[29], Bishop Louis Henry Ford of Chicago, Illinois, was elected after the death of J.O. Three years later on October 12, 1955, he added three more bishops to the hierarchy: Bishop U. E. Miller, Bishop S. M. Crouch, and Bishop O. T. Jones Sr. As a classical Holiness Pentecostal denomination,[2][4] COGIC continues to embrace its holiness heritage, teaching modesty in dress, appearance, moderate participation in secular entertainment and prohibitions against profanity, alcohol, substance abuse and immoral behavior. This convention brings thousands of COGIC members representing all the major departments including Sunday School, Missions, Evangelism, Music, and Youth together in July and meets in cities around the U.S. In 1915, after years of court litigation over the name of the organization and use of the name "Church of God in Christ" by the two groups; Mason's group was granted the use of the name and Jones's group organized a legally chartered Holiness body called the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.[14], After moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Bishop Mason established a local congregation called Temple COGIC. They exist today as adversaries to the kingdom, purpose and will of God. They rejected denominational names such as Baptist, Methodist, or Episcopal. Second Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Attorney Amos Smith. We hope you enjoy learning more about the Church leadership and the important role they have in leading God's people. retrieve any information stored within this system. The Chairman of the Board of Bishops, CC it to both the Board of Bishop's Secretary and the Chairman of the Grievance Committee. Bishop Mason appointed her as a young woman to be head of the small school in 1926, after she had been teaching there. Owens outlined a progressive plan to position the COGIC for ministry in the twenty-first century, known as "Vision 2000 and Beyond." Christ is the Head of the church, and He is the only mediator between God and humanity, and there is no salvation in any other. Chairman of the Board of Bishops Bishop Albert Galbraith. From the very beginning of gospel music, COGIC members have influenced its rise. Macklin was selected as the first chairman. He led a group of students to participate in the March on Selma. She also established a musical program. Divorce is considered inconsistent with biblical teachings and is highly discouraged as well, but exceptions are made for special circumstances. Patterson, the nephew of the above-mentioned Bishop J.O. COGIC teaches that because God uses conception through and after sexual reproduction and intercourse to create human life, that willfully aborting a human fetus is contrary to God's Word and Christian ethics, and it is considered to be a sin against God and the Bible within the denomination. All officers are elected by the General Assembly. He protested during the 1950s and 1960s against lodging segregation in Memphis, while participating in COGIC Holy Convocations there during the Civil Rights era before federal laws prohibiting such segregation. Bishop Joel H. Lyle Jr. General Secretary Church of God in Christ, Inc. 930 Mason Street Memphis, Tennessee 38126 The denomination teaches that God gives life to human beings, biologically and spiritually, through the moment of conception in the womb of the mother, using Jeremiah 1:5, Genesis 1:2627, and Psalms 139:1316 as their scriptural basis for this belief. Secretary General. The presiding bishop is part of a general board, consisting of eleven other bishops elected by a general assembly consisting of pastors, elders, chaplains, bishops, missionaries, supervisors, and designated lay delegates. Driver, who was the overseer of California and pastor of the Saints Home COGIC led an interracial congregation made up of many Blacks, Whites, and Latinos, for many years. Patterson Sr., the five major departments of COGIC were united under an umbrella convention known as UNAC-5 (United National Auxiliary Convention). Pentecostals have been criticized because of their noticeable absence from the official record of activism that has been largely overshadowed by black ministers of other denominations such as Baptists and Methodists; however, there is evidence to verify and document the role and response of COGIC ministers and other Pentecostal denominations to the cause and struggle for Civil Rights in the United States during the 20th Century. OTHER COGIC clergy are allowed to be married. Mason. Jesse Jackson was invited to speak during the COGIC International Holy Convocation when he was running for the presidency. They are tasked with the day to day operation of the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Michael E. Hill Assistant Secretary to the General Board (2021present) and board member (2021present). Dr. Mattie McGlothen (19751994) the fourth General Supervisor, was a tremendous organizer with great impact on the development of the Women's Department. Bishop Darrell L. Hines Board member (2016present). [48] COGIC clergy are also encouraged to have a certain degree of training in marriage counseling as well. However, after a meeting in Hot Springs, Arkansas that led to the founding of the Assemblies of God, the white constituency of COGIC continued to decline, until it was almost nonexistent by the 1930s. (19721994). He re-ignited the church to be a flagship Pentecostal denomination. Under her leadership and tenure, COGIC choirs and individual singers came to dominate gospel