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District of Columbia. Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles. Florida. 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.
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) and Charles Harrison Mason (1864–1961). In 1895, C. P. Jones and C. H. Mason were licensed Baptist ministers in Mississippi who began teaching and preaching a Wesleyan doctrine of Christian ...
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 6 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.
John Drew Sheard Sr. Categories: Presiding bishops. Church of God in Christ pastors. Protestant bishops.
O. T. Jones Sr. Ozro Thurston Jones Sr. (March 26, 1891 – September 23, 1972) was a Holiness Pentecostal denomination leader and minister, who was the second Senior Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. (1962–1968), succeeding Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, who was the founder. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is the fourth largest ...
Charles Edward Blake Sr. (born August 5, 1940) is an American minister and retired pastor who served as the Presiding Bishop and leader of the Church of God in Christ, a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination, that has now grown to become one of the largest predominantly African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States, from 2007 to 2021.
Charles Harrison Mason. Bishop Charles Harrison Mason Sr. (September 8, 1866 – November 17, 1961) was an American Holiness – Pentecostal pastor and minister. [1][2] He was the founder and first Senior Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, based in Memphis, Tennessee. It developed into what is today the largest Holiness Pentecostal church ...
The Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. is a denomination of Christianity aligned with the holiness movement. The body is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, there were 14,000 members in 154 churches. [1] The denomination traces its history to its founder Charles Price Jones, a minister who had embraced Holiness Methodist doctrine.