Church of God in Christ
E42472
Christian denomination
Holiness-Pentecostal church
Pentecostal denomination
historically Black church
The Church of God in Christ is a historically Black Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States known for its Holiness teachings, charismatic worship, and significant influence on American religious and musical culture.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T324450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Church of God in Christ Context triple: [American Protestantism, hasOrganization, Church of God in Christ]
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A.
Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ are a network of autonomous Christian congregations rooted in the American Restoration Movement, emphasizing New Testament Christianity, congregational independence, and a cappella worship.
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B.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States known for its emphasis on Christian unity, believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and open Communion.
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C.
Churches Uniting in Christ
Churches Uniting in Christ is an ecumenical organization in the United States that brings together several Protestant denominations to foster Christian unity, shared mission, and mutual recognition of ministry.
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D.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination known for its observance of Saturday as the Sabbath, emphasis on Christ’s imminent second coming, and distinctive teachings on health, education, and biblical prophecy.
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E.
Iglesia ni Cristo
Iglesia ni Cristo is an independent Christian church that originated in the Philippines, known for its centralized leadership, strict discipline, and distinctive doctrines and worship practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Church of God in Christ Target entity description: The Church of God in Christ is a historically Black Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States known for its Holiness teachings, charismatic worship, and significant influence on American religious and musical culture.
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A.
Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ are a network of autonomous Christian congregations rooted in the American Restoration Movement, emphasizing New Testament Christianity, congregational independence, and a cappella worship.
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B.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States known for its emphasis on Christian unity, believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and open Communion.
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C.
Churches Uniting in Christ
Churches Uniting in Christ is an ecumenical organization in the United States that brings together several Protestant denominations to foster Christian unity, shared mission, and mutual recognition of ministry.
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D.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination known for its observance of Saturday as the Sabbath, emphasis on Christ’s imminent second coming, and distinctive teachings on health, education, and biblical prophecy.
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E.
Iglesia ni Cristo
Iglesia ni Cristo is an independent Christian church that originated in the Philippines, known for its centralized leadership, strict discipline, and distinctive doctrines and worship practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian denomination
ⓘ
Holiness-Pentecostal church ⓘ Pentecostal denomination ⓘ historically Black church ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| doctrine |
Trinitarian
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biblical inerrancy ⓘ entire sanctification as a second work of grace ⓘ salvation by faith in Jesus Christ ⓘ speaking in tongues as initial evidence of Spirit baptism ⓘ |
| emphasis |
baptism in the Holy Spirit
ⓘ
holiness of life ⓘ sanctification ⓘ |
| founder | Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| foundingPlace |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
| governanceBody |
Board of Bishops
ⓘ
General Assembly ⓘ General Board ⓘ |
| governanceStructure | episcopal polity ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent |
Auxiliaries in Ministry Convention
ⓘ
Holy Convocation ⓘ |
| hasAuxiliary |
Evangelism Department
ⓘ
Missions Department ⓘ Music Department ⓘ Sunday School Department ⓘ Women’s Department ⓘ Youth Department ⓘ |
| hasClergyTitle |
bishop
ⓘ
pastor ⓘ superintendent ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary
ⓘ
Saints Academy ⓘ |
| hasGlobalPresence |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various African languages ⓘ |
| hasPublication | The Whole Truth ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
| influenced |
African American religious culture
ⓘ
Pentecostal churches ⓘ
surface form:
American Pentecostalism
American sacred music ⓘ gospel music ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Presiding Bishop ⓘ |
| orientation | evangelical ⓘ |
| practice |
altar services
ⓘ
call-and-response preaching ⓘ divine healing ⓘ holiness codes of conduct ⓘ lively congregational singing ⓘ tithing ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicComposition |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Holiness movement
ⓘ
Pentecostalism ⓘ |
| worshipStyle | charismatic worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Church of God in Christ Description of subject: The Church of God in Christ is a historically Black Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States known for its Holiness teachings, charismatic worship, and significant influence on American religious and musical culture.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Church of God in Christ (COGIC)