music producing a number of recordings and gospel hits. James Moore, Thomas Whitfield (singer), Deniece Williams, Hubert Powell, Donnie McClurkin, LaShun Pace, The Anointed Pace Sisters, Dr. Bettye Ransom Nelson, Bishop Richard "Mr. Clean" White, Bishop Paul S. Morton, The Clark Sisters: (Jacky Clark-Chisholm, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Karen Clark-Sheard). Mason was given authority to lead the new denomination. Adjutant General Bishop Dickerson L. S. Wells Sr.. General Supervisor, Department of Women Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis. The international headquarters is in Memphis, Tennessee. The denomination reports having more than 12,000 churches and over 6.5 million members in the United States. Jurisdictions range in size between 30 and 100 churches. Bishop Sedgwick Daniels Board member (2008present). Ford was pastor of the St. Paul COGIC in Chicago and was Presiding Prelate of the Historic Illinois First Jurisdiction. She developed the role of the State Minister of Music and traveled the world conducting seminars and workshops perfecting the quality of choir music, their performance, appearance and demeanor, and the COGIC sound. The church has a tradition of prayer, fasting, praise, and consecration that was once unique to Holiness or Holiness Pentecostal groups. [37] The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S.[38] COGIC is a HolinessPentecostal Christian denomination,[2][4] with a predominantly African-American membership. They unanimously chose C.H. "[90] This excerpt of Elder Carter's sermon went viral throughout social media and was picked up by major television news broadcasts. Overseer E.R. Secretary of the National Judiciary Board Attorney Peter Davis. In her brief tenure, she encouraged the women to stay focused and supportive to the leadership of the church. The current chairman of AIM is Bishop Linwood E. Dillard of Memphis, TN.[62]. [29] Former International Music Department President Professor Iris Stevenson-McCullough (originally from Rochester, NY) is a major influence in the gospel music industry around the world. Gary Lewis was elected to the post of Secretary General on July 29, 2022 at the Church of God International General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas. Washington, Bishop Chandler D. Owens, Bishop Brandon B. Porter, and Bishop J. Patterson in March 2007. He is credited with helping to secure the steel needed to construct Mason Temple which was virtually impossible during World War II.[52]. White. "[50][51] COGIC also encourages mothers that if they know they will not be able to provide proper care to their child, they should seek assistance to give the child up for either private adoption, legal adoption through domestic or international adoption agencies, or foster care. Furthermore, the new constitution created the office of the presiding bishop and a general board of twelve bishops and defined their responsibilities. The Department of Evangelism was officially organized on a national level by Overseer L.C. However, the General Assembly vested authority in the executive board composed of the seven bishops selected by Bishop Mason before his death. They were also instrumental in establishing 75 churches across the nation. Today, the International Youth Department (IYD) is led by the International Youth President, Superintendent Nathaniel Green of Dallas, TX, and the International Chairlady, Evangelist Vandalyn Kennedy of Queens, NY. As the International Holy Convocation grew to thousands, COGIC leaders had to negotiate with city officials to provide hotel accommodations for the saints. Mason sent ministers and evangelists to cities and urban areas outside the South, including William Roberts (Chicago), O. M. Kelly (New York), O. T. Jones Sr. (Philadelphia), E. R. Driver (Los Angeles), and Samuel Kelsey (Washington, D.C.) From these major cities, COGIC spread throughout the country. In April 2018, Bishop Blake led COGIC in partnership with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis to continue to struggle for civil rights in the 21st Century. [58], Her successor, Lillian Brooks Coffey (19451964) was the organizer of the Women's International Convention to support the work of foreign missionaries. Vice President of COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Faye M. Butler. Church Of God In Christ, Inc. 2015-23. The Church may search and retrieve any information stored within this system. [33] In 2009, Bishop Blake unveiled an aggressive program known as "Urban Initiatives" to address the plight of America's urban areas. Under her leadership, the Women's International Convention added the term "and Crusade" to highlight and promote the evangelistic approach of the convention. Mason as General Overseer and Chief Apostle. During his visit, Mason received the baptism of the Holy Ghost; the evidence was believed to be his "speaking in other tongues", in accordance with the biblical account found in the book of Acts 2:4. He was denied such trial in 2016. Patterson, Evangelist Joyce L Rodgers#, Jurisdictional Supervisor, Former Chairlady of Youth Dept., international evangelist, Dr. Lytia R. Howard, Emeritus, President of the Sunshine Band, COGIC Pastor, Mother Leatha Herndon Chapman Tucker#, church organizer, national evangelist, Mother Elizabeth White#, foreign missionary, Dr. Rita Womack, national evangelist, former Elect Lady, Mother Willa Mary Collins#, founding First Lady of Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ in Evansville, Indiana. Carter was found in contempt of court for failing to obey the court order and was jailed until he removed all videos and agreed to comply. During the current administration of Presiding Bishop Charles Blake, COGIC unveiled its Urban Initiatives Program to provide 60,000 programs nationwide through its more than 12,000 congregations to continue to promote the work of civil rights, and to reduce poverty, crime and violence, etc. The beliefs of the Church of God in Christ are briefly written in its Statement of Faith, which is reproduced below:[41] It is often recited in various congregations as part of the order of worship and all national and international convocations. If you have any further questions, please contact Executive Secretary Sidney A. Buggs. [21], In 1907, there were ten COGIC churches, but by the time of Bishop Mason's death in 1961, COGIC had spread to every state in the United States and to many foreign countries. Secretary of the National Board of Trustees Dr. T. Lynn Smith. Ford, as Saints' Academy, a private co-educational grade school. Nurses Aid Ministry nurses taking their skills to the mission field. For many years, West Angeles has been one of the fastest growing churches in the United States and remains the largest COGIC local congregation with a membership of 25,000. The current General Supervisor of Women is Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis of Los Angeles, California. Dress should be modest and business-formal. [9] This Holiness group/fellowship adopted the name Church of God in Christ, and COGIC began to develop congregations throughout the South. [63] The current president of the Department of Evangelism is Bishop Elijah Hankerson III of St. Louis, Missouri. [29], Bishop Charles E. Blake assumed leadership and was elected Presiding Bishop of the church after the death of Bishop G.E. President Clinton gave speeches at COGIC meetings including the International Holy Convocation at Mason Temple and the Women's International Convention. Nevertheless, women are licensed in COGIC to proclaim the gospel as evangelists. Remarriage is highly discouraged, except in the case of the death of a spouse. [49] The church does not practice infant baptisms or christenings, but does conduct baby dedications in formal ceremonies. National officers of the church are chosen at the general assembly every four years unless special elections are warranted. As African Americans migrated north and west to industrial cities during the Great Migration, he began to establish COGIC churches in the north and, especially after 1940, in the west. [2][4] The church teaches three separate and distinct works of grace that God performs in the life of believers: salvation, entire sanctification, and the baptism or infilling of the Holy Ghost. The General Secretary - Just another Church Of God In Christ, Inc. site. During the 1950s and 60s, during the height of the civil rights movement, COGIC ministers and congregations played host to many significant events. On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speech, at Mason Temple Church Of God in Christ in Memphis. Vice chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Bishop Marcus Ways. Military chaplains have also been instrumental in spreading COGIC through military installations. She was the wife and companion of Bishop John Seth Bailey, a trusted adviser of Bishop Mason, and later the first assistant presiding bishop of the church. [61] Finally, she changed the visible presence of women in ministry with the introduction of the ministry "habit". He also instituted the Annual Prayer Breakfast, conducted Evangelistic Crusades across the country and developed the Church of God in Christ National Evangelist Registry. The general secretary, general treasurer, and financial secretary terms run concurrent with the current presidential administration that is elected every four years.[20]. Coffey also began the use of the title "Jurisdictional Supervisor" for state mothers as more jurisdictions were forming in each state.[59]. They are fallen angels who joined Satan in his failed attempt to usurp power in Heaven. Today COGIC has more than 12,000 churches, and several schools, missions, and medical clinics in more than eighty nations, including every inhabited continent. [8], In 1897, Elder Mason founded the St. Paul Church in Lexington, Mississippi, as the first church of the new movement. Jurisdictions are set up similar to the national church in terms of composition, polity, and procedure. B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. The COGIC emphasized the use of the choir as an integral part of the worship experience. He was one of the nine members of the strategy committee that organized the sanitation strike in Memphis. [18], The H. A. Goss faction left COGIC to join the Assemblies of God USA. Protestant doctrinal debates about Calvinism and Wesleyan Perfectionism affected how even local African-American Baptist pastors responded to new Christian movements at the time. Deaconess Missionaries serve and assist in the ceremonial and temporal affairs of the local church. COGIC is a conservative denomination. He established the World Fellowship of Black Pentecostal Churches and gained COGIC membership in the Congress of National Black Churches. The General Secretary is the official keeper of the COGIC seal, Registered Agent for the Church and signatory on all official documents. His pastor and mentor was Bishop F. D. Washington of