Southern California Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Nurses Aid Ministry nurses taking their skills to the mission field. Over time, the ministers and churches under Leonard P. Adams also separated from COGIC; they assimilated into other white Pentecostal groups or organizations. Desiring to learn more about the work of the Holy Spirit in the church, C. H. Mason, J. Remarriage is highly discouraged, except in the case of the death of a spouse. 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. Robinson was a staunch advocate for holiness and taught strict guidelines for the women with regard to dress and worldliness. In 1917, the YPWW was officially organized under the leadership of Elder Ozro Thurston Jones Sr., who in 1928 established the first Youth Congress bringing together youth leaders and workers on a national level. YPWW became a distinctive trademark for COGIC and the principle training institute usually meeting on Sunday night prior to evening worship services. These women have been listed for their significant contributions and impact to the church. [49] The church does not practice infant baptisms or christenings, but does conduct baby dedications in formal ceremonies. The fastest growing areas include Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and India. It was destroyed by fire in 1936. After the death of Bishop Mason, he assumed leadership as the Senior Bishop of the Church of God in Christ. In addition to the general board, there is a board of bishops that is composed of all jurisdictional and auxiliary bishops, a national trustee board that is composed of 15 members who are elected for a term of four years, the General Council of Pastors and Elders, which is open to any officially recognized pastor and current credentialed ordained elder in the church. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a HolinessPentecostal Christian denomination,[2][4] and the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. Bishop Carlis Moody immediately began to reorganize the Missions Department, giving new guidelines. When she died in 1945, she had laid an impressive foundation for the women's ministry in COGIC. In November 1975, at the National Holy Convocation in Memphis, TN., with the consent of the General Board, Bishop Carlis Moody Sr. of Evanston, Illinois, was appointed by Bishop J. O. Patterson to be president of the Department of Home and Foreign Missions. Later, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, ironically known as the "godmother of Rock and Roll," expanded and highlighted the COGIC sound to the greater American public in the 1930s and 1940s. By 1906, the church had grown to nearly 100 congregations in three states. In 1955, Emmett Till's funeral was held at Robert's Temple Church Of God in Christ in Chicago, Illinois. 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. Coffey also began the use of the title "Jurisdictional Supervisor" for state mothers as more jurisdictions were forming in each state.[59]. She developed the International Women's Convention into a training institute for women in the ministry. President Clinton gave speeches at COGIC meetings including the International Holy Convocation at Mason Temple and the Women's International Convention. In 1984 and 1988 respectively, Rev. He was elected four times uncontested as presiding bishop. Vice President of COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Faye M. Butler. The general assembly is the supreme authority over the church to decide matters of faith and practice. 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]. Drew Sheard who was elected in 2021. It has nine members, elected by the general assembly, including three bishops, three elders, and three lay members. Bishop Jerry W. Macklin First Assistant Presiding Bishop (2021present) and board member (2004present). Finding two groups of women in the church, one group praying known as the Prayer Band, the other group studying and teaching the Word known as the Bible Band, she combined the two under the name of the Prayer and Bible Band. Each state in the US consists of at least one jurisdiction, and several states have more than one jurisdiction. Together they traveled across the country proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Elders' Council met and organized the first Missions board of the Church of God in Christ. In her brief tenure, she encouraged the women to stay focused and supportive to the leadership of the church. In 1992, during the Ford administration, UNAC was disbanded in favor of three separate conventions namely: the International Sunday School Convention, the MY Convention (Music and Youth) and the ME Convention (Missions and Evangelism) again meeting in separate cities.. Jurisdictions range in size between 30 and 100 churches. Mason was influenced by the testimony of the African-American Methodist evangelist Amanda Berry Smith, one of the most widely respected African-American holiness evangelists of the nineteenth century. It had a membership of more than 400,000, who supported more than 4,000 churches. Touch between the genders should be limited. [35], In 2016, the Church had 