Under her leadership, the Women's International Convention added the term "and Crusade" to highlight and promote the evangelistic approach of the convention. He became nationally recognized in 1955 for officiating at the funeral of 15-year-old Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi. The fastest growing areas include Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and India. 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. [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. Education was considered key to advancement of the race. 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. The seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and is part of a consortium of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Mrs. Mattie McCaulley of Tulsa, Oklahoma was the first to respond, and was sent to Trinidad. As public education was segregated and underfunded by white officials in the South through most of the tenure of the first major leader, this school became a destination for parents wanting their children to have high-quality education. 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. Missions work in COGIC began under Elder Searcy in 1925. COGIC considers any physical, sexual relationship outside of the sanctity of marriage to be outside of the sovereign will of God and unbiblical. B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. 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. 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* 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. 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. Research Center at Boston University, the Greenlining Institutes Big Heart Award, a Trumpet Award, and the Urban Leagues Whitney M. Young award, among many others. He is an example of servant leadership and has become a voice to the nations to uphold the standards of holiness. As a result, the general board exercises great authority over the church. Together they traveled across the country proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The first general secretary of COGIC was Elder William B. Holt, a white minister. In keeping with the times, the school had some industrial education and training for its students, so that they could learn practical skills. C. D. Owens had gained national attention in the church as the president of the Youth Department. It includes not only those who are members of COGIC, but all believers who have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In 1927, the call was made for workers to go to serve the Lord in foreign lands. Drew Sheard who was elected in 2021. Youth on a Mission (YOAM) a ministry of young people visiting the mission field to serve each summer. The current General Supervisor of Women is Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis of Los Angeles, California. 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. 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. The church is thought to have nearly two million members in 7,000 churches on the continent of Africa. In 2000 at the Ninety-Third International Holy Convocation, the COGIC General Assembly elected Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson to replace Owens as Presiding Bishop. Bishop David A. 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. Assistant Financial Secretary Bishop David A. Sanders. For the Anabaptist denomination, see, The official seal of the COGIC features a sheaf of wheat representing the members of the COGIC. 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. All rights reserved. She served as the jurisdictional supervisor of several states including Maryland and New Jersey helping to establish and stabilize struggling jurisdictions. 1st Assistant Presiding Bishop Bishop Jerry W. Macklin. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. They rejected denominational names such as Baptist, Methodist, or Episcopal. The early conventions of the Evangelist Board were basically crusades led by Page and a few other Evangelists from across the country. 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. 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. Assistant General Treasurer Bishop Kendall Anderson. 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. In 1981, Bishop J.O. Secretary of the Board of Bishops Bishop William Watson, III. OUR HISTORY | ucogic 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. In 1946, the National Sunday School Congress began to meet with the Young People's Willing Workers (YPWW) Congress. [29] The spread of COGIC was due largely to the efforts of its evangelists through crusades and revivals. During his administration, Battles organized Regions to oversee evangelistic ministry in various regional areas across the country. Bishop Blake was the pastor of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ,[7] one of the largest African-American churches in the Western United States, with a membership of over 24,000, from 1969 until his retirement in 2022. It had a membership of more than 400,000, who supported more than 4,000 churches. He was a speaker at the Democratic National Conventions first Ecumenical Service where he eloquently, challenged all to protect the unborn by advocating pro-life. Today thousands of COGIC women when ministering the gospel or serving in official capacities are seen in their civic (black) or ceremonial (white) habits. 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. By 1906, the church had grown to nearly 100 congregations in three states. 