Organization and Theology
The CGGC has a presbyterian polity. The church is divided into regional conferences, with headquarters in Findlay, Ohio. The church reported 336 congregations with 32,208 members in 2000, principally in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. The church operates Winebrenner Theological Seminary on the University of Findlay campus. The Church Advocate is the CGGC's official periodical, published bi-monthly by the church.
The CGGC might best be described as an Evangelical Bible church, though it has often been categorized as German Baptist or Arminian Baptist. The basic theology of the Churches of God is Arminian, conservative, and Evangelical. The church observes three ordinances: baptism by immersion, the Lord's Supper, and feet washing. The Bible is the church's only rule of faith and practice. There are seven regional organizations in the Churches of God-USA. These are the Allegheny Region, Eastern Regional Conference, California Eldership, Great Lakes Conference, Mid-South Conference, Midwest Region, and Western Region. Around the world the CGGC also has established conferences in Bangladesh (1898), Brazil (1999), Haiti (1967), India (1898), Kenya (2011), Venezuela (2012), and emerging works in the Dominican Republic, Sweden, and Thailand.
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