5.5 million members in 60 countries around the world. Chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Superintendent Michael Eaddy. General Secretary Church of God in Christ, Inc. 930 Mason Street Memphis, Tennessee 38126 To file charges against a bishop, send the grievance to; The Chairman of the Board of Bishops, the Chairman of the Board of Bishops Grievance Committee, and the General Secretary Bishop Lyle. [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. [3] She built a home for missionaries in the Bahamas, a pavilion for senior citizens and unwed mothers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. COGIC licensed female evangelists may also serve as chaplains in military, federal, state, and local institutions requiring chaplains. She served as the jurisdictional supervisor of several states including Maryland and New Jersey helping to establish and stabilize struggling jurisdictions. Bishop Blake is the senior pastor of the West Angeles Cathedral COGIC in Los Angeles. Bishop Patterson was also to date the youngest person to ever be elected presiding bishop of COGIC at the age of 56; the second youngest was his nephew Gilbert Earl (G.E.) Malcolm X's Funeral was held in Harlem, New York City at Faith Temple Church Of God in Christ. The son-in-law of Bishop Mason, J. O. Patterson Sr., had served the church previously as a member of the executive board and as executive secretary. Their pastor was then elder Gilbert Earl Patterson, who also became a COGIC Presiding Bishop, at Holy Temple COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee. Vice Chairman of the National Judiciary Board Bishop Enoch Perry. Military chaplains have also been instrumental in spreading COGIC through military installations. Washington, Bishop Chandler D. Owens, Bishop Brandon B. Porter, and Bishop J. Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, attended by Mason and others from several states. Each department convened its own convention in various cities through 1975. In 1933, he set apart five overseers to the Office of Bishop in the church, the first five bishops of COGIC. By accessing and using this system, you are consenting to such monitoring and information retrieval for [29], Bishop Louis Henry Ford of Chicago, Illinois, was elected after the death of J.O. Patterson, as Presiding Bishop of the Church in the 2000s, he helped bridge denominational barriers and encouraged non-COGIC ministries and denominations to work collaboratively with the COGIC denomination to help support charity efforts for poor and disadvantaged African Americans and people affected by poverty and disasters in foreign countries through the COGIC Charities Department and the COGIC Missions and Evangelism Department. 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. Clinton is the only US president to have addressed a COGIC convocation at Mason Temple. 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. COGIC also teaches that all the spiritual gifts are for believers today. The ordinances of the church are water baptism by immersion, the Lord's Supper and foot washing. [47], COGIC teaches that the church is the community of Christian believers who have accepted Jesus Christ and submit to his Lordship and authority in their lives. But during the early twentieth century, the Pentecostal movement had rapid growth nationally and attracted racially integrated congregants to its worship services. In the 1920s, Arizona Dranes, a blind Evangelist Missionary became one of the first gospel artists to bring the musical styles of COGIC to the public in her records for Okeh and performances. As previously stated, COGIC although predominately black, had a significant white membership during its first decade of existence, with a number of white ministers holding leadership positions in the church. The current General Supervisor of Women is Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis of Los Angeles, California. COGIC teaches that according to the Word of God, there will be final events and conditions that address the end of this present age of the world. We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling a Christian is enabled to live a holy and separated life in the present world. Youth on a Mission (YOAM) a ministry of young people visiting the mission field to serve each summer. Battles served as president until his death in December 1996. The Office of the General Secretary is responsible for developing and maintaining data pertaining to the Church Of God In Christ and oversees the credentialing of those engaged in the ministry of the Church. Bishop Elijah Hankerson III - Board member (2021present), Bishop Charles E. Blake Presiding Bishop Emeritus. During the 1950s and 60s, during the height of the civil rights movement, COGIC ministers and congregations played host to many significant events. Secretary of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Superintendent Prince W. Bryant, II. [29] COGIC continued to grow and in 1973, the church claimed a worldwide membership of nearly three million. [31], Bishop Ford also renovated several COGIC structures in Memphis, including Mason Temple. African-American parents sent their children to this school from across the United States, especially those who had grown up in Mississippi and knew its reputation. The judicial board serves as the judicial branch and is the supreme body that interprets polity and practice. The current chairman of AIM is Bishop Linwood E. Dillard of Memphis, TN.