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The
Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a
Holiness -
Pentecostal
Christian denomination ,
[1]
[2] with a
predominantly African-American membership. The denomination reports having more than 12,000 churches and over 6.5 million members in the United States.
[3] The
National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S.
[4]
Internationally, COGIC can be found in more than 100 nations. Its worldwide membership is estimated to be between six and eight million,
[5] composing more than 25,000 congregations throughout the world. The following is a list of the geographical dioceses of the denomination, which are called "jurisdictions", and the leader of each.*
*TBD = To Be Determined – when the Office of Bishop is vacant for a diocese/jurisdiction in the case of the death, retirement, or abdication of a bishop, or if the jurisdiction is newly formed and has no bishop yet.
*Bishop-designate = A "Bishop-designate" or "Bishop;;-designee" is someone who has been selected to be a candidate for the Office of Bishop for a specific jurisdiction in the denomination, but has not yet been officially consecrated and installed in the position.
*Interim = This denotes that another bishop has been chosen from elsewhere in the denomination to be the temporary leader of a jurisdiction until a new Bishop-designate is officially consecrated and installed as its leader.
North America
Updated as of April 12, 2024
Nova Scotia Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe O. Wilkins, Sr.
Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson II
British Columbia/Vancouver – Bishop Benjamin Stephens III
Ontario Jurisdiction – Bishop Designate W. Aaron Robbins, Sr. (Episcopal Assignee)
Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes
Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart
Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.
California New Journey – Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr.
California North Central – Bishop Donald R. Murray
California Northwest – Bishop Nathaniel Bullock
California Greater Northern Second – Bishop Johnathan Douglas Logan, Sr.
California Nor Cal Metropolitan – Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, First Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
California Northern First – Bishop Albert Galbraith, Chairman, Board of Bishops
California Northeast – Bishop Michael Julian Johnson
California Southern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe Louis Ealy
California Southern Evangelistic – Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton
California Southern Second – Bishop Charles G. Nauden
California Southern Third – Bishop Roger Thomas
California Southern Fourth – Bishop Roy Dixon
California Southern Metropolitan – Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth
California Southwest – Bishop Hillrie Murphy
California West Coast – Bishop Robert "Bob" Jackson
California Western – Bishop Leo Smith
California Valley – Bishop Samuel L. Doyle
Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald
Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer III
Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Augustus D. Pullen
Connecticut Third/Southern New England Jurisdiction – Vacant, TBD (Bishop T. Walter Plummer – Deceased as of April 1, 2024)
Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey
Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles
Florida Central First Jurisdiction – Bishop Gary L. Hall, Sr.
Florida Central Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr.
Florida Eastern – Bishop Michael E. Hill, (Interim)
Florida Northwest – Bishop Willie C. Green
Florida Southern – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Interim)
Florida Southwest – Bishop Anthony W. Gilyard
Florida Western – Bishop Willie J. Matheney
Florida Western Second – Bishop Larry Perkins
Georgia North Central – Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr.
Georgia Northern First – Bishop Leonard J. Chapple, Sr.
Georgia Northern Second – Bishop Mark Walden
Georgia South Central – Bishop Norman O. Harper
Georgia Southeast – Bishop Benjamin P. Collins
Georgia Southern First – Bishop Larry L. Shaw
Georgia Southern Second – Bishop Ronald Engram
Georgia Western – Bishop John F. Thomas
Georgia Metro – Bishop Michael J. Paden, Sr.
Hawaii State Jurisdiction – Bishop Jesse T. Wilson, Sr.
Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden
Illinois First – Bishop Ocie Booker
Illinois Third – Bishop Roland "Terry" Sanders
Illinois Fifth East – Bishop James C. Austin
Illinois Fifth West – Bishop Robert L. Perry, Jr.
Illinois Sixth – Bishop Clowdell Williams, Sr.
Illinois Central – Bishop Andrei V. Newbon
Illinois Seventh – Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin, Sr.
Illinois Midwest – Bishop David Todd Whittley, (Episcopal Assignee)
Illinois Southeast – Bishop Otis A. Eanes, Sr.
