The COG had its beginning in ________.

The COG had its beginning in ________.

• A. 1900
• B. 1870
• C. 1876
• D. 1886

Answer: (D)

The beginning is tied to the holiness revival of the late 19th century, with the Church of God forming as a distinct denomination in 1886. That year is remembered as the formal organization and naming of the Church of God, when groups within the holiness movement united under a common identity and set of beliefs about sanctification and church life. The other dates fall outside that moment of formal establishment, representing earlier or later points in the broader holiness movement but not the founding of the Church of God as a named body.

The beginning is tied to the holiness revival of the late 19th century, with the Church of God forming as a distinct denomination in 1886. That year is remembered as the formal organization and naming of the Church of God, when groups within the holiness movement united under a common identity and set of beliefs about sanctification and church life. The other dates fall outside that moment of formal establishment, representing earlier or later points in the broader holiness movement but not the founding of the Church of God as a named body.