The goal of this unit is to thoroughly examine the COGIC Statement of Faith (SOF), also known as the Affirmation of Faith (AOF). The SOF is a key document in the COGIC because it is intended to summarize our Basic Doctrines and Articles of Religion, the core doctrines of our church; and examine the role of creeds in the Christian community. This unit will also focus on the origin of the COGIC in the Southern United States; the identity of places where COGIC was involved; related global missions; social ministry; civil rights; and ecumenism basically during the Mason administration. And lastly, this unit will focus on the church polity as it relates to developing the elder in the role of a pastor.
