Bible Bowl 2025 (COGIC History)
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? - answerNovember,
1878 (baptized by his brother, I.S. Nelson, a Baptist preacher) at the Mount Olive
Missionary Baptist church near Plumerville, Arkansas
What year did Elder Charles Harrison Mason begin his Christian ministry? - answer1893
True or False. Elder Charles C.H. Mason received his license to minister from Mason
Temple COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee. - answerFalse. He received his license from
the Mt. Gale Missionary Baptist Church in Preston, Arkansas
What was the first Pentecostal-related name for COGIC? - answerChurch of God
How was the name COGIC revealed to Elder C.H. Mason? - answerThrough prayer and
seeking God for a name to set it apart from other Pentecostal churches
What scripture was revealed to Bishop Mason by God for naming the church? -
answer1 Thessalonians 2:14 (For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of
God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your
own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews)
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? - answerNovember,
1878 (baptized by his brother, I.S. Nelson, a Baptist preacher) at the Mount Olive
Missionary Baptist church near Plumerville, Arkansas
What year did Elder Charles Harrison Mason begin his Christian ministry? - answer1893
True or False. Elder Charles C.H. Mason received his license to minister from Mason
Temple COGIC in Memphis, Tennessee. - answerFalse. He received his license from
the Mt. Gale Missionary Baptist Church in Preston, Arkansas
What was the first Pentecostal-related name for COGIC? - answerChurch of God
How was the name COGIC revealed to Elder C.H. Mason? - answerThrough prayer and
seeking God for a name to set it apart from other Pentecostal churches
What scripture was revealed to Bishop Mason by God for naming the church? -
answer1 Thessalonians 2:14 (For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of
God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your
own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews)
