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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]
Ford was pastor of the St. Paul COGIC in Chicago and was Presiding Prelate of the Historic Illinois First Jurisdiction. He was a strong advocate for social justice. He became nationally recognized in 1955 for officiating at the funeral of 15-year-old Emmett Till , who was brutally murdered in Mississippi.
Today, its words resonate deeply as Bethel AME Church in Tallahassee bids a fond farewell to an era of profound care and leadership under Bishop Julius H. McAllister, Jr., who served faithfully ...
A prelate (/ ˈ p r ɛ l ə t /) [1] is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin praelatus , the past participle of praeferre , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.
J. Delano Ellis, II was the son of Lucy and Jesse Delano Ellis, Sr. At age 13 or 14, Lucy became pregnant with Ellis. [14] His mother was a Christian and his father rejected Christianity for the Moorish Science Temple of America and then the Nation of Islam.
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Former Olympic skier Bode Miller and his wife, former pro volleyball player Morgan Miller, have (finally) revealed the name of their youngest child. Bode and Morgan Miller reveal baby’s name ...
A Prelate of Honour of His Holiness is a Catholic prelate to whom the Pope has granted this title of honour. They are addressed as Monsignor and have certain ...