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B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. The church has more than 3,000 churches in Asia, and 2,000 churches in the Caribbean and South America. [27], Several bishops disagreed with the new organizational structure; they severed ties with COGIC to start their own organizations. [43], COGIC teaches that man was created perfect and sinless in the image of God as a tripartite being having a body, soul, and spirit. It has had rapid growth in many regions as one of the fastest-growing and largest religious groups in the United States.[30]. 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. He also established the COGIC national headquarters there. They determined to separate from COGIC and form what would eventually become the Worldwide Fellowship of the Assemblies of God. Bishop Sheard was inducted into the prestigious Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers. Chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Superintendent Michael Eaddy. Chairman of the National Judiciary Board Bishop Martin Luther Johnson. Among those who died after reportedly contracting the virus were: First Assistant Presiding Bishop Phillip A. Brooks, a preacher, and leader from Detroit who was No. By that time, it was known as Saints Academy and Junior College. Nevertheless, women are licensed in COGIC to proclaim the gospel as evangelists. Vice Chairman of the Board of Bishops Bishop Roger L. Jones. Bishop Charles E. Blake, as the Presiding Bishop of the COGIC from the late 2000s up to the 2010s, was also dedicated to increasing and maintaining stable ecumenical relationships from the COGIC with other diverse Christian denominations, most notably Pentecostal/Charismatic churches, Baptist churches, African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Churches, and A.M.E. Zion churches, and even some non-denominational Christian ministries for the purposes of ministry efforts and collaborating on addressing social issues that affect Christians and specifically the Black Church in America, most notably through his Urban Initiatives program. Since so many new holiness groups and fellowships were forming that used the name "Church of God," C. H. Mason sought a name to distinguish his Holiness group from others. Under her leadership and tenure, COGIC choirs and individual singers came to dominate gospel music producing a number of recordings and gospel hits. 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. Superintendent, International Sunday School Department Superintendent Mark Ellis. We believe that there is One God, eternally existent in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is also known for his aggressive initiative, "Save Africa's Children" which supports hundreds of African children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS in orphanages in several countries in Africa. Deaconess Missionaries serve and assist in the ceremonial and temporal affairs of the local church. Gilbert. In 1951, when Bishop Mason was approaching 85 years of age, he set up a "special commission" to help with the administration and oversight of the church. Bishop Carlis Moody immediately began to reorganize the Missions Department, giving new guidelines. He has one older brother, J. The first general secretary of COGIC was Elder William B. Holt, a white minister. Herndon and her twin sister Leatha were pioneers of the evangelistic work of the Church of God in Christ. It has nine members, elected by the general assembly, including three bishops, three elders, and three lay members. Secretary of the Board of Bishops Bishop William Watson, III. They were given the authority through a "gentlemen's agreement" to license ministers and establish churches under the COGIC name. Drew Sheard who was elected in 2021. From 1985 until 2009, he was the Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southern California, overseeing more than 250 churches that compose the jurisdiction. Bishop James Oglethorpe Patterson 1968-1989* *Tenure as leader of the church: Presiding Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson 2000-Present: Bishop Louis Henry Ford 1990-1995* Bishop Chandler David Owens 1995-2000* COGIC has always been traditionally anti-abortion. Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten Second Assistant Presiding Bishop (2021present) and board member (2012present). Mother Dorothy Exume#, foreign missionary, Evangelist Reatha D. Herndon#, first and longest-serving elect Lady, church organizer, national evangelist, Supervisor Deola Wells Johnson, national evangelist, jurisdictional supervisor, Evangelist Maria Gardner Langston, COGIC pastor, national evangelist, former Elect Lady, Mother Elsie Washington Mason#, third and final wife of Bishop Mason, Mother Lelia Washington Mason#, second wife of Bishop Mason. 