Church of God in Christ

The Church of God in Christ emerged from the Holiness movement and became one of the most influential Pentecostal denominations in the United States.

Its history shows how nineteenth-century holiness teaching flowed into twentieth-century Pentecostal spirituality.

COGIC is a major example of how Pentecostalism developed within African American Christian life and became a global worship and preaching tradition.

It belongs in the study of Protestant history because it shows both continuity with earlier holiness theology and the rise of modern Pentecostal expression.