The Church of God was a religious movement that emerged from the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in 1886 as part of the Holiness movement. It accepted women, and sometimes blacks, on an equal basis with white men.
The Church of God (Cleveland) is the oldest (Protestant)/Pentecostal Christian denomination, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee. The movement's origins can be traced back to 1886 with a small meeting of Christians at the Barney Creek Meeting House on the Tennessee/North Carolina border. It has grown to become one of the largest Holiness Pentecostal denominations in the world.
The Church of God (New Dunkers) is a now extinct body that divided from the Schwarzenau Brethren (also called German Baptist Brethren) in 1848.
The Church of God (Anderson) is a non-denominational, Holiness movement believing group of Christians with roots in Wesleyan pietism and also in the restorationist and (arguably) anabaptist traditions. Perhaps its most distinctive feature is that there is no formal membership, since the movement believes that true bible Salvation, which will result in a life free from sin, makes one a member. Similarly, there is no formal creed other than the Bible.
The Church of God (Chattanooga) is a Pentecostal holiness denomination of Christians, located mostly in the southeastern United States. Its origins can be traced to a small meeting of Christians at the Barney Creek Meeting House in Monroe County, Tennessee in 1886.
The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians, once based in Huntsville, Alabama. Now based in Santa Fe Texas www.thechurchofgodusa.org The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) shares a common history with the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) up until their division in 1943. The Church of God was led by Ambrose J.
The Church of God (Holiness) is an association of autonomous holiness Christian congregations. It is an outgrowth of the 19th-century Holiness movement.
The Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma) is a Christian denomination with roots in the holiness movement.
The Church of God (Restoration) was founded by Daniel Layne, an ex-heroin addict who spent years on the streets of San Francisco. He has been accused of being a street prostitute, but those claims have not been proven. He is held to be the Apostle within the Church, along with a sizable general ministerial body, consisting of male and female ministers.
