List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ
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] The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S.[4]
Internationally, COGIC can be found in more than 100 nations. Its worldwide membership is estimated to be between six and eight million,[5] composing more than 25,000 congregations throughout the world. 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 yet.
*Bishop-designate = A "Bishop-designate" or "Bishop-designee" is someone who has been selected to be a candidate for the Office of Bishop for a specific jurisdiction in the denomination, but has not yet been officially consecrated and installed in the position.
*Interim = This denotes that another bishop has been chosen from elsewhere in the denomination to be the temporary leader of a jurisdiction until a new Bishop-designate is officially consecrated and installed as its leader.
North America
*Updated as of November 16, 2022.*
- Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick
- Nova Scotia Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe O. Wilkins
- Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson
- British Columbia – Bishop Benjamin Stephens III
- Ontario Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles J. Johnson III
- Mexico Jurisdiction - Bishop Maurice Green, Jr.
- Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart
- Alabama First Jurisdiction – Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
- Alabama Second Jurisdiction – Bishop-designate M. Earl Pulliam, Sr.
- Alabama Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Peter Wren, Sr.
- Alaska Jurisdiction – Bishop Otis McCormick
- Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.
- Arkansas First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jewel R. Withers, Jr
- Arkansas Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Frank J. Anderson, Jr.
- Arkansas Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael A. Jones
- Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Junius Earl Williams
- Arkansas Fifth Jurisdiction -Bishop Lee Beard lll
- California New Journey – Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr.
- California North Central – Bishop Donald R. Murray
- California Northwest – Bishop Nathaniel Bullock
- California Greater Northern Second – Bishop Johnathan Douglas Logan, Sr.
- California Nor Cal Metropolitan – Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, First Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
- California Northern First – Bishop Albert Galbraith, Chairman, Board of Bishops
- California Northeast – Bishop Michael Julian Johnson
- California Southern First – Bishop Joe L. Ealy
- California Southern Evangelistic – Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton
- California Southern Second – Bishop Charles G. Nauden
- California Southern Third – Bishop Roger Thomas
- California Southern Fourth – Bishop Roy Dixon
- California Southern Metropolitan – Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth
- California Southwest – Bishop Hillrie Murphy
- California West Coast – Bishop Robert "Bob" Jackson
- California Western – Bishop Leo Smith
- California Valley – Bishop Samuel L. Doyle
- Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald
- Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer III
- Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Augustus D. Pullen
- Connecticut Third/Southern New England Jurisdiction – Bishop T. Walter Plummer
- Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey
- Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles
- Florida Central First Jurisdiction – Bishop Gary L. Hall, Sr.
- Florida Central Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr.
- Florida Eastern – Bishop Jimmie Lee Williams
- Florida Northwest – Bishop Willie C. Green
- Florida Southern – Bishop Julian C. Jackson
- Florida Southwest – Bishop Anthony W. Gilyard
- Florida Western – Bishop Willie J. Matheney
- Florida Western Second – Bishop Larry Perkins
- Georgia North Central – Bishop Joseph E. Hogan Sr.
- Georgia Northern First – Bishop-designate Leonard Chapple, Sr.
- Georgia Northern Second – Bishop Mark Walden
- Georgia South Central – Bishop Norman O. Harper
- Georgia Southeast – Bishop Benjamin P. Collins
- Georgia Southern First – Bishop Larry L. Shaw
- Georgia Southern Second – Bishop Ronald "Ron" Engram
- Western Georgia – Bishop John F. Thomas
- Georgia Metro – Bishop Michael J. Paden, Sr.
- Hawaii State Jurisdiction – Bishop Jesse T. Wilson, Sr.
- Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden
- Illinois First – Bishop Ocie Booker
- Illinois Third – Bishop Roland "Terry" Sanders
- Illinois Fifth East – Bishop James C. Austin
- Illinois Sixth – Bishop Clowdell Williams, Sr.
