Please Study The Scriptures In This
Bible Bell
THE BELL
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's Child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am united with the Lord 1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor.
6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God).
(Eph.1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ (Acts
1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt
5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1
Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation
(Rom.8:1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven, I am
significant (Phil 3:20)
I am free from any charge against me
(Rom. 8:31-34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for
God ( 2Cor 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy
Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly
realms (Eph 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of
God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by
God (2 Cor 1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together
for good (Rom. 8:28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear
fruit (John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and
confidence (Eph. 3:12)
I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me (Phil 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a
channel of His life (John 15:15)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3:16). I am
complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col.
3:3) I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2
Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God
has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil 1:5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col
1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God
Do you Know
Who you are?
Keep this bell ringing.......pass it on.
"The Lord bless you and keep you; The
Lord make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you;
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace.........
Numbers 6:24-26
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Bible And C. O. G. I. C. Trivia
Many Of The Photographed Faces On This
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These Scattered, Labeled Faces And Facts As Clues
In
Naming The Faces And
Answering Some Of The Questions On
This Bible/Church Trivia Page!
There are actually 4 rows in the above
picture!
1) What was the name of the preacher on
the top row in the picture above?
2) He was the___________________of the
C. O. G. I C.
3) Give the names of the 3 preachers on
the second row from the top in order from right to left.
4) Give the name of the preacher on the
third row from the top.
5) Give the names of the 2 preachers on
the bottom row from left to right.
6) In what year was our leader
inspired of God to organize
and name the Church of God in Christ__________?
7) The Azusa Street Revival in Los
Angeles, which marked the turning point
for the C. O. G. I. C. and its founding
fathers occurred in what year______?
8) What three preachers from the C. O.
G. I. C. attended the Azusa Street Revival?
9) These 3 preachers received teachings from the
Father of 20th Century Pentecostalism;
What non - C. O. G. I. C. preacher was
called the
Father of 20th Century
Pentecostalism____________?
10) The essential part of the salvation
experience
of the believer is receiving___________?
11) The essential part of
the above________________experience
is the evidence of_______________.
12) The above experience was in accordance
with what bible scripture____________?
13) The 12 elders who responded to the
call of our leader's belief in the
scripture from question 12 organized or
formed the first General Assembly
of the Church of God in Christ.
Who were these 12 elders?
14) Our Chief Apostle, as a result
of this General Assembly, immediately dedicated
20 days (November 25th through December
14th) annually as a meeting time for
all of his followers to fellowship with
each other and to transact all ecclesiastical
and secular affairs pertinent to the
growth of the National Organization
(The Holy Convocation to be held in
Memphis, Tennessee).
Why was this particular segment of the
year chosen for this convention to be held?
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15) Name the preachers in the picture
below from left to right_________________.
16) Name the individuals in the picture
below from left to right_______________.
These preachers were members of our
leader's Executive Council and
other General Board "Members - To - Be"
In the Mid 1960's:
17a) Name The Five Preachers Below
(Forefront) From Left
To Right:
17b) At least 3 of these preachers are
related in some way;
Who are they and how are they related?
18) Name The 13 Preachers In The Picture
Below From Left To Right:
These Preachers Were A Part Of The Youth
Provisional Board In 1970
Under The Leadership Of Bishop J. O.
Patterson, SR., And Were
Loyal Followers, All Of Which Rose To
Prominence Within The
Church Of God In Christ.
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19) Name The Preachers Below From Left
To right:
These Men Were General Board Leaders In
The 1980's
20) Name The Two Preachers Below From
Left To Right: What person is missing from this photo?
21) Name The Five Preachers In The
Picture Below From Left To Right:
Name each female below and tell what important role
each played in the planning of the first Women's Convention
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About The 1st Women's Convention Below {1951}
22) Name The Two Preachers Below From
Left To right:
23) Name The Two Preachers Below
From Left To Right:
24a) What preacher was one of our
Founder's closest confidants for over 50 years?
b) What preacher was one of our
Founder's closest friends and was
one of the two preachers who had
attended
the Azusa Street Revival with him?
c) Which preacher among the founder's
first General Assembly, which was
formed in 1907, was the editor of the
periodical entitled the "Whole Truth"?
