Leadership
The church is episcopal in structure with a Senior Bishop as the highest official and spiritual leader. The church in the United States is divided into eight dioceses - Eastern, North Central, Northern, Pacific North West, South Central, South Eastern, South Western, and Western. In 2008 the Church of Christ (Holiness) had 15,000 members in 167 congregations in the United States, the Dominican Republic and Africa.
Board of Bishops
- Bishop Maurice Bingham – Senior Bishop Emeritus
- Bishop Emery Lindsay – Senior Bishop and Presiding Bishop of the Western Diocese
- Bishop Vernon Kennebrew – National President and Presiding Bishop of the Southwestern Diocese.
- Bishop Lindsay E. Jones – First Vice President and Presiding Bishop of the North Central Diocese
- Bishop Joseph Campbell – Second Vice President and Presiding Bishop of the South Central Diocese
- Bishop Dale Cudjoe - Northern Diocese
- Bishop Maurice Nicholson – Eastern Diocese and South Eastern Diocese
- Bishop Robert Winn – Pacific North West Diocese
- Bishop Victor Smith - Retired
- Bishop James Mitchell - Retired
- Bishop C. B. Jordan - Honorary
- Bishop Carl Austin - Retired
Its annual "National Convention" is held during the month of July. The church will celebrate its 115th convention in Chicago, Illinois in 2011.
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