Brooklyn, NY. Some of these African-American Baptist pastors in local Southern areas such as Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas considered Jones and Mason to be controversial. In 1976, under the leadership of Bishop J.O. It has nine members, elected by the general assembly, including three bishops, three elders, and three lay members. Then in 1946, the YPWW Department was combined with the Sunday School Department for joint conventions until 1951 when they were separated once again. According to a 2015 statistical study by the Pew Research Center, the denomination was estimated to have a United States membership of approximately 84% African-Americans, 5% White Americans, 8% Latino-Americans, and roughly 2% Asian-Americans. She developed the International Women's Convention into a training institute for women in the ministry. Assistant Elect Lady, COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Lee E.Van Zandt. In 2014, at the COGIC International Holy Convocation held in St. Louis, Missouri, COGIC minister Elder Earl Carter was selected by the General Board to be the keynote speaker for Saturday night. Bishop J.W. He was a strong advocate for social justice. [16], A few years after the Azusa Revival, in 1914, shortly before the United States entered World War I, approximately 300 white ministers, representing a variety of independent churches and networks of churches, including the "Association of Christian Assemblies" of Indiana; and the "Church of God in Christ and in Unity with the Apostolic Faith Movement" from Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas; met in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Voice of Missions a bimonthly magazine, John Seth Bailey#, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Michigan Southwest Jurisdiction; pastor, Bailey Cathedral, Detroit, MI, Elmer Elijah Cleveland#, jurisdictional bishop, Northern California Jurisdiction, pastor, Ephesians, Oakland, CA, Bishop David Willard Grayson, Sr#, Jurisdictional Bishop of Maine, Founding Jurisdictional Bishop of Eastern New York Fourth, David Daniels, educator, professor, auxiliary bishop, James Logan Delk#, politician, pastor, First, Hopkinsville, KY, James Louis Felton, auxiliary bishop, pastor, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA, James Neaul Haynes#, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Texas Northeast First Jurisdiction; pastor, Saintsville, Dallas, TX, Roderick Hennings, author, auxiliary bishop, pastor, Zion Dominion Global Ministries, Amherst, NY, William Morgan James#, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Ohio North First Jurisdiction, pastor, St. James, Toledo, OH and James Temple, Cincinnati, OH, Orzo Thurston Jones Jr.#, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction; pastor, Holy Temple, Philadelphia, PA, Otha Miema Kelly#, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Eastern New York First Jurisdiction; pastor, Kelly Temple, Harlem, NY, Otis Lockett#, church planter, jurisdictional bishop, North Carolina Second Jurisdiction, pastor, Evangel Word Fellowship, Greensboro, NC, George Dallas McKinney#, scholar, general board member, jurisdictional bishop, Southern California Second Jurisdiction; pastor, St. Stephen's Cathedral, San Diego, CA, S.E. Nigeria alone has 19 bishops and more than 2000 churches. [50], In July 2016 during their annual Auxiliaries in Ministries convention, COGIC announced their Urban Initiative Outreach ministries and Missions and Charity departments would be partnering up with The Human Coalition, an anti-abortion advocacy group, from 2016 to 2019 for a three-year initiative to encourage COGIC pastors and ministers to encourage anti-abortion advocacy in their local churches. [6], In June 1896, Jones held a Holiness convention at Mt. In 1933, he set apart five overseers to the Office of Bishop in the church, the first five bishops of COGIC. Bishop O. T. Jones Sr, however, did not leave the COGIC. Co Directors of the Men's Department Bishop Michael B. Vice Chairman of the General Assembly Bishop Jerry W. Maynard. It is one of the largest gathering of Christian women from any major denomination and religious organization. She established new auxiliaries including the International Hospitality Unit, the Educational and Bishop's Wives Scholarship funds, WE-12 and Lavender Ladies. The General Board of the Church of God in Christ, Inc (COGIC) is responsible for establishing and executing policies for the membership, as well as sustaining and perpetuating spiritual order within the Church. Name * Email Address (UserID) * Create a Password * Confirm your Password * Birthday * Month: Day: Year: Gender * Male Female Jurisdiction * Church He continued to build on the department through expansion of the Regional Administration into 10 geographical locations across the country. In 1984 and 1988 respectively, Rev. Welcome to the Official Church Of God In Christ, Inc Online Store Dismiss. General Treasurer Bishop Charles Harrison Mason Patterson Sr.. Financial Secretary Bishop Frank A. COGIC does not teach that Spirit baptism is the same as salvation. Please note: Fields with ( *) are required. After the death of Bishop Mason, he assumed leadership as the Senior Bishop of the Church of God in Christ. The denomination considers these to be inconsistent with COGIC doctrine and teaching. Each jurisdictional bishop appoints a jurisdictional supervisor to lead the work of the women on a jurisdictional level. [20], In 1926, Mason authorized the