25) Who became the first successor of the
Founder of the C. O. G. I. C. ?
a) Who was the author of the biography
of the founder of the COGIC,
concerning the roots of the COGIC
(Centennial Edition)?
c) This person wanted the younger
generations to know COGIC'S legacy_____________.
26a) Who became the First Assistant
Presiding Bishop to Bishop J. O. Patterson. Sr. in 1989?
b} Who became the First Assistant
Presiding Bishop to Bishop J. O. Patterson, Sr.,
by Bishop Patterson's personal
recommendation to the General Assembly
in 1976? and
c} What were the qualifications of this
person which prompted
Bishop J. O. Patterson to
recommend him, and which caused the General Assembly
to unanimously agree to the
recommendation?
d} What was the Name Affectionately
given to this man within the church arena?
26e) A Preacher In The Above Photo Is A
Relative Of The Preacher In The Photo Below.
What Are Their Names And Their
Relationship?
26f) What Are The Names Of The Preachers
In The Picture Above From Left To Right?
27} Below, This Was The General Board Of 1972
a) Can You Give The Name Of The
Presiding Bishop at this time?
b) Give The Names Of The Preachers On
The Top Row From Left to Right.
c) Give The Names Of The Preachers On
The bottom Row from Left To Right.
28} Who Were The First Five Overseers
Who Were Consecrated As Bishops
Over The COGIC To Promulgate The Massive
Work Of The Church In 1933?
29} What person, who later on became A
National
Supervisor Of The Women's
Department Of The COGIC, played
a major role in convincing Bishop W. M.
Roberts to accept the invitation
to move his family to Chicago to begin a
mission for the COGIC.
30} Who was Bishop W. M. Roberts' pastor
before he moved to Chicago?
31) Study The Faces Of The People Below;
They Held These Offices During
The Leadership Of Bishop Chandler D.
Owens; Some Are Yet Holding Offices:
Which two are currently on the COGIC
General Board {2010}?
32} Which preacher's ministry in the
COGIC Brotherhood had the first mission in their
entire state and also had the
distinction of being first to have
their own church broadcast within the
entire state?
33) What preacher was over the Home and
Foreign Mission Board in Los Angeles in 1951?
34) The Founder of the COGIC received
the name of the Church of God
in Christ in what city?
35) The COGIC name is based upon what 2
scriptures?
36) The sanctified denomination of C. P.
Jones and C. H. Mason split in 1907
over what?
37) What unusually important service did
the founder of the COGIC perform
to all races in the early twentieth
century Pentecostal Movement
and what important factor made this
possible and unique to the COGIC?
38) Why did the FBI develop a file on C.
H. Mason and why was he jailed?
39) Who traveled to Lexington to post a
two thousand dollar cash
bond for C. H. Mason's release from
jail?
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The Women's Department of The C. O. G.
I. C.
1) Who was the first International
Supervisor of Women?
2)Who was the second International
Supervisor of Women?
3) Who was the third International
Supervisor of Women?
4)Who was the fourth International
Supervisor of Women?
5) Who was the fifth International
Supervisor of Women?
6) The name of the sixth International
Supervisor of Women is?
7) Which One Of The Above Women Was The
Wife Of The First
Assistant Presiding Bishop To Bishop J.
O Patterson, Sr.
(give row#, position from left to
right)?
8) From Left To Right Top Row (Above)?
9) From Left To Right Bottom Row (Above)?
10) Can You Name The Ladies on the First
Row
From Left To Right__________In The
Photograph below?
11a) Who is the First Lady In The Second
Row Below________?
11b) What great woman of God in the
COGIC was nicknamed "Warhorse" ______?
11c) What great woman of God in the
COGIC was nicknamed "Dreamer" ______?
11d) When and where was the Women's
Department of the Church of God in Christ
first established (what year, what place
and event)?
11e) Above all my darlings, "Stand Fast"
and hold the traditions we have been
taught, so that our works can praise us
in the gates." were famous words
of which Supervisor of Women?
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Majority Of These Questions Below May Be
Found On The Missions
And The Historic Reflections Pages And
Perhaps Further Below On
This Page (Bible/Church Trivia)
On This Website!
12) Refer To The Picture
In #21 (Preacher's Section) Above; Name The Two Ladies
Positioned To The Far
Right In That Photo (In Order From Left To Right):
13) Who Was Famous For Saying:
"Methods Change, But Principles Remain The Same?