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. On October 23, 2020, Bishop Blake announced that he would 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. He was pastor of the Pentecostal Temple Institutional COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the Presiding Prelate of the Tennessee Headquarters Jurisdiction. Bishop Elijah Hankerson III - Board member (2021present), Bishop Charles E. Blake Presiding Bishop Emeritus. Bishop Mason was pivotal in licensing and credentialing both white and African-American ministers, who spread the Pentecostal message and planted new churches. As founder and CEO of Save Africas Children, a program of the Pan African Childrens Fund, he helps to support more than 200,000 children in 400 orphan care programs throughout more than 23 nations on the continent of Africa. According to Alex Haley, "He and his wife then received bomb threats at home and at church." She formed her daughters into a singing group who became known as the legendary "Clark Sisters" who helped introduce and became leaders of the contemporary gospel music era. Demons exist as manifestation of evil or unclean spirits. Divorce is considered inconsistent with biblical teachings and is highly discouraged as well, but exceptions are made for special circumstances. In 1945, Mason dedicated Mason Temple in Memphis as the church's national meeting site. In her brief tenure, she encouraged the women to stay focused and supportive to the leadership of the church. He began production of the YPWW Quarterly Topics to train the youth of the COGIC in the faith, doctrine, and polity of the church. 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]. Secretary of the National Judiciary Board Attorney Peter Davis. [29], Bishop Gilbert Earl (G. E.) Patterson began his ministry as co-pastor of the Holy Temple COGIC with his father, Bishop W. A. Patterson. Bishop Sheard was first elected to the General Board in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. For a brief period of time, the YPWW Congress was combined with the Sunday School Congress in a joint convention until 1951. When she died in 1945, she had laid an impressive foundation for the women's ministry in COGIC. Green. Patterson, former presiding bishop of the Church of God In Christ.. COGIC policies and bylaws have also been established regarding sexual misconduct of COGIC clergy and laymembers for disciplinary purposes. During 19101913, two white ministers, Elder H. A. Goss and Elder Leonard P. Adams, were clergy under the authority of C. H. Mason. He is credited with helping to secure the steel needed to construct Mason Temple which was virtually impossible during World War II.[52]. [5] He officially retired on March 19, 2021, and was succeeded by Bishop J. Her life story led many African-Americans into the Holiness movement, including Mason. He appointed regional presidents to serve as liaisons to the jurisdictional presidents. At the start of the new millennium, then COGIC presiding Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson, continued to support the advancement of civil rights. Vice President of COGIC World Missions-Bishop Glenn Plummer. 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. Bishop. Today however, many church mothers have been reserved to titular positions as many pastor's wives have assumed the role of leader of women's ministries in local congregations. ", COGIC teaches that sanctification is a continuous operation of the Holy Spirit, by which he "delivers the justified sinner from the pollution of sin, renews his whole nature in the image of God and enables him to perform good works". The YPWW department began in 1928 with the convening of its first Youth Congress. Nurses Aid Ministry nurses taking their skills to the mission field. The church has a tradition of prayer, fasting, praise, and consecration that was once unique to Holiness or Holiness Pentecostal groups. COGIC teaches that the Holy Spirit is alive and active in the world. She organized the sewing circle and after meeting Elder Searcy, she encouraged the women to support mission work through the Home and Foreign Mission bands. Patterson Sr. in 1989. In 1945, Bishop S. Crouch of the Northern California Jurisdiction appointed Elder H. C. Johnson as State Sunday School Superintendent who appointed Missionary Lucille Cornelius to be Chairlady, the first woman to lead the supervision of COGIC women in the Sunday School Department. He was recognized in Washington, D. C. by President Barack Obama in 2009 and invited to serve on the White House Advisory, Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Despite what seems to be obvious limitations to minister because of ordination, women have been given great latitude and numerous opportunities to serve in ministry in COGIC. The current chairman of AIM is Bishop Linwood E. Dillard of Memphis, TN.[62]. In 2009 he was appointed as a member of Barack Obama's Inaugural Advisory Council of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships where he served for one year on the council. ", Elder Carter said that such public rebuke and condemnation were unwarranted, as he was not given a chance to say why he had made such statements. The first meeting was held in Memphis, Tennessee around 1937. Church Of God In Christ, Inc. 2015-23. Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Bishop Dwight E. Walls Sr.. First Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Superintendent Melton Timmons. In a November 2007 special election, he was elected to complete the unexpired term of his predecessor as Presiding Bishop. A.) Many mainline denominations and countless nondenominational churches that once rejected these beliefs and practices have adopted these distinctions in their worship liturgy and lifestyle practices. MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Church of God in Christ announced it has elected a new Presiding Bishop to lead the organization. In Chicago, Ford organized voter registration initiatives. Church Of God In Christ, Inc. 2015-23. COGIC believes, though, that even then in the case of saving the life of the mother, that abortion should still only be considered as a last resort, if all other options to help the mother and the unborn fetus have been thoroughly exhausted. [29] She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor of Women for the South Carolina Jurisdiction. He was the founding Chair of the Board of Directors for,[10] and has served as a board member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, for the Interdenominational Theological Seminary. C. P. Jones was elected the General Overseer, C. H. Mason was selected as Overseer of Tennessee, and J. Jones was acquainted with Seymour between 1895 and 1905, as Seymour's travels led him to many Holiness preachers such as John G. Lake and Martin Wells Knapp. On April 24, 2022, while addressing his local congregation at the West Angeles COGIC for their sunday morning service, he announced that he has been dealing with and coping with Parkinson's disease, "for the past ten years", and that as of April 2022, he was going to be retiring as the senior pastor of West Angeles COGIC, and that his two sons who are also COGIC elders and ministers, Reverends Charles, Jr. and Lawrence Blake, would be taking over as the de facto pastor and assistant pastor of the West Angeles congregation, respectively. He also served as the Presiding Prelate of the New Jersey Garden State Jurisdiction and the Central Georgia Jurisdiction. In 1951, the first separate National Sunday School Convention convened in Kansas City, Missouri. Drew Sheard was consecrated as Jurisdictional Bishop, succeeding Bishop Herbert J. Williams, Sr., the founding prelate of North Central Michigan Jurisdiction. On May 19, 1952, he added Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. Also in 1952, Mason revised the constitution to determine the leadership and succession of the church after his death. Mother Lillian Coffey appointed Mother Reatha Herndon as president of the National Women's Evangelist Board in 1951. In 1964 however, disagreement between the authority of the Senior Bishop and the executive board, led by Bishop A. The general assembly is the supreme authority over the church to decide matters of faith and practice. [45] It teaches that salvation is a work of grace brought about through faith in Jesus Christ; it does not promulgate nor encourage the doctrine of eternal security, also known as "once saved, always saved. Organized in the South and having a predominately African-American membership, COGIC has had a long history in advancing civil rights. In 2010 Superintendent J. The presiding bishop and all twelve members of the general board are to be elected every four years and preside over the church when the General Assembly is not in session. 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. They rejected denominational names such as Baptist, Methodist, or Episcopal. Originally, this gathering of the 'Saints' lasted for twenty days, from November 25 to December 14. 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. [63] The current president of the Department of Evangelism is Bishop Elijah Hankerson III of St. Louis, Missouri. [8], In 1897, Elder Mason founded the St. Paul Church in Lexington, Mississippi, as the first church of the new movement. Assistant General Treasurer Bishop Kendall Anderson. [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. [94][95], After the November 2016 COGIC Holy Convocation, Carter left the COGIC denomination because Blake had been re-elected as the Presiding Bishop. Vice Chairman of the National Judiciary Board Bishop Enoch Perry. Today COGIC operates the All Saints Bible College in Memphis, the C. H. Mason system of bible colleges, and the C. H. Mason Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. Chairman of the Board of Bishops Bishop Albert Galbraith. Presiding Bishop J. In looking to COGIC'S future, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr., senior pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles, announced last year that he would not seek-re-election as a member of the General Board or Presiding Bishop. As a result, an ongoing dispute between Elder Carter and Bishop Blake continued without resolution. Drew Sheard is a former public-school teacher. The rope that holds the shaft together represents Charles Harrison Mason, COGIC's founding father. They are fallen angels who joined Satan in his failed attempt to usurp power in Heaven. Bishop John Drew Sheard is Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., one of the largest African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States with 