In 1988, after a thirteen-year exodus from COGIC, Bishop G. E. Patterson returned as the founding Prelate of the newly formed Tennessee Fourth Jurisdiction. . 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. Many Holiness Christian groups and fellowships forming at the time wanted biblical names for their local churches and fellowships, such as "Church of God, Church of Christ, or Church of the Living God". The Five Presiding Bishops of the Church Of God In Christ Jonathan DesVerney Gospel Channel 349K subscribers 740 65K views 5 years ago I created this video a long time ago, this is just the. Chairman of the Board of Bishops Bishop Albert Galbraith. Bishop Sedgwick Daniels Board member (2008present). We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it. "[92], Elder Carter was attempting to address members of COGIC as to sexual misconduct, and specifically, homosexual practices. 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. He was officially installed as the senior pastor of the church the following year in 1970. 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. Originally, this gathering of the 'Saints' lasted for twenty days, from November 25 to December 14. A local church mother since the age of 21, she was committed to strengthening the auxiliaries in the local churches and to prepare the younger women to carry the mission of COGIC into the Twenty-first Century. During the 1990s, President Bill Clinton was invited by then COGIC Presiding Bishop, Louis Henry Ford to attend the International Holy Convocation. COGIC licensed female evangelists may also serve as chaplains in military, federal, state, and local institutions requiring chaplains. At the start of the new millennium, then COGIC presiding Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson, continued to support the advancement of civil rights. They have three children and eight grandchildren. Vice chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Bishop Marcus Ways. 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. He served on the trustee board for 12 years and has served on the general board for eight years. She also established the Mattie McGlothen Library and Museum in Richmond, California, as a resource for COGIC historical facts and memorabilia. Welcome to the Official Church Of God In Christ, Inc Online Store Dismiss. They are fallen angels who joined Satan in his failed attempt to usurp power in Heaven. To be consistent with progressive measures and modernization, in the Nineties, the international church along with many local COGIC churches began to use the term "youth department" instead of "YPWW. " Mason was given authority to lead the new denomination. Mrs. Mattie McCaulley of Tulsa, Oklahoma was the first to respond, and was sent to Trinidad. [20], The first national tabernacle was built and completed in 1925. Blake was the fifth Presiding Bishop (and seventh leader) of the historically African-American denomination from 2007 to 2021. [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. [36], In 2022, it was present in 112 countries in 2022. Coffey also began the use of the title "Jurisdictional Supervisor" for state mothers as more jurisdictions were forming in each state.[59]. C. D. Owens had gained national attention in the church as the president of the Youth Department. She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor for the First Jurisdiction, Southern California. Under her leadership, the Women's International Convention added the term "and Crusade" to highlight and promote the evangelistic approach of the convention. March 22, 2021. [46], COGIC teaches that the baptism of the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit is an experience subsequent to conversion and sanctification, can be experienced by all believers who ask for it. On February 21, 1965, when Malcolm X was assassinated and the family needed a place for his funeral, no major black church or facility would open their doors for the service. The first meeting was held in Memphis, Tennessee around 1937. Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Bishop Dwight E. Walls Sr.. First Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Superintendent Melton Timmons. On June 5, 1951, he selected Bishop A. [8], In 1897, Elder Mason founded the St. Paul Church in Lexington, Mississippi, as the first church of the new movement. Co Directors of the Men's Department Bishop Michael B. As a visionary who is both inspiring and influential, the awards and recognitions that Bishop Blake has received are extensive. [35], In 2016, the Church had 5.5 million members in 60 countries around the world. [20], In 1926, Mason authorized the church's constitution, outlining the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the church. Bishop Blake has several academic and honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Divinity from California Graduate School of Theology, a Doctor of Law degree from Oral Roberts University and an honorary doctorate from California State University, Los Angeles. Patterson, who became presiding bishop in 2000 at the age of 60. 