13b) What preacher sent
a letter to the Supervisor over the Women's Department
inviting the women to
allow him to host the first Women's Convention?
13c) What prominent
leader of the COGIC Women played a major role in altering
the women's dress from
plain to smart and fashionable,
and at the same time,
maintained the embodiment of sanctification and holiness
within the dress code?
13d) Who among the
prominent women of the COGIC denomination
contracted a Woman's
Foundation Company to make brass, girdles
slips.. to sell to the
COGIC women for purposes of "smoothing them out",
to ensure that they
would look great in suits, and smart fashions?
14) What Bishop Hosted
The First International Women's Convention In 1951?
15) Where Did The First
Women's Convention Convene (City)?
15b) Where did the First
Women's Convention Convene (Church Name)?
16) What Was The main
Reason For Having A National Women's Meeting?
16b) What were the main
4 topics discussed during the first (and all of the
following conventions
afterwards)?
16c) In Mother Coffey's
and Dr. Mallory's viewpoints, what did the general
public think about the
COGIC women and/or denomination overall?
17) What Is The 2nd
Largest Convention In The COGIC?
18) What Famous Group Of
Educated Women Helped To Bring Greater Attention
To The Saints Industrial
School.
18b) What other highly
educated woman was a great influence to Dr. Mallory and
to Mother Lillian
Coffey?
18c) What 2 major groups
highly influenced the formulation of the COGIC Women's
Department and
ultimately the organization of the first Women's Convention?
19) Who Told The Women
Of The COGIC To Stay Out Of Secular Organizations
And Lodges?
20) What Woman Had A
Street Ministry And Would Sing And Play A Guitar?
b) What woman created
the Bishop's Wives Unit in the Women's Dept.?
21) What other famous
educated woman helped to bring the Saints Industrial
School out of Oblivion?
22) Who's funeral was
held on the last night of the holy convocation of 1945?
23) In what year was the
worldwide headquarters of the COGIG dedicated?
24) Who completed the
sum owed on the Neon sign purchased for the newly completed
Mason Temple in
1945______?
25) What did Lillian
Brooks Coffey tell the founder of the COGIC
she would do if she were
to die before him?
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Interesting Historical Facts Concerning
The Women's Department's
1st Women's Convention
Of The C. O. G. I. C.
A more extensive
treatment of the planning involved in preparing for the first
Women's Convention in
1951 may be found on our Missions Web Page on this website.
The Above Picture Was Taken By Bishop
Christopher C. Owens In 1951
And Included In His Scrapbook Archive Of
Notable Events!
In the center of the above picture you
will see Mother Lillian Coffey, who organized the
first National Women's Convention of the
C. O. G. I. C. in 1951; The
group of delegates were leaving from the
Union Station in Chicago, Illinois on
the Santa Fe Train heading for Los
Angeles, California.
Below You Will Notice An Almost
Identical Picture
Taken By The Times Weekly Newspaper!
By virtue of the fact that The Late
Bishop Christopher C. Owens was
a dining car waiter for the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad System,
Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey
requested to have him personally serve
the saints in the
chartered coaches on the train.
Mother Coffey Was Very Determined
And In Control; It Was Said By
Mother Dabbs, Who Had Been Licensed
By Bishop Mason As A Missionary, That
Mother Coffey Was The First Black Woman To
Have Full Control Of A 25 Coach Train
Having Five Diesels To Pull It.
She Brought Women From the Four Corners
Of The
Nation To Los Angeles, California For
The First Women's
Convention Of The Church Of God In
Christ.
Because God Gave Her Favor The Santa Fe Railway Company
Honored Her request and allowed
Bishop C. C. Owens to serve as host
waiter for this massive women's delegation.
She Had A Saved And Sanctified Black
Dining Car Waiter To Service The Saints.
Bishop C. C. Owens is in the center of
the above photo immediately to the
left of Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey -
And Pictured Below,
We See Him Posing and Holding Onto The
Side Of The Train.
Above: Dr. C. C. Owens is seen
serving the delegates to the International Women's
Convention of 1951 in the Santa Fe
Dining Car;
In particular, Sis. Deborah Mason
Patterson, wife of the Bishop
J. O. Patterson, Sr. is seen smiling in
the forefront along with other delegates being served!