Illinois Historic Northern – Bishop Edwin Walker
Illinois Southern – Bishop Embra Patterson, Jr.
Indiana Historic First – Bishop Carl J. Steen, Jr.
Indiana Second – Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders (Emeritus)/ Bishop-designate J. Rashad Jones (Episcopal Assignee)
Indiana Third – Bishop E. Bobby Warren
Indiana North Central Fourth – Bishop Donald Alford, Sr.
Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson
Kansas Central – Bishop Milton Paul Jackson, Jr.
Kansas East – Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston – Chairman of the General Assembly
Kansas Southwest – Bishop Mark L. Gilkey
Kentucky First – Bishop John W. Fleming
Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell, Sr.
Louisiana First – Bishop James Proctor
Louisiana East First – Bishop Alphonso Denson, Sr.
Louisiana East Second – Bishop Gerald Hastings Hawkins, Sr.
Louisiana East Third – Bishop Howard E. Quillen, Jr.
Louisiana Greater New Orleans – Bishop Charles E. Brown, Sr.
Louisiana South Central – Bishop David A. Hall (Interim)
Louisiana Central – Bishop Alton Gatlin
Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman
Maryland Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl A. Pierce, Sr.
Maryland Eastern Shore – Bishop Paul Harmon
Maryland Greater First – Bishop Joel H. Lyles, Jr., General Secretary
Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr.
Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bryant Robinson Jr.
Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson
Michigan Great Lakes First – Bishop Michael E. Hill, Sr., General Board Member
Michigan Great Lakes Second – Bishop Dwight Walls, Chairman, Trustee Board
Michigan North Central –
Bishop J. Drew Sheard , Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ, General Board Member
Michigan Northeast – Bishop Zachary N. Hicks
Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr. - Vice Chairman, Board Of Bishops
Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Robert Delano Taylor, Sr.
Michigan Southwest First – Bishop Marcus R. Ways
Michigan Southwest Second – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr. (Interim), Bishop Ethan B. Sheard (Episcopal Assignee)
Michigan Southwest Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr.
Michigan Southwest Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Aaron I. Milton, Sr.
Michigan Southwest Fifth – Bishop Don W. Shelby, Jr.
Michigan Eastern – Bishop Charles J. Johnson, III
Michigan Western – Bishop Melvin C. Burton
Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Atterberry, Sr.
Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington
Mississippi Northern First – Bishop William Dean, Jr.
Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel Littleton
Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Kenneth E. Preston
Mississippi Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert Earl Barber
Missouri Eastern First – Bishop Marquaello Futrell, Sr.
Missouri Eastern Second Western Illinois – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
Missouri Eastern Third - Bishop Robert D. Strong, Sr.
Missouri Southeastern Third – Bishop Nathaniel Ellis
Missouri Western First – Bishop Frank Douglas
Missouri Western Second – Bishop John M. Johnson
Missouri Midwest – Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III, General Board Member
Missouri Gateway - Bishop Melvin J. Smith, Vice Chairman of the General Assembly
Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins
Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop John O. Ford
Nebraska Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon, Sr.
Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Donald C. Bronson
Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree
New Hampshire Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Elijah Hankerson (Interim)
New Jersey First – Bishop Martin L. Johnson, Sr.
New Jersey Garden State – Bishop William T. Cahoon
New Jersey Third – Bishop Kevin E. Knight, Sr.
New Jersey South Jersey – Bishop Tyrone McCombs
New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones.
New York Eastern First – Bishop James Pullings, Jr.
New York Eastern Second – Bishop Rothel Highsmith
New York Eastern Third – Bishop Frank A. White, Financial Secretary
New York Eastern Fourth – Bishop Clarence L. Sexton, Jr.
New York Eastern Fifth – Bishop Harrison Hale, Regional Bishop
New York Southeast – Bishop Tyrone L. Butler
New York Central – Bishop James Bowman Sr (Bishop Ronald J. Hoston – Emeritus)
New York Western First – Bishop James R. Wright, Sr.
New York Western Second – Bishop Glenwood Young, Senior Bishop Of New York State
North Carolina Greater – Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard
North Carolina Second – Bishop Stenneth E. Powell, Sr.
