Ordination Exam
What is the date associated with the Northern Kingdom? – answer 915 B.C. - 722 B.C.
What is the date associated with the Southern Kingdom? – answer 915 B.C. - 587 B.C.
The Church Of God In Christ was founded by? - answer Bishop C.H. Mason
A creed is similar to the COGIC Statement of Faith because both seek to present? –
answer Basics elements of doctrine that express the tenets of our faith
John Wesley of Methodism taught that there were two works of grace: Conversion and
Sanctification; the Church of God In Christ teaches that there is a third work of grace,
what is it? – answer Baptism in the Holy Ghost
When the Church of God In Christ speaks of the Trinity, the Godhead, we speak of? -
answer One God eternally existent in three persons
Many of the early creeds of the Christian Church were developed during large meetings
of theologians, pastors, laypersons and sometimes by political leaders like the Roman
Emperor. These gatherings of church officials were known as? – answer Ecumenical
Councils
During these great gatherings, the groups whose beliefs were accepted by the mass
majority of participants, and could be best defended as "sound doctrine" were
eventually called the ____________ believers? - answerOrthodox
The groups that lost the debates during the gatherings, whose views were rejected,
were called? - answerHeretics
One of the first creeds in the history of the Christian Church, extending back to the New
Testament era, was known as the? - answerApostle's creed
In this creed, the church answered the following questions: Do we believe in the
oneness of God? Do we believe that Jesus is equal to or subordinate to God? In what
sense is Jesus the "Son of God?" - answerNicene creed
The Church of God in Christ believes that the formula for water baptism is in the name
of the __________ , __________ and __________? - answerFather
Son
Holy Spirit
, The first affirmation of the COGIC Statement of Faith is: "We believe the Bible to be the
inspired and only infallible written Word of God." Identify one scripture that supports this
belief? - answer2 Timothy 3:16-17
In the early years of COGIC, a preaching style developed among us that is distinctive to
our culture, in which preachers would use members of the congregation to read
selected passages of scripture as he interpreted the passages, using line-by-line, word-
for-word exegesis. This is known as _______________ preaching? - answerRead-on
The COGIC belief in the "infallibility of the Bible" means that we believe that the Bible as
it is currently comprised is an absolutely sufficient guide and teaches all that God
requires for human beings to live _______________ lives, and for the church to base its
_____________ and ______________? - answerSaved
Doctrines
Practices
How many times is the word Trinity used in the Bible? - answerZero
The doctrine of the Trinity can be strongly supported by what four scriptures? -
answerMatthew 3:16-17
Matthew 28:19
John 14:16-17
2 Corinthians 13:14
__________ head is another word that we use for the Trinity. - answerGod
What Scriptures in the New Testament support the idea that Jesus was divine? -
answerJohn 1:14
Colossians 2:9
The New Testament saints, including the Apostle Paul, thought and wrote quite a bit
about the "end times"; these writings often spoke of the immediate return of Christ.
Their thinking is, for this reason, called? - answerApocalyptic
Upon which biblical verses does COGIC base its doctrine of the Rapture? - answer1
Thessalonians 4:13-18
The doctrine of Initial Evidence says what about being Filled with the Holy Ghost? -
answerThe first sign of being filled is that the believer will speak in tongues
The major theological difference between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit is what? -
answerThere is no difference
How are the Gifts of the Spirit in Romans 12, I Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4 related?
- answerThese are gifts of the Holy Spirit to empower those called to do ministry
What is the date associated with the Northern Kingdom? – answer 915 B.C. - 722 B.C.
What is the date associated with the Southern Kingdom? – answer 915 B.C. - 587 B.C.
The Church Of God In Christ was founded by? - answer Bishop C.H. Mason
A creed is similar to the COGIC Statement of Faith because both seek to present? –
answer Basics elements of doctrine that express the tenets of our faith
John Wesley of Methodism taught that there were two works of grace: Conversion and
Sanctification; the Church of God In Christ teaches that there is a third work of grace,
what is it? – answer Baptism in the Holy Ghost
When the Church of God In Christ speaks of the Trinity, the Godhead, we speak of? -
answer One God eternally existent in three persons
Many of the early creeds of the Christian Church were developed during large meetings
of theologians, pastors, laypersons and sometimes by political leaders like the Roman
Emperor. These gatherings of church officials were known as? – answer Ecumenical
Councils
During these great gatherings, the groups whose beliefs were accepted by the mass
majority of participants, and could be best defended as "sound doctrine" were
eventually called the ____________ believers? - answerOrthodox
The groups that lost the debates during the gatherings, whose views were rejected,
were called? - answerHeretics
One of the first creeds in the history of the Christian Church, extending back to the New
Testament era, was known as the? - answerApostle's creed
In this creed, the church answered the following questions: Do we believe in the
oneness of God? Do we believe that Jesus is equal to or subordinate to God? In what
sense is Jesus the "Son of God?" - answerNicene creed
The Church of God in Christ believes that the formula for water baptism is in the name
of the __________ , __________ and __________? - answerFather
Son
Holy Spirit
, The first affirmation of the COGIC Statement of Faith is: "We believe the Bible to be the
inspired and only infallible written Word of God." Identify one scripture that supports this
belief? - answer2 Timothy 3:16-17
In the early years of COGIC, a preaching style developed among us that is distinctive to
our culture, in which preachers would use members of the congregation to read
selected passages of scripture as he interpreted the passages, using line-by-line, word-
for-word exegesis. This is known as _______________ preaching? - answerRead-on
The COGIC belief in the "infallibility of the Bible" means that we believe that the Bible as
it is currently comprised is an absolutely sufficient guide and teaches all that God
requires for human beings to live _______________ lives, and for the church to base its
_____________ and ______________? - answerSaved
Doctrines
Practices
How many times is the word Trinity used in the Bible? - answerZero
The doctrine of the Trinity can be strongly supported by what four scriptures? -
answerMatthew 3:16-17
Matthew 28:19
John 14:16-17
2 Corinthians 13:14
__________ head is another word that we use for the Trinity. - answerGod
What Scriptures in the New Testament support the idea that Jesus was divine? -
answerJohn 1:14
Colossians 2:9
The New Testament saints, including the Apostle Paul, thought and wrote quite a bit
about the "end times"; these writings often spoke of the immediate return of Christ.
Their thinking is, for this reason, called? - answerApocalyptic
Upon which biblical verses does COGIC base its doctrine of the Rapture? - answer1
Thessalonians 4:13-18
The doctrine of Initial Evidence says what about being Filled with the Holy Ghost? -
answerThe first sign of being filled is that the believer will speak in tongues
The major theological difference between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit is what? -
answerThere is no difference
How are the Gifts of the Spirit in Romans 12, I Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4 related?
- answerThese are gifts of the Holy Spirit to empower those called to do ministry
