Church of God
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Name of several denominations
in the HOLINESS and PENTECOSTAL tradition. Now
worldwide, they originated in the United States.
The two main Churches of God, designated by
the location of their headquarters, are the Church
of God (Anderson, Indiana) and the Church of
God (Cleveland, Tennessee). The former is a
leading expression of the 19th-century Holiness
movement, which taught that Christians can,
after conversion and believer's baptism, receive
a second gift of the Holy Spirit called sanctifi cation,
the ability to live a holy life. This church
was founded in 1880 and follows congregational
organization.
The larger Cleveland, Tennessee, church
traces its origins to 1886, though the name was
not adopted until 1907. It has put more emphasis
than the other Church of God on Pentecostal-type
gifts of the Holy Spirit as evidence of sanctifi cation.
Speaking in tongues, divine healings, and
ecstatic behavior show that the Spirit is at work
in a person and a congregation. Its organization
is comparable to that of METHODISM, with bishops
and superintendents. The Church of God of
Prophecy, another Holiness/Pentecostal body, is
an offshoot from it.
The Church of God in Christ is a largely African-
American denomination tracing its origin,
as does Pentecostalism generally, to the famous
Azusa Street revival of 1907 in Los Angeles. It
also embraces a combination of Holiness and
Pentecostal features, and it has spread around
the world.
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