List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ
The Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) is a Pentecostal-Holiness Christian denomination 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.[1] The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S.[2]
Internationally, COGIC can be found in more than 83 nations. Its worldwide membership is estimated to be between six and eight million,[3] composing more than 25,000 congregations throughout the world. The following is a list of the geographical jurisdictions and the leader of each.
North America
- Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick
- Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Welton Lee Lawrence
- Canada Western – Bishop Ralph L. Jefferson
- Ontario (Canada) Jurisdiction – Vacant, New Bishop TBD
- Nova Scotia Jurisdiction – Bishop Talbert W. Swan, II
- Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Abraham Forcheney
- Alabama First Jurisdiction – Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
- Alabama Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Philip A. Gardner Sr.
- Alabama Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Peter Wren Sr.
- Alaska Jurisdiction – Bishop Otis McCormick
- Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young
- Arkansas First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jewel R. Withers Jr.
- Arkansas Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Frank J. Anderson Jr.
- Arkansas Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe Baylor Mason (deceased Sept 2018, new Bishop TBD)
- Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Junius Earl Williams
- 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, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ
- California Northern First – Bishop Albert Galbraith
- California Northeast – Bishop Michael Julian Johnson
- California Southern First – Bishop Joe L. Ealy
- California Southern Evangelistic – Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton
- California Southern Second – Bishop George D. McKinney, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- 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 Jackson
- California Western – Bishop Leo Smith
- California Valley – Bishop Samuel L. Doyle
- Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Roosevelt Dunn
- Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer Jr. (Died Jan 2018, New Bishop TBD)
- Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Hester D. Bordeaux
- Connecticut 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 Matthew Williams, General Board Member COGIC
- Florida Western, Bishop Willie J. Matheney
- Florida Western Second, Bishop Larry Perkins
- Georgia North Central – Bishop Joseph E. Hogan Sr.
- Georgia Northern First – Bishop Oliver J. Haney Jr.
- Georgia Northern Second – Bishop Mark L. 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 John W. Leggett
- Western Georgia – Bishop John F. Thomas
- Georgia Metro – Bishop Michael J. Paden Sr.
- Hawaii State Jurisdiction Bishop Jesse T. Wilson
- Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden
- Illinois First – Bishop Ocie Booker
- Illinois Third – Bishop Robert R. Sanders
- Illinois Fifth East – Bishop James C. Austin
- Illinois Sixth – Bishop Clowdell Williams Sr.
- Illinois Central – Bishop Juan Morrison
- Illinois Seventh – Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin Sr.
- Illinois Midwest – Bishop Darrell L. Hines – General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- Illinois Southeast – Bishop Designate Otis Eanes
- Historic Northern Illinois – Bishop Cody V. Marshall
- Illinois Southern – Bishop Embra Patterson
- Illinois Fifth West – Bishop James E. Washington
- Historic Indiana First – Bishop Mark Henry Blade
- 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
- Louisiana First – Bishop James Proctor
- Louisiana East First – Bishop Alphonso Denson Sr.
- Louisiana East Second – Bishop Gerald H. Hawkins Sr.
- Louisiana East Third – Bishop Howard E. Quillen Jr.
- Louisiana Greater New Orleans – Bishop Charles E. Brown I
- Louisiana South Central – Bishop Willie Cage
- Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman
- Maryland Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ted G. Thomas Sr. General Board Member COGIC (Interim)
- 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 Welton Lawrence
- Michigan Great Lakes First – Bishop Michael Hill
- Michigan Great Lakes Second – Bishop Dwight Walls
- Michigan North Central – Bishop J. Drew Sheard, General Board Member
- Michigan Northeast – Bishop Phillip Aquilla Brooks, II, First Assistant Presiding Bishop
- Michigan Northwest Harvest – Bishop Rance Allen
- Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones Sr.
- Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Isaac King
- Michigan Southwest First – Bishop John H. Sheard, Chairman, Board of Bishops
- Michigan Southwest Second – Bishop James Whitehead
- Michigan Southwest Third – Bishop Samuel Duncan Jr.
- Michigan Southwest Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop-Designate Aaron Milton Sr
- Michigan Southwest Fifth – Bishop Don W. Shelby Jr.