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.. Throughout the dispute, Elder Carter made allegations against Bishop Blake for impropriety, sexual misconduct, and abuse of power as presiding bishop. Well-known gospel musicians with COGIC roots include; Andrae Crouch and Sandra Crouch, Walter Hawkins and Edwin Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, Rubenstein McClure, Yvette Flunder, Sara Jordan Powell, Daryl Coley, BeBe and CeCe Winans, The Winans, "Detroit" Gary Wiggins, John P. Kee, The O'Neal Twins, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Rance Allen, Rev. Nurses Aid Ministry nurses taking their skills to the mission field. Today COGIC has more than 12,000 churches, and several schools, missions, and medical clinics in more than eighty nations, including every inhabited continent. Second Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Attorney Amos Smith. 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. Drew Sheard who was elected in 2021. The Church of God in Christ will host the installation service of Rev. Humanity can only be restored through salvation offered only through Jesus Christ. In 1988, he was installed as Pastor of Greater Emmanuel Church. [27], Bishop James Oglethorpe Patterson Sr. was elected in November 1968 as the first presiding bishop of the church by the General Assembly at the Sixty-First Holy Convocation of the church. He is an example of servant leadership and has become a voice to the nations to uphold the standards of holiness. As COGIC continued to grow, the various departments began the practice of convening annually to conduct the business unique of their ministries. We believe that there is One God, eternally existent in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. COGIC members gathered for praying, fasting, teaching, preaching, fellowship and conducting business related to the national COGIC organization. Here are the other 11 members elected to COGIC's general board, its highest executive board: Bishop Prince Bryant Sr., pastor of The Island of Hope Church of God in Christ and Buck Street Memorial . In 1916, a few white churches were organized as a white branch of COGIC. In 1982 he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in . 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). [58], Her successor, Lillian Brooks Coffey (19451964) was the organizer of the Women's International Convention to support the work of foreign missionaries. During the tenure of Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. as Presiding Bishop in the 1970s and 80s, Bishop Patterson established several interdenominational Christian schools and seminaries, and helped to establish the World Fellowship of Black Pentecostal Churches and gained COGIC membership in the Congress of National Black Churches as well, a national caucus of Black church denominations that represent different denominations and organizations of the Black Church in America. In the 1990's and early 2000's, Blake also penned articles for Ebony and Christianity Today noting the importance of the Black Church's influence on presidential elections and American politics and society in general. Dr. Mattie McGlothen (19751994) the fourth General Supervisor, was a tremendous organizer with great impact on the development of the Women's Department. This list may not reflect recent changes . The general assembly elects a 12-person general board (presidium) every four years from the college of bishops, who serve functionally as apostles of the church. 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. Together he and his wife, Karen, founded Karew Records, a faith-based record label focusing on various forms of Gospel, Christian and Inspirational music. Education was considered key to advancement of the race. COGIC also teaches that all the spiritual gifts are for believers today. 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. The first general secretary of COGIC was Elder William B. Holt, a white minister. 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.) The presiding bishop chairs the biennial Church-wide Assembly and provides for the preparation of agendas for the assembly, the Church Council and its executive . 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. All officers are elected by the General Assembly. They were also instrumental in establishing 75 churches across the nation. Jurisdictions range in size between 30 and 100 churches. The three-year initiative would also help encourage COGIC clergy to use their missions and charity ministries in local churches to help offer aid and assistance to African-Americans and people of other ethnic minorities, and people of low incomes in local communities who are considering and contemplating abortion and offer aid and assistance to people dealing with economic and medical issues from pregnancy. She established a high school and gained accreditation for it, and then for the junior college which she founded on campus. 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. [25], Bishop Ozro Thurston Jones Sr. was pastor of the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia and the Jurisdictional Bishop of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction. After graduating from high school, he matriculated to Wayne State. Her life story led many African-Americans into the Holiness movement, including Mason. We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. It was reopened in the early 1990s under the administration of Bishop L.H. From 1985 to 2009, he maintained the position of Prelate for the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of California, where he was responsible for overseeing over 250 churches. 