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CGI was founded in 1978 by four former members of the Worldwide Church of God, [2] including evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong (1930–2003) [3] after his father, Herbert W. Armstrong, excommunicated him from the WCG and fired him from all roles in the church over disagreements about operations and certain doctrinal positions.
Church of God International (United States), based in Tyler, Texas; Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God; Church of the Great God, based in Charlotte, North Carolina; Global Church of God, based in the UK, affiliated with the Church of the Eternal God (U.S.) and the Church of God, a Christian Fellowship, (Canada)
The Church of God is a hierarchical church with an episcopal polity. [ 22 ] [ 13 ] The Church of God's highest judicial body is the International General Assembly. [ 23 ] This body has "full power and authority to designate the teaching, government, principles, and practices" of the Church of God. [ 24 ]
Word of Life Bible Church believes that the Holy Bible consisting of 66 books is the inspired, authoritative and infallible word of God and center its teachings on this belief. [13] The church also holds in account the belief in the Trinity. [14] From the commands found in the Bible, the church believe: In Repentance towards God. Acts 3:19.
The Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian Church. It is one of six Church of God bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee that arose from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Holiness Church at Camp Creek near the Tennessee/North Carolina border on Saturday, June 13, 1903. [3]
The World Mission Society Church of God is a new religious movement established by Ahn Sahng-hong in South Korea in 1964. [5] The church believes that founder Ahn Sahng-hong is the Second Coming of Jesus, and that Zahng Gil-jah is God, in the form of "God the Mother". [6]
The name "Church of God" was chosen as its adherents felt that this was the Scriptural name for the body; its people opposed the idea of denominationalism, holding that "all who were genuinely converted were a part of the true church" and that "each individual was accountable to a local body of believers."