GAC once operated a 750-student private school, (Pre-K through 8th Grade, now called The Eagle Academy of Queens.)

Additionally, the church offers numerous commercial and social service enterprises.

GAC has been named one of the nation's most productive religious and urban development institutions, and is one of the Borough of Queens largest employers.

Floyd Flake also served as the president of Wilberforce University-- his alma mater and a former United States Congressman.

(The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a mandatory retirement age of 75.