Ordination Exam
What is the date associated with the Northern Kingdom? - Answer-915 B.C. - 722 B.C.
What is the date associated with the Southern Kingdom? - Answer-915 B.C. - 587 B.C.
The Church Of God In Christ was founded by? - Answer-Bishop C.H. Mason
A creed is similar to the COGIC Statement of Faith because both seek to present? - Answer-Basics
elements of doctrine that express the tenets of our faith
John Wesley of Methodism taught that there were two works of grace: Conversion and Sanctification;
the Church of God In Christ teaches that there is a third work of grace, what is it? - Answer-Baptism in
the Holy Ghost
When the Church of God In Christ speaks of the Trinity, the Godhead, we speak of? - Answer-One God
eternally existent in three persons
Many of the early creeds of the Christian Church were developed during large meetings of theologians,
pastors, laypersons and sometimes by political leaders like the Roman Emperor. These gatherings of
church officials were known as? - Answer-Ecumenical Councils
During these great gatherings, the groups whose beliefs were accepted by the mass majority of
participants, and could be best defended as "sound doctrine" were eventually called the ____________
believers? - Answer-Orthodox
The groups that lost the debates during the gatherings, whose views were rejected, were called? -
Answer-Heretics
, One of the first creeds in the history of the Christian Church, extending back to the New Testament era,
was known as the? - Answer-Apostle's creed
In this creed, the church answered the following questions: Do we believe in the oneness of God? Do we
believe that Jesus is equal to or subordinate to God? In what sense is Jesus the "Son of God?" - Answer-
Nicene creed
The Church of God in Christ believes that the formula for water baptism is in the name of the
__________ , __________ and __________? - Answer-Father
Son
Holy Spirit
The first affirmation of the COGIC Statement of Faith is: "We believe the Bible to be the inspired and
only infallible written Word of God." Identify one scripture that supports this belief? - Answer-2 Timothy
3:16-17
In the early years of COGIC, a preaching style developed among us that is distinctive to our culture, in
which preachers would use members of the congregation to read selected passages of scripture as he
interpreted the passages, using line-by-line, word-for-word exegesis. This is known as _______________
preaching? - Answer-Read-on
The COGIC belief in the "infallibility of the Bible" means that we believe that the Bible as it is currently
comprised is an absolutely sufficient guide and teaches all that God requires for human beings to live
_______________ lives, and for the church to base its _____________ and ______________? - Answer-
Saved
Doctrines
Practices
How many times is the word Trinity used in the Bible? - Answer-Zero
What is the date associated with the Northern Kingdom? - Answer-915 B.C. - 722 B.C.
What is the date associated with the Southern Kingdom? - Answer-915 B.C. - 587 B.C.
The Church Of God In Christ was founded by? - Answer-Bishop C.H. Mason
A creed is similar to the COGIC Statement of Faith because both seek to present? - Answer-Basics
elements of doctrine that express the tenets of our faith
John Wesley of Methodism taught that there were two works of grace: Conversion and Sanctification;
the Church of God In Christ teaches that there is a third work of grace, what is it? - Answer-Baptism in
the Holy Ghost
When the Church of God In Christ speaks of the Trinity, the Godhead, we speak of? - Answer-One God
eternally existent in three persons
Many of the early creeds of the Christian Church were developed during large meetings of theologians,
pastors, laypersons and sometimes by political leaders like the Roman Emperor. These gatherings of
church officials were known as? - Answer-Ecumenical Councils
During these great gatherings, the groups whose beliefs were accepted by the mass majority of
participants, and could be best defended as "sound doctrine" were eventually called the ____________
believers? - Answer-Orthodox
The groups that lost the debates during the gatherings, whose views were rejected, were called? -
Answer-Heretics
, One of the first creeds in the history of the Christian Church, extending back to the New Testament era,
was known as the? - Answer-Apostle's creed
In this creed, the church answered the following questions: Do we believe in the oneness of God? Do we
believe that Jesus is equal to or subordinate to God? In what sense is Jesus the "Son of God?" - Answer-
Nicene creed
The Church of God in Christ believes that the formula for water baptism is in the name of the
__________ , __________ and __________? - Answer-Father
Son
Holy Spirit
The first affirmation of the COGIC Statement of Faith is: "We believe the Bible to be the inspired and
only infallible written Word of God." Identify one scripture that supports this belief? - Answer-2 Timothy
3:16-17
In the early years of COGIC, a preaching style developed among us that is distinctive to our culture, in
which preachers would use members of the congregation to read selected passages of scripture as he
interpreted the passages, using line-by-line, word-for-word exegesis. This is known as _______________
preaching? - Answer-Read-on
The COGIC belief in the "infallibility of the Bible" means that we believe that the Bible as it is currently
comprised is an absolutely sufficient guide and teaches all that God requires for human beings to live
_______________ lives, and for the church to base its _____________ and ______________? - Answer-
Saved
Doctrines
Practices
How many times is the word Trinity used in the Bible? - Answer-Zero