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 . F or the first time, the nation's largest Pentecostal and African-American denomination, the 5.5 million-member Church of God in Christ (COGIC), has voted out its presiding bishop. He was succeeded by Bishop Joe L. Ealy. There is a presiding bishop, known as the chief apostle of the church. Memphis' Bishop Brandon Porter open to becoming COGIC presiding bishop A.) It was destroyed by fire in 1936. From the very beginning of gospel music, COGIC members have influenced its rise. White. After the death of Mother McGlothen, Mother Emma F. Crouch (19941997) of Dallas, Texas, served as the fifth General Supervisor. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on October 2, 1931, Bishop Owens started preaching as a young child. 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. [8][9] In 1984, after the death of his father, he was ordained and consecrated as a jurisdictional bishop of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southern California for the COGIC denomination, and remained in that position until 2009 when he stepped down from the position to dedicate himself fully to the duties of the Office of the Presiding Bishop. After being removed from the office of Senior Bishop, he remained the Jurisdictional Bishop of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his death in 1972. 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. President, International Department of Evangelism Evangelist Gary Sprewell, Elect Lady, International Department of Evangelism . 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. In 1916, a few white churches were organized as a white branch of COGIC. He has one older brother, J. Patterson, the nephew of the above-mentioned Bishop J.O. Churches are organized in dioceses called jurisdictions, each under the authority of a bishop. BISHOP CHARLES E. BLAKE, SR. - Church Of God In Christ Drew Sheard was consecrated as Jurisdictional Bishop, succeeding Bishop Herbert J. Williams, Sr., the founding prelate of North Central Michigan Jurisdiction. One of her contributions was to divide the women's fellowship in the local congregations into two groups: The Christian Women's Council for the middle aged and senior women, and the Young Women's Christian Council (YWCC) for the younger women. [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. On June 5, 1951, he selected Bishop A. Divorce is considered inconsistent with biblical teachings and is highly discouraged as well, but exceptions are made for special circumstances. 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. Each state in the US consists of at least one jurisdiction, and several states have more than one jurisdiction. [29], Bishop Louis Henry Ford of Chicago, Illinois, was elected after the death of J.O. 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. Elder L. C. Patrick was added to the National Sunday School. In November 2012, Bishop Blake was re-elected again to serve a four-year term as the Presiding Bishop. 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. Not everyone in the church were willing to accept "speaking in tongues" as the initial evidence of baptism of the Holy Ghost. 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. They determined to separate from COGIC and form what would eventually become the Worldwide Fellowship of the Assemblies of God. There are more than 200 ecclesiastical jurisdictions around the world, with 170 in the United States. On the local church level in addition to the office of missionary, COGIC developed and has maintained the position of the "church mother." 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. [29] She is also the Jurisdictional Supervisor of Women for the South Carolina Jurisdiction. Timothy Wright, Myrna Summers, Rev. Malcolm X's Funeral was held in Harlem, New York City at Faith Temple Church Of God in Christ. Women in COGIC have been influential in the leadership and organization of the church since its inception. Charles Blake was born on August 5, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to the late Bishop Junious Augustus (J. Vice President of COGIC World Missions-Bishop Glenn Plummer. He established the World Fellowship of Black Pentecostal Churches and gained COGIC membership in the Congress of National Black Churches. Bishop Malcolm W. Coby Board member (2021present). Page in 1927. (19721994). 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. He continued to build on the department through expansion of the Regional Administration into 10 geographical locations across the country. Bishop. MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Church of God in Christ announced it has elected a new Presiding Bishop to lead the organization. A. Blackwell, E. M. Blackwell, E. M. Page, R. H. I. Clark, D. J. Succession of COGIC Leaders His passion for meeting the needs of the whole man reaches globally through his humanitarian efforts. Jurisdictions are set up similar to the national church in terms of composition, polity, and procedure. [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. 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. [15], COGIC originated among African Americans in the Southern states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Bishop Mason appointed her as a young woman to be head of the small school in 1926, after she had been teaching there. Today, the International Youth Department (IYD) is led by the International Youth President, Superintendent Nathaniel Green of Dallas, TX, and the International Chairlady, Evangelist Vandalyn Kennedy of Queens, NY. Dr. Roy L.H. Mason sent ministers and evangelists to cities and urban areas outside the South, including William Roberts (Chicago), O. M. Kelly (New York), O. T. Jones Sr. (Philadelphia), E. R. Driver (Los Angeles), and Samuel Kelsey (Washington, D.C.) From these major cities, COGIC spread throughout the country. [27], Several bishops disagreed with the new organizational structure; they severed ties with COGIC to start their own organizations. Originally, this