- Michigan Western – Bishop Nathaniel Wyoming Wells, General Board Member
- Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction – Bishop James Atterberry Sr
- Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington
- Mississippi Northern – Bishop Timothy Titus Scott
- Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel Littleton
- Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Albert Jordan
- Eastern Missouri First – Bishop R. J. Ward
- Eastern Missouri Western Illinois – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- Missouri Southeastern Third – Bishop Nathaniel Ellis
- Missouri Western First – Bishop Frank Douglas
- Missouri Western Second – Bishop John M. Johnson
- Missouri Midwest (MMEJ) – Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III
- Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Phillip H. Porter
- Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop J.O. Ford
- Eastern Nebraska Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon Sr.
- Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Leon Smith
- Nevada Northern 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.
- South Jersey – Bishop Tyrone McCombs
- New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones
- New York Eastern First – Bishop James H. Gaylord
- New York Eastern Second – Bishop Rothel Highsmith
- New York Eastern Third – Bishop Frank A. White
- New York Eastern Fourth – Bishop Frank A. White (Interim)
- 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 Northern First – Bishop Edward T. Cook
- Ohio Northwest – Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough Jr
- Ohio Southern – Bishop Mark L.Perry
- Ohio West – Bishop Emmit L. Nevels
- Ohio Northeast – Bishop Beauford Terry
- Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Lee V. Broom
- Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby
- Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins
- Oregon Northwest – Bishop Harry B. Daniels Jr.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Bishop Guy L. Glimp
- Pennsylvania Central – Bishop Edgar L. Scott
- Pennsylvania Eastern – Bishop David Morrell Screven
- Pennsylvania Western First – Bishop James Miles Foster
- 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 Johnnie Johnson
- South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr
- Tennessee Central – Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- Tennessee Eastern First – Bishop Felton M. Smith Jr.
- Tennessee Eastern Second – Bishop James M. Scott
- Tennessee Fourth – Bishop Jerry Maynard
- Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
- Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr.
- Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr.
- Texas Central Metropolitan – Bishop Frank Fanniel Sr.
- Texas East – Bishop Robert L. Nichols Sr.
- Texas Greater Southeast First – Bishop Johnny A. Tates
- Texas Gulf Coast – Bishop Destry C. Bell
- Texas Lonestar 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 Northeast Fifth –
- Texas Northwest – Bishop William H. Watson, III
- Texas South Central – Bishop Prince E. Bryant Sr.
- Texas Southeast First – (Interim Prelate) Bishop Kurt L. Thompson
- Texas Southeast Second – Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.
- Texas Southeast Third – Bishop Travis T. Terry
- Texas Southwest – Bishop Samuel E. Iglehart
- Texas Western – Bishop Juan O. Lawson
- Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen
- Vermont Jurisdiction – Bishop Loran E. Mann
- Virginia First – Bishop Ted G. Thomas Sr., General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- Virginia Second – Bishop Wilbert L. Daniels Sr.
- Virginia Third – Bishop Levi E. Wills, II.
- Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
- Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Leo Charles Brown Jr.
- Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Hicks Sr.
- Greater West Virginia Jurisdiction – Bishop Henderson Wheeler
- Wisconsin First – Bishop Sedgwick Daniels, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
- Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland
- Wisconsin Third – Bishop Johnie C. Williams (died Dec 2017, New bishop TBD)
- Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Milton Ganison Jr.
Caribbean
- Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hannal
- Barbados Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
- Barbados West Indies – Bishop Jerome Norman, Prelate Emeritus
- Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.
- Cuba Juirsdiction – Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux
- Dominican Republic Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
- Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. M. Patterson, Sr.
- Haiti Jurisdiction * Bishop Leon Pamphile
- Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
- Greater Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.
- St. Lucia Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop E. Charles Conner
- 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
- Congo Jurisdiction – Bishop Fabrice Malundama Mbumba
- Ethiopia Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush
- Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Ervin Sims Jr.
- Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr.
- Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau
- Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Amos Nyema
- Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
- Malwi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi
- Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro
- Nigeria Southern
- Nigeria West
West Ivory Coast
- 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
- South Africa Third – Bishop Esra Mataba
- South Africa Fifth – Bishop Ben Zulu
- South Africa Seventh – Bishop W.J. McNair Jr.
Asia
- Japan First Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl Hodges
- Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto
- India First Jurisdiction – Bishop 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
- Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo
- Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Dwight Green
South America
- Brazil Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence Rhone
- Chile Jurisdiction
- Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton
- Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Derrick W. Hutchins Sr
Europe
- Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Carlis Moody
- United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake
Oceania
- Australia Jurisdiction – Newly formed, no official bishop, TBD[4]
- Indonesia – No official bishop, mainly local charity missions
- Papua New Guinea – No official bishop, mainly local charity missions
- New Zealand – Newly formed, no official bishop, TBD
See also
References
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