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Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ
OrientationPentecostal-Holiness
Chief ApostleApostle R. D. Clark, Sr.