gathering of the 'Saints' lasted for twenty days, from November 25 to December 14. . B. McEwen, Bishop J. S. Bailey, and Bishop O. M. Kelly as his assistants. She led its expansion and emphasized high academic standards, disciplined behavior, and prayer. As a classical Holiness Pentecostal denomination,[2][4] COGIC continues to embrace its holiness heritage, teaching modesty in dress, appearance, moderate participation in secular entertainment and prohibitions against profanity, alcohol, substance abuse and immoral behavior. Religious Figure, former Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the fourth largest Protestant denominaton in the world. Charles Edward Blake Sr. (born August 5, 1940) is an American minister and pastor who served as the Presiding Bishop and leader of the Church of God in Christ, a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination, that has now grown to become one of the largest predominantly African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States, from 2007 to 2021. She is the longest serving president of the International Music Department and her influence and legacy have been indelible and are recognized around the world. General Treasurer Bishop Charles Harrison Mason Patterson Sr.. Financial Secretary Bishop Frank A. The international headquarters is in Memphis, Tennessee. Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Bishop Dwight E. Walls Sr.. First Vice Chairman of the National Board of Trustees Superintendent Melton Timmons. We believe that there is One God, eternally existent in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. In 1918, COGIC opened its first institution of higher learning, the Saints Industrial and Literary School in Lexington, Mississippi, for both girls and boys. We believe that the regeneration by the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential for personal salvation. He was elected as the denomination's leader on March 27, 2021. Michigan Chronicle Endorses Bishop J. Drew Sheard for Re-election to Together he and his wife, Karen, founded Karew Records, a faith-based record label focusing on various forms of Gospel, Christian and Inspirational music. [39], COGIC is a trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal denomination. Porter pointed out that he is based in Memphis. It has had rapid growth in many regions as one of the fastest-growing and largest religious groups in the United States.[30]. C. P. Jones was elected the General Overseer, C. H. Mason was selected as Overseer of Tennessee, and J. In 1982, Patterson led COGIC in its Diamond Jubilee, in a celebration of the International Holy Convocation. Save Africa's Children, a program of PACF, currently provides support to over 220 charity missions and orphanages throughout sub-Saharan Africa. He was elected four times uncontested as presiding bishop. Salvation is an operation of the Holy Spirit upon sinners brought about by repentance toward God, which brings about conversion, faith, justification, and regeneration. [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. Vice chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders Bishop Marcus Ways. 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. Ford, as Saints' Academy, a private co-educational grade school. Drew Sheard, Sr. as Presiding Bishop on March 20, 2021. President, International Youth Department Superintendent Nathaniel Green. In 1945, Mason dedicated Mason Temple in Memphis as the church's national meeting site. For a brief period of time, the YPWW Congress was combined with the Sunday School Congress in a joint convention until 1951. Chandler David Owens Sr. - Wikipedia The rope that holds the shaft together represents Charles Harrison Mason, COGIC's founding father. [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 became a Christian and converted to Pentecostal Christianity as a young adolescent, under the ministry of his mother and father in Arkansas, and he and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was in his 20's when his father was asked to take over as a bishop of the First Jurisdiction of Southern California for the COGIC denomination. However, the General Assembly vested authority in the executive board composed of the seven bishops selected by Bishop Mason before his death. On October 23, 2020, Bishop Blake announced that he will not seek re-election as Presiding Bishop nor as a member of the General Board. They exist primarily in the spiritual realm and are organized according to duty and function. In 1982 he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in . COGIC policies and bylaws have also been established regarding sexual misconduct of COGIC clergy and laymembers for disciplinary purposes. The current presiding bishop and chief apostle is Bishop J. The current chairman of AIM is Bishop Linwood E. Dillard of Memphis, TN.[62]. The school and college remain closed at present.[29]. 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. 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. It can be spoken of as the individual and the collective, physical and spiritual. "Bishop Mason was one who lifted African Americans who were former slaves and the children of slaves, lifted them up from the degradation of slavery, ex-slavery, the brokenness of poverty,". Assistant Elect Lady, COGIC World Missions-Supervisor Lee E.Van Zandt. 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. She developed the International Women's Convention into a training institute for women in the ministry. He was a lifelong member of the. Mother Willie Mae Rivers (19972017) of Goose Creek, South Carolina, succeeded Mother Crouch. COGIC clergy are also allowed to be married. Church of God in Christ names Detroit's Bishop J. Drew Sheard new
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