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A Moment In Time
New York Western 1st Jurisdiction
COGIC Executive Board & DOW
Praise Him!
100
He founded the Church of God in Christ in 1907.
Who is Bishop Charles Harrison Mason? 
100
This revival in Los Angeles is where Mason received the Holy Ghost in 1906.
What is the Azusa Street Revival?
100
He was the First Bishop of Western New York?
Who is Bishop WG Shipman?
100
This author is the current General Supervisor of Women.
Who is Dr. Barbara McCoo-Lewis?
100
This famous gospel group includes Karen, Dorinda, Jacky, and Twinkie.
Who are The Clark Sisters?
200
She became the first General Supervisor of Women in 1911.
Who is Mother Lizzie Woods Robinson? 
200
This department was created in 1911 to organize women in ministry.
What is the Department of Women?
200
She was assigned to New York State by Bishop Mason and became our first State Supervisor of Women.
Who is Mother Maydie Payton?
200
This former Math Teacher is the current Presiding Bishop.
Who is Bishop J. Drew Sheard?
200
This department unifies musicians and singers across COGIC.
What is the International Music Department (IMD)?
300
This bishop served the longest as Presiding Bishop from 1968 to 1989.
Who is Bishop J.O. Patterson Sr.? 
300
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech here in 1968.
What is Mason Temple?
300
This former Librarian is the current Bishop of NY Western 1st Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
Who is Bishop James R. Wright, Sr. Ph.D?
300
This former International AIM President joined the General Board in 2024
Who is Bishop Linwood Dillard?
300
COGIC is known as the birthplace of this style of Christian music.
What is modern gospel music?
400
She organized the Women’s International Convention in 1951.
Who is Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey?
400
This building, completed in 1945, became the largest Black-owned building in the U.S.
What is Mason Temple?
400
This special assistant and published author is the Jurisdictional Prelate of Rwanda.
Who is Bishop Jeffrey Lee Melvin?
400
She is the Pioneer Leader and the first General Supervisor of the Dept Of Women.
Who is Mother Lizzie Woods Robinson?
400
She is the Praise Leader and President of Music for the NY Western First Eccl. Jurisdiction
Who is Missionary Natasha Leonard?
500
She led the Women’s Department for 20 years, from 1997 to 2017.
Who is Mother Willie Mae Rivers? 
500
This major event in 1907 separated Mason and Jones over Spirit baptism.
What is the Holiness Split?
500
This former General Board member was the leader of NYW 1st Eccl. Jurisdiction from 1963 until his reassignment to Arizona in 2003.
Who is Bishop Leroy R. Anderson?
500
This televangelist was the second youngest General Board Member.
Who is Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson?
500
Famous for creating the layered three-part harmonies, she is known as the mother of modern gospel choir music.
Who is Dr. Mattie Moss Clark?