Church of God
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Church of God is a name used by numerous, mostly unrelated Christian denomination
al bodies, most of which descend from either Pentecostal/Holiness
or Adventist
traditions.
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
al bodies, most of which descend from either Pentecostal/Holiness
Holiness movement
The holiness movement refers to a set of beliefs and practices emerging from the Methodist Christian church in the mid 19th century. The movement is distinguished by its emphasis on John Wesley's doctrine of "Christian perfection" - the belief that it is possible to live free of voluntary sin - and...
or Adventist
Adventist
Adventism is a Christian movement which began in the 19th century, in the context of the Second Great Awakening revival in the United States. The name refers to belief in the imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. It was started by William Miller, whose followers became known as Millerites...
traditions.
Pentecostal Movement
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination. With over seven million members in over 170 countries, it is one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the world...
- Church of God in ChristChurch of God in ChristThe Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership. With nearly five million members in the United States and 12,000 congregations, it is the largest Pentecostal church and the fifth largest Christian church in the U.S....
- Church of God of ProphecyChurch of God of ProphecyThe Church of God of Prophecy is a Christian denomination with beliefs and principles similar to Pentecostal Holiness Christian faith. It is one of five Church of God bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee that descended from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Barney Creek...
Pietist/Holiness Movement
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana).
- Freikirchlicher Bund Gemeinde Gottes (Germany)
- Church of God in Denmark
- Church of God - German Canadian Mission Board
- Church of God (Evening Light)http://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/index.htm
Anabaptist
- Church of God in Christ, MennoniteChurch of God in Christ, MennoniteChurch of God in Christ, Mennonite is a 19th century offshoot of the Mennonite Church. They are also known as Holdeman Mennonites, after a leader, John Holdeman, who saw the decay in the Old Mennonite Church and having tried his best to reach all the mennonites in the US and Canada, and make them...
- Church of God (New Dunkers)Church of God (New Dunkers)The Church of God is a now extinct body that divided from the Schwarzenau Brethren in 1848....
(now defunct)
Pentecostal Movement
- Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)The Church of God is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians, once based in Huntsville, Alabama.The Church of God shares a common history with the Church of God of Prophecy up until their division in 1943. The Church of God was led by Ambrose J. Tomlinson until his death...
- Church of God by FaithChurch of God by FaithThe Church of God by Faith is a Christian denomination in the United States.-History:The Church of God By Faith, Inc. was founded in 1914 in Jacksonville, Florida by Crawford Bright, John Bright, Aaron Matthews, Sr. and Nathaniel Scippio. In 1922 an assembly was held in Alachua, Florida, a charter...
- Church of God, House of PrayerChurch of God, House of PrayerThe Church of God, House of Prayer is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians.-History:The Church of God, House of Prayer, founded in 1939 by Harrison W. Poteat and incorporated in 1966, is doctrinally similar to the Church of God . They are Trinitarian and Arminian in theology, holding a...
- Church of God Mountain AssemblyChurch of God Mountain AssemblyThe Church of God, Mountain Assembly is a holiness pentecostal Christian body formed in 1906, with roots in the late 19th century American holiness movement and early 20th century Pentecostal revival...
- Church of God of the Original Mountain AssemblyChurch of God of the Original Mountain AssemblyThe Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly is a small holiness Pentecostal Christian body with roots in the late 19th century American holiness movement and early 20th century Pentecostal revival...
- Church of God with Signs FollowingChurch of God with Signs FollowingThe Church of God with Signs Following is the name applied to Pentecostal Holiness churches that practice snake handling and drinking poison in worship services, based on an interpretation of the following biblical passage:...
(aka Snake Handlers) - Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the AmericasFire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the AmericasThe Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas is a predominantly African-American Holiness-Pentecostal Christian denomination based in the United States...
- Indian Pentecostal Church of GodIndian Pentecostal Church of GodThe Indian Pentecostal Church of God is the largest indigenous Pentecostal movement in India, with its headquarters at Hebron, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. The movement was established in 1924 and registered on 9 December 1935 at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, under the Government of India.K. C...
- headquarters in Eluru, India - New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc.New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc.New Testament Christian Churches of America is a Pentecostal, Evangelical, Trinitarian, Fundamentalist denomination of about 5,000 members, headquartered in Graham, Washington. It was founded in 1969 by former Pentecostal Church of God minister Rodger Wilson Davis. The NTCC proselytizing strategy...
