List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ Last updated February 12, 2025
The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Holiness -Pentecostal Christian denomination , [ 1] [ 2] 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. [ 3] The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S. [ 4]
Internationally, COGIC can be found in more than 100 nations. Its worldwide membership is estimated to be between six and eight million, [ 5] composing more than 25,000 congregations throughout the world. The following is a list of the geographical dioceses of the denomination, which are called "jurisdictions", and the leader of each.*
* TBD = To Be Determined – when the Office of Bishop is vacant for a diocese/jurisdiction in the case of the death, retirement, or abdication of a bishop, or if the jurisdiction is newly formed and has no bishop yet.
* Bishop-designate = A "Bishop-designate" or "Bishop;;-designee" is someone selected to be a candidate for the Office of Bishop for a specific jurisdiction in the denomination, but has not yet been officially consecrated and installed in the position.
* Interim = This denotes that another bishop has been chosen from elsewhere in the denomination to be the temporary leader of a jurisdiction until a new Bishop-designate is officially consecrated and installed as its leader.
North America Updated as of February 8, 2025
Nova Scotia Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe O. Wilkins, Sr. Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson II British Columbia/Vancouver – Bishop Benjamin Stephens III Ontario Jurisdiction – Bishop W. Aaron Robbins, Sr. Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr. California New Journey – Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr. California North Central – Bishop Donald R. Murray, Chairman, Board of Bishops California Northwest – Bishop Nathaniel Bullock California Greater Northern Second – Bishop Johnathan Douglas Logan, Sr. California Nor Cal Metropolitan – Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, First Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member California Northern First – Bishop Albert Galbraith Jr. California Northeast – Bishop Michael Julian Johnson California Southern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe Louis Ealy California Southern Evangelistic – Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton California Southern Second – Bishop Charles G. Nauden California Southern Third – Bishop Roger Thomas California Southern Fourth – Bishop Roy Dixon California Southern Metropolitan – Bishop Jerry Macklin (Interim); Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth (Emeritus) California Southwest – Bishop Hillrie Murphy California West Coast – Bishop Robert "Bob" Jackson California Western – Bishop Leo Smith California Valley – Bishop Jerry Macklin (Interim); Bishop Samuel L. Doyle (Emeritus) Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer III Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Augustus D. Pullen Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles Florida Central First Jurisdiction – Bishop Gary L. Hall, Sr. Florida Central Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr. Florida Eastern – Bishop Michael E. Hill, (Interim) Florida Northwest – Bishop Willie C. Green Florida Southern – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Interim) Florida Southwest – Bishop Anthony W. Gilyard Florida Western – Bishop Willie J. Matheney Florida Western Second – Bishop Larry Perkins Georgia North Central – Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr. Georgia Northern First – Bishop Leonard J. Chapple, Sr. Georgia Northern Second – Bishop Mark 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 Ronald B. Engram Georgia Western – Bishop John F. Thomas Georgia Metro – Bishop Michael J. Paden, Sr. Hawaii State Jurisdiction – Bishop Jesse T. Wilson, Sr. Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden Illinois First – Bishop Ocie Booker Illinois Third – Bishop Roland T. Sanders Illinois Fifth East – Bishop James C. Austin Illinois Fifth West – Bishop Robert L. Perry, Jr. Illinois Sixth – Bishop Clowdell Williams, Sr. Illinois Central – Bishop Andrei V. Newbon Illinois Seventh – Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin, Sr. Illinois Midwest – Bishop David Todd Whittley, Illinois Southeast – Bishop Otis A. Eanes, Sr. Illinois Historic Northern – Bishop Edwin Walker Illinois Southern – Bishop Embra Patterson, Jr. Indiana Historic First – Bishop Carl J. Steen, Jr. Indiana Second – Bishop J. Rashad Jones, (Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders, Emeritus) Indiana Third – Bishop E. Bobby Warren Indiana North Central Fourth – Bishop Donald Alford, Sr. Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson Kansas Central – Bishop Milton Paul Jackson, Jr. Kansas East – Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston – Chairman of the General Assembly Kansas Southwest – Bishop Mark L. Gilkey Kentucky First – Bishop John W. Fleming Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell, Sr. Louisiana First – Bishop James Proctor Louisiana East First – Bishop Alphonso Denson, Sr. Louisiana East Second – Bishop Gerald Hastings Hawkins, Sr. Louisiana East Third – Bishop Howard E. Quillen, Jr. Louisiana Greater New Orleans – Bishop Charles E. Brown, Sr. Louisiana South Central – Bishop Ezra Don Shannon Louisiana Central – Bishop Alton Gatlin Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman Maryland Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl A. Pierce, Sr. Maryland Eastern Shore – Bishop Paul Harmon Maryland Greater First – Bishop Joel H. Lyles, Jr. Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr. Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Vacant, TBD (Bishop Bryant Robinson, Jr. – Deceased as of February 5, 2025) Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson Michigan Great Lakes First – Bishop Michael E. Hill, Sr., General Board Member Michigan Great Lakes Second – Bishop Dwight Walls, Chairman, Trustee Board Michigan North Central – Bishop J. Drew Sheard , Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ, General Board Member Michigan Northeast – Bishop Zachary N. Hicks Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr. - Vice Chairman, Board Of Bishops Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Robert Delano Taylor, Sr. Michigan Southwest First – Bishop Marcus R. Ways Michigan Southwest Second – Bishop Ethan B. Sheard Michigan Southwest Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr. Michigan Southwest Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Aaron I. Milton, Sr. Michigan Southwest Fifth – Bishop Don W. Shelby, Jr. Michigan Eastern – Bishop Charles J. Johnson, III Michigan Western – Bishop Melvin C. Burton Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Atterberry, Sr. Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington Mississippi Northern First – Bishop William Dean, Jr. Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel T. Littleton Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Kenneth E. Preston Mississippi Northwest – Bishop Robert Earl Barber Missouri Eastern First – Bishop Marquaello Futrell, Sr. Missouri Eastern Second Western Illinois – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member Missouri Eastern Third - Bishop Robert D. Strong, Sr. Missouri Southeastern Third – Bishop Nathaniel Ellis Missouri Western First – Bishop Frank Douglas Missouri Western Second – Bishop John M. Johnson Missouri Midwest – Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III, General Board Member Missouri Gateway - Bishop Melvin J. Smith, Vice Chairman of the General Assembly Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop John O. Ford Nebraska Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon, Sr. Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Donald C. Bronson Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree New Hampshire Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bernard Reese New Jersey First – Bishop-designate Mark Reid Sr (Bishop Martin L. Johnson, Sr. - Emeritus) New Jersey Garden State – Bishop William T. Cahoon New Jersey Third – Bishop Kevin E. Knight, Sr (Bishop Norman L Prescott - Emeritus) New Jersey South Jersey – Bishop Tyrone McCombs New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones. New York Eastern First – Bishop James Pullings, Jr. New York Eastern Second – Bishop Rothel Highsmith New York Eastern Third – Bishop Frank A. White, General Board Member New York Eastern Fourth – Bishop Clarence L. Sexton, Jr. New York Eastern Fifth – Bishop Harrison Hale, Regional Bishop New York Southeast – Bishop Tyrone L. Butler New York Central – Bishop James Bowman, Sr.; (Bishop Ronald J. Hoston – Emeritus) New York Western First – Bishop James R. Wright, Sr. New York Western Second – Bishop Glenwood Young, Senior Bishop Of New York State North Carolina Greater – Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard North Carolina Second – Bishop Stenneth E. Powell, Sr. North Carolina Third – Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Ministry North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole. Ohio Central East – Bishop David L. Herron, Sr. Ohio North First – Bishop Edward T. Cook Ohio Northwest – Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough, Jr. Ohio Southern – Bishop George L. Carter Ohio West – Bishop Emmitt L. Nevels, Sr. Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Derwin Norwood, Sr Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins, Sr. Oregon NW – Bishop Percy J. Mullen, Sr. Pennsylvania Commonwealth – Bishop Guy L. Glimp Pennsylvania Central – Bishop Edgar L. Scott Pennsylvania Eastern – Bishop David Morrell Screven Pennsylvania Western First – Bishop Marvin C. Moreland II (Bishop James M. Foster, Emeritus) Pennsylvania Western Second – Auxiliary Bishop Bernard S. Wallace (Interim) Pennsylvania Keystone – Bishop Vernon Prioleau Pennsylvania Koinonia – Bishop Ernest Carl Morris Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Roland P. Joyner Sr.; (Bishop Harvey Lewis, Sr., Emeritus) South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop William A. Prioleau (Bishop Johnnie J. Johnson, Emeritus) South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr Tennessee Central – Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member Tennessee Eastern First – Bishop Felton M. Smith Jr. Tennessee Eastern Second – Bishop Willie L. Bonner Tennessee Fourth – Bishop Jerry W. Maynard, General Board Member Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr. Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Dillard Jr., General Board Member Tennessee Sixth – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr. Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr. Texas Central Metropolitan – Bishop Frank Fanniel Sr. Texas Covenant Jurisdiction - Bishop Gilbert Isaiah Gillum Jr. Texas East – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr. (Interim) Texas Greater Southeast First – Bishop Johnny A. Tates Texas Gulf Coast – Bishop Destry C. Bell Texas Lone Star Jurisdiction – Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr. Texas Metropolitan – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr. (Interim) 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 - Bishop Thomas L. Walker Sr. Texas Northwest – Bishop William H. Watson, III Texas South Central – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr., General Board Member Texas Southeast First – Bishop Morris O. Jenkins, Jr. Texas Southeast Second – Bishop A. Ladell Thomas Jr. Texas Southeast Third – Bishop Travis T. Terry Texas Southwest First – Bishop Maurice Green Jr. Texas Southwest Second – Bishop Shelton C. Rhodes Texas Western – Bishop Juan O. Lawson Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr. Virginia Second Iconic – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr., International Financial Secretary Virginia Third New Frontier – Bishop Jonathan G. Willis Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr. Virginia Fifth Grace – Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr. Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin C. Moore, Sr. Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Reginald C. Witherspoon West Virginia Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown Wisconsin First Jurisdiction – Bishop Darrell L. Hines, General Board Member Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland, General Board Member Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris Caribbean Saint Maarten Rehoboth Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. General Secretary Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna Barbados/Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson Barbados First - Bishop Arthur F. Mosley Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick Belize Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Richardson Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Brent L Tiggs, Sr. Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Larnell Beard Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Mathews - (Interim) Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo, Sr Dominican Commonwealth Jurisdiction – Bishop Ben Fitzgerald Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Milton Hawkins Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton Greater Jamaica (Second) Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr. Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Connor Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter Saint Kitts and Nevis Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim) Saint Thomas Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Ahmed M. Screven, Esq. Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr. Africa Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro Congo First Jurisdiction – Bishop Muhangenu H. Ghilain Congo Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Matthew L Brown Ethiopia First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Eugene Surrey Ethiopia Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Dennis Tyree Gordon Senegambia West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Lorenzo D. Lee Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Emmanuel A. Boateng Ghana West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Anim Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr. Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau Kenya, Impact Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Solomon Omo-Osagie Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart Liberia Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Thurston Jones Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi Mozambique – Bishop Terence P. Rhone (Missions Director) Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro Nigeria Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Henry Chikwudi Nigeria West Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Lucky C. Donuwe Nigeria God is REAL Jurisdiction - Bishop Friday U Okwey. Nigeria Pinnacle Faith Jurisdiction - Bishop Dr Louis O Morah. Nigeria PURITY Jurisdiction - Bishop Newlife Ugochukwu Nigeria Eastern Gateway - Bishop Onuigwe Emeka Dominic Nigeria Sanctuary of Peace Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Bolu Fam Nigeria United Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Micaiah J. Young, Sr. West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry Rwanda East Africa Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin Republic of Benin - Bishop Vincent Matthews, Interim Prelate South Africa – Bishop Vincent Mathews South Africa Second – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim) South Africa Third – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim) South Africa Fourth - Bishop Wayne Janecke South Africa Fifth – Bishop Ben Zulu South Africa Seventh – Bishop W. Johnny McNair Jr. Tanzania - Bishop Jaili W Kasewka Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr. Sierra Leone - Bishop Scott A. Bradley Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando Uganda East Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson Uganda United Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Wheeler Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe Asia Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto, Sr Philippines Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto, Jr Philippines Northern Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Joel F. Balindan, Sr. Philippines Northern Mindanao Jurisdiction - Bishop Bob Steele Philippines Central Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Israel Forto India First Jurisdiction – Bishop Dr. 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 India Sixth Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar Benton Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer Maldives - Bishop Terrance Perkins Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando UAE Dubai Jurisdiction - Bishop Amere May, Sr.
South America Argentina Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim) Argentina 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Ron C. Hill Brazil 1st Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence P. Rhone, International Missions President Brazil 2nd Jurisdiction – Bishop Nate' M. Jefferson Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis Colombia 1st Jurisdiction - Bishop Lester Johnson Colombia 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Edermin Cortes Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton Peru Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Harris Uruguay Jurisdiction- Bishop Charles E. Gibson Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris Europe France Jurisdiction – Bishop Marx G. Succes Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim) Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake Italy Jurisdiction – Bishop Frederick D. Jenkins Oceania
Australia Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul E. Jones Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim) Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim) New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director References ↑ Courey, David J. (26 February 2015). What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa?: Luther's Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism . Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-567-65631-5 The controversy led to the emergence of three-step Holiness Pentecostal denominations (the Church of God, Cleveland, TN; the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Church of God in Christ) and two-step, Finished Work denominations (the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada). ↑ Anderson, Allan (13 May 2004). An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity . Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-521-53280-8 Those who resisted Durham's teaching and remained in the 'three-stage' camp were Seymour, Crawford and Parham, and Bishops Charles H. Mason, A.J. Tomlinson and J.H. King, respectively leaders of the Church of God in Christ, the Church of God (Cleveland) and the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Tomlinson and King each issued tirades against the 'finished work' doctrine in their periodicals, but by 1914 some 60 percent of all North American Pentecostals had embraced Durham's position. ... The 'Finished Work' controversy was only the first of many subsequent divisions in North American Pentecostalism. Not only did Pentecostal churches split over the question of sanctification as a distinct experience, but a more fundamental and acrimonious split erupted in 1916 over the doctrine of the Trinity. ... The 'New Issue' was a schism in the ranks of the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals that began as a teaching that the correct formula for baptism is 'in the name of Jesus' and developed into a dispute about the Trinity. It confirmed for Holiness Pentecostals that they should have no further fellowship with the 'Finished Work' Pentecostals, who were in 'heresy'. ↑ "Our Foundation" . Church of God in Christ. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013 . ↑ National Council of Churches (February 2, 2010). "Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline" . Retrieved March 8, 2010 . ↑ Melton, J. Gordon, Religions of the World Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , 2010. p. 681 This page is based on this
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