[62]. The current International Sunday School Superintendent is Superintendent Mark Ellis of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the International Field Representative is Mother Cleolia Penix of Chicago, Illinois.[29]. Mother Jennie Bell Dancy Jones of Arkansas became the first National Field Representative under Bishop Patrick. 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. They were given the authority through a "gentlemen's agreement" to license ministers and establish churches under the COGIC name. The most notable rift occurred in 1969, when fourteen bishops met in Evanston, Illinois, to form the Church of God in Christ, International. He led a group of students to participate in the March on Selma. They disagreed in having an electoral process to select the presiding bishop.[28]. She has previously served on the Women's advisory board, Executive Board, steering committee Women's International Convention, General Supervisor's Regional Representative (West Coast Region of the United States), member of the Program Committee then chairperson, Chairperson Special Convention Assistance Committee, National Leadership Conference and Women's Convention Leadership Conference, International Marshall and Assistant General Supervisor. He self-identifies as Bishop/CEO of his newly organized fellowship called the 7000 Club (not to be confused with The 700 Club from Pat Robertson). Also send a copy to the General Secretary Bishop Lyle. She led its expansion and emphasized high academic standards, disciplined behavior, and prayer. 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. Page in 1927. Sin was transmitted to humanity when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, as a result all men have original sin. Elect Lady, International Department of Missions Mother Maddaline Norfleet. Bishop Joel H. Lyle Jr. General Secretary Church of God in Christ, Inc. 930 Mason Street Memphis, Tennessee 38126 The Department of Evangelism was officially organized on a national level by Overseer L.C. During the tenure of Bishop G.E. Owens outlined a progressive plan to position the COGIC for ministry in the twenty-first century, known as "Vision 2000 and Beyond." Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Bishop Dwight E. Walls Sr.. First Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Superintendent Melton Timmons. Field representative, International Sunday School Department Mother Cleolia Penix. 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. It teaches that sanctification should precede the baptism with the Holy Spirit. ", 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". Pentecostals have been known and continue to be known for their lively worship, exuberant expressions of praise and worship, and musical compilations, mostly relying on congregational singing of hymns and chants. As has been stated, COGIC does not ordain women as elder or bishop, however, COGIC would not have become the largest predominately African-American Pentecostal church in the world, nor have the largest Women's convention of any major denomination without the contributions of women. The most active women's auxiliaries include: Missionary Circle, Hospitality, Executive Hospitality, Hulda Club, Wide Awake Band, Minister's Wives Circle, Deaconess, Deacon's Wives Circle, Prayer Warriors, Young Women's Christian Council, Usher Board, Educational Committee, Boy's League, Big Brothers, Cradle Roll, Women's Chorus, Board of Examiners, Public Relations, News Reporters and the Burners Home and Foreign Mission Bands. When the COGIC was first founded by Bishop Mason in the 1910s, he wanted the denomination to have ecumenical relationships with other predominantly Black Methodist and Baptist churches, but many of them were unwilling to do so at the time because of Mason's controversial history with being expelled from his former Baptist ministry associations and churches in Mississippi for preaching sanctification and Pentecostalism. Secretary of the National Judiciary Board Attorney Peter Davis. [20], The first national tabernacle was built and completed in 1925. He referred in his sermon to gay men as "sissies", "perverted and lost", and said, "If you want to feel like a girl; I wish God would give you the monthly of a girl; I wish He had you bleeding out of your butt. He was pastor of the Pentecostal Temple Institutional COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the Presiding Prelate of the Tennessee Headquarters Jurisdiction. The Presiding Bishop is the both the President and the CEO of the corporation, the other eleven members complete the Board of Directors. [33] In 2009, Bishop Blake unveiled an aggressive program known as "Urban Initiatives" to address the plight of America's urban areas. 