The Original Church of God in Christ, International

A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, INTERNATIONAL (Arkansas)

In the year of 1895, Elders C.P. Jones, J.A. Geter, C.H. Mason and others while searching the scriptures, saw that they could not be saved without holiness. They were sanctified through the truth and began to preach this doctrine to their hearers. Because of such doctrine, they were ejected from the Baptist Church. Later in that same year, those same brethren congregated themselves and were known as the Church of God: Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 1:2:10-32; 2 Corinthians 1:1 and 1 Timothy 3:5:15.

Because the Truth of the gospel was being assailed on every side and many false doctrines were being introduced by those who proclaimed the name but denied the power thereof, Elder C.H. Mason, being set forth to defend the Gospel, prayed earnestly for a name that would not depart from the scriptures and at the same time, distinguish the true followers from the false. It was in this attitude, that Elder Mason, while walking along a certain street in Little Rock, Arkansas, received from the Holy Ghost the name "Church of God in Christ," with the following scriptures to support it: 1 Thessalonians 2:14 - "For ye brethren became followers of the churches of God in Judea are Christ Jesus; for ye have suffered like things of your own countrymen even as they have of the Jews; 2 Thessalonians 1:1 - "Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;" and finally, Galatians 1:22 -"And was unknown by face to churches of Judea which were in Christ."

The union lasted until the year 1906, when a great revival was held in Los Angeles, California, under the auspices of Elder W.J. Seymour. Elder C.H. Mason, along with many other, attended this meeting and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the signs of speaking with other tongues according to Acts 2:4 - "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance." ...for more...http://cogicinternational.com/history.htm

Senior Bishop

Bishop Dr. John Henry Davis Sr.

Elected April 1988 Senior Bishop & Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ International, Inc.

(1988 - Present)

Bishop Dr.John H.Davis Sr.,Pastor of Davis Temple COGIC Int'l.Corona , New York

"We are building on the Kingdom of God" In Jackson, MS

"please pray with us and help us in the construction plans for the 21st century building project, God bless, thanks!

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THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH, Where do we get our idea of what the Church is to be? Do we get our views from what unbelievers expect of us? Do we get our ideas from what various religious commentators suggest? Are our concepts of what the Church is to be shaped by traditions? Or do we get our understanding of the Church from what God says? Whatever view we have in regard to the Church will shape how we relate to the present world. We must be sure that the traditional views that we have held are really those views which God sets forth....Our mission is to spread the gospel of Jesus and to establish and operate churches and printed and media outreaches. We establish churches on mission fields, in homes, in cities, and produce moral/spiritual teaching materials on CD/DVD and in published literature by Sunday School, Study Topics, Subjects on Biblical Doctrines, Life Series, etc. We provide a Bible College on line with a degree offered. We do many large scale media outreaches and provide materials and services not freely available to those outside the church...WE DO NETWORKING IN MINISTRY! CONTACT US! Bishop J. L. Payne, Son of the Church!