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

  • Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick

Canada

  • 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

  • Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Abraham Forcheney

United States

Alabama

  • Alabama First Jurisdiction – Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
  • Alabama Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Philip A. Gardner Sr.
  • Alabama Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Peter Wren Sr.

Alaska

  • Alaska Jurisdiction – Bishop Otis McCormick

Arizona

  • Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young

Arkansas

  • 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

  • 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

  • Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Roosevelt Dunn

Connecticut

  • 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

  • Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey

District of Columbia

  • Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction, Bishop Neavelle A. Coles

Florida

  • 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

  • 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

  • Hawaii State Jurisdiction Bishop Jesse T. Wilson

Idaho

  • Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden

Illinois

  • 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

Indiana

  • 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

  • Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson

Kansas

  • 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

  • Kentucky First, Bishop John W. Fleming
  • Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell

Louisiana

  • 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

  • Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman

Maryland

  • 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

  • Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan Sr.
  • Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bryant Robinson Jr.

Michigan

  • 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

  • Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington

Mississippi

  • Mississippi Northern – Bishop Timothy Titus Scott
  • Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel Littleton
  • Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Albert Jordan

Missouri

  • 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

  • Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Phillip H. Porter

Nebraska

  • Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop J.O. Ford
  • Eastern Nebraska Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon Sr.

Nevada

  • Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Leon Smith
  • Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree

New Hampshire

  • Greater New Hampshire Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert L Webbs Sr.

New Jersey

  • 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

  • New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones

New York

  • 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

  • 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

  • North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.

Ohio

  • 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

  • Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Lee V. Broom
  • Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby

Oregon

  • Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins
  • Oregon Northwest – Bishop Harry B. Daniels Jr.

Pennsylvania

  • 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

  • Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey Lewis


South Carolina

  • South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop Johnnie Johnson

South Dakota

  • South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr

Tennessee

  • 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


  • 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

  • Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen

Vermont

  • Vermont Jurisdiction – Bishop Loran E. Mann

Virginia

  • 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

  • Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Leo Charles Brown Jr.
  • Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Hicks Sr.

West Virginia

  • Greater West Virginia Jurisdiction – Bishop Henderson Wheeler

Wisconsin

  • 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

  • Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Milton Ganison Jr.

Caribbean

Bahamas

  • Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hannal

Barbados

  • Barbados Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
  • Barbados West Indies – Bishop Jerome Norman, Prelate Emeritus

Bermuda

  • Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.

Cuba

  • Cuba Juirsdiction – Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux

Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Republic Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson

Guatemala

  • Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. M. Patterson, Sr.

Haiti

  • Haiti Jurisdiction * Bishop Leon Pamphile

Jamaica

  • Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
  • Greater Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.

Puerto Rico

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.

St. Lucia

  • St. Lucia Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop E. Charles Conner

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Alton Gatlin
  • Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith

Turks and Caicos

  • Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr.

Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Congo Jurisdiction – Bishop Fabrice Malundama Mbumba

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush

Ghana

  • Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Ervin Sims Jr.

Kenya

  • Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr.
  • Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau

Liberia

  • Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Amos Nyema

Malawi

  • Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
  • Malwi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi

Nigeria

  • Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro
  • Nigeria Southern
  • Nigeria West

West Ivory Coast

  • West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry

Rwanda

  • East African Rwandan Jurisdiction Bishop Jeffrey Melvin

Uganda

  • East African Ugandan Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson

South Africa

  • 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

  • Japan First Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl Hodges

Philippines

  • Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto

India

  • 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

  • Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo

Korea

  • Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Dwight Green

South America

Brazil

  • Brazil Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence Rhone

Chile

  • Chile Jurisdiction

Guyana

  • Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton

Venezuela

  • Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Derrick W. Hutchins Sr

Europe

Germany

  • Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Carlis Moody

United Kingdom

  • United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake

Oceania

Australia

  • Australia Jurisdiction – Newly formed, no official bishop, TBD[4]

Indonesia

Papua New Guinea

  • Papua New Guinea – No official bishop, mainly local charity missions

New Zealand

  • New Zealand – Newly formed, no official bishop, TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Foundation". Church of God in Christ. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ National Council of Churches (February 2, 2010). "Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline". Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ Melton, J. Gordon, Religions of the World Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010. p. 681
  4. ↑ "COGIC Global63 (G63)". 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

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