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The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States today. In this first major study of the church, Anthea Butler examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s. She finds that the sanctification, or spiritual purity, that these women sought earned them social power both in the church and in the black community. ... Read more

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Anxiously awaiting Butler's next book!
As someone who grew up in the COGIC, with an academic background in women's studies and political science,I found this both a personal and intellectual pleasure to read. Her balanced approach to the shortcomings and hidden strengths of the church's history as it relates to women's voice and agency is honest and revelatory. For anyone interested in some of the little known history of this faith, this book reveals the origin of some of the traditions and mores of this faith to even the "un-churched" reader. It also entertains even the non-academic reader. I can't wait until Butler produces her next book!

COGIC Women:Making a Sanctified World
Professor Anthea Butler's Women in the Church of God in Christ:Making a Sanctified World is a must read for all who are interested in the value of staying focused on an established mission.This book clearly demonstrates how a clear mission to sanctify the world deteriorated into an internal mission of sanctifying a denoninational church called the Church of God in Christ.From the founding of the Church of God in Christ with the support of Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, Mother Lizzie Woods Robinson and Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey created a standard for both personal sanctification and in extending the influence of the Church in the world through active participation in civic activities to elevate the quality of life for all. They followed the lifting as we climb strategy into social prominence and respectability in the community at-large. The emphasis in the Church went from dressing to look holy to dressing to reflect your status in the Church organization and in civic afairs.This book also addressed the unresolved issue of what to do with and about women of influence in the ministry and in the Church's organizational structure especially as they out-distanced the male leaders under whom they are supposed to serve.Unfortunately for women in the Church of God in Christ, it seems that their role in the second half of the twentieth century declined as the Church went through a period of turmoil after the death of the founder and the nation as a whole experienced the civil rights movement and the resurgence of the feminist movement in the 1970s which forced Church women to retreat to more traditional subservient roles.This is a marvelous study of the rise and decline of women power in the Church of God in Christ which also coincides with the decline in the Church's influence in cvic affairs. ... Read more

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International Churches' Manuel
Chief Apostle
Bishop J. L. Payne
Headquarters Jackson, Mississippi

In the diversity of a modern minister's life in a so-called modern church, there is a constant need to understand the God who is not limited to man's limitations, neither his thinking. We stand at the threshold of a new era that has demanded an academic spiritual mind and activating spirituality must be a daily experience in the life of every true man of God.This Manuel of the Churches of God in Christ USA is here to help in our search for completion in the never ending task COGIC, USA Ministry.Although we are limited, yet our God is capable and able to equip us with His tools and authority to do His bidding among men and especially the household of faith. We, in the Churches of God in Christ, USA Inc. (COGIC,USA) serve the body of Christ through the 5-fold ministry leadership. This writing is an effort for us to address those procedures.The Psalmist says, "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do" (Psalms 11:3)?The righteous demand a plan and order for existence. We are believers in our Lord's purpose, plan, and order for man.The Bible is our guide and map to God's foundation of ministry.The scriptures attest this in its entirely.We in the church sustain these facts by practicing its precepts, instructions, and rules based on the Apostolic order and practice. We subscribe to the New Testament's church principles.

Secondly, this writing is an ongoing text of the doctrines of this great fellowship - the COGIC, USA.We pray this presentation will serve as a catechism and guide to the development of your ministry and others you care about or are involved with. We invite all ministries to consider its use.

This text has been prepared for the body of ministry within the Churches of God in Christ, USA Inc. and all concerned and also to those who desire to use it.It is not by far a conclusion of the church presents upon these subjects but rather a continual presentation toward the whole person in Christ that we seek in life, ministry, and service.We invite all to consider its guide, its instruction, pattern, and rule of order for us in church thought and procedures.I pray the use of it will be helpful in your church efforts. ... Read more

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This is a student book containg 135 pages of lessons. The 3 units covered are Saved by God, The Christian Life, and Set Free ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Ebony, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 434 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bishop Charles E. Blake: Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ.(CENTER STAGE)
Author: Miki Turner
Publication: Ebony (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 62Issue: 9Page: 36(1)

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A collection of hymns and sacred songs suitable for use in public worship, worship in the home, evangelistic meetings, and general occasions. ... Read more

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An integrated overview of history
The volume in this series are arranged topically to cover biography, literature, doctrines, practices, institutions, worship, missions, and daily life. Archaeology and art as well as writings are drawn on to illuminate the Christian movement in its early centuries. Ample attention is also given to the relation of Christianity to pagan thought and life, to the Roman state, to Judaism, and to doctrines and practices that came to be judged as heretical or schismatic. Introductions to each volume tie the articles together for an integrated understanding of the history.

Offers insights and understanding
The aim of the collection is to give balanced and comprehensive coverage, selected on the basis of the following criteria: original and excellent research and writing; subject matter of use to teachers and students; groundbreaking importance for the history of research; background information for issues and opinions. Understanding the development of early Christianity and its impact on Western history and thought offers valuable insights into the modern world and the present state of Christiantiy. It also provides perspective on comparable developments in other periods of history and reveals human nature in its religious dimension. ... Read more