COGIC Polity
Auxiliary Bishop - answer a consecrated clergyman holding the rank of bishop; a bishop
without charge over a jurisdiction, but has specifically assigned duties in the church.
Board of Bishops - answer the ecclesiastical body that trains and supervisors the ranks
of bishops; and ecclesiastical board headed by a constitutionally elected chairman.
Chairman of the General Assembly - answer The constitutionally elected officer who
precise or the general assembly of the Church of God in Christ. He is in charge of all
standing committees and ad hoc committees that function in the assembly.
Collegialism - answer the ecclesiastical theory that states the church is an organization
independent of secular law, and equal to the state, with the highest authority resting in
its entire membership.
Congregational Structure - answer a system that recognizes only the authority of the
local church and its officers.
District Superintendent - answerin the Episcopal system, the middle management and
the Episcopacy at the jurisdictional structure; has charged over designated churches
and pastors. appointed at the pleasure of the bishop.
Ecclesiastical - answerthe group or assembly pertaining or relating to the organization
of the church or clergy.
Ecclesiastical Function - answerpertains to how preachers function and includes
spiritual formation, Bible study, personal prayer, communal worship, visitation, baptism
and Holy Communion.
Episcopacy - answerpertains to the organizational structure that is controlled by the
bishops of a church organization.
Episcopal Structure - answertotally controlled by bishops. pastors are appointed for brief
periods of time and are often rotated from one place to another. those appointments are
not local church control, but granted at the district Church conference level of
government.
General Assembly - answerthe only doctrinal, expressing body in the Church of God in
Christ. It is made up of certified delegates from jurisdictional assemblies in the Church
of God in Christ.
Auxiliary Bishop - answer a consecrated clergyman holding the rank of bishop; a bishop
without charge over a jurisdiction, but has specifically assigned duties in the church.
Board of Bishops - answer the ecclesiastical body that trains and supervisors the ranks
of bishops; and ecclesiastical board headed by a constitutionally elected chairman.
Chairman of the General Assembly - answer The constitutionally elected officer who
precise or the general assembly of the Church of God in Christ. He is in charge of all
standing committees and ad hoc committees that function in the assembly.
Collegialism - answer the ecclesiastical theory that states the church is an organization
independent of secular law, and equal to the state, with the highest authority resting in
its entire membership.
Congregational Structure - answer a system that recognizes only the authority of the
local church and its officers.
District Superintendent - answerin the Episcopal system, the middle management and
the Episcopacy at the jurisdictional structure; has charged over designated churches
and pastors. appointed at the pleasure of the bishop.
Ecclesiastical - answerthe group or assembly pertaining or relating to the organization
of the church or clergy.
Ecclesiastical Function - answerpertains to how preachers function and includes
spiritual formation, Bible study, personal prayer, communal worship, visitation, baptism
and Holy Communion.
Episcopacy - answerpertains to the organizational structure that is controlled by the
bishops of a church organization.
Episcopal Structure - answertotally controlled by bishops. pastors are appointed for brief
periods of time and are often rotated from one place to another. those appointments are
not local church control, but granted at the district Church conference level of
government.
General Assembly - answerthe only doctrinal, expressing body in the Church of God in
Christ. It is made up of certified delegates from jurisdictional assemblies in the Church
of God in Christ.
