Church of God in Christ

COGIC

B — Broadly orthodox

Overview

The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is the largest historically African-American Pentecostal denomination in the United States, founded by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason in 1897 and reorganized as a Pentecostal body in 1907 after Mason's experience at the Azusa Street Revival. COGIC holds Holiness-Pentecostal theology, practices believer's baptism, maintains biblical sexual ethics, and teaches a distinct subsequent work of Spirit baptism evidenced by tongues. AskCredo places COGIC in the B-tier as a broadly orthodox Pentecostal body on gospel essentials, with Reformed reservations about its Holiness-Pentecostal pneumatology and its second-blessing soteriological structure.

Confession / Standard

None formal; Pentecostal/Holiness heritage

Governance

episcopal

Soteriology

arminian

Key Beliefs

Trinitarian
Believer's baptism
Tongues as evidence of Spirit baptism
Holiness emphasis
Traditional marriage

Distinctives

Second blessing / initial evidence pneumatology
Some prosperity teaching in local congregations

Background

North America · Founded 1907

Official Website

https://cogic.org

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