing the transformation of economically impoverished and morally challenged environments through Saint Provisions, a faith-based community initiative. With the ownership of over 150 acres of prime real estate, the initiative will provide affordable new single family homes, senior citizen housing, assisted living facilities, along with a commercial shopping center, and business park.

Bishop Mellette serves as Bishop of the Interdenominational Relations with the Kingdom Dominion Network of Interdependent Churches & Ministries, where Bishop Harold Calvin Ray of Redemptive Life Fellowship in West Palm Beach, Florida serves as Presiding Prelate.