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Bishop Ithiel C. Clemmons documents the rise of the Church Of God In Christ movement, the first pentecostal denomination to spring from the Azusa Street revival of 1907. ... Read more

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roots of cogic
this book does its purpose in giving a great detail of how the church of god in christ got startedit even gave a good detail about other denominations such as church of god & assembles of god started. great history backgroud I did wanted to find a little more on bishop mason personal persecutions but over all it was a great book recommend to anyone want to know cogic history especially member which I am

As expected
Very informative for a new convert to the C.O.G.I.C. I believe in the strong evidence of faith I witness among church members, many of whom have been associated with the COGIC for their entire lives...I appreciate knowing the origin of the church...

Very Inspiring!
Bishop Mason was a man remarkedly used by God and this book holds up his accomplishments in beginning and developing the Church of God in Christ.I loved it and read it twice.It made me want to visit a COGIC.God is notfinished with this denomination and this book will inspire both members andnon members.

Finally a book the gives C.O.G.I.C. it's place in history.
The Late Rev. Dr. Clemmons has given a clear account of the Church of God in Christ with this book. It is not just a mere account of its history but distills for the reader the very essence that has made this Church what itis today.

Praise God!
A fantastic book.Very exciting to read the history of Church of God in Christ and Bishop Mason.This book is easy to read and very inspiring. ... Read more

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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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Outstanding Book
This book is wonderful and full of interesting facts.I recommmend that every women that is involved in ministry to read this book.

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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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: London, HatchardPublication date: 1846Subjects: ChurchNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Chapters: Assemblies of God People, Churches of God Christians, Former Pentecostals, Members of the Church of God in Christ, Pentecostal Clergy, Pentecostal Theologians, Pentecostal Writers, Jim Bakker, John Ashcroft, Vern Clark, Herbert W. Armstrong, Denzel Washington, Al Green, Sly Stone, Kwame Kilpatrick, William M. Branham, Charles Fox Parham, F. F. Bosworth, John Hagee, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Michelle Williams, John P. Kee, Jimmy Swaggart, Billy Preston, Garner Ted Armstrong, David L. Cook, Kim Burrell, Daniel Sidney Warner, David Yonggi Cho, the Clark Sisters, Angela Bassett, Tony Alamo, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Tim Brown, Mattie Moss Clark, Marvin Winans, Gerald Flurry, Kenneth Copeland, Karen Clark Sheard, Isaac Bruce, Rod Parsley, Yolanda Adams, Andrae Crouch, T. D. Jakes, Alan Campbell, Sylvester, Kierra Sheard, Donnie Mcclurkin, Tramaine Hawkins, Jesse Duplantis, Kelly Price, C. Earl Stubbs, Mickey Gilley, Joel Osteen, Romildo Ribeiro Soares, Gilbert E. Patterson, Kevin Conner, Paul Crouch, Basil Wolverton, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Ernest Angley, Wayman Mitchell, Creflo Dollar, Victoria Osteen, Alfred Howard Carter, Barry Chant, Charles Harrison Mason, J.o. Patterson, Sr., Joseph Simmons, Ern Baxter, Orim M. Meikle, Gary Chapman, Brian Houston, Demond Wilson, Jason Frenn, Harold Warner, Twinkie Clark, List of Pentecostals and Non-Denominational Evangelicals, Jacky Cullum Chisholm, Courtney B. Vance, Alan Chambers, List of Assemblies of God People, Tata Vega, Terry Cummings, Solomon Male, List of People Associated With Australian Christian Churches, Edwin Hawkins, J. Moss, James A. Forbes, Dale T. Irvin, Ulf Ekman, Nicky Cruz, Charles E. Blake, Jessica Hahn, Anthony Venn-Brown, Gaston B. Cashwell, Finis Jennings Dake, Gordon Fee, Ernie Isley, J. Delano Ellis, Juanita Bynum, Garfield Thomas Haywood, Timothy Wright, John David Washington, Sherman Andrus, Les Brown, J.o. Patterson, Jr., Kurt Carr, Lashun Pace, Charles Price...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=319947 ... Read more

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Chapters: John P. Kee. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 79. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pastor John P. Kee (born John Prince Kee on June 4, 1962) is an American gospel singer and pastor John P. Kee was born the 15th out of 16 children in Durham, North Carolina. At an early age he began to develop his musical talent both instrumentally and vocally. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and at 14, he and his brothers Wayne and Al moved to California where he began attending the Yuba College Conservatory School of Music in Marysville, CA. During this time, he began playing with various groups such as Cameo and Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds. After having a hard time adjusting in California, he left and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina only to find himself living in a part of the city known for its violence and drug activities. After watching one of his friends being murdered in a drug deal gone bad, he rededicated his life back to God during a visitation to a revival meeting. Kee says that it was during a trip to Michigan with his choir that he received a calling from God to be a preacher. Kee was in his mid-twenties when he was became an ordained minister. In 1995, while ministering in Ohio, he received a prophetic vision and went forward with the building of a Fellowship Center in Charlotte which could minister to the people in the community. He officially founded the New Life Fellowship Center where he became and remains the senior pastor. Ironically, the church is located in the same area where he had once led a life of crime and drugs. It is rumored that Pastor Kee does not accept a salary from the church, but is merely satisfied in knowing that the preached word of God has been brought forth. In the mid 1980's, Kee formed a community choir in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4263560 ... Read more