, founded as New Testament Church of God - Pentecostal Church of GodPentecostal Church of GodThe Pentecostal Church of God is a trinitarian Pentecostal Christian denomination headquartered in Joplin, Missouri, United States. As of 2006, there were 117,000 members and 2,870 clergy in 1,170 churches in the United States. Sixty churches and missions exist among the Native Americans...
- headquarters in Joplin, Missouri - The Pentecostal Church of God (Detroit)The Pentecostal Church of God (Detroit)The Pentecostal Church of God is an nontrinitarian, predominantly African-American Pentecostal body, whose headquarters are in Detroit, Michigan....
- Redeemed Christian Church of GodRedeemed Christian Church of GodThe Redeemed Christian Church of God is a Nigeria-based Pentecostal Holiness ministry.-History:The RCCG was founded by Nigerian pastor Josiah Akindayomi...
- based in Nigeria - The (Original) Church of God (aka The Church of God in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
- The Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
- The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)The Church of God is a holiness Pentecostal body that descends from the Christian Union movement of Richard Spurling, A. J. Tomlinson and others...
- The Church of God for All NationsThe Church of God for All NationsThe Church of God for All Nations is a theocratic Pentecostal holiness body of Christians.Samuel Doffee, born February 2, 1931 and died April 23, 2010, formed The Church of God for All Nations in 1981. Doffee had been previously associated with the Church of God of Prophecy and The Church of God ,...
- The Church of God in Divine OrderThe Church of God in Divine OrderThe Church of God in Divine Order is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians, based in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.-History:The Church of God in Divine Order shares a common history with the Church of God up until their division...
- The Church of God under the leadership of Bishop James C. NaborsThe Church of God under the leadership of Bishop James C. NaborsThe Church of God under the leadership of Bishop James C. Nabors is a Pentecostal Christian denomination with roots in the late 19th century American Holiness movement and early 20th century Pentecostal revival...
- Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of GodApostolic Overcoming Holy Church of GodThe Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God was founded in 1916 as the Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church of God by the late Bishop W.T. Phillips in Mobile, Alabama...
Pietist/Holiness movement
- Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)The Church of God is a Christian church with roots in the holiness movement.-History:George Winn, an ex-slave, founded the Guthrie congregation at Guthrie in 1905. Its early work toward racial integration gained it the pejorative title The Church of God ...
- Church of God (Holiness)Church of God (Holiness)The Church of God is an association of autonomous holiness Christian congregations. It is an outgrowth of the 19th-century holiness movement.-History:...
- Church of God of the Union AssemblyChurch of God of the Union AssemblyThe Church of God of the Union Assembly is a small Holiness church which was organized in 1920 in Walker County, Georgia by dissidents from the Church of God Mountain Assembly. Its primary numerical strength appears to lie in the North Georgia and East Tennessee areas.The Founder of the Church of...
- Church of God (Restoration)Church of God (Restoration)The Church of God is a Christian denomination that was founded in the 1980s by Daniel Layne . In a booklet written by Mr. Layne in the early 1980s, he claimed to be an ex-heroin addict who spent years dealing drugs and living a life of crime and sin on the streets of San Francisco...
Baptist
- Christian Baptist Church of GodChristian Baptist Church of GodThe Ohio Valley Association of the Christian Baptist Churches of God is a baptist holiness denomination in the Ohio Valley area of the United States. It was formed January 3, 1931 in Portsmouth, Ohio...
- Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)The Churches of God, General Conference is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States originating in the revivalism and evangelistic efforts of John Winebrenner.-History:...
(CGGC), of John WinebrennerJohn WinebrennerJohn Winebrenner , founded the Churches of God General Conference.He studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1820...
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Adventist Churches of God
- Church of God General Conference (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, CoGGC)
- Church of the Blessed HopeChurch of the Blessed HopeThe Church of the Blessed Hope is a small first-day Adventist Christian body.-Background:...
(aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, CGAF) - General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)The General Conference of the Church of God , or simply Church of God or CoG7, is a seventh-day Sabbath-keeping Christian denomination...
(CoG7)
Sabbatarian Churches of God
- Church of God, an International Community - based in Pasadena, California
- Church of God, a Worldwide Association - based in Orlando, Florida
- Intercontinental Church of God - based in Tyler, Texas
- Church of God International (USA)Church of God International (USA)The Church of God, International is a seventh-day Sabbatarian Christian church currently headquartered in Tyler, Texas, USA, which was founded by former members of the Worldwide Church of God....