- Illinois Central – Bishop-designate Andrei V. Newbon
- Illinois Seventh – Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin, Sr.
- Illinois Midwest – Bishop Darrell L. Hines, General Board Member
- Illinois Southeast – Bishop Otis A. Eanes
- Historic Northern Illinois – Bishop Edwin Walker
- Illinois Southern – Bishop Embra Patterson
- Illinois Fifth West – Bishop James E. Washington
- Historic Indiana First – Bishop Carl J. Steen, Jr.
- Indiana Second – Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders
- Indiana Third – Bishop E. Bobby Warren
- Indiana North Central Fourth – Bishop Donald Alford Sr.
- Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson
- Kansas Central – Bishop Milton Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Kansas East – Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston – Chairman of the General Assembly COGIC
- Kansas Southwest – Bishop Mark LaVoy Gilkey
- Kentucky First – Bishop John W. Fleming
- Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell Sr.
- Louisiana First – Bishop James Proctor
- Louisiana East First – Bishop Alphonso Denson, Sr.
- Louisiana East Second – Bishop Gerald Hastings Hawkins, Sr.
- Louisiana East Third – Bishop Howard E. Quillen, Jr.
- Louisiana Greater New Orleans – Bishop Charles E. Brown, Sr.
- Louisiana South Central – Bishop Willie Cage
- Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman
- Maryland Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl A. Pierce, Sr.
- Maryland Eastern Shore – Bishop Paul Harmon
- Greater Maryland First – Bishop Joel H. Lyles, Jr., General Secretary
- Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan Sr.
- Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bryant Robinson Jr.
- Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson
- Michigan Great Lakes First – Bishop Michael E. Hill, General Board Member
- Michigan Great Lakes Second – Bishop Dwight Walls, Chairman, Trustee Board
- Michigan North Central – Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ
- Michigan Northeast – Bishop Zachary N. Hicks
- Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr. - Vice Chairman, Board Of Bishops
- Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Clyde Jones Jr
- Michigan Southwest First – Bishop Marcus R. Ways
- Michigan Southwest Second – Bishop James Whitehead
- Michigan Southwest Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr.
- Michigan Southwest Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Aaron Milton Sr
- Michigan Southwest Fifth – Bishop Don W. Shelby, Jr.
- Michigan Western – Bishop Melvin C. Burton
- Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Atterberry, Sr.
- Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington
- Mississippi Northern – Bishop William Dean, Jr.
- Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel Littleton
- Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Kenneth E. Preston
- Eastern Missouri First – Bishop William L. Harper
- Eastern Missouri Second Western Illinois – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
- Missouri Southeastern Third – Bishop Nathaniel Ellis
- Missouri Western First – Bishop Frank Douglas
- Missouri Western Second – Bishop John M. Johnson
- Missouri Midwest – Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III, General Board Member
- Missouri Gateway - Bishop Melvin J. Smith, Vice Chairman of the General Assembly
- Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins
- Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop John O. Ford
- Eastern Nebraska Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon, Sr.
- Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Leon Smith
- Northern Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree
- Greater New Hampshire Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert L Webbs, Sr.
- New Jersey First – Bishop Martin L. Johnson, Sr.
- New Jersey Garden State – Bishop William T. Cahoon
- New Jersey Third – Bishop Kevin E. Knight, Sr.
- New Jersey South Jersey – Bishop Tyrone McCombs
- New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones
- New York Eastern First – Bishop James Pullings Jr.
- New York Eastern Second – Bishop Rothel Highsmith
- New York Eastern Third – Bishop Frank A. White, Financial Secretary
- New York Eastern Fourth – Bishop Clarence L. Sexton, Jr.
- New York Eastern Fifth – Bishop Harrison Hale
- New York Southeast – Bishop Tyrone L. Butler
- New York Central – Bishop R.J. Hoston
- New York Western First – Bishop James R. Wright, Sr.
- New York Western Second – Bishop Glenwood Young
- North Carolina Greater – Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard
- North Carolina Second – Bishop Stenneth E. Powell, Sr.
