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- The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians, formerly based in Huntsville, Alabama. The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) shares a common history with the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) up until their division in 1943. The original Church of God was led by Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson (1865-1943) until his death. The leaders of the church determined to install Milton A. Tomlinson as the General Overseer of the church. Milton's brother, Homer Aubrey Tomlinson, withdrew and established church headquarters in Queens Village, Queens. After the death of Homer Tomlinson, Voy M. Bullen was chosen as his successor and headquarters were moved to Huntsville, Alabama, closer to the center of the movement. Bishop Bullen chose Danny R. Patrick as his successor, prior to his death in 1997. Bishop Patrick moved headquarters yet again, to his hometown of Scottville, Kentucky. He is the pastor of the largest church in the organization, East Willow Street Church of God. This group calls itself The Church of God, though "World Headquarters" is sometimes added for clarification. In 2016 Bishop Danny R. Patrick chose Roger L. Centers as the new General Overseer. The Handbook of Denominations reported 75,890 members for this group in 1978. Piepkorn's Profiles in Belief reported 1933 congregations in the United States with 75,290 members. By most accounts this figure is highly inflated. A recent division brought into existence The Church of God in Divine Order, which was organized October 14, 2000, led by Ted Carr who disagreed with the decision to appoint Patrick as General Overseer. The group is headquartered in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. (en)
- The Church of God (World Headquarters) är en pingstkyrka med församlingar i USA, Kanada, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Jungfruöarna, Panama, Storbritannien, Grekland, Egypten, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Zambia och Filippinerna. Vid biskop död 1943 uppstod en tvist om vem av hans söner skulle efterträda honom som ledare för trossamfundet Church of God, over which A. J. Tomlinson is General Overseer. Tomlinson hade själv utpekat äldste sonen Homer A Tomlinson som sin efterträdare men kyrkoledningen utsåg istället den yngre brodern Milton A Tomlinson.Resultatet blev att båda bröderna gjorde anspråk på att företräda den rätta Church of God, med äganderätt till dess egendom. En segsliten rättstvist resulterade 1952 i att Miltons större falang (med huvudkvarter i Cleveland, Tennessee) fick rätten till kyrkans tillgångar och registrerades under namnet Church of God of Prophecy. Homer lät kröna sig till "King of the World" och utropade Jerusalem till sitt världshögvarter, därav namnet på hans kyrka. I realiteten styrde han dock kyrkan från sitt hem i Queens, New York. Homer A Tomlinson reste flitigt jorden runt och startade dotterförsamlingar i olika länder. Han sade sig ha fått i uppdrag att plantera kyrkans flagga i alla jordens länder. Kyrkans uppgift var, enligt honom, att fostra ledare som skulle väljas in i ländernas regeringar och upprätta Guds rike på jorden. I enlighet med denna vision bildade han Teokratiska partiet och ställde upp som kandidat i de amerikanska presidentvalen. Efter Tomlinsons död i december 1968 utsågs Voy M Bullen till ny ledare för kyrkan, vars högkvarter flyttades till Huntsville, Alabama. Före sin död 1997 utpekade biskop Bullen Danny R Patrick till sin efterträdare. Patrick flyttade kyrkans säte till sin hemstad Scottville, Kentucky. (sv)
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- The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) is a Pentecostal holiness body of Christians, formerly based in Huntsville, Alabama. The Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) shares a common history with the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) up until their division in 1943. The original Church of God was led by Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson (1865-1943) until his death. The leaders of the church determined to install Milton A. Tomlinson as the General Overseer of the church. Milton's brother, Homer Aubrey Tomlinson, withdrew and established church headquarters in Queens Village, Queens. After the death of Homer Tomlinson, Voy M. Bullen was chosen as his successor and headquarters were moved to Huntsville, Alabama, closer to the center of the movement. Bishop Bullen chose Danny R. Patrick as his successor, (en)
- The Church of God (World Headquarters) är en pingstkyrka med församlingar i USA, Kanada, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Jungfruöarna, Panama, Storbritannien, Grekland, Egypten, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Zambia och Filippinerna. Efter Tomlinsons död i december 1968 utsågs Voy M Bullen till ny ledare för kyrkan, vars högkvarter flyttades till Huntsville, Alabama. Före sin död 1997 utpekade biskop Bullen Danny R Patrick till sin efterträdare. Patrick flyttade kyrkans säte till sin hemstad Scottville, Kentucky. (sv)
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