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. She served as chairperson of the board of supervisors, member, Executive Board, member, Screening Committee, member, Program Committee General Church, coordinator, Leadership Conference, International Marshall, secretary, and Assistant General Supervisor for the Department of Women. It can be spoken of as the individual and the collective, physical and spiritual. (19721994). In 2017, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake appointed gospel artist and Evangelist Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole of Detroit, Michigan as the Elect Lady. In 1964 however, disagreement between the authority of the Senior Bishop and the executive board, led by Bishop A. Bishop John Drew Sheard Sr., who had previously been elected to the General Board in 2012 and 2016, was reelected to the General Board and subsequently elected as the current Presiding Bishop on March 20, 2021, in the first-ever virtual online election for the denomination. He was a noted evangelist who had pastored several churches, including: Bostick Temple in St. Louis, Missouri; Well's Cathedral COGIC in Newark, New Jersey; and Greater Community COGIC in Marietta, Georgia. OTHER COGIC clergy are allowed to be married. Drew Sheard. General Secretary Bishop Joel H. Lyles Jr.. Chairman of the General Assembly Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston. His testimony "literally went viral, and brought upon him criticism and sardonicism. A. [63] The current president of the Department of Evangelism is Bishop Elijah Hankerson III of St. Louis, Missouri. Mother Deborah Mason Patterson#, daughter of founder, Bishop Mason and wife of first presiding bishop James O. Patterson Sr. He was denied such trial in 2016. Bishop Blake said, "The Church of God in Christ does not compromise its stance against homosexuality as the Word of God condemns it as sin, but "this preacher's" (referring to Earl Carter) comments were unacceptably offensive and uncalled for, and will not be tolerated by the Church of God in Christ or its leadership. Carter currently posts material on YouTube and Facebook reporting alleged misconduct and impropriety within current leadership of COGIC and other Christian (mainly African-American) denominations. Name * Email Address (UserID) * Create a Password * Confirm your Password * Birthday * Month: Day: Year: Gender * Male Female Jurisdiction * Church Supervisor Irene Oakley#, pastor, supervisor, bishop's wife, Mother Louise Patterson, evangelist, former first lady and wife of G.E. They are the largest department in the COGIC. Users should have no expectation of privacy as to any communication on or information stored within the system, These jurisdictions are then separated into districts, which consist of 5 to 7 churches and are governed by superintendents (ordained elder or pastor). The Church of God in Christ was formed in 1897 by a group of disfellowshipped Baptists, most notably Charles Price Jones (18651949) and Charles Harrison Mason (18641961). 11 were here. Bishop J.W. A. Jeter was selected as Overseer of Arkansas. 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. [13], Although the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) began earlier, it is still the case that in 1907, with ten congregations, The Church of God in Christ became the first legally chartered Pentecostal body incorporated in the United States. Chairman of AIM Bishop Linwood Dillard. These offices are found in every local, district, and jurisdiction to support development and growth of the Sunday School. Her predecessor was Evangelist Dr. Rita Womack of Los Angeles, California. Bishop Jones was the only living bishop of the five original bishops consecrated by Bishop Mason. The National Board of Trustees. law enforcement and other purposes. President, International Department of Missions Bishop Vincent Matthews Jr.. Built in the 1940s during World War II, the nearly 4000-seat building was the largest church auditorium of any African-American religious group in the United States. The COGIC constitution at the time did not identify a clear successor or the authority of the executive board after Mason's death. Assistant Elect Lady, COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Lee E.Van Zandt. This endorsement allows female chaplains who are serving in the military, working in an institution or jails to perform religious services including funerals and weddings. President, International Music Department Dr. Myron Williams, General Assembly and Call Meeting (April) Memphis, General Council of Pastors and Elders (May), International Women's Crusade and Convention (May), Auxiliaries in Ministry (AIM) Conference (July), Bishop Mason's Birthday/Founder's Celebration (September), International Holy Convocation and General Assembly (November), Mother Lizzie Woods Robinson first general supervisor (19111945), Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey second general supervisor and founding president of the Women's International Convention (19461964), Mother Annie L. Bailey third general supervisor (19641975), Mother Mattie McGlothen fourth general supervisor (19751994), Mother Emma F. 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