
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.
This information was reprinted
from the book "So you want to KNOW YOUR CHURCH" by Alferd Z. Hall,
Jr.