Today, the Church of God in Christ has a global impact, self-reporting 6.5 million members worldwide, ... COGIC treasurer and pastor of Pentecostal Temple COGIC in Memphis.

Years after Mason’s death in 1961, people in Memphis speak about the influence he had on their grandparents or great grandparents. Today, Hall pastors Temple COGIC, which was once Mason’s church.

Hundreds of churchgoers and local officials seemed to have felt the same way as they gathered to mark the end of a week-long regional convocation held at Williams Temple Church of God in Christ ...