Hiawatha
Church of God in Christ
3417 Hiawatha Avenue
Ashtabula, OH 44004
The Symbol of the Church Of God In Christ is an outgrowth of the Presiding
Bishop’s Coat of Arms which has become quite familiar to the Church. The
design of the Official Seal of the Church was created in 1973 and adopted in
the General Assembly in 1981 (April Session).
The obvious GARNERED WHEAT in the center of the seal represents all of the people of the Church Of God In Christ, Inc.
The ROPE of wheat which holds the shaft together represents the Founding
Father of the Church, Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, who, at the call of the
Lord, banded us together as a Brotherhood of Churches in the First
Pentecostal General Assembly of the Church, in 1907.
The date in the seal has a two-fold purpose; Firstly, to tell us that Bishop
Mason received the baptism of the Holy Ghost in March 1907; and, Secondly,
to tell us that it was because of this outpouring that Bishop Mason was
compelled to call us together in November of 1907, to organize the Church Of
God In Christ.
The RAIN in the background represents the Latter Rain or the End-time
Revivals which brought about the emergence of our Church along with other
Pentecostal Holiness Bodies in the same era. The rain also serves as a
challenge to the Church to keep Christ in the center of our worship and
service, so that He may continue to use the Church Of God In Christ as one
of the vehicles of Pentecostal Revival before the return of the Lord.
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