NHD Essay

Khayree Jackson




Church OF God In Christ


In 1897 and then in 1907 started the origination a Baptist descended Christian Charles Harrison Mason received the Holy Ghost and started a church organization called the Church OF God In Christ. But before the church of god in Christ Mason had a church vision, which was established in 1896, the origination was called the Church Of God. Mason had read the bible and found a verse which was 2 Thessolians 2:14 which made name church of god to not be the final name for his church’s it was just going to be the beginning three words of the five word name, the name was finalized to be called the Church of God In Christ.


His church on the riverside, preaching the word of God and telling people his testimony. His testimony was how he received the chills and a fever at 40 years old and God healed him on a first Sunday, which is Communion Sunday it may be proved that he was heal because of it being that day.


Sometimes after consist success people seen of the church was doing well so a church came into the origination but New Jerusalem COGIC wanted to have the church be apart of the Jurisdiction but they were suppose to be apart of Kansas Southwest COGIC to settle this dispute the national church had to be the judge of this dispute so when the results came in New Jerusalem COGIC still did not agree so it was taken to court. That was how C.H. Mason was brought into the dispute because he controlled the National Church also Mason was still the presiding Bishop until this time and until 1961.



The court ruled in favor of the Church of God In Christ founder so New Jerusalem was separated out of the COGIC family and was given Church of GOD, which was the first name Mason came up with.