List of Jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ

This is a list of all the officially recognized jurisdictions affiliated and associated with the (Church of God in Christ, Inc.) (COGIC) that are led by the different bishops of the COGIC denomination.

North America

Alabama

• Alabama First Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
• Alabama Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Philip A. Gardner, Sr.
• Alabama Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Peter Wren, Sr.

Alaska

• Historic Alaska Jurisdiction - Bishop Charles D. Williams

Arizona

• Arizona Jurisdiction - Bishop Harvey T. Young

Arkansas

• Arkansas First Jurisdiction - Bishop Jewel R. Withers, Jr.
• Arkansas Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Frank J. Anderson, Jr.
• Arkansas Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Joe Baylor Mason
• Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction - Bishop Junius Earl Williams

California

• California North Central - Bishop Donald R. Murray, 2nd Vice Chairman, Board of Bishops, Church of God in Christ
• California Northwest - Bishop Nathaniel Bullock
• California Greater Northern Second - Bishop Robert R. Carr
• California Nor Cal Metropolitan - Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ
• California Northern First - Bishop Albert Galbraith
• California Northeast - Bishop Michael Julian Johnson
• California Southern First - Bishop Joe L. Ealy
• California Southern Evangelistic - Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton
• California Southern Second - Bishop George D. McKinney, General Board Member COGIC
• California Southern Third - Bishop Raymond Watts
• California Southern Fourth - Bishop Roy Dixon
• California Southern Metropolitan - Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth
• California Southwest - Bishop Hillrie Murphy
• California Valley - Bishop Samuel L. Doyle

Colorado

• Colorado Jurisdiction - Bishop Roosevelt Dunn

Connecticut

• Connecticut First Jurisdiction - Bishop Charles H. Brewer, Jr.
• Connecticut Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Hester D. Bordeaux
• Connecticut Southern New England Jurisdiction - Bishop T. Walter Plummer

Delaware

• Delaware Jurisdiction, Bishop Thomas L. Holsey

District of Columbia

• Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction, Bishop Neavelle A. Coles

Florida

• Florida Central First Jurisdiction, Bishop Gary L. Hall, Sr
• Florida Central Second Jurisdiction, Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr.
• Florida Eastern, Bishop Jimmie Lee Williams
• Florida Northwest, Bishop Willie C. Green
• Florida Southern, Bishop Julian C. Jackson
• Florida Southwest, Bishop Matthew Williams
• Florida Western, Bishop Willie J. Matheney

Georgia

• Georgia North Central, Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr.
• Georgia Northern First Bishop Oliver J. Haney, Jr.
• 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 John W. Leggett
• Western Georgia- Bishop John F. Thomas
• Georgia Metro - Bishop Michael J. Paden, Sr.

Hawaii

• Hawaii State Jurisdiction Bishop Jesse T. Wilson

Idaho

• Idaho Jurisdiction

Illinois

• Historic Illinois First - Bishop Ocie Booker
• Illinois Third - Bishop Robert R. Sanders
• Illinois Fifth East - Bishop James C. Austin
• Illinois Sixth- Bishop William Haven Bonner
• Illinois Central- Bishop Juan Morrison
• Illinois Seventh - Bishop RD Edward Goodwin, Sr.
• Illinois Midwest - Bishop Darrell L. Hines
• Illinois Southeast - Bishop William Scott
• Historic Northern Illinois - Bishop Cody V. Marshall
• Illinois Southern- Bishop Embra Patterson
• Illinois Fifth West- Bishop James E. Washington

Indiana

• Historic Indiana First - Bishop Mark Henry Blade
• Indiana Second - Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders
• Indiana Third - Bishop E. Bobby Warren
• Indiana North Central Fourth - Bishop Donald Alford Sr.

Iowa

• Iowa Jurisdiction - Bishop Leroy Johnson

Kansas

• Kansas Central - Bishop Milton P. Jackson Jr.
• Kansas East - Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston
• Kansas Southwest - Bishop Mark LaVoy Gilkey

Kentucky

• Kentucky First, Bishop Joel H. Lyles
• Kentucky Second- Bishop James Bell

Louisiana

• Louisiana First, Bishop Roy L. H. Winbush, General Board Member COGIC
• Louisiana East First, Bishop Alphonso Denson, Sr.
• Louisiana East Second, Bishop Gerald H. Hawkins, Sr.
• Louisiana East Third, Bishop Howard E. Quillen, Jr.
• Louisiana Greater New Orleans, Bishop Charles E. Brown, I

Maine

• Maine Jurisdiction - Bishop Steve Coleman

Maryland

• Maryland Central Jurisdiction - Bishop Stanford L Butts
• Maryland Eastern Shore- Bishop Paul Harmon
• Greater Maryland First - Bishop Joel H. Lyles, Jr.