- North Carolina Third – Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr.
- North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.
- Ohio Central East – Bishop David L. Herron, Sr.
- Ohio North First – Bishop Edward T. Cook
- Ohio Northwest – Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough, Jr.
- Ohio Southern – Bishop-designate George Carter
- Ohio West – Bishop Emmitt L. Nevels, Sr.
- Ohio Northeast – Bishop J. Drew Sheard (Interim)
- Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Lee V. Broom
- Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby, General Board Member
- Oregon State – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins, Sr.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Bishop Guy L. Glimp
- Pennsylvania Central – Bishop Edgar L. Scott
- Pennsylvania Eastern – Bishop David Morrell Screven
- Pennsylvania Western First – Bishop Brandon B. Porter/Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Interims) (Bishop James Miles Foster – Emeritus)
- Pennsylvania Western Second – Bishop Melvin E. Clark Sr.
- Pennsylvania Keystone – Bishop Vernon Prioleau
- Pennsylvania Koinonia – Bishop Ernest Carl Morris
- Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey Lewis
- South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop William A. Prioleau
- South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr
- Tennessee Central – Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member
- Tennessee Eastern First – Bishop Felton M. Smith Jr.
- Tennessee Eastern Second – Bishop Willie L. Bonner
- Tennessee Fourth – Bishop Jerry Maynard
- Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
- Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr., General Board Member
- Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr.
- Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Dillard, Jr., Chairman of the International AIM Convention
- Texas Central Metropolitan – Bishop Frank Fanniel Sr.
- Texas Covenant Jurisdiction - Bishop-designate Gilbert Gillum
- Texas East – Bishop Robert L. Nichols Sr.
- Texas Greater Southeast First – Bishop Johnny A. Tates
- Texas Gulf Coast – Bishop Destry C. Bell
- Texas Lone Star Jurisdiction – Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr.
- Texas Metropolitan – Bishop Reginald L. Williams
- Texas North Central – Bishop Robert L. Sample
- Texas Northeast First – Bishop James E. Hornsby
- Texas Northeast Second – Bishop David R. Houston
- Texas Northeast Third – Bishop Nelson J. Gatlin
- Texas Northeast Fourth – Bishop Nathiel D. Wells
- Texas Northwest – Bishop William H. Watson, III
- Texas South Central – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant Sr., General Board Member
- Texas Southeast First – Bishop Kurt L. Thompson
- Texas Southeast Second – Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.
- Texas Southeast Third – Bishop Travis T. Terry
- Texas Southwest First – Bishop Maurice Green Jr.
- Texas Southwest Second – Bishop Shelton C. Rhodes
- Texas Western – Bishop Juan O. Lawson
- Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen
- Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Talbert W. Swan, Jr., Assistant General Secretary
- Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr.
- Virginia Second – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr. (Interim until officially appointed and assigned in 2023)
- Virginia Third – Bishop Levi E. Willis, Jr.
- Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
- Virginia Fifth - Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr.
- Washington State First Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin C. Moore, Sr.
- Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Reginald C. Witherspoon
- Greater West Virginia Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown
- Wisconsin First Jurisdiction – Bishop Sedgwick Daniels, General Board Member
- Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland, General Board Member
- Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris
Caribbean
- Rehoboth Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.
- Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna
- Barbados/Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
- Barbados First - Bishop Arthur F. Mosley
- Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.
- Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard
- Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux
- Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
- Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo
- El Salvador Jurisdiction - Bishop Herbert R Davis
- Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr., General Treasurer
- Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile
- Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
- Greater Jamaica (Second) Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.
- Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Connor
- Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Saint Thomas Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Ahmed M. Screven, Esq.
- Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Alton Gatlin
- Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith
- Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr.
Africa
- Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro
- Congo First Jurisdiction – Bishop Muhangenu H. Ghilain
- Congo Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Matthew L Brown
- Ethiopia Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush
- Gambia/West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Lorenzo D. Lee
- Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Emmanuel A. Boateng
- Ghana West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Designate Emmanuel Kofi Anim
- Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr.
- Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau
- Kenya, Impact Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Solomon Omo-Osagie
- Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart
- Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
- Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi
- Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro
- Nigeria Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Henry Chikwudi
- Nigeria West Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Lucky C. Donuwe
- Nigeria God is REAL Jurisdiction - Bishop Friday U Okwey.
- Nigeria Pinnacle Faith Jurisdiction - Bishop Dr Louis O Morah.
- Nigeria PURITY Jurisdiction - Bishop Newlife Ugochukwu
- Nigeria Eastern Gateway - Bishop Onuigwe Emeka Dominic
- Sanctuary of Peace Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Bolu Fam
- Nigeria United Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Micaiah J. Young, Sr.
- West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry
- East African Rwandan Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin
- East African Ugandan Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson
- South Africa – Bishop Vincent Mathews (International Missions President)
- South Africa Second – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
- South Africa Third – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
- South Africa Fourth - Bishop Wayne Janecke
- South Africa Fifth – Bishop Ben Zulu
- South Africa Seventh – Bishop W. Johnny McNair Jr.
- Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr.
- Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando
Sierra Leone —
- Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini
- Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe
Asia
- Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto, Sr
- Philippines Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto, Jr
- Northern Luzon Philippines Jurisdiction - Bishop Joel F. Balindan, Sr.
- Philippines Northern Mindanan Jurisdiction - Bishop Bob Steele
- Philippines Central Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Israel Forto
- India First Jurisdiction – Bishop Dr. Bevin G. Lawrence
- India Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Samram Paul
- India Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Edison Victor
- India Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph Norfleet
- India Fifth Jurisdiction – Bishop G. Jeyakumar
- India Sixth Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar Benton
- Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer
- Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo
- South Korea Jurisdiction - Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton
South America
- Argentina Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Argentina 2nd Jurisdiction- Bishop Designate Ron C. Hill
- Brazil Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence Rhone
- Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis
- Colombia 1st Jurisdiction - Bishop Lester Johnson
- Colombia 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Edermin Cortes
- Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton
- Republic of Peru Jurisdiction - Bishop Morris O. Jenkins, Jr.
- Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris
Europe
- France Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson
- Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass
- United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake
- Portugal Jurisdiction – Bishop Naté M. Jefferson
Oceania
- Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
- New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director
See also
References
- ^ Courey, David J. (26 February 2015). What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa?: Luther's Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-567-65631-5.
The controversy led to the emergence of three-step Holiness Pentecostal denominations (the Church of God, Cleveland, TN; the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Church of God in Christ) and two-step, Finished Work denominations (the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada).
- ^ Anderson, Allan (13 May 2004). An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-521-53280-8.
Those who resisted Durham's teaching and remained in the 'three-stage' camp were Seymour, Crawford and Parham, and Bishops Charles H. Mason, A.J. Tomlinson and J.H. King, respectively leaders of the Church of God in Christ, the Church of God (Cleveland) and the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Tomlinson and King each issued tirades against the 'finished work' doctrine in their periodicals, but by 1914 some 60 percent of all North American Pentecostals had embraced Durham's position. ... The 'Finished Work' controversy was only the first of many subsequent divisions in North American Pentecostalism. Not only did Pentecostal churches split over the question of sanctification as a distinct experience, but a more fundamental and acrimonious split erupted in 1916 over the doctrine of the Trinity. ... The 'New Issue' was a schism in the ranks of the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals that began as a teaching that the correct formula for baptism is 'in the name of Jesus' and developed into a dispute about the Trinity. It confirmed for Holiness Pentecostals that they should have no further fellowship with the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals, who were in 'heresy'.
- ^ "Our Foundation". Church of God in Christ. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ National Council of Churches (February 2, 2010). "Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline". Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon, Religions of the World Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010. p. 681
"COGIC Women's Department Supervisors". Church of God in Christ, Inc.