Church of God
Church of God is a name used by numerous, mostly unrelated Christian denominational bodies, most of which descend from Pentecostal, Holiness, 7th Day Baptist and Adventist traditions. The largest denomination with this name is the Pentecostal Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) with over seven million members in over 170 countries.
Other denominations include:
Adventist Churches of God
See also: Adventism
- Church of God General Conference (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, CoGGC)
- Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, CGAF)
- General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day) (CoG7)
- Church of God (7th Day)
Anabaptist
Armstrongism
See also: Armstrongism
- Church of God, a Worldwide Association - based in Dallas, Texas
- Intercontinental Church of God - based in Tyler, Texas
- Church of God International (USA) - based in Tyler, Texas
- Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God
- Church of the Great God - based in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Global Church of God - based in the UK, affiliated with the Church of the Eternal God (U.S.) and the Church of God, a Christian Fellowship, (Canada)
- Living Church of God - based in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Philadelphia Church of God - based in Edmond, Oklahoma
- Restored Church of God - based in Wadsworth, Ohio
- United Church of God - based in Milford, Ohio
Baptist
See also: Baptist
- Christian Baptist Church of God
- Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner) (CGGC), of John Winebrenner.
Black Hebrews
- Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ
- Church of God and Saints of Christ
- Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army, founded using the term Church of God in David
Brethren
- Churches of God, also known as Needed Truth Brethren
Pietist/Holiness movement
See also: Holiness movement
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana).
- Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
- Church of God (Holiness)
- Church of God of the Union Assembly
- Church of God (Restoration)
Pentecostal Movement
See also: Pentecostalism
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), the largest denomination with this name
- Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
- Church of God in Christ
- Church of God of Prophecy
- Church of God by Faith
- Church of God, House of Prayer
- Church of God in Pakistan Satrah
- Church of God Mountain Assembly
- Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly
- Church of God with Signs Following (aka Snake Handlers)
- Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God - headquarters in Eluru, India
- New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc., founded as New Testament Church of God
- Church of God in Jesus Christ, Mumbai
- Original Church of God or Sanctified Church, headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee
- Pentecostal Church of God - headquarters in Bedford, Texas, United States
- The Pentecostal Church of God (Detroit)
- Redeemed Christian Church of God - based in Nigeria
- The (Original) Church of God (aka The Church of God in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
- The Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
- The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
- The Church of God for All Nations
- The Church of God in Divine Order
- The Church of God under the leadership of Bishop James C. Nabors
- Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
Nontrinitarian Sects
- Members Church of God International - currently led by Eli Soriano; headquarters in Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines
- Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus - is an independent Christian denomination officially registered in the Philippines by Teofilo D. Ora in May 1922
Other denominations
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in its origination period in the early 1830s named „Church of God“ after „Church of Jesus Christ“ and before today's name in 1834
- World Mission Society Church of God, founded by Ahn Sahng-hong in 1964
- Members Church of God in Jesus Christ Worldwide, a splinter group that left the Members Church of God International in 2010, headquarters in the Philippines, led by Wilfredo „Willy“ Santiago
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