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts First - Bishop Dr. Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr.
• Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction - Bishop Bryant Robinson, Jr.

Michigan

• Michigan Great Lakes First - Bishop Michael Hill
• Michigan Great Lakes Second - T.B.A
• Michigan North Central - Bishop J. Drew Sheard, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Michigan Northeast - Bishop Phillip Aquilla Brooks, II - First Assistant Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ
• Michigan Northwest Harvest - Bishop Rance Allen
• Michigan Southeast - Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr.
• Michigan Southwest Agape - Bishop Isaac King
• Michigan Western - Bishop Nathaniel Wyoming Wells, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Michigan Southwest First - Bishop John H. Sheard, Chairman, Board of Bishops, Church of God in Christ
• Michigan Soutwest Second - Bishop James Whitehead
• Michigan Southwest Third - Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr.
• Michigan Southwest Fourth - Bishop Fred Lewis
• Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction - Bishop Welton Lawrence
• Ontario (Canada) Jurisdiction - Bishop Lionel B. Riley

Minnesota

• Minnesota Jurisdiction - Bishop Fred Willis Washington

Mississippi

• Mississippi Northern- Bishop Timothy Titus Scott
• Mississippi Southern First- Bishop Hollis Mushgrove
• Mississippi Southern Second- Bishop Albert V. Jordan

Missouri

• Missouri Eastern First - Bishop R. J. Ward
• Missouri Eastern Second - Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Missouri Southeastern Third - Bishop Charlie Green, Jr.
• Missouri Western First - Bishop John M. Johnson
• Missouri Western Second - Bishop Frank Douglas
• Missouri Midwest - Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III

Montana

• Montana Jurisdiction - Bishop Phillip H. Porter

Nebraska

• Nebraska First Jurisdiction - Bishop J.O. Ford
• Eastern Nebraska Jurisdiction - Bishop Joseph L. Shannon Sr.

Nevada

• Nevada First Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Smith
• Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction - Bishop Luther Dupree

New Hampshire

• Greater New Hampshire Jurisdiction - Bishop Robert L Webbs Sr.

New Jersey

• New Jersey First - Bishop Martin L. Johnson - Mt.Olive Holy Temple COGIC, Neptune, NJ
• New Jersey Garden State - Bishop William Cahoon
• New Jersey Third - Bishop Norman Prescott
• South Jersey - Bishop Tyrone McCombs

New Mexico

• New Mexico Jurisdiction - Bishop James L'Keith Jones

New York

• New York Eastern First - Bishop James H. Gaylord
• New York Eastern Second - Bishop Aubrey Baker Jr.
• New York Eastern Third - Bishop Frank O. White - General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• New York Eastern Fourth - Bishop J.P. Lee
• New York Southeast - Bishop Tyrone L. Butler
• New York Central - Bishop R.J. Hoston
• New York Western First - Bishop James R. Wright
• New York Western Second - Bishop Glenwood Young

North Carolina

• North Carolina Greater - Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard
• North Carolina Second - Bishop Stenneth E. Powell

North Dakota

• North Dakota Jurisdiction - Bishop Michael R. Cole

Ohio

• Ohio Central East - Bishop David L. Herron Sr.
• Ohio Northeast - Bishop B. J. Terry
• Ohio Northern First - Bishop Edward T. Cook
• Ohio Northwest - Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough Jr
• Ohio Southern - Bishop Mark L.Perry
• Ohio West- Bishop Emmit L. Nevels

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Northwest - Bishop Lee V. Broom
• Oklahoma Southeast - Bishop Malcom Colby

Oregon

• Oregon First - Bishop A. R. Hopkins
• Oregon Northwest - Bishop Henderson

Pennsylvania

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Bishop Benjamin J. Ravenel
• Pennsylvania Central - Bishop Edgar Scott
• Pennsylvania Eastern - Bishop David Morrell Screven
• Pennsylvania Western First - Bishop James Miles Foster
• Pennsylvania Western Second - Bishop Melvin E. Clark, Sr.
• Pennsylvania Keystone - Bishop George Williams
• Pennsylvania Koinonia - Bishop Ernest Carl Morris

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Jurisdiction - Bishop Harvey Lewis

South Carolina

• South Carolina Jurisdiction- Bishop Johnnie Johnson

South Dakota

• South Dakota Jurisdiction Bishop Lorenzo L. Kelly

Tennessee

• Tennessee Central - Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Tennessee Eastern First - Bishop Felton M. Smith, Jr.
• Tennessee Eastern Second- Bishop James M. Scott, Sr.
• Tennessee Fourth - Bishop Jerry Maynard
• Tennessee Fifth - Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
• Tennessee Headquarters - Bishop David A. Hall, Sr.
• Tennessee Southwest - Bishop William S. Wright, Sr.

