Each jurisdictional bishop appoints a jurisdictional supervisor to lead the work of the women on a jurisdictional level. Timothy Wright, Myrna Summers, Rev. Each department convened its own convention in various cities through 1975. Winbush General Board Member Jurisdictional prelate", Atonement: COGIC Leader Slams "Disrespectful" Preacher & Apologizes To 'I'm Not Gay No More' Guy | AlwaysAList.com, Bishop Blake Condemns 'Bad Preacher'; Apologizes to 'I Don't Like Mens No More' Guy, "COGIC's Bishop Charles Blake Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Minister Earl Carter", "Man Who Attacked COGIC Bishop Charles Blake Jailed", "Dr. Earl Carter Responses to Bishop Blake Apology", "A Letter to the Members of the Church of God in Christ, Inc", Succession of Church of God in Christ Leaders, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_God_in_Christ&oldid=1141739755, Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. presiding bishop, Bishop J. S. Bailey first assistant presiding bishop, Bishop S. M. Crouch second assistant presiding bishop. The school closed in 1977 after her death, as it struggled financially in a period when some families were choosing integrated schools for their children. Factions developed within the organization as both the senior bishop and Bishop A. The rope that holds the shaft together represents Charles Harrison Mason, COGIC's founding father. Bishop Mason appointed her as a young woman to be head of the small school in 1926, after she had been teaching there. The seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and is part of a consortium of the Interdenominational Theological Center. He was able to bridge denominational barriers and encourage non-COGIC ministries to work collboratively with the COGIC denomination. Assistant Elect Lady, COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Lee E.Van Zandt. The current president of the Missions Department is Bishop Vincent Mathews Jr. of South Africa. These jurisdictions are then separated into districts, which consist of 5 to 7 churches and are governed by superintendents (ordained elder or pastor). Sister Church Support Ministry a church in the USA giving support to a church on the mission field. COGIC believes "that if such a case arises, the mother should pray and seek the wisdom and guidance of God and the Holy Spirit on whether or not they should resort to emergency abortion if it is necessary to save her life," but if not, the Church traditionally encourages expecting mothers to "seek God's guidance for other options and choices regarding their unborn child so that they do not have to choose aborting it, and can safely go through with their pregnancy until childbirth. All officers are elected by the General Assembly. Each state in the US consists of at least one jurisdiction, and several states have more than one jurisdiction. Washington, Bishop Chandler D. Owens, Bishop Brandon B. Porter, and Bishop J. Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant Sr. Board member (2021present). The Department of Evangelism was officially organized on a national level by Overseer L.C. But during the early twentieth century, the Pentecostal movement had rapid growth nationally and attracted racially integrated congregants to its worship services. [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. [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. President, International Department of Missions Bishop Vincent Matthews Jr.. She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor for the First Jurisdiction, Southern California. 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. Another body operating under the same name Church of God in Christ, International, split and organized in the Northeast area under Bishop R. T. Jones of Philadelphia and later Bishop C. E. Williams Sr. of Brooklyn, New York. Jurisdictions range in size between 30 and 100 churches. Bishop Brandon B. Porter Secretary to the General Board (2021present) and board member (2012present). Some of these African-American Baptist pastors in local Southern areas such as Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas considered Jones and Mason to be controversial. The school enjoyed its greatest growth and success under the leadership of Dr. Arenia Conella Mallory (19041977). Mrs. Mattie McCaulley of Tulsa, Oklahoma was the first to respond, and was sent to Trinidad. [19], Mason continued to travel across the nation preaching and establishing COGIC churches. [20], The first national tabernacle was built and completed in 1925. Bishop O. T. Jones Sr, however, did not leave the COGIC. Mason was given authority to lead the new denomination. Deaconess Missionaries serve and assist in the ceremonial and temporal affairs of the local church. 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. retrieve any information stored within this system. "[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. [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. 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. 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. 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. 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. We hope you enjoy learning more about the Church leadership and the important role they have in leading God's people. The General Board is the Executive Branch of the Church of God in Christ government. We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. This system HAS BEEN LICENSED FOR USE BY the General Secretary's and Financial Secretary's Offices of the Church Of God In Christ. In 1964 however, disagreement between the authority of the Senior Bishop and the executive board, led by Bishop A. (19721994). 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. COGIC theology and beliefs fall in the tradition of Wesleyan-Arminian theology.[40]. [6], In June 1896, Jones held a Holiness convention at Mt. Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten Second Assistant Presiding Bishop (2021present) and board member (2012present). [33] C. E. Blake served as the Presiding Prelate of the First Jurisdiction of Southern California. [61] Finally, she changed the visible presence of women in ministry with the introduction of the ministry "habit". Chairlady, International Youth Department Evangelist Vandalyn Kennedy. COGIC continues to influence gospel music with a new generation of artists with COGIC roots that include: Kim Burrell, Ivan Powell, Doobie Powell, Kierra Sheard, J. Moss, Micah Stampley, Kurt Carr, Ricky Dillard, Kelly Price, Mary Mary Erica Campbell (musician) and Tina Campbell (musician), Tamela Mann, Dr. Gennie Ruth Cheatham Chandler, Earnest Pugh, Jonathan McReynolds, Jabari Johnson, DuShawn Washington, Instrumentalists: Dr. Vernard Johnson (saxophonist), Samuel Murrell (violinist) and Terrance Curry (trombonist), D'Extra Wiley (II D Extreme) and Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child). Forms; Assessments, Records and Credentials Portal; Resolution; General Assembly Minutes; COGIC ARC; OGS Training Registration; Facebook; Contact; 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. Bishop Malcolm W. Coby Board member (2021present). The fastest growing areas include Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and India. Military chaplains have also been instrumental in spreading COGIC through military installations. Mamie Till-Mobley was a member of St. Paul COGIC led by then Elder Louis Henry Ford (who would later become the presiding bishop of the denomination) officiated the service. C. D. Owens had gained national attention in the church as the president of the Youth Department. The Church of God in Christ ecclesiastical structure is an episcopal-presbyterian form of government. Church mothers have historically served as the leader of the women's ministries in the local congregations. Divorce is considered inconsistent with biblical teachings and is highly discouraged as well, but exceptions are made for special circumstances. He established the World Fellowship of Black Pentecostal Churches and gained COGIC membership in the Congress of National Black Churches. Nurses Aid Ministry nurses taking their skills to the mission field. 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. A general supervisor of women is appointed by the presiding bishop and given authority to lead the International Women's Ministry of the church. He testified to receiving entire sanctification after reading her autobiography in 1893. The judicial board serves as the judicial branch and is the supreme body that interprets polity and practice. On November 14, 1968, the General Assembly of the COGIC elected the first general board and presiding bishop of the church. During the 1940s and 50s, Bishop Mason often invited the white elected officials of the city of Memphis to the International Holy Convocation on Civic Night. Field representative, International Sunday School Department Mother Cleolia Penix. Second Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Attorney Amos Smith. 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. Southern California Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Recognizing the significance of women to the ministry, COGIC has created numerous positions that allow women to work as counterparts to the department presidents as chair ladies (YPWW) and Elect ladies (Evangelism). We believe that the regeneration by the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential for personal salvation. She was the Jurisdictional Supervisor of Women for Texas Southwest Jurisdiction under the late Bishop T. D. Iglehart. Bishop Sedgwick Daniels Board member (2008present). Patterson Sr., the five major departments of COGIC were united under an umbrella convention known as UNAC-5 (United National Auxiliary Convention). C. P. Jones and those Holiness leaders who did not embrace the Azusa Revival experience continued as Holiness churches. Home; Secretaries Please click on the drop down tab. COGIC considers any physical, sexual relationship outside of the sanctity of marriage to be outside of the sovereign will of God and unbiblical. After the death of Mother Coffey in 1964, Dr. Annie L. Bailey (19641975), became the third General Supervisor. 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. However, in 1996, the umbrella format was revised under the administration of Bishop C.D. Name * Email Address (UserID) * Create a Password * Confirm your Password * Birthday * Month: Day: Year: Gender * Male Female Jurisdiction * Church These elders became the first Pentecostal General Assembly of the Church of God in Christ. After being removed from the office of Senior Bishop, he remained the Jurisdictional Bishop of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his death in 1972. Bishop Mason taught COGIC members against going to war, but more so he was against African-American men being called to fight a war overseas for freedom and then coming home and being treated as second-class citizens and being lynched, even in their uniforms, because of racism. Battles served as president until his death in December 1996. As a result, many local congregations, foreign missions, and schools were established through the leadership and efforts of women in COGIC. 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. They exist primarily in the spiritual realm and are organized according to duty and function. He gave the eulogy for Till at Robert's Temple COGIC in 1955. His pastor and mentor was Bishop F. D. Washington of Brooklyn, NY. There seemed no prospect of an integrated Pentecostal movement under the leadership of an African-American such as C. H. [citation needed] Bishop Ford is credited with inviting President Bill Clinton, a personal friend, to speak to the Eighty-Sixth International Holy Convocation on November 13, 1993. The COGIC constitution at the time did not identify a clear successor or the authority of the executive board after Mason's death. In 1951, the first separate National Sunday School Convention convened in Kansas City, Missouri. [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 first Sunday School Superintendent was Professor L. W. Lee (19081916). The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Holiness - Pentecostal Christian denomination, [1] [2] with a predominantly African-American membership. 