Arkansas Second Jurisdiction COGIC
from 1951 to Present

JURISDICTIONAL LEADERS


*Submitted to the Office of the General Secretary by the Executive Secretary to the Bishop, 
Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.

In 1950, Bishop Minor Jones was the leader of the entire state of Arkansas.  Under his 
leadership the state was divided in the same year. His action allowed six districts to be formed 
from this division creating the “Southwest Arkansas” diocese of the Church of God in Christ, 
which is today known as the Arkansas Second Jurisdiction.

Arkansas Second Jurisdiction Bishops

Bishop W. A. Washington

Served 1951
Bishop Washington was appointed as the first Bishop of the divided state, serving only one day.  ​

Bishop W. H. Kendricks ​


​Served from 1951 until 1957.

Bishop John L. Lewis 

Served from 1958 to 1968.  
​Under his leadership, the State Temple in Camden, AR was purchased.  It was to his sacred memory that is was named “Lewis Temple”.

Bishop R. B. Hatley

Served from 1968 to 1974.
Hatley, was appointed as Bishop Lewis’ successor. It was during his dynamic leadership that the State Temple was freed of debt.  

Bishop Donne L. Lindsey

Served from 1974 to 2009
​
Under Bishop Lindsey’s leadership, the Jurisdiction initially grew from eight districts to fifteen districts. In 1993, upon the leading of the Lord, Bishop Lindsey, with permission of the Presiding Bishop L. H. Ford and the General Board, was able to divide the Jurisdiction to promote growth.  It resulted in the formation of the Arkansas Third Jurisdiction, with Bishop R. E. Matheney being appointed as the jurisdictional prelate.  In the year 2000, the Jurisdiction was divided again to form the Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction with Bishop Wallace Johnson being appointed as the jurisdictional prelate.​

Bishop Frank J. Anderson

Served from 2009 to the present
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​Today, the Arkansas Second Jurisdiction has twenty one districts and over 100 churches and missions in both Arkansas and Louisiana.

Arkansas Second Department of Women's Ministries

            JURISDICTIONAL SUPERVISORS 

MOTHER JESSIE B. WASHINGTON  
1951 - 1983
MOTHER EVA McGEE
1984 - 1993
MOTHER BERNICE BARRON LAMBERT  
1994 – 2010

General Supervisors for the Department of Women
Church of God In Christ

​Mother Lizzie Woods Roberson
​First General Mother (1911–1945)​
​Mother Lillian Brooks Coffey
​ Second General Supervisor and Founding President of the Women's International Convention (1946–1964)
Mother Annie l. Bailey 
​Third General Mother (1964–1975)​
​Mother Mattie McGlothen
​Fourth General Supervisor (1975–1994
​Mother Emma F. Crouch
​Fifth General Supervisor (1994–1997)
​Mother Willie Mae Rivers (Emeritus)
​Sixth General Supervisor (1997–2017)

Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis
7th General Supervisor
2017

ARKANSAS BLACK HALL OF FAME

​In 2002, the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame honored our founding father, Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, posthumously inducting him into the institution.  Our Presiding at that time, Bishop G. E. Patterson accepted this award on behalf of the Church of God in Christ.  The Arkansas Second Jurisdiction and Bishop D. L. Lindsey were honored to participate in that gala affair in which the sitting U. S. President Bill Clinton was also a Hall of Fame inductee. In 2009, Our International Prelate, Bishop Charles E Blake was inducted and in 2015, Bishop D. L. Lindsey was inducted into the Black Hall of Fame. 
Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr.
Bishop Donne Lee Lindsey, Sr

Other COGIC Leaders from Arkansas

 Emeritus ​Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr.
​North Little Rock, AR 
Currently Los Angeles, California

Bishop J. A. Blake, Sr.
Deceased father of
​Bishop C. E. Blake, Sr.

Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.​​
Carlisle, AR
Currently Arizona


​Bishop George Dallas McKinney
Jonesboro, AR
Deceased, San Diego, California

​Bishop Fredrick Douglas Washington
Dermott, AR
Deceased - New York

Bishop Earl J. Wright
Hot Springs, AR 
​Deceased - Michigan
Please submit any other leaders living outside of Arkansas with a photo, current city and city of origin to vsdanzy@gmail.com