North Carolina Third – Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Department
North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.
Ohio Central East – Bishop David L. Herron, Sr.
Ohio North First – Bishop Edward T. Cook
Ohio Northwest – Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough, Jr.
Ohio Southern – Bishop George L. Carter
Ohio West – Bishop Emmitt L. Nevels, Sr.
Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Brandon B. Porter (Interim)
Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby, General Board Member
Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins, Sr.
Oregon NW – Bishop Percy J. Mullen, Sr.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth – Bishop Guy L. Glimp
Pennsylvania Central – Bishop Edgar L. Scott
Pennsylvania Eastern – Bishop David Morrell Screven
Pennsylvania Western First – Bishop Marvin C. Moreland II
Pennsylvania Western Second – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby (Interim)
Pennsylvania Keystone – Bishop Vernon Prioleau
Pennsylvania Koinonia – Bishop Ernest Carl Morris
Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Elijah Hankerson III (Interim), Bishop Harvey Lewis, Sr. - (Emeritus)
South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop William A. Prioleau (Bishop Johnnie J. Johnson, Emeritus)
South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr
Tennessee Central – Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member
Tennessee Eastern First – Bishop Felton M. Smith Jr.
Tennessee Eastern Second – Bishop Willie L. Bonner
Tennessee Fourth – Bishop Jerry L. Maynard, Interim General Board Member (Interim until the next November 2024 COGIC Elections)
Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr., General Board Member
Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr.
Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Elijah Dillard, Jr., Chairman of the International AIM Convention
Tennessee Sixth – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr.
Texas Central Metropolitan – Bishop Frank Fanniel Sr.
Texas Covenant Jurisdiction - Bishop Gilbert Isaiah Gillum Jr.
Texas East – Bishop Robert L. Nichols Sr.
Texas Greater Southeast First – Bishop Johnny A. Tates
Texas Gulf Coast – Bishop Destry C. Bell
Texas Lone Star Jurisdiction – Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr.
Texas Metropolitan – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr. (Interim)
Texas North Central – Bishop Robert L. Sample
Texas Northeast First – Bishop James E. Hornsby
Texas Northeast Second – Bishop David R. Houston
Texas Northeast Third – Bishop Nelson J. Gatlin
Texas Northeast Fourth – Bishop Nathiel D. Wells
Texas Northeast Fifth - Bishop-Designate T. L. Walker
Texas Northwest – Bishop William H. Watson, III
Texas South Central – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr., General Board Member
Texas Southeast First – Bishop Morris O. Jenkins, Jr.
Texas Southeast Second – Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.
Texas Southeast Third – Bishop Travis T. Terry
Texas Southwest First – Bishop Maurice Green Jr.
Texas Southwest Second – Bishop Shelton C. Rhodes
Texas Western – Bishop Juan O. Lawson
Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen
Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr.
Virginia Second – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Department
Virginia Third – Bishop Jonathan G. Willis
Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
Virginia Fifth – Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr.
Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin C. Moore, Sr.
Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Reginald C. Witherspoon
West Virginia Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown
Wisconsin First Jurisdiction – Bishop Darrell L. Hines, General Board Member
Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland, General Board Member
Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris
Caribbean
Sint Maarten Rehoboth Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.
Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna
Barbados/Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
Barbados First - Bishop Arthur F. Mosley
Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick
Belize Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Richardson
Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.
Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard
Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Mathew - Interim (Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux, Deceased as of February 17, 2024)
Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo
Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr., General Treasurer
Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile
Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
Greater Jamaica (Second) Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.
Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Connor
Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter
Saint Kitts and Nevis Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
Saint Thomas Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Ahmed M. Screven, Esq.
Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush
Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith
Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr.
Africa
Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro
Congo First Jurisdiction – Bishop Muhangenu H. Ghilain
Congo Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Matthew L Brown
Ethiopia First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Surrey
Ethiopia Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Tyree Gordon
Gambia/West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Lorenzo D. Lee
Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Emmanuel A. Boateng
Ghana West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Anim
Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr.
Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau
Kenya, Impact Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Solomon Omo-Osagie
Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart
Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi
Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro
Nigeria Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Henry Chikwudi
Nigeria West Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Lucky C. Donuwe
Nigeria God is REAL Jurisdiction - Bishop Friday U Okwey.
Nigeria Pinnacle Faith Jurisdiction - Bishop Dr Louis O Morah.
Nigeria PURITY Jurisdiction - Bishop Newlife Ugochukwu
Nigeria Eastern Gateway - Bishop Onuigwe Emeka Dominic
Sanctuary of Peace Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Bolu Fam
Nigeria United Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Micaiah J. Young, Sr.
West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry
East African Rwandan Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin
Republic of Benin - Bishop Vincent Matthews, Interim Prelate
South Africa – Bishop Vincent Mathews, International Missions President
South Africa Second – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
South Africa Third – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
South Africa Fourth - Bishop Wayne Janecke
South Africa Fifth – Bishop Ben Zulu
South Africa Seventh – Bishop W. Johnny McNair Jr.
Tanzania - Bishop Jaili W Kasewka
Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr.
Sierra Leone - Bishop-Designate Scott A. Bradley (Episcopal Assignee)
Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando
East African Ugandan Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson
Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini
Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe
Asia
Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto, Sr
Philippines Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto, Jr
Northern Luzon Philippines Jurisdiction - Bishop Joel F. Balindan, Sr.
Philippines Northern Mindanao Jurisdiction - Bishop Bob Steele
Philippines Central Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Israel Forto
India First Jurisdiction – Bishop Dr. Bevin G. Lawrence
India Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Samram Paul
India Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Edison Victor
India Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph Norfleet
India Fifth Jurisdiction – Bishop G. Jeyakumar
India Sixth Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar Benton
Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer
Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo
South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton
Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando
UAE
Dubai Jurisdiction - Bishop Amere May, Sr.
South America
Argentina Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
Argentina 2nd Jurisdiction- Bishop Ron C. Hill
Brazil 1st Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence P. Rhone
Brazil 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Nate' M. Jefferson
Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis
Colombia 1st Jurisdiction - Bishop Lester Johnson
Colombia 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Edermin Cortes
Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton
Peru Jurisdiction - Vacant/TBD
Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris
Europe
France Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson
Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass
United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake
Italy Jurisdiction – Bishop Frederick D. Jenkins
Oceania
Australia – Supt Paul Jones, Missions Director
Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director
See also
References
^ Courey, David J. (26 February 2015). What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa?: Luther's Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism . Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 227.
ISBN
978-0-567-65631-5 . The controversy led to the emergence of three-step Holiness Pentecostal denominations (the Church of God, Cleveland, TN; the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Church of God in Christ) and two-step, Finished Work denominations (the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada).
^ Anderson, Allan (13 May 2004). An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity . Cambridge University Press. p. 47.
ISBN
978-0-521-53280-8 . Those who resisted Durham's teaching and remained in the 'three-stage' camp were Seymour, Crawford and Parham, and Bishops Charles H. Mason, A.J. Tomlinson and J.H. King, respectively leaders of the Church of God in Christ, the Church of God (Cleveland) and the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Tomlinson and King each issued tirades against the 'finished work' doctrine in their periodicals, but by 1914 some 60 percent of all North American Pentecostals had embraced Durham's position. ... The 'Finished Work' controversy was only the first of many subsequent divisions in North American Pentecostalism. Not only did Pentecostal churches split over the question of sanctification as a distinct experience, but a more fundamental and acrimonious split erupted in 1916 over the doctrine of the Trinity. ... The 'New Issue' was a schism in the ranks of the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals that began as a teaching that the correct formula for baptism is 'in the name of Jesus' and developed into a dispute about the Trinity. It confirmed for Holiness Pentecostals that they should have no further fellowship with the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals, who were in 'heresy'.
^
"Our Foundation" . Church of God in Christ. Archived from
the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
^ National Council of Churches (February 2, 2010).
"Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline" . Retrieved March 8, 2010 .
^ Melton, J. Gordon, Religions of the World Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , 2010. p. 681
"COGIC Women's Department Supervisors" . Church of God in Christ, Inc.