12,000 churches in over 112 countries. COGIC considers any physical, sexual relationship outside of the sanctity of marriage to be outside of the sovereign will of God and unbiblical. The general assembly meets biannually each year in April and November while the presidium acts as the executive branch of the church, overseeing the day-to-day operation when the general assembly is not in session. We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it. The first convention was held in Los Angeles, California, in 1951. This office is reserved for a woman who serves as counterpart to the Sunday School Superintendent. [6], In June 1896, Jones held a Holiness convention at Mt. The Church of God in Christ ecclesiastical structure is an episcopal-presbyterian form of government. 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. [93] Leaders within the COGIC, other denominations and Bishop Blake's own family came to his defense. Bishop O. T. Jones Sr, however, did not leave the COGIC. 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. However, his out-spoken criticism of the racial prejudice and discrimination of whites led most, if not all of them, to leave his church for other ministries where the message against racism was not so obvious and offensive to them. Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant Sr. Board member (2021present). [12] Mason stayed in Los Angeles for five weeks and his visit to the Azusa Street Revival changed the direction of the newly formed holiness church. Church mothers have historically served as the leader of the women's ministries in the local congregations. Desiring to learn more about the work of the Holy Spirit in the church, C. H. Mason, J. Supervisor Irene Oakley#, pastor, supervisor, bishop's wife, Mother Louise Patterson, evangelist, former first lady and wife of G.E. The most notable rift occurred in 1969, when fourteen bishops met in Evanston, Illinois, to form the Church of God in Christ, International. Blake has served as Chair of the Executive Committee, member of the Board of Directors of Oral Roberts University, and as a member of the Board of Directors of International Charismatic Bible Ministries. 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. This group of seven bishops became known officially as the executive commission; they took on greater responsibility over church affairs until Mason's death. We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. The general secretary, general treasurer, and financial secretary terms run concurrent with the current presidential administration that is elected every four years.[20]. In 1984 and 1988 respectively, Rev. 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. Jesse Jackson was invited to speak during the COGIC International Holy Convocation when he was running for the presidency. She built a home for missionaries in the Bahamas, a pavilion for senior citizens and unwed mothers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was one of the nine members of the strategy committee that organized the sanitation strike in Memphis. Some of these African-American Baptist pastors in local Southern areas such as Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas considered Jones and Mason to be controversial. During the tenure of Bishop G.E. Each jurisdictional bishop appoints a jurisdictional supervisor to lead the work of the women on a jurisdictional level. In 2015, after more than 40 years of faithful service, Bishop Carlis L. Moody was emeritized as Bishop of Missions. Women in COGIC have been influential in the leadership and organization of the church since its inception. Nevertheless, as time progressed in the 1950s and 60s, and as COGIC began to grow and became increasingly institutionalized as a denomination, several other churches and denominations began partnering up with COGIC's leaders to help advance the cause of Civil Rights for African Americans, most notably such as the National Baptist Convention, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and many other similar predominantly Black denominations as well. "[90] This excerpt of Elder Carter's sermon went viral throughout social media and was picked up by major television news broadcasts. She also established a musical program. Jurisdictions are set up similar to the national church in terms of composition, polity, and procedure. [1] [2] Early life [ edit] The pair modeled the pastor and wife ministry team in COGIC. National officers of the church are chosen at the general assembly every four years unless special elections are warranted. B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. The church started with only 50 members in 1969 when he became pastor. Vice President of COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Faye M. Butler. Other leaders of the Youth Department who leader became influential leaders of the church included: Bishop F.D. Co Directors of the Men's Department Bishop Michael B. As the church continued to grow, she created women auxiliaries including the Purity Class and the Sunshine Band. Drew Sheard, Sr. as Presiding Bishop on March 20, 2021.

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