List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ
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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 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
[edit]Updated as of May 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 W. Aaron Robbins, Sr.
- Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes
- Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart
- Alabama First Jurisdiction – Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
- Alabama Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus Earl Pulliam, Sr.
- Alabama Third Jurisdiction – Bishop David A. Hall, Sr. (Interim)
- Alaska Jurisdiction – Bishop Otis McCormick
- Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.
- Arkansas First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jewel R. Withers, Jr.
- Arkansas Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Frank J. Anderson, Jr.
- Arkansas Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael A. Jones
- Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Junius Earl Williams
- California New Journey – Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr.
- California North Central – Bishop Donald R. Murray, Chairman, Board of Bishops
- 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 Jr.
- 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 Jerry Macklin (Interim); Bishop Samuel L. Doyle (Emeritus)
- Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald
- Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer III
- Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Augustus D. Pullen
- Connecticut Third/New England Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry W. Maynard (Interim)
- 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 T. 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,
- 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 J.Rashad Jones, (Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders, Emeritus)
- 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.
- 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 Ethan B. Sheard
- 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 T. Littleton
- Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Kenneth E. Preston
- Mississippi Northwest – 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 Bernard Reese
- New Jersey First – Bishop C. McClelland-Interim Bishop Martin L. Johnson, Sr.=Emeritus
- 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, General Board Member
- 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 Ministry
- 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 Derwin Norwood, Sr
- Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby
- 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 (Bishop James M. Foster, Emeritus)
- Pennsylvania Western Second – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby (Interim)
- Pennsylvania Keystone – Bishop Vernon Prioleau
- Pennsylvania Koinonia – Bishop Ernest Carl Morris
- Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Roland P. Joyner Sr.; (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 W. Maynard, General Board Member
- Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
- Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr.
- Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Dillard Jr., General Board Member & Chairman of the International AIM Convention
- Tennessee Sixth – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr.
- Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright 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 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
- Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Talbert W. Swan, II, Assistant General Secretary
- Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr.
- Virginia Second Iconic – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Ministry
- Virginia Third New Frontier – Bishop Jonathan G. Willis
- Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
- Virginia Fifth Grace – 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
[edit]- Saint Maarten Rehoboth Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. General Secretary
- 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 – Vacant, TBD (Bishop Richard White Sr. – Deceased as of August 11, 2024)
- Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard
- Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Mathews - (Interim)
- Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
- Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo, Sr
- Dominican Commonwealth Jurisdiction – Bishop Ben Fitzgerald
- El Salvador Jurisdiction - Bishop Herbert R Davis
- Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- 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
[edit]- 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
- Senegambia 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
- Liberia Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Thurston Jones
- Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
- Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi
- Mozambique – Bishop Terence P. Rhone (Missions Director)
- 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
- Nigeria Sanctuary of Peace Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Bolu Fam
- Nigeria United Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Micaiah J. Young, Sr.
- West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry
- Rwanda East Africa 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 Scott A. Bradley
- Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando
- Uganda East Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson
- Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini
- Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe
Asia
[edit]- Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto, Sr
- Philippines Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto, Jr
- Philippines Northern Luzon 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
- Maldives - Bishop Terrance Perkins
- Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo
- South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton
- Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando
South America
[edit]- 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 - Bishop Anthony Harris
- Uruguay Jurisdiction- Bishop Charles E. Gibson
- Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris
Europe
[edit]- France Jurisdiction – Bishop Marx G. Succes
- 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
[edit]- Australia Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul E. Jones
- Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.