Below: Bishop Christopher C. Owens - Ready For
Service With The
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad System
As A Dining Car Waiter.
The train that
COGIC women boarded
from cities on the way to Los Angeles
cost them $100.00.
This cost was to cover their room and board,
sightseeing, and the
registration fee. Those who purchased the
packages were called
the "Red Card Delegates", a term still in
use in COGIC Women's
Conventions today. During the train
ride, Mother Coffey
collected money for the missions offering,
planning to present
it to Bishop S. M. Crouch, head of the missions
board in Los
Angeles. When they arrived in Union Station in Los
Angeles, a large
entourage awaited them, and Mother Coffey stepped
off the train with a
porter holding a large sign behind her which
read, The Lillian
Brooks Coffey Special. Dressed in a smart
suit, hat, and fur
wrap, she led the women off the train.
Lucille J.
Cornelius, early COGIC Historian, describes the scene:
"It was a most
exhilarating sight to see the train come in bringing
women from various
parts of the world as they landed in L. A.
There was a big
welcoming committee to greet them. It made
history as all the
news media and advertisement went into action.
The delegates were
led by Mother Coffey, singing, "We have
come this far by
faith, leaning on the Lord." It seemed to me
that women would
never stop getting off that train, it was
such a huge number
of them."
The event exceeded
Mother Coffey's expectations. Coverage by the
white and black
press, the Los Angeles Sentinel, the Associated Negro
press, and the radio
secured a high profile for the COGIC women
in attendance.
The Mayor and his wife greeted the delegates
at the train
station, starting a yearly tradition of governmental
official hitching
their stars (and pictures) alongside the
COGIC Women's
Convention.
Below We See The
Governor And His Wife Of The Sate Of
California With
Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey
The convention
opened on May 24, 1951, a mere 5 months after the
approval. The
meetings were held at the Emmanuel Temple
Church of God In
Christ, hosted by Bishop Samuel M. Crouch
and his wife.
The convention program for the week consisted of
discussions of
various issues of interest to the Women's Department.
Christian education,
and education at large, racial issues,
and Missionary
activity.
Below:
Supervisor Lillian Coffey And Seated Behind Her Is Mary McLeod Bethune
Who Was The Guest
Speaker At The International
Women's Convention
In 1951
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The keynote address
was given by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,
whose picture
together with Mother Coffey's was featured
prominently in the
society pages of the L. A. Sentinel. Mother
Coffey had the
attending missionaries plus the State Mothers
march in with
banners unfurled representing the various states
and countries that
COGIC women's missionaries served in, to
accentuate the focus
on missionary activity. And in the midst of
all the excitement,
Mother Coffey presented to Bishop Crouch
$10,000.00 in cash,
in a paper bag as a donation from the
Women's Department
for the missions work of the COGIC.
Below, Center:
Bishop S. M. Crouch,
An Avid Supporter Of
Missions, Later (1973)
Received The
"Special Achievement Award"
From The Religious
Workers Guild
For More Than 50
Years Of Distinguished Service
To The National
COGIC
By The President And
Founder, Bishop C. C. Owens.
This certainly was
not the Women's Department of Mother
Robinson's days.
The severe clothing, the rigorous Bible study,
and rejection of the
world had metamorphosed into
articulate,
fashionable, educated and civically oriented women.
Bishop Mason even
attended the Women's Convention, staying apart
from the
proceedings, but participating in the nightly social
events. In short,
the week long convention was a success.
Please, Please, later
surf to the Missions Page of this website to better understand
why Mother Coffey first
saw a need to suggest to Bishop Mason as a young
woman to allow the women
to have a Women's Department,
and secondly, why Mother
Lillian Brooks Coffey found it necessary
to expand the
auxiliaries of the Women's Department which
had been headed by the
great Mother Lizzie Robinson
(for which Mother Coffey
was assistant to the 1st Women's Supervisor),
and thirdly, after
receiving a vision of the event, found it
expedient and necessary
to request Bishop Mason to allow the women of
the COGIC to have a
Women's Convention!
In 2010 There Was A Re-enactment Of The
Lillian Coffey Special Project.
