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The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is an international Holiness–Pentecostal Christian denomination, [2] [4] and a large Pentecostal denomination in the United States. [5] Although an international and multi-ethnic religious organization, it has a predominantly African-American membership based within the United States.
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 ...
The current presiding bishop of the Church Of God In Christ is Bishop J. Drew Sheard, [7] pastor of Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church Of God In Christ located in Detroit, Michigan. The Presiding Bishop is elected every four years by the COGIC General Assembly and Board of Bishops, along with eleven other Bishops who are in charge of ...
John Drew Sheard Jr. (born January 1, 1959) [1] is an American pastor and minister from Detroit, Michigan, who is the current presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, a six million-member predominantly African-American Holiness Pentecostal denomination that has now grown to become one of the largest African-American Pentecostal denominations in the United States.
The Church of God in Christ Mennonite encourages members to install special software, purported to be a pornography filter, developed by the technology committee on any internet connected devices. [12] This software blocks access to social media as well as many websites that church leadership finds objectionable. [12]
It includes advice on the character and conduct required of Church leaders (chapter 1), a structure and hierarchy for Christian teaching within the church (chapter 2), and the kind of godly conduct and moral action required of Christians in response to God's grace and gift of the Holy Spirit (chapter 3).
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]
In 1921, the first property bought for Christ Temple was on 37th and Naomi. Then in 1926, a church and parsonage were purchased for $18,000 on the corner of 54th and Hooper. In 1922 the church created a council of Bishops in the national convocation and he was chosen to be the first Senior Bishop.