Holiness origins
The Church of God in Christ was formed in 1897 by a group of disfellowshipped Baptists, most notably Charles Price Jones (1865–1949) … 展开

The National Council of Churches ranks COGIC as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S. COGIC is a Holiness–Pentecostal Christian denomination, … 展开

According to its 1973 Constitution, the church has two structures to govern the church: civil and ecclesiastical. The civil structure of the Church of … 展开

In 1918, COGIC opened its first institution of higher learning, the Saints Industrial and Literary School in Lexington, Mississippi, … 展开

Bishop C. H. Mason era (1897–1961)
After moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Bishop Mason established a local congregation called Temple COGIC. He also established the … 展开

COGIC is a trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal denomination. The church teaches three separate and distinct works of grace that God performs in the life of believers: salvation, entire sanctification, and the baptism or infilling of the Holy Ghost. The church … 展开

During the formative stages of COGIC, Bishop Mason organized departments to further support the work of the church as it continued to grow and … 展开