List of Jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ

Updated on Jan 01, 2024

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Alabama

Alabama First Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar L. Meadows

Alabama Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Philip A. Gardner, Sr.

Alabama Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Peter Wren, Sr.

Alaska

Alaska Jurisdiction - Bishop Otis McCormick

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 New Journey - Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr.

California North Central - Bishop Donald R. Murray,

California Northwest - Bishop Nathaniel Bullock

California Greater Northern Second - Bishop Jonathan Logan

California Nor Cal Metropolitan - Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ

California Northern First - Bishop Albert Galbraith, 1st Vice Chairman Board of Bishops

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 Roger Thomas

California Southern Fourth - Bishop Roy Dixon

California Southern Metropolitan - Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth

California Southwest - Bishop Hillrie Murphy

California West Coast- Bishop Robert (Bob) Jackson

California Western - Bishop Leo Smit

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, General Board Member COGIC

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 - Bishop Taro D. Golden

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, General Board Member

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, Chairman of the General Assembly, Church of God in Christ

Kansas Southwest - Bishop Mark LaVoy Gilkey

Kentucky

Kentucky First, Bishop John W. Fleming

Kentucky Second- Bishop James Bell

Louisiana

Louisiana First - Bishop Roy L. H. Winbush, General Board Member Emeritus, Church of God in Christ

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

Louisiana South Central - Bishop Willie Cage

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., General Secretary, Church of God in Christ

Massachusetts

Massachusetts First - Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr.

Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction - Bishop Bryant Robinson, Jr.

Michigan

Michigan Great Lakes First - Bishop Michael Hill

Michigan Great Lakes Second - Bishop Dwight Walls

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., 2nd Vice Chairman Board of Bishops

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 Southwest Second - Bishop James Whitehead

Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction - Bishop James Atterberry Sr

Michigan Southwest Third - Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr.

Michigan Southwest Fourth - Bishop Fred Lewis

Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction - Bishop Welton Lawrence

Kingdom United Fellowship Jurisdiction - Bishop Don W. Shelby, Jr.

Minnesota

Minnesota Jurisdiction - Bishop Fred Willis Washington

Mississippi

Mississippi Northern- Bishop Timothy Titus Scott

Mississippi Southern First- Bishop Hollis Musgrove

Mississippi Southern Second- Bishop Albert Jordan

Missouri

Eastern Missouri First (EMFJ) - Bishop R. J. Ward

Eastern Missouri Western Illinois (EMWI) - Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, General Board Member, Church of God in Christ

Missouri Southeastern Third - Vacant

Missouri Western First - Bishop Frank Douglas

Missouri Western Second - Bishop John M. Johnson

Missouri Midwest (MMEJ) - Bishop Dr. 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

New Jersey Garden State - Bishop William Cahoon

New Jersey Third - Bishop Kevin E. Knight Sr.

South Jersey - Bishop Tyrone McCombs

New Mexico

New Mexico Jurisdiction - Bishop James L'Keith Jones (Suspended)

New York

New York Eastern First - Bishop James H. Gaylord

New York Eastern Second - Bishop Rothel Highsmith

New York Eastern Third - Bishop Frank O. White - General Board Member Emeritus, 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 Carolina Third - Bishop-Designate Michael A. Stevens, Sr.

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 H.B. Daniels Jr.

Pennsylvania

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Bishop Benjamin J. Ravenel

Pennsylvania Central - Bishop Edgar L. 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 Northeast First - Bishop James E. Hornsby

Texas North Central - Bishop Robert L. Sample

Texas Central Metropolitan - Bishop Frank E. Fanniel

Texas East - Bishop Robert L. Nichols, Sr.

Texas Lonestar Jurisdiction - Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr.

Texas Northeast Second - Bishop David R. Houston

Texas Northeast Third - Bishop Nelson J. Gatlin

Texas Northeast Fourth - Bishop Nathiel D. Wells

Texas Metropolitan - Bishop Reginald L. Williams

Texas Northwest - Bishop William H. Watson, III

Texas South Central - Bishop P.E. Bryant Sr.

Texas Southeast First - Bishop Brandon Porter

Auxiliary Bishop Johnny Tates

Texas Southeast Second - Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.

Texas Southeast Third - Bishop C.L. Bryant

Texas Southwest - Bishop Samuel E. Iglehart

Texas Western - Bishop Juan O. Lawson

Texas Northeast Fourth - Auxiliary Bishop Jimmy Glenn

Texas Northeast First - Bishop J.L. Johnson

Texas East Central-Bishop Timothy D.Williams

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 L. Daniels, Sr.

Virginia Third - Bishop Levi E. Wills,II.

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

Greater West Virginia Jurisdiction - Bishop Henderson Wheeler

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 - Bishop Harrison Hale

Canada

Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction - Bishop Welton Lee Lawrence

Canada Western - Bishop Ralph L. Jefferson

Ontario (Canada) Jurisdiction - Bishop Lionel B. Riley

Nova Scotia Jurisdiction - Bishop Talbert W. Swan, II

Panama

Panama Jurisdiction - Bishop Abraham Forcheney

Bahamas

Bahamas Jurisdiction - Bishop T.L. Hanna

Barbados

Barbados Jurisdiction - Bishop Paul L. Fortson

Belize

Belize Jurisdiction - Bishop Alber Oliver 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

St. Lucia

St. Lucia Eastern Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Conner

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction - Bishop Alton Gatlin

Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Joseph H.Griffith0

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Jurisdiction - Bishop Fabrice Malundama Mbumba

Ethiopia

Ethiopia Jurisdiction - Bishop Corby Bush

Ghana

Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction - Bishop Ervin Sims, Jr.

Kenya

Kenya, East Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Jerry Lee Ivery, Sr.

Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction - Bishop Francis Kamau

Liberia

Liberia Jurisdiction -Bishop Amos Nyema

Malawi

Malawi Central Jurisdiction

Nigeria

Nigeria First Jurisdiction

Nigeria Southern

Nigeria West

West Ivory Coast

West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction - Bishop Enoch Perry

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

South Africa Fifth - Bishop Ben Zulu

South Africa Seventh - Bishop W.J. McNair, Jr.

Japan

Japan First Jurisdiction - Bishop Carl Hodges

Philippines

Philippines Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto

India

India First Jurisdiction - Bishop Bevin G. Lawrence www.cogic.in

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 - Bishop George Adebanjo

Korea

Korea Jurisdiction - Bishop Dwight Green

Brazil

Brazil Jurisdiction - Bishop Terence Rhone

Chile

Chile Jurisdiction

Guyana

Guyana Jurisdiction - Bishop Curtis B. Sexton

Venezuela

Venezuela Jurisdiction - Bishop Derrick W. Hutchins Sr

Germany

Germany Jurisdiction - Bishop Carlis Moody

United Kingdom

United Kingdom Jurisdiction - Bishop Alvin Blake

References

List of Jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ Wikipedia

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