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. We believe in the Blessed Hope, which is the rapture of the Church of God, which is in Christ, at His return. 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. Crouch fifth general supervisor (19941997), Mother Willie Mae Rivers sixth general supervisor (19972017), Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis seventh general supervisor (2017present), Evangelist Emily Bram Bibby#, longest-serving national female evangelist, Missionary Pearl Paige Brown#, foreign missionary. During the 1930s and 40s, a white COGIC elder named James L. Delk who remained in the church after many whites had left, was very active in politics in Missouri and worked to promote civil rights by writing legislatures and petitioning the federal government on the behalf of COGIC. The Chairman of the Board of Bishops, CC it to both the Board of Bishop's Secretary and the Chairman of the Grievance Committee. Herndon and her twin sister Leatha were pioneers of the evangelistic work of the Church of God in Christ. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a predominantly African-American Pentecostal Christian denomination, headquartered at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. Bishop Mason was opposed to the ordination of women to formal ministry, but in 1911 created an autonomous department to promote the ministry of women in the church. 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. The Elders' Council met and organized the first Missions board of the Church of God in Christ. COGIC does not teach that Spirit baptism is the same as salvation. World headquarters are in Memphis, Tennessee at Mason Temple. The early conventions of the Evangelist Board were basically crusades led by Page and a few other Evangelists from across the country. Dr. Mattie Moss Clark#, second and longest-serving president of Int'l. [22], The years of 19621968 has been described as a "Dark Period" in the history of the Church of God in Christ, because there was polarization and conflict in leadership following the death of the founder. COGIC became a major force in the collective Black Church and worldwide Pentecostal movement. Young, James Brewer, Daniel Spearman, and J. H. Boone. [49] The church does not practice infant baptisms or christenings, but does conduct baby dedications in formal ceremonies. [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. Patterson established protocols of worship, policy and practices. [18], The H. A. Goss faction left COGIC to join the Assemblies of God USA. He appointed regional presidents to serve as liaisons to the jurisdictional presidents. 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. Nigeria alone has 19 bishops and more than 2000 churches. Create your ARC account Complete the form below to request an ARC account from your Jurisdictional Secretary. She established new auxiliaries including the International Hospitality Unit, the Educational and Bishop's Wives Scholarship funds, WE-12 and Lavender Ladies. Youth on a Mission (YOAM) a ministry of young people visiting the mission field to serve each summer. Bishop Blake also won a defamation lawsuit in 2016 against Earl Carter, who was ordered to remove all defamatory videos and to cease and desist from further conduct disparaging Bishop Blake. [47] COGIC regards homosexuality, infidelity, and any other forms of sexual immorality that does not agree with Biblical scripture as sinful. Bishop Charles H. McClelland Board member (2021present). [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. President, International Youth Department Superintendent Nathaniel Green. Treasurer of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Pastor William Ward. During 1910-1913, two white ministers, Elder H. A. Goss and Elder Leonard P. Adams, were clergy under the authority of C. H. Mason. [93] Leaders within the COGIC, other denominations and Bishop Blake's own family came to his defense. The jurisdictional supervisor is assisted by district missionaries who oversee the women's ministry of the district. Its doctrine and practice are charismatic in nature, much like the Assemblies of God, meaning that they emphasize personal religious experience and divinely inspired powers, such as healing, prophecy, and speaking in tongues. [35], In 2016, the Church had 5.5 million members in 60 countries around the world. Historically, women in ministry in COGIC are known as "Missionaries" and are designated in two categories: Deaconess Missionary, and Evangelist Missionary. 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. The Pastor of the church shall notify in writing the General Secretary of the Church of God in Christ, the Jurisdictional Bishops where the church is affiliated, and the Jurisdictional Bishop where the church intends to transfer, of intent to transfer, which notice shall be given at least thirty (30) days before the local church's membership can Dr. Mattie McGlothen (19751994) the fourth General Supervisor, was a tremendous organizer with great impact on the development of the Women's Department. Malcolm X's Funeral was held in Harlem, New York City at Faith Temple Church Of God in Christ. He established COGIC Charities which has provided thousands of dollars in college scholarships and disaster relief efforts such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. [29] She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor of Women for the South Carolina Jurisdiction. Mallory retired in 1976 after fifty years of service; and she had a national reputation. COGIC clergy are also allowed to be married. 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