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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

Canada

  • 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

  • Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes

Panama

  • Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

  • Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.

Arkansas

California

  • 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

  • Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald

Connecticut

  • 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

  • Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey

District of Columbia

  • Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles

Florida

  • 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

  • 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

  • Hawaii State Jurisdiction – Bishop Jesse T. Wilson, Sr.

Idaho

  • Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden

Illinois

  • 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

  • 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

  • Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson

Kansas

  • 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

  • Kentucky First – Bishop John W. Fleming
  • Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell, Sr.

Louisiana

  • 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

  • Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman

Maryland

  • 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

  • Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr.
  • Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bryant Robinson Jr.

Michigan

  • 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

  • Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington

Mississippi

  • 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

  • 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

  • Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins

Nebraska

  • Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop John O. Ford
  • Nebraska Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon, Sr.

Nevada

  • Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Donald C. Bronson
  • Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree

New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Elijah Hankerson (Interim)

New Jersey

  • 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

  • New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones.

New York

  • 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

  • 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

  • North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.

Ohio

  • 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

  • Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Brandon B. Porter (Interim)
  • Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby, General Board Member

Oregon

  • Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins, Sr.
  • Oregon NW – Bishop Percy J. Mullen, Sr.

Pennsylvania

  • 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

  • Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Elijah Hankerson III (Interim), Bishop Harvey Lewis, Sr. - (Emeritus)

South Carolina

  • South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop William A. Prioleau (Bishop Johnnie J. Johnson, Emeritus)

South Dakota

  • South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr

Tennessee

  • 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

  • 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

  • Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen

Vermont

Virginia

  • 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

  • Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin C. Moore, Sr.
  • Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Reginald C. Witherspoon

West Virginia

  • West Virginia Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown

Wisconsin

  • Wisconsin First Jurisdiction – Bishop Darrell L. Hines, General Board Member
  • Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland, General Board Member

Wyoming

  • Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris

Caribbean

Anguilla

  • Sint Maarten Rehoboth Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.

Bahamas

  • Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna

Barbados

  • Barbados/Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
  • Barbados First - Bishop Arthur F. Mosley

Belize

  • Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick
  • Belize Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Richardson

Bermuda

  • Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.

Costa Rica

  • Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard

Cuba

  • Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Mathew - Interim (Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux, Deceased as of February 17, 2024)

Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
  • Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo

El Salvador

Guatemala

  • Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr., General Treasurer

Haiti

  • Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile

Jamaica

  • Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
  • Greater Jamaica (Second) Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.

Puerto Rico

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.

Saint Lucia

  • Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Connor

Saint Croix

  • Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Saint Thomas

  • Saint Thomas Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Ahmed M. Screven, Esq.

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush
  • Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith

Turks and Caicos

  • Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr.

Africa

Angola

  • Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Congo First Jurisdiction – Bishop Muhangenu H. Ghilain
  • Congo Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Matthew L Brown

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Surrey
  • Ethiopia Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Tyree Gordon

Gambia

  • Gambia/West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Lorenzo D. Lee

Ghana

  • Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Emmanuel A. Boateng
  • Ghana West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Anim

Kenya

  • 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

  • Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart

Malawi

  • Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
  • Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi

Nigeria

  • 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.

Ivory Coast

  • West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry

Rwanda

  • East African Rwandan Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin

Republic of Benin

  • Republic of Benin - Bishop Vincent Matthews, Interim Prelate

South Africa

  • 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

  • Tanzania - Bishop Jaili W Kasewka

Togo

  • Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr.

Sierra Leone

  • Sierra Leone - Bishop-Designate Scott A. Bradley (Episcopal Assignee)

Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

Uganda

  • East African Ugandan Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson

Zambia

  • Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini
  • Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe

Asia

Philippines

  • 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

  • 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

  • Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer

Pakistan

  • Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo

South Korea

  • South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton

Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

UAE Dubai

  • UAE Dubai Jurisdiction - Bishop Amere May, Sr.


South America

Argentina

  • Argentina Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
  • Argentina 2nd Jurisdiction- Bishop Ron C. Hill

Brazil

  • Brazil 1st Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence P. Rhone
  • Brazil 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Nate' M. Jefferson

Chile

  • Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis

Colombia

  • Colombia 1st Jurisdiction - Bishop Lester Johnson
  • Colombia 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Edermin Cortes

Guyana

  • Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton

Peru

  • Peru Jurisdiction - Vacant/TBD

Venezuela

  • Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris

Europe

France

  • France Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Germany

  • Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson

Greece

  • Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Spain

  • Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass

United Kingdom

  • United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake

Italy

  • Italy Jurisdiction – Bishop Frederick D. Jenkins

Oceania

Australia

  • Australia – Supt Paul Jones, Missions Director

Indonesia

  • Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Papua New Guinea

  • Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

New Zealand

  • New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director

See also

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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'.
  3. ^ "Our Foundation". Church of God in Christ. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  4. ^ National Council of Churches (February 2, 2010). "Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline". Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  5. ^ Melton, J. Gordon, Religions of the World Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010. p. 681

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