church's constitution, outlining the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the church. Mallory retired in 1976 after fifty years of service; and she had a national reputation. Office of the Secretariat members: Missionary Marcia Black-Watson, Jurisdictional Secretary The current leader of the International Music Department is recording artist Dr. Myron Williams, succeeding Dr. Judith Christie McAllister of Los Angeles, California, who is also a praise and worship national recording artist. [94][95], After the November 2016 COGIC Holy Convocation, Carter left the COGIC denomination because Blake had been re-elected as the Presiding Bishop. Women in COGIC have been influential in the leadership and organization of the church since its inception. The three-year-initiative with The Human Coalition was also supposed to encourage local COGIC clergy leaders across the United States, both male and female, to partner up with other anti-abortion advocacy groups and Christian ministries to lobby for more anti-abortion restrictions throughout local states.[51]. The first meeting was held in Memphis, Tennessee around 1937. In 1895, C.P. Jones and C.H. Mason were licensed Baptist ministers in Mississippi who began teaching and preaching a Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection or entire sanctification as a second work of grace to their Baptist congregations. The general assembly is the supreme authority over the church to decide matters of faith and practice. Today the International Women's Convention/Crusade meets annually in May in different cities throughout the nation drawing thousands of women from around the world. Coffey was a child convert to COGIC under the preaching of Bishop Mason, and was influential in organizing many of the auxiliaries, bands, and units that exist within the COGIC Women's Department. These auxiliaries are found in nearly every church, district, and jurisdiction within COGIC and function to support the holistic approach that COGIC has toward ministry within the church and the larger community that COGIC congregations serve. The Elders' Council met and organized the first Missions board of the Church of God in Christ. It had a membership of more than 400,000, who supported more than 4,000 churches. President, International Department of Missions Bishop Vincent Matthews Jr.. [42], COGIC teaches that angels are messengers sent from God who served during the creation, throughout the Old Testament, the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the establishment of the church and the ministry of the apostles, and continue to be at work in the Kingdom of God. In addition, the office certifies delegates to the General Assembly, publishes official documents and certificates, maintains the official record of General Assembly proceedings, distributes pertinent information to the constituents of the Church, plays a pivotal role in church: legal matters, collects and reports church statistics, maintains an accurate database of credential holders, officers, churches and jurisdictions, and keeps an archive of historical documents from across the church, including, books, national and jurisdictional records, and photographs and memorabilia of historical value. In 1918, COGIC opened its first institution of higher learning, the Saints Industrial and Literary School in Lexington, Mississippi, for both girls and boys. COGIC has always been traditionally anti-abortion. COGIC licensed female evangelists may also serve as chaplains in military, federal, state, and local institutions requiring chaplains. The presidium includes a separately elected international presiding bishop by the general assembly who serves a term of four years, who, then appoints two assistant presiding bishops. Bishop Patterson was the second youngest person to ever be elected Presiding Bishop of COGIC at the age 60 in 2000, second to his uncle, Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. who was 56 when he was elected Presiding Bishop in 1968. Mother Willie Mae Rivers (19972017) of Goose Creek, South Carolina, succeeded Mother Crouch. Owens and became known as AIM (Auxiliaries in Ministry). It ultimately ended by 1930, when the Depression set in. [39], COGIC is a trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal denomination. Treasurer of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Pastor William Ward. A new constitution and official manual of the church were completed in 1973. On October 23, 2020, Bishop Blake announced that he will not seek a re-election as Presiding Bishop nor as a member of the General Board and that he would retire from the Office of Presiding Bishop and from the General Board in 2021.[34]. According to Alex Haley, "He and his wife then received bomb threats at home and at church." Patterson appointed Dr. Edward Lee Battles President of the Department of Evangelism. [16] G. E. Patterson established the Temple of Deliverance, the Cathedral of Bountiful Blessing which grew to become the largest Pentecostal church in Memphis with over 14,000 members. He consecrated and appointed more than 100 bishops during his twenty-one years of leadership. Bishop Blake led COGIC through the death of G. E. Patterson while preparing the church for its 100th Holy Convocation; an important milestone for the church. [26], The parties filed lawsuits in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, to resolve the legitimate authority of the denomination. 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