https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Church_of_God_Full_Gospel_in_IndiaChurch of God Full Gospel in India - Revision history2026-08-01T14:18:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Church_of_God_Full_Gospel_in_India&diff=494570&oldid=prevTanjerul Islam at 02:44, 29 April 20262026-04-29T02:44:39Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pentecostal Christian denomination}}{{Infobox Christian denomination<br />
|name = Church Of God (Full Gospel) in India (COG)<br />
|image = Church of God Emblem.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert<br />
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|caption = Cross with wave of the Holy Spirit<br />
|abbreviation = COG in India<br />
|main_classification = [[Protestant]], [[Evangelicalism]]<br />
|orientation = [[Pentecostal]]<br />
|polity = Reformed Episcopal<br />
|headquarters = [[Mulakuzha]], India<br />
|founder = [[Robert F. Cook]]<br />
|founded_date = Started in 1917<br />
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|area = India and Gulf Countries<br />
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The '''Church of God (Full Gospel)''' '''in India''' is the registered name of the [[Church of God (Cleveland)]]‘s branch in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=A |first=Sam Paul |date=2024-05-25 |title=A guardian of faith and nature |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/a-guardian-of-faith-and-nature/article68211558.ece |access-date=2025-06-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Church of God (Cleveland)]] is a Pentecostal church that has over 36,000 churches and 7 million members in 178 countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF GOD |url=https://churchofgod.org/about/a-brief-history-of-the-church-of-god/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Church Of God |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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On 19 August 1886, the Church of God began in Monroe County, Tennessee, near the North Carolina border.Eight persons formed a gathering, a Christian Union, guided by former Baptist Richard Green Spurling to follow New Testament as a rule of faith and practice.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In July 2012, a web presentation of ''125 Years of Church of God Ministry'', was done at the 74th International General Assembly in Orlando, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Living the Word |url=https://www.cogheritage.org/livingtheword.html |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=CHURCH OF GOD HERITAGE MINISTRIES |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:COGCWR HQ Building.jpg|thumb|Central West Region headquarter building.]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)]]<br />
* [[Pentecostalism]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Pentecostal denominations in Asia]]<br />
{{Christianity in Kerala}}<br />
[[Category:Christianity in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Saint Thomas Christians]]<br />
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