List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ

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 edit

Updated as of May 4, 2024

Canada edit

  • 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 edit

  • Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes

Panama edit

  • Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart

United States edit

Alabama edit

Alaska edit

Arizona edit

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

Arkansas edit

California edit

  • 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 edit

  • Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald

Connecticut edit

  • 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 edit

  • Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey

District of Columbia edit

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

Florida edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

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

Idaho edit

  • Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden

Illinois edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson

Kansas edit

  • 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 edit

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

Louisiana edit

  • 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 edit

  • Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman

Maryland edit

  • 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 edit

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

Michigan edit

  • 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 edit

  • Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington

Mississippi edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins

Nebraska edit

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

Nevada edit

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

New Hampshire edit

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

New Jersey edit

  • 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 edit

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

New York edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.

Ohio edit

  • 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 edit

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

Oregon edit

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

Pennsylvania edit

  • 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 edit

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

South Carolina edit

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

South Dakota edit

  • South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr

Tennessee edit

  • 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, General Board Member
  • Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
  • Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr., General Board Member
  • Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Elijah Dillard, Jr., Chairman of the International AIM Convention
  • Tennessee Sixth – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr.
  • Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr.

Texas edit

  • 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 edit

  • Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen

Vermont edit

Virginia edit

  • Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr.
  • Iconic Virginia Second – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Department
  • Virginia New Frontier Third – Bishop Jonathan G. Willis
  • Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
  • Virginia Grace Fifth – Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr.

Washington edit

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

West Virginia edit

  • West Virginia Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown

Wisconsin edit

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

Wyoming edit

  • Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris

Caribbean edit

Anguilla edit

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

Bahamas edit

  • Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna

Barbados edit

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

Belize edit

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

Bermuda edit

  • Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.

Costa Rica edit

  • Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard

Cuba edit

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

Dominican Republic edit

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

El Salvador edit

Guatemala edit

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

Haiti edit

  • Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile

Jamaica edit

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

Puerto Rico edit

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

Saint Lucia edit

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

Saint Croix edit

  • Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

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

Saint Thomas edit

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

Trinidad and Tobago edit

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

Turks and Caicos edit

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

Africa edit

Angola edit

  • Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro

Democratic Republic of the Congo edit

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

Ethiopia edit

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

Gambia edit

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

Ghana edit

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

Kenya edit

  • 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 edit

  • Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart

Malawi edit

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

Nigeria edit

  • 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 edit

  • West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry

Rwanda edit

  • East African Rwandan Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin

Republic of Benin edit

  • Republic of Benin - Bishop Vincent Matthews, Interim Prelate

South Africa edit

  • 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 edit

  • Tanzania - Bishop Jaili W Kasewka

Togo edit

  • Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr.

Sierra Leone edit

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

Sri Lanka edit

  • Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

Uganda edit

  • East African Ugandan Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson

Zambia edit

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

Asia edit

Philippines edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer

Pakistan edit

  • Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo

South Korea edit

  • South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton

Sri Lanka edit

  • Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

UAE Dubai edit

  • UAE Dubai Jurisdiction - Bishop Amere May, Sr.


South America edit

Argentina edit

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

Brazil edit

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

Chile edit

  • Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis

Colombia edit

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

Guyana edit

  • Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton

Peru edit

  • Peru Jurisdiction - Vacant/TBD

Venezuela edit

  • Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris

Europe edit

France edit

  • France Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Germany edit

  • Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson

Greece edit

  • Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Spain edit

  • Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass

United Kingdom edit

  • United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake

Italy edit

  • Italy Jurisdiction – Bishop Frederick D. Jenkins

Oceania edit

Australia edit

  • Australia – Supt Paul Jones, Missions Director

Indonesia edit

  • Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

Papua New Guinea edit

  • Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

New Zealand edit

  • New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director

See also edit

References edit

  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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