NEW ZION TEMPLE COGIC | MINISTRIES

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The New Zion Temple Church Of God In Christ (C.O.G.I.C.) had its beginning in the early 1900's . The records show that in 1910 a revival was conducted by Bishop Justus Bowe and was attended by the finder of C.O.G.I.C. Bishop Charles Harrison Mason.

Bishop Mason lived in Plumerville, AR. In that revival souls were saved and among the converts was a 10-year-old girl named
Josephine Burgess.She remained a member for eighty-six years. Some of the charter members were Mr. Isaac Fortune and his wife along with Mr. and Mrs. James Burgess.

The land on which the church is currently located was purchased from Bishop Justus Bowe and his wife in the 1920's. The church was built and called The Sanctified Church, later named Zion Temple C.O.G.I.C. the church has only had four Pastors: Bishop Justus Bowe, Elder Joe Burgess Superintendent John W. Rogers and Bishop Frank Anderson, Jr.