COGIC BIBLE BOWL (HISTORY) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Why is Our Church commonly known as being Holiness or Pentecostal? - Answer -Our
Church is known as being Holiness or Pentecostal because of the importance ascribed
to the events which occurred on the day of Pentecost.
On what day did the day of Pentecost occur? - Answer -The 50th day after the
Passover
In what church does COGIC have its origin? - Answer -The General Association to the
Baptist Church (Elder Mason's parents were members of a Missionary Baptist Church)
Who is the founder and organizer of the Church of God in Christ? - Answer -Elder
Charles Harrison Mason
When was Elder Charles Harrison Mason born? - Answer -September 8, 1866
Where Was Elder Charles Harrison Mason born? - Answer -Elder Charles Harrison
Mason was born near Memphis, Tennessee on The Prior Farm
What was the name of Charles Harrison Mason's parents? - Answer -Jerry and Eliza
Mason
When and where was Elder Mason converted/accepted Christ? - Answer -November,
1878 (baptized by his brother, I.S. Nelson, a Baptist preacher) at the Mount Olive
Missionary Baptist church near Plumerville, Arkansas
What promise/covenant did God make with Bishop Mason if he used the name
C.O.G.I.C.? - Answer -God said to Bishop Mason, "If you take this name, Church of
God in Christ, there will never be a building large enough to hold the people that will
follow."
What scripture was revealed to Bishop Mason by God for the Name "Convocation"? -
Answer -Leviticus 23:4 (These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations,
which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.)
What does the phrase "From the street to the courthouse entrance to the living room to
the gin to the church" refer to? - Answer -- The phrase provides a historical tracking of
Bishop Mason's ministry
Why did the Elders withdraw the "right hand" of fellowship from Elder C. H. Mason after
he received the Holy Ghost? - Answer -- They referred to the Holy Ghost as a delusion.
They did not believe that a man could receive the Holy Ghost
ANSWERS
Why is Our Church commonly known as being Holiness or Pentecostal? - Answer -Our
Church is known as being Holiness or Pentecostal because of the importance ascribed
to the events which occurred on the day of Pentecost.
On what day did the day of Pentecost occur? - Answer -The 50th day after the
Passover
In what church does COGIC have its origin? - Answer -The General Association to the
Baptist Church (Elder Mason's parents were members of a Missionary Baptist Church)
Who is the founder and organizer of the Church of God in Christ? - Answer -Elder
Charles Harrison Mason
When was Elder Charles Harrison Mason born? - Answer -September 8, 1866
Where Was Elder Charles Harrison Mason born? - Answer -Elder Charles Harrison
Mason was born near Memphis, Tennessee on The Prior Farm
What was the name of Charles Harrison Mason's parents? - Answer -Jerry and Eliza
Mason
When and where was Elder Mason converted/accepted Christ? - Answer -November,
1878 (baptized by his brother, I.S. Nelson, a Baptist preacher) at the Mount Olive
Missionary Baptist church near Plumerville, Arkansas
What promise/covenant did God make with Bishop Mason if he used the name
C.O.G.I.C.? - Answer -God said to Bishop Mason, "If you take this name, Church of
God in Christ, there will never be a building large enough to hold the people that will
follow."
What scripture was revealed to Bishop Mason by God for the Name "Convocation"? -
Answer -Leviticus 23:4 (These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations,
which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.)
What does the phrase "From the street to the courthouse entrance to the living room to
the gin to the church" refer to? - Answer -- The phrase provides a historical tracking of
Bishop Mason's ministry
Why did the Elders withdraw the "right hand" of fellowship from Elder C. H. Mason after
he received the Holy Ghost? - Answer -- They referred to the Holy Ghost as a delusion.
They did not believe that a man could receive the Holy Ghost
