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  COGIC Charities Board of Directors

HISTORY

Presiding Bishop G.E Patterson saw the need for a benevolent arm within the Church Of God In Christ Inc. to specifically provide assistance for areas devastated by natural disasters and to provide educational scholarships for high school students entering college.
COGIC Charities Inc. was founded in April 2002 by Presiding Bishop G.E Patterson to serve as the benevolent arm of the Church Of God In Christ Inc. COGIC Charities Inc. is registered as a national non-profit (501C3) organization. Since 2002, COGIC Charities has provided humanitarian relief to four regions that have been hit by natural disasters and has donated to various relief agencies including the Salvation Army, the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the American Heart Association. Please review the COGIC Charities timeline below.

COGIC Charities Timeline

  • April 2002 – The Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) Charities was chartered by Presiding Bishop G.E. Patterson.
  • July 2003 – A straight line wind storm hit the Mid-South. COGIC Charities helped in the clean-up effort and donated much needed water to the citizens of Shelby County, Tennessee.
  • 2004 – COGIC Charities donated $10,000 to the American Heart Association to help in the fight against heart disease.
  • 2004 – COGIC Charities donated $10,000 to The Salvation Army and the Second Harvest Food Bank and delivered over 1,000 bottles of water to Florida after Hurricane Charley devastated the region.
  • 2005 – the Church Of God In Christ raised money to create an African Tsunami Relief Fund in which African countries could receive relief aid.
  • 2005 – COGIC Charities donated $10, 000 to the American Heart Association to help in the fight against heart disease.
  • August 2005 – COGIC Charities donated $150,000 from the African Tsunami Relief Fund to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) and $100,000 to the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization working in Somalia.