- based in Tyler, Texas - Church of God - Preparing for the Kingdom of GodChurch of God Preparing for the Kingdom of GodThe Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God is a small Christian church that claims to provide "support, education and warning to the scattered Church that was formerly united in the Worldwide Church of God"...
- Church of the Great GodChurch of the Great GodThe Church of the Great God is one of the churches to form in the wake of the Worldwide Church of God's major doctrinal revisions of the 1980s and 1990s. The CGG, headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, decided upon a quiet course of dissent in relation to the changes in the parent church's...
- based in Charlotte, North Carolina - Global Church of GodGlobal Church of GodThe Global Church of God is a Sabbatarian church based in England. It was founded in San Diego, Calif., in 1992, by Roderick C. Meredith. Following the dissolution of most church operations in the U.S., the GCG's operations shifted to the U.K., and it reestablished a presence in North America...
- based in the UK, affiliated with the Church of the Eternal God (U.S.) and the Church of God, a Christian Fellowship, (Canada) - Living Church of GodLiving Church of GodThe Living Church of God is one of the church groups formed by followers of the teachings of the late Herbert W. Armstrong. It was formed as a series of major doctrinal changes were introduced in the Worldwide Church of God after Armstrong's death in 1986...
- based in Charlotte, North Carolina - Philadelphia Church of GodPhiladelphia Church of GodThe Philadelphia Church of God is an international church based in Edmond, Oklahoma. The Philadelphia Church of God was founded by Gerald Flurry and his assistant pastor John Amos and incorporated in the United States on December 20, 1989....
- based in Edmond, Oklahoma - Restored Church of GodRestored Church of GodThe Restored Church of God is led by President and Pastor General David C. Pack. It is one of the churches formed after its founders perceived that the Worldwide Church of God had begun replacing Armstrongist teachings with mainstream Christian teachings...
- based in Wadsworth, Ohio - United Church of GodUnited Church of GodThe United Church of God, an International Association is a Christian denomination based in the United States with members in various countries around the world...
- based in Milford, Ohio - Worldwide Church of God (pre-1995—now evangelical, non-Sabbatarian, and known since 2009 as Grace Communion International)
Black Hebrews
- Israelite Church of God in Jesus ChristBlack Hebrew IsraelitesBlack Hebrew Israelites are groups of people mostly of Black African ancestry situated mainly in the United States who believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites. Black Hebrews adhere in varying degrees to the religious beliefs and practices of mainstream Judaism...
- Church of God and Saints of ChristChurch of God and Saints of ChristThe Church of God and Saints of Christ is a Hebrew Israelite religious group established in Lawrence, Kansas, by William Saunders Crowdy in 1896. William Crowdy began congregations in several cities in the Midwestern and Eastern United States, and sent an emissary to organize locations in at least...
- Spiritual Israel Church and Its ArmySpiritual Israel Church and Its ArmyThe Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army is a spiritual church that emerged from the Church of God in David, a denomination that was founded in the mid-1920s in Alabama by Bishop Derks Field. Upon Field's death, W. D...
, founded using the term Church of God in David
Other denominations
- Members of the Church of God InternationalMembers Church of God InternationalThe Members Church of God International is an independent Christian organization with headquarters in the Philippines. The Church of God International is colloquially known through its flagship international television program, Ang Dating Daan...
- headquarters in Apalit, Pampanga, PhilippinesApalit, PampangaApalit is a Philippine municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. It is situated in the Luzon Island. According to the latest census, it has a population of 97,296 inhabitants in 15,072 households.... - Most Holy Church of God in Christ JesusMost Holy Church of God in Christ JesusThe Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus , is a Christian denomination founded in the Philippines by Bishop Teofilo D. Ora in May 1922....
- founded by Teofilo Ora and based in Philippines - World Mission Society Church of GodWorld Mission Society Church of GodThe World Mission Society Church of God was founded by Ahn Sahng-hong in 1964. The church believes that he is the second coming of Christ because of his fulfillment of prophecies...
- a South Korean New Religious Movement. - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The "Mormons" - Once called The Church of God in its origination period.
- Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd Church of God in union with the Christian United Church - based in Dasmarinas City, Cavite Philippines.