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The paragraph about cooperation between the COG (Cleveland) and COGOP was added 22:54, 17 June 2004 by User:170.148.92.52. Part of it may contain opinion, but I believe that based on the links listed below, the cooperation between them is not an unsubstantiated rumor. People's opinions about it could be. I am going to add back part of the statement. - Rlvaughn 4 July 2005 15:11 (UTC)
http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=5203 http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=4833 http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=5503 http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=5313 http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=4324 http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=5193
I've just added a clean up tag to the external links section because several links appear not actually lead to information but are instead links to connected organizations, which isn't really in keeping with the spirit of our guidelines (Wikipedia is not a directory. We also seem to be sending people to external sites instead of emphasizing Wikipedia articles. I propose:
It might be worth putting the Lee University and the Theological Seminary wikilinks into a section of the related bodies section even though they're already linked in the body of the text. Not sure about this - lists can overwhelm articles.
Any comments? -- Siobhan Hansa 12:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
A section on "Church Planting" keeps getting removed and added back in. As it stands it explains nothing to a naive reader and seems to be mainly about providing external links to the Planting Office and the Covenant Community Church. What is "church planting" and why are these two bodies important to mention in the article? Are there better (i.e. independent, 3rd party) references we can use? Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 20:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
If the membership number is 7 million can someone quote that because this church is listed on the pentacostal article as a MAJOR pentacostal church, it really needs some verification on that number and how the church arrives at that figure (eg does it include "church of God" prophecy/signs - which?). Maybe the references might need to be organised and placed at the bottom under {references}. Darrenss 03:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
The lead paragraph states "The Church of God (Cleveland) is the oldest known (Protestant)/Pentecostal Christian denomination,..." This may be disputable since the
Church of God (Anderson) lists it's establishment at 1881. Additionally, since the Methodist churches are technically listed as
Protestant, the
AME church would be much older since it was established in 1816. Could someone please provide a reference on where this statement was derived from or remove that portion of the lead?
Absolon S. Kent 15:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
The category was Protestant/Pentecostal, not Protestant. The Church of God (Anderson) does not claim to be a Pentecostal Church, therefore it would not fall into the category of Protestant/Pentecostal, neither would the AME church. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 50%quick ( talk • contribs) 15:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Again, Church of God (Anderson, IN) is not pentecostal. They are very much not pentecostal and would not want the title. I do not think they will dispute it. 98.222.223.139 ( talk) 01:03, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Strictly speaking, The Church of God (Cleveland) is not the oldest Pentecostal denomination because (as stated) when it began, it wasn't Pentecostal. So The Church of God in Christ would be the oldest continuous Pentecostal denomination. Musdan77 ( talk) 03:22, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Actually, though not Pentecostal at inception, the Church of God was Pentecostal in practice by 1896, and in doctrine by 1906, preceding the formation of the Church of God in Christ by one year. -- NebraskaDawg ( talk) 16:16, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that the logo recently added does not have a fair use. Recommend someone update soon before the image bots delete. Absolon S. Kent ( talk) 15:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Why does it say that? It's probably been 20 years (at least 15) since the Church of God could be considered a "holiness" denom. (same as the Assemblies of God and other denominations). Also, I went to the Orientation page, and nowhere does it mention "holiness." Musdan77 ( talk) 03:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
The article talks about three levels of ministry: bishop, ordained minister, and exhorter. What are the differences between the three? Particularly, what exactly is a bishop in the Church of God? Ltwin ( talk) 22:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
151.245.233.108 posted this comment on 13 July 2013 ( view all feedback).
It would be better to have a picture of the church or characters mentioned on this page.
Any thoughts?
Ltwin ( talk) 14:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
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I think it would be great if we could include more detail on Church of God (Cleveland, TN) beliefs and doctrines, described in the subject line. Our logo has also been updated with globe lines. I think it would be good to update that as well.
Samuel T. Lyon ( talk) 15:11, 2 October 2021 (UTC)