COG Family Tree

[Poimen]

Can someone post a link to this again, please?

Rambo? Gerald? Mods?


Thanks!

[RamboPreacher]

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this one?

[jinjer]

The Church of God Call Out in Tremont, MS has joined with The Church of God North Carolina, as of this summer.

Jinjer

[RamboPreacher]

do you know what they call themselves? TCOGNC?

[Russell Roberts]

Rambo,

I saw a special on A&E or somewhere about the whole Church of God with Signs Following. One of the pastors was trying to kill his wife by making her stick her hand in the cage with some rattlers.

[one love]

not sure about that merging of TCOGNC and the other, I have not heard that. I did look at the website of TCOGNC and did not see anything about it, there was some info on COGOP G.A

[jinjer]

My father-in law attend The Church of God Called Out, so I do know that to be true. The Church of God Called Out was only a 1 congregation organization.

Jinjer

[one love]

My father-in law attend The Church of God Called Out, so I do know that to be true. The Church of God Called Out was only a 1 congregation organization.

Jinjer

Oh ok I understand..I have not heard of them before so I did not know. Thank you for clearing that up

[jinjer]

It was a group of members that left the Pearly Gates church basically. Maybe 1 or 2 from other places.

Jinjer

[PastorDaniel]

Yeah...I think it'd be nice to see some church/membership statistics....can we really consider "One" congregation as a branch on the family tree...

Maybe there should be a branch for independents period...

I know of several "single" churches in the Chattanooga/N.GA area that used to be COG...

You have Metro Tabernacle in Chatt. with a pretty large church and a ministerial fellowship that offers Ordination and covering to other churches...I wouldn't put them on the tree...however, they were COG until about 3 or 4 years ago...

[one love]

actually there are many more splits from the COG as well. There are some organizations that left 70 years ago and have assemblies etc. under a different name. It is a matter of how many still use the same name or something similar. One is out of PA. and are pretty big but I cant remember the name.

[Poimen]

Yeah...I think it'd be nice to see some church/membership statistics....can we really consider "One" congregation as a branch on the family tree...

Maybe there should be a branch for independents period...

I know of several "single" churches in the Chattanooga/N.GA area that used to be COG...

You have Metro Tabernacle in Chatt. with a pretty large church and a ministerial fellowship that offers Ordination and covering to other churches...I wouldn't put them on the tree...however, they were COG until about 3 or 4 years ago...

I would tend to agree. However an exception would be when a single congregation birthed a sub-movement and/or institution of it's own (IMO).

For instance there was a sub-movement that had several followers in various local churches in TCOG but only one organized congregation outside of TCOG itself ion the mid 90's that was Oneness. It is now defunct. But that was a sub-movement. Then there is Hensley with Snake Handling -- it thrives (well okay, it's on a ventilator, but breathing) as a movement.

But again, as a general rule I agree with you, independent congregations that once were COG of some flavor should not constitute a branch on the family tree.

[jinjer]

I believe they probably thought they would "birth" an organization.

Jinjer

[Poimen]

I believe they probably thought they would "birth" an organization.

ahhhhh! I see.

[PastorDaniel]

Poimen,

You bring up an interesting topic...I've never heard the idea of a "sub-movement" could you please clarify a little more...

I know about "oneness" churches...I was United Pentecostal for 8 years...

Are you saying that there was oneness believers that maintained their membership in the TCOG?

And...was there a TCOG congregation that was oneness?

Just curious?

I still fellowship with several Apostolics (oneness believers)....but I'm a COGOP pastor...Since I left the UPC and ended up back in the COGOP, I find that their are very few "oneness" believers that accept me as a Christian...