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Chapters: Gilbert E. Patterson, J.o. Patterson, Sr., Charles E. Blake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bishop Gilbert Earl "G. E." Patterson (September 22, 1939 March 20, 2007) was an American Pentecostal-Holiness, Charismatic minister who served as the international Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Inc. Dr. Bishop Gilbert Patterson was born to Bishop W. A. (1898-1991) and Mary Patterson (1901-1981) in Humboldt, Tennessee. He was reared in Memphis, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan. Bishop Patterson's uncle was J.O. Patterson, Sr. (1912-1989), the Presiding Bishop of (COGIC) from 1968 until his death. He was the first cousin to Bishop J.O. Patterson, Jr., a former interim mayor of Memphis, TN and the current Chairman of the COGIC General Assembly. His best friend and First Assistant Presiding Bishop of the COGIC, Inc., Charles E. Blake, Sr. succeeded him as Presiding Bishop. Bishop J. S. Bailey ordained him in 1958 as an elder in the Church of God in Christ. In 1962, Patterson became co-pastor with his father at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis. Patterson continued his pastorate in 1975 as the founder and pastor of Temple of Deliverance, the Cathedral of the Bountiful Blessings near downtown. Today, Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ is one of the nation's fastest growing congregations with over 18,000 on its membership roll. In 2000, Calhoun street where Bountiful Blessing is located was renamed GE Patterson Ave., in honor of the Bishop. Patterson founded the rapidly growing Bountiful Blessings Ministries (BBM) which is viewed internationally on The Word Network weekly, as well as on local TV stations throughout the nation. Bountiful Blessings Ministries has a mailing list of ov...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4297805 ... Read more

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Chapters: Assemblies of God Clergy, Baptist Clergy, Church of God in Christ Clergy, Church of the Brethren Clergy, Clergy of Brethren Denominations, Clergy of the Moravian Church, Congregationalist Clergy, Free Methodist Church Clergy, Lutheran Clergy, Methodist Clergy, Plymouth Brethren Clergy, Unitarian Clergy, United Brethren in Christ Clergy, United Church of Christ Clergy, Norman Vincent Peale, John P. Kee, Jimmy Swaggart, Felix Manalo, William Sloane Coffin, Bob Jones, Sr., Louis Bauman, Robert P. Shuler, Charles Grandison Finney, Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Incorporated, Marvin Winans, Ken Summers, Samuel Hiestand, Andrae Crouch, Kenneth Cracknell, Lennox Yearwood, Donnie Mcclurkin, List of Lutheran Clergy, Gilbert E. Patterson, John William Fletcher, Samuel W. Small, Milton Wright, Edward Sugden, Robert Bradford, David Zeisberger, John Eliot, Alexander Mack, J.o. Patterson, Sr., Calvin Fairbank, Henry Clay Dean, Samani Pulepule, David Eller, Brian Houston, Cyrus Peirce, Steve Hill, George L. Fox, Robert Michael Franklin, Jr., James Hope Moulton, John Frykman, Ted Thomas, Sr., Nathaniel Thayer, Terry Cummings, Onesimos Nesib, Flip Benham, John Bennet, Bruce G. Epperly, Andrew Evans, Lula Wardlow, Gary Wilde, Anna Howard Shaw, Bob Richards, J. Delano Ellis, John Karefa-Smart, Jo Carr, Timothy Wright, Geoffrey Wainwright, Norbert Čapek, J.o. Patterson, Jr., Frank Houston, Ronald Winans, O. T. Jones Sr., Jabez Waterhouse, F. D. Washington, James Moore, Wayne Hughes, Russell Marshall, John Mcclintock, Rasmus Jensen, Wilhelm Sihler, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Conrad Beissel, John Relly Beard, Anthony J. Carr, John P. Greene, Beverly Carradine, Elizabeth Stroud, David Hocking, Henry Giles, Richard Dortch, Colin Scrimgeour, Vincenzo Di Francesca, Richard Leach, Matthias Fronius, Andrew Hunter, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Illiafi Esera, Joseph C. Hough, Jr., John Hogan, John Islan Jones, Fred Hoskins, William Morley Punshon...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=538026 ... Read more

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Chapters: General Conference Mennonite Church, Beachy Amish Mennonite, Mennonite Church Usa, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Mennonite Church in the Netherlands, Franconia Mennonite Conference, Mennonite Brethren Church, Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Conservative Mennonite Conference, U.s. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, Gereja Injili Di Tanah Jawa, Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations, Bible Fellowship Church, Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches, Mennonite Church in Vietnam, Mennonite Church Canada, Virginia Mennonite Conference, Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, Chortitzer Mennonite Conference, Swiss Mennonite Conference, Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia, River Brethren, Old Order River Brethren, Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference, United Zion Church, Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India, Central Plains Mennonite Conference, Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference, Illinois Mennonite Conference, Randolph Cmc, Wengerites, Swankites, Mennonite Church in India, Bharatiya Jukta Christa Prachar Mandali, Steinbach Cmc, Silberfeld Mennonite Church, Bihar Mennonite Mandli, Wenger Mennonite. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 154. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The General Conference Mennonite Church was an association of Mennonite congregations based in North America from 1860 to 2002. The conference was formed in 1860 when congregations in Iowa invited North American Mennonites to join together in order to pursue common goals such as higher education and mission work. The conference was especially attractive to recent Mennonite and Amish immigrants to North America and expanded considerably when thousands of Russian Mennonites arrived in Nort...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4484075 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kwame Kilpatrick. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 317. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kwame Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. When elected at the age of 31, he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit. Kilpatrick's mayorship was plagued by numerous scandals and rampant accusations of corruption, with the mayor eventually resigning after being charged with ten felony counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice. Kilpatrick was sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to reduced charges, but with good time awarded to county jail inmates in Michigan, he was released on probation after serving ninety-nine days. On May 25, 2010, he was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison for violating his probation. Kilpatrick attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School. Kilpatrick then graduated with honors from Florida A ... Read more