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 The
Beginnings of the Women’s Work
In the year of 1906, a revival under auspices of Elder W.J. Seymour started in Los Angeles, California and swept the western portion of the U.S. The news of this revival that led to the baptism of the Holy Ghost, reached Memphis, Tennessee, Bishop Mason and other ministers of this true gospel. After receiving this blessing, Bishop Mason then made himself an "“Ambassador of Good-Will."” In his travel he met Lizzie Woods, matron of the Baptist Academy
in Arkansas. Mrs. Woods, woman of very high standing, had made quite
an outstanding record in public service, as a teacher of the Word
of God. He met her and explained his mission; she was interested and
listened as Bishop opened his mouth and explained the scriptures to
her. She answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.” Then and there she received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. She
visited the Convocation which was in session in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
where Lillian Brooks (later becoming Mother Lillian Coffey) the singing
evangelist, gave her the right hand of fellowship and insisted that
she come to the National Convocation in Memphis, Tennessee in the
fall. [Full Story] Second
General Supervisor 1945-1964
Mother Coffey, “Little Lillian” as she was called, was a “Dreamer.” She was a woman with a great vision. When she was a small child, Bishop Mason was invited to their home by her grandfather who was a Baptist minister. When Bishop Mason started his church in Memphis, she and other neighborhood children were carried to Sunday School and services, which were held in a tent across the street from where she lived. One Sunday morning he came and taught them about Jesus in a child like manner. The Lord touched and saved little Lillian beginning her life in church under Bishop Mason where she remained until her demise in 1964. As she grew older, Bishop Mason continued to influence her life. She read the bible through once every year, a practice she continued even after reading it eleven times. She traveled with him reading and singing while he preached. When her parents died, he became her father. She worked as secretary in his office for twenty-one years and as assistant financial secretary until her appointment to General Supervisor in 1945. [Full Story] Third
General Supervisor 1964-1975
Mother Bailey, as she was affectionately called, started her religious career at an early age. As a child she was trained by her parents to be faithful to the church. She was a dedicated and ardent Sunday School attendee and youth worker. Her father was a Baptist minister. The strict training and discipline of her mother and father served as a guide in preparing her for her future life in the Church of God in Christ. It was in her early twenties that she received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and started working for the Lord. The fire of evangelism burned deep in her heart. She pioneered new work and dug out churches with her street-corner ministry, playing the guitar, singing, praying and teaching until souls were saved. She served many years as Supervisor in New Jersey and Maryland. In 1934 she married Bishop J.S. Bailey, an outstanding officer of
the church who later became a member of the General
Board. He was her faithful companion and escort. Fourth
General Supervisor 1975-1994
In July 1921, she was saved; Holy Ghost filled and healed of tuberculosis the same night. She married Bishop Charles Wenzell McGlothen in September 1923. They founded and pastored churches in Hugo, Idabel and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Des Moines, Iowa; Fresno, Los Angeles, Richmond and Pittsburgh, California. [Full Story] Fifth
General Supervisor 1994-1997
Still we honor her recent memory as much as pioneer like Lizzie Woods Robinson, Lillian Brooks Coffey, Annie Bailey and Mattie McGlothen. Like the church, Mother Crouch was born and shaped in humble beginnings. Her birth on a Texas Homestead in 1911 typified the challenges confronting her development and encouraged her longevity in Christian service. Born Emma Frances Searcy, the native Texan was saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost in 1930. She married Elder B.J. Crouch (later Bishop) and enjoyed family life in the church.[Full Story]
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Dr.
Mattie Mae Carter McGlothen was born in Tehuacana, Texas near Mexia
(Me-Hare). She was the eleventh of fifteen children. She attended
public school in Sapulpa, Oklahoma and college at Quindaro College
in Kansas City, Kansas.
Among
the more prominent and recent figures in COGIC history is the diminutive,
Mother Emma Frances Crouch. She was the latest of the godly women
of high administrative rank to leave these earthly shores.