Family, friends, members of CDC, and a host of mothers, deacons, ministers, elders and bishops watched as Bishop-Elect Ronald Gay completed the consecration process on July 8, 2022 and received his confirmation as a bishop in the Unison Free Will Baptist Churches Conference .

The consecration ceremony was held at Salvation and Praise Full Gospel Church in Farmville, NC.

The consecration was carried out by Presiding Bishop and Chief Consecrator Bishop Robert J. Gay, Co-Chief Consecrator Bishop Robert L. Gorham, and Bishop Joe N. Dixon, the homilist. Adjutant Generals Pastor Mary G. Worsley and Pastor Willie Johnson served as co-presiders of the consecration.

Bishop Ronald Gay is the oldest child of Deacon David C. Gay, Sr. and the late Mary Whitehurst Gay. He is the grandson of the late Pa Bob Gay and the late Lillie Parker Gay.

Bishop Ronald Gay is the pastor of Christ Deliverance Community (CDC) Unison Free Will Baptist Church in District Heights, MD.