For her achievements in education and religion, Patten received resolutions from the California State Senate (1978, 1994, and 2003) and Elihu Harris (1994).
Bible College at seventeen, and upon graduation from L.I.F.E., became the Tennessee State Evangelist of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
Bebe conducted revival campaigns as a "girl evangelist" first with Lettie Harper and later with Mabel Lawson.
[1] In 1935, Bebe Harrison married C. Thomas Patten, who worked with her during her evangelistic crusades and her Oakland revival services.
Bebe and Carl left the FMLA in 1943 and were ordained by the International Ministerial Foundation, Inc. of Fresno, California.
Bebe Patten graduated from Aimee Semple McPherson's Lighthouse of International Four Square Evangelism.
He falsely claimed that the Oakland Bible School and Academy of Christian Education were accredited to the University of California.
He also stated that the Oakland Bible Institute and Academy of Christian Education were run at a loss.
[11] By 1948, the Pattens owned property in Walnut Creek, California, the former site of the Macedo Dairy.
[17] And a second time for failing to pay a contractor for alterations for their home at 30 La Salle, Piedmont, California.
[18] In November, Patten was sued by KWBR radio station for failing to pay for time used in previous 2 years.
Her telecast, The Bebe Patten Hour, aired from 1976 to the 2004, and her periodical The Trumpet Call was published from 1952 to 2004.
During the mid-1930s and 1940s two of her revivals burned her revivalist tent to the ground after she preached against racism, segregation and social injustices that took place in the South.
[citation needed] Patten died at 90 years of age on January 25, 2004, after a long illness.
Her biography, Winning the Race: Dr. Bebe Patten, Her Life and Ministry, written by Glenn Kunkel, was released in 2000.
[33] A second biography, No Room For Doubt: The Life and Ministry of Bebe Patten, written by Dr. Abraham Ruelas, was published by Seymour Press in 2012.