The Church of God in Christ is the largest Pentecostal body in the United States and the largest historically African American Pentecostal denomination.
The Church of God in Christ was founded by Charles Harrison Mason, who organized it in 1897 with C. P. Jones and others and led it as chief apostle after receiving baptism in the Holy Spirit at the Azusa Street revival in 1907. Its headquarters are in Memphis, Tennessee, where Mason Temple serves as its national meeting place. The church is episcopal in government, led by a presiding bishop and a general board of bishops.
Sources
Primary
- Official Manual of the Church of God in Christ (1957), containing its constitution and statement of faith
Secondary
- Anthea D. Butler, Women in the Church of God in Christ: Making a Sanctified World (2007)