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Church of God in Christ (COGIC)

CTL-E-0337 · Organization · other · 1907–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The Pentecostal denomination rooted in the Holiness movement whose Chicago congregations formed a significant share of the storefront landscape.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-203, CTL-DR-SCI-004:cogic-chicago; source research type(s): Denomination, organization.

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Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago
Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, ChicagoPhoto: Legimet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Re-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago
Re-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, ChicagoPhoto: Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton, Illinois National Guard (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
The Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913)
The Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913)Photo: Public Domain (1913), via National Park Service

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