Texas

• Texas Central Metropolitan - Bishop Frank E. Fanniel
• Texas Eastern - Bishop J.E. Lee (deceased), Bishop Jerry Macklin (interim) Until January 23, 2016
• Texas Lonestar Jurisdiction - Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr.
• 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 Metropolitian - Bishop R.L. Williams, Sr.

• Texas Northwest - Bishop William H. Watson, III
• Texas South Central - Bishop P.E. Bryant Sr.
• Texas Southeast First - Interim Bishop Brandon B. Porter
• Texas Southeast Second - Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.
• Texas Southeast Third - Bishop C.L. Bryant
• Texas Southwest - Bishop Samuel E. Iglehart (Largest Jurisdiction in Texas)
• Texas Western - Bishop Juan O. Lawson

Utah

• Utah Jurisdiction - Bishop Bobby R. Allen

Vermont

• Vermont Jurisdiction - Bishop Loran E. Mann

Virginia

• Virginia First - Bishop Ted G. Thomas, Sr., General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Virginia Second - Bishop Wilbert Daniels, Sr.
• Virginia Third - Bishop L. E. Wills, Jr.
• Virginia Fourth - Bishop G. Wesley Hardy, Sr.

Washington

• Washington State Jurisdiction - Bishop Leo Charles Brown, Jr.
• Washington Northwest Jurisdiction - Bishop James E. Hicks Sr.

West Virginia

• West Virginia Jurisdiction

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin First - Bishop Sedgwick Daniels, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ
• Wisconsin Northwest - Bishop C. H. McClelland
• Wisconsin Third - Bishop J. C. Williams

Wyoming

• Wyoming Jurisdiction- Bishop Milton Ganison Jr.

Guatemala

• Guatemala Jurisdiction

Michigan and Canada (Great Lakes)

• Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction

Canada Western

• Canada Western

Ontario

• Canada Ontario

Panama

• Panama Jurisdiction

Caribbean

Bahamas

• Bahamas Jurisdiction - Bishop T.L. Hanna

Barbados

• Barbados Jurisdiction

Belize

• Belize Jurisdiction - Bishop Alber Quick

Bermuda

• Bermuda Jurisdiction - Bishop Richard White, Sr.

Dominican Republic

• Dominican Republic Jurisdiction - Bishop Ron Gibson

Haiti

• Haiti Jurisdiction * Bishop Leon Pamphile

Jamaica

• Jamaica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harold Haughton

Puerto Rico

• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico - Bishop Edward McLachlan
• Puerto Rico Jurisdiction - Bishop Elton Amos, MD

St. Lucia

• St. Lucia Eastern Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Conner

Trinidad and Tobago

• Trinidad abd Tobago Jurisdiction

Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congo Jurisdiction

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia Jurisdiction - Bishop Cory Bush

Ghana

• Ghana Jurisdiction

Kenya

• Kenya, East Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Jerry Lee Ivery, Sr.
• Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction - Bishop Francis Kamau

Liberia

• Liberia Jurisdiction

Malawi

• Malawi Central Jurisdiction

Nigeria

• Nigeria First Jurisdiction
• Nigeria Southern
• Nigeria West

West Ivory Coast

• West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction

Rwanda

• East African Rwandan Jurisdiction

Uganda

• East African Ugandan Jurisdiction - Bishop Bobby Henderson

South Africa

• South Africa - Bishop Vincent Mathews (International Missions President)
• South Africa Second
• South Africa Third - Bishop Esra Mataba

Asia

Japan

• Japan First Jurisdiction - Bishop Carl Hodges

Philippines

• Philippines Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto

India

• India First Jurisdiction - Bishop 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

Pakistan

• Pakistan Jurisdiction

Korea

• Korea Jurisdiction

South America

Brazil

• Brazil Jurisdiction - Bishop Terence Rhone, MD

Chile

• Chile Jurisdiction

Guyana

• Guyana Jurisdiction

Europe

Germany

• Germany Jurisdiction

United Kingdom

• United Kingdom Jurisdiction

See also

• Church of God in Christ, Inc.

References

"COGIC Women's Department Supervisors". Church of God in Christ, Inc.