The Board was updated on a proposed budget modification to cover outstanding obligations from the previous fiscal year. According to the Articles of Religion, "We believe that we are not baptized with the Holy Ghost in order to be saved, but that we are baptized with the Holy Ghost because we are saved". Her predecessor was Evangelist Dr. Rita Womack of Los Angeles, California. The constitutional convention drafted and approved a new constitution which dissolved both the office of the Senior Bishop and the executive board; it also established the General Assembly, which meets biannually, as the supreme authority over the church to decide matters of faith and practice. 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. He was assassinated the next day, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.[54]. 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]. Robinson was a staunch advocate for holiness and taught strict guidelines for the women with regard to dress and worldliness. Co Directors of the Men's Department Bishop Michael B. [32], Bishop Chandler David Owens Sr. was elected Presiding Bishop after the death of Bishop Ford in 1995. His pastor and mentor was Bishop F. D. Washington of Brooklyn, NY. It ultimately ended by 1930, when the Depression set in. The fastest growing areas include Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and India. [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 J.W. Today thousands of COGIC women when ministering the gospel or serving in official capacities are seen in their civic (black) or ceremonial (white) habits. 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]. 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. B. McEwen, came to a head and was addressed at the 57th Holy Convocation. [44], COGIC teaches that salvation is the work of redemption to the sinner and his restoration to divine favor and communion with God. 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. [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. [33] In 2009, Bishop Blake unveiled an aggressive program known as "Urban Initiatives" to address the plight of America's urban areas. Coffey was a child convert to COGIC under the preaching of Bishop Mason, and was influential in organizing many of the auxiliaries, bands, and units that exist within the COGIC Women's Department. The first Sunday School Superintendent was Professor L. W. Lee (19081916). He was pastor of the Pentecostal Temple Institutional COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the Presiding Prelate of the Tennessee Headquarters Jurisdiction. [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. Patterson appointed Dr. Edward Lee Battles President of the Department of Evangelism. law enforcement and other purposes. COGIC teaches that because God uses conception through and after sexual reproduction and intercourse to create human life, that willfully aborting a human fetus is contrary to God's Word and Christian ethics, and it is considered to be a sin against God and the Bible within the denomination. 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]. [31], Bishop Ford also renovated several COGIC structures in Memphis, including Mason Temple. 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. 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. After the death of Mother Coffey in 1964, Dr. Annie L. Bailey (19641975), became the third General Supervisor. But during the early twentieth century, the Pentecostal movement had rapid growth nationally and attracted racially integrated congregants to its worship services. Clinton is the only US president to have addressed a COGIC convocation at Mason Temple. He was one of the nine members of the strategy committee that organized the sanitation strike in Memphis. The current presiding bishop and chief apostle is Bishop J. Mrs. Anna Broy Crockett Ford was the first organizer and director of the National Music Department, which was formally established in November 1949. The current General Supervisor of Women is Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis of Los Angeles, California. The Office of the Jurisdictional Secretary is responsible for maintaining accurate and detailed records of administrative, ecclesiastical, and civil operations of the Michigan Southwest Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. 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. Email: cogsecgeneral@churchofgod.org. It was destroyed by fire in 1936. B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. COGIC teaches the deity of Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, sinless life, physical death, burial, resurrection, ascension and visible return to the earth. Bishop Elijah Hankerson III - Board member (2021present), Bishop Charles E. Blake Presiding Bishop Emeritus. Mallory retired in 1976 after fifty years of service; and she had a national reputation. She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor for the First Jurisdiction, Southern California. He believed that the name, taken from 1 Thessalonians 2:14, was divinely revealed and biblically inspired. These departments include: the Women's Department, the Sunday School Department, the Youth Department known as Y.P.W.W. The ordinances of the church are water baptism by immersion, the Lord's Supper and foot washing. In 2017, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake appointed gospel artist and Evangelist Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole of Detroit, Michigan as the Elect Lady. [21], In 1907, there were ten COGIC churches, but by the time of Bishop Mason's death in 1961, COGIC had spread to every state in the United States and to many foreign countries. This system HAS BEEN LICENSED FOR USE BY the General Secretary's and Financial Secretary's Offices of the Church Of God In Christ. Second Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Attorney Amos Smith. [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]. In 1951, the first separate National Sunday School Convention convened in Kansas City, Missouri. He also instituted the Annual Prayer Breakfast, conducted Evangelistic Crusades across the country and developed the Church of God in Christ National Evangelist Registry. Divorce is considered inconsistent with biblical teachings and highly discouraged as well. Historically, women in ministry in COGIC are known as "Missionaries" and are designated in two categories: Deaconess Missionary, and Evangelist Missionary. He was elected as the denomination's leader on March 27, 2021. Organized in the South and having a predominately African-American membership, COGIC has had a long history in advancing civil rights. We believe in the Blessed Hope, which is the rapture of the Church of God, which is in Christ, at His return. [33] C. E. Blake served as the Presiding Prelate of the First Jurisdiction of Southern California. In 1927, the call was made for workers to go to serve the Lord in foreign lands. Create your ARC account Complete the form below to request an ARC account from your Jurisdictional Secretary. Ford was pastor of the St. Paul COGIC in Chicago and was Presiding Prelate of the Historic Illinois First Jurisdiction. The general secretary, general treasurer, and financial secretary terms run concurrent with the current presidential administration that is elected every four years.[20]. She developed the International Women's Convention into a training institute for women in the ministry. Bishop Sedgwick Daniels Board member (2008present). The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a predominantly African-American Pentecostal Christian denomination, headquartered at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. 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. He became nationally recognized in 1955 for officiating at the funeral of 15-year-old Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi. Assistant Financial Secretary Bishop David A. 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