Mother Cross, The Supervisor Of Women In
The 3rd Jurisdiction Of Illinois,
Under The Leadership Of Bishop Sanders,
Prayed About This
Idea, And Ultimately Brought It To His
Attention,
And Later To The Attention Of The
Regional
Supervisor Of Illinois - Mother Eades),
And Then To Mother Willie May Rivers;
After Collaborating With Others, Organizing
And Catapulting
Ideas Into Fruition, The
"Mother Rivers Glory Train" Project Soon Became A Reality.
The Train Left Chicago's Windy City With
14 Illinois Jurisdictions
Being Represented; Before The
Train Entered Los Angeles, California,
More Than 20 Jurisdictions From
Illinois, Indiana And
Southern States Combined Were
Represented; Initially The Saints Weren't
Given The Same Freedoms On The Glory
Train As Those Allowed On
Mother Coffey's Special Train, But By
The Time A Black Company Official Boarded
The Train In New Mexico And Interceded IN
Behalf Of The Saints, Praying,
Singing Songs Of Zion (Such As This
Train Is A Glory Train), And Taking Pictures
On The Few Chartered Train Coaches
Became A Reality.
Soon Mother
Rivers Boarded The Train In Order To
Arrive In California On The Glory Train
Project With The Entire
Delegation. The Project Was A
Great Success!
As you can see from the first picture
shown above, the chartered train
In the first project
was
named "The Lillian Brooks Coffey Special".
The First Convention in 1951 was a great success both
spiritually and financially;
However, many things have changed for the better
since those early days, for at
that time, Mother Coffey bravely and
safely delivered finances
of over ten thousand dollars of reported
cash,
contained within a brown paper bag, to
the convention coiffeurs.
God is awesome!
Thank God that He has blessed us, and we
have, out of necessity, organized
and upgraded our financial practices.
Missionary Dabbs Yet Lives in 2010 to
tell of the first glory as in Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this
house in her first glory?
And how do ye see it now?
Work, For I Am With You Saith The Lord
Of Hosts Haggai 2: 4(last part).
For A Better
Understanding Of The Mother Coffey's Need For A Women's Department,
And Mother Coffey's Need
For Organizing A Women's Convention
In 1951, Please Surf To
The Missions Page Of This Website
For Intricate Details!
Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey Received
The "C. H. Mason
Award"
From The Religious Workers Guild.
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For A Testimonial On The First Women's
Convention
Go To
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National Home Page.
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or click on the picture of Mother
Lillian Brooks Coffey
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Understand
All Of Her Reasons For Suggesting To
Bishop Mason To Have
A Women's National Department In The
COGIC, And To Ultimately Receive Permission
From Bishop Mason To Have A National
Women's Convention!
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Bible Trivia Questions.
How Well Do You Know
Your Bible?
Study The Scriptures
I) {Easy, no scriptures
are necessary here -
show scriptures in the
advanced section}
1) Who led the children
of Israel out of Egypt?
2}What does trinity
refer to?
3} Is the word "trinity"
found in the bible?
4} Who is the "Father of
the Nation"?
5} Who built an ark for
God?
6} What was to be placed
on this ark?
7} How long did it rain
to allow the ark to move
8}The children were in
the wilderness for how long?
9} What famous person
who caused Jesus to weep
in the Bible was brought
back from the dead
10} A lady gave her son
to the Lord by giving him to the priest;
a) What was this baby's
name?
b) Many years later, a
King propositioned a woman of a familiar
spirit to summon this
man from the dead; Who was this King?
c) What did the King ask
this man during a séance?
d) What was this man's
response?
e} Did the summoned
man's response come to fruition?
11} Is it pleasing to
God for born again Christians to have séances
or to involve themselves
with people of familiar spirits?
b) What does the
scripture say about this?
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II) {For The Advanced
Bible Scholar}
Answer Each Question
With A Scripture ( Specifically Name The Scripture):
Example: What is
God declared to be?
Answer: "God is
love" I John 4: 16
Concerning Love:
1} How great is God's
love for the world?
2} In what act
especially has God's infinite love been manifested?
3} In what does God
delight?
4} How are the mercies
of heaven continually manifested to the sons of men?
5} Into what
relationship to God does his love bring us?
6} As sons of God to
what will we submit?
7} How is the love of
God supplied to the believer?
8} When men appreciate
God's love, what will they do?
9} In view of God's
great love to us, what attitude should we take toward one another?
10} Can anything
separate the true child of God from the love of God?
11} Unto whom will the
saints forever ascribe praise?
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