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. [33] C. E. Blake served as the Presiding Prelate of the First Jurisdiction of Southern California. [12] On November 15, 2016, Bishop Blake was reelected as the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ during the 2016 COGIC Election held by the COGIC General Assembly to a third four-year term. It had a membership of more than 400,000, who supported more than 4,000 churches. Bishop. 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]. [10] After testifying to being sanctified, members of the church referred to themselves as "Saints", believing that they were set apart to live a daily life of Christian Holiness in words and deeds.[11]. General Treasurer Bishop Charles Harrison Mason Patterson Sr.. Financial Secretary Bishop Frank A. [55], A 2014 statistical study from the Pew Research Center Forum on Religion & Public Life, reported that most members of COGIC usually got married between the ages of 25 and 30, and that over 42% of COGIC members between the ages of 25 and 65+ were married, at least 19% were divorced or separated, 32% were never married, and at least 5% were widowed. 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. 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. In 2015, after more than 40 years of faithful service, Bishop Carlis L. Moody was emeritized as Bishop of Missions. COGIC clergy are also allowed to be married. [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. COGIC has always been traditionally anti-abortion. 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). Welcome to the Official Church Of God In Christ, Inc Online Store Dismiss. 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. 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. In 1984 and 1988 respectively, Rev. Upon his return to Jackson, Mississippi, Mason faced opposition when he recounted his experience. The church believes that women are gifted and called to ministry; it does not, however, officially ordain women to the office of elder, pastor, or bishop. In 1946, the National Sunday School Congress began to meet with the Young People's Willing Workers (YPWW) Congress. Bishop Carlis Moody immediately began to reorganize the Missions Department, giving new guidelines. Bishop Jones was the only living bishop of the five original bishops consecrated by Bishop Mason. President, International Youth Department Superintendent Nathaniel Green. 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. Churches are organized in dioceses called jurisdictions, each under the authority of a bishop. White. The Church of God in Christ ecclesiastical structure is an episcopal-presbyterian form of government. Sister Church Support Ministry a church in the USA giving support to a church on the mission field. He was assassinated the next day, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.[54]. Patterson, former presiding bishop of the Church of God In Christ.. 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. [29] She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor of Women for the South Carolina Jurisdiction. 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It teaches that sanctification should precede the baptism with the Holy Spirit. President, International Department of Evangelism Evangelist Gary Sprewell, Elect Lady, International Department of Evangelism . 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. Thereafter, missionaries were sent to Africa and the islands of the Caribbean, Asia, and elsewhere. He announced that he met with the ministry leaders and church council and trustee board members and consulted with them to approve of Reverend Charles Blake, Jr and Reverend Lawrence Blake, taking over much of his duties as the de facto pastor and assistant pastor of the church. Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, attended by Mason and others from several states. Assistant Elect Lady, COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Lee E.Van Zandt. 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. 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. [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. We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible written Word of God. The general assembly is the supreme authority over the church to decide matters of faith and practice. As a compassionate advocate for the advancement of Gods Kingdom, he is committed to accomplishing Gods agenda as both a leader and a laborer, reaping a harvest of souls. Drew Sheard, Sr. as Presiding Bishop on March 20, 2021. 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. Bishop Carter came into holiness in 1952 at the Jones Avenue Church of God in Christ, under the leadership of the late Bishop George Briley. The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. [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. He consecrated and appointed more than 100 bishops during his twenty-one years of leadership. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on October 2, 1931, Bishop Owens started preaching as a young child. [5] He officially retired on March 19, 2021, and was succeeded by Bishop J. Bishop O. T. Jones Sr, however, did not leave the COGIC. From the very beginning of gospel music, COGIC members have influenced its rise. In 1969, he was asked by his father and by Southern California COGIC bishop, Bishop Samuel M. Crouch, to take over as the pastor of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ. The then"Minister & Sister Carter" established and . COGIC theology and beliefs fall in the tradition of Wesleyan-Arminian theology.[40]. 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. It was destroyed by fire in 1936. President Moody also added these ministries to the Missions Department:[62]. Drew Sheard was appointed Superintendent of the Emmanuel District, by Bishop Herbert J. Williams, Sr., Prelate of the North Central Michigan Jurisdiction. She led its expansion and emphasized high academic standards, disciplined behavior, and prayer. 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. YPWW became a distinctive trademark for COGIC and the principle training institute usually meeting on Sunday night prior to evening worship services. Military chaplains have also been instrumental in spreading COGIC through military installations. The racial climate in the post WWI years, when there was high competition for jobs and housing and violent unrest in many cities in 1919, would not sustain this relationship. She began women's work on the state level and appointed the first state mothers. They unanimously chose C.H. There is a presiding bishop, known as the chief apostle of the church. This came on the heels of former Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr.'s October 2020 announcement that he would not seek reelection. He was able to bridge denominational barriers and encourage non-COGIC ministries to work collboratively with the COGIC denomination. Pastor Dennis Martin and Superintendent Willie James Campbell succeeded Bishop White as presidents. Chandler David Owens Sr. (October 2, 1931 - March 6, 2011) was an American minister and Holiness Pentecostal denomination leader of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), for which he served as the Presiding Bishop from 1995 to 2000, after the death of Bishop Louis Henry Ford. COGIC became a staple of gospel music under the guidance and leadership of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. The current presiding bishop and chief apostle is Bishop J. The study also found that over 70% of COGIC members overwhelmingly opposed the legalizing of same-sex marriage, and considered relationships from infidelity, polygamy, polyamory, and sex outside of marriage as sinful and unbiblical as well.[56]. [61] Finally, she changed the visible presence of women in ministry with the introduction of the ministry "habit". In 1982, he was selected by Ebony magazine as one of the 15 "Greatest Preachers in America". Bishop J.W. As the International Holy Convocation grew to thousands, COGIC leaders had to negotiate with city officials to provide hotel accommodations for the saints. 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. The current General Supervisor of Women is Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis of Los Angeles, California. (19721994). There seemed no prospect of an integrated Pentecostal movement under the leadership of an African-American such as C. H. 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. 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. She also established a musical program. Clinton is the only US president to have addressed a COGIC convocation at Mason Temple. Drew Sheard elected as COGIC's new presiding bishop; two Memphis bishops elected to general board Sheard, 62, was elected in late March to lead the predominantly African American . Although headquartered in Memphis, COGIC's leaders . World headquarters are in Memphis, Tennessee at Mason Temple. Secretary of the National Board of Trustees Dr. T. Lynn Smith. According to the Articles of Religion in the COGIC Official Manual, COGIC believes in biblical inspiration and holds that the Bible is the supreme and final authority for doctrine and practice. In 1975, he resigned as co-pastor, withdrawing his membership in the COGIC because of leadership disagreements with his uncle, J. O. Patterson Sr. concerning an establishment of another jurisdiction in the city of Memphis. Historically, women in ministry in COGIC are known as "Missionaries" and are designated in two categories: Deaconess Missionary, and Evangelist Missionary. 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]. As a result, many local congregations, foreign missions, and schools were established through the leadership and efforts of women in COGIC. 1st Assistant Presiding Bishop Bishop Jerry W. Macklin. Winbush was selected to serve as the first chairman. Bishop Darrell L. Hines Board member (2016present). Each jurisdictional bishop appoints a jurisdictional supervisor to lead the work of the women on a jurisdictional level. B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. The Holy Spirit is the agent that equips, empowers, leads, and guides the church until the return of Christ. Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant Sr. Board member (2021present). Bishop David A. Bishop Blake is married to Mae Lawrence Blake, a native of Michigan, and they have three children together, Charles Blake II (Jr.), Lawrence Blake, and Kimberly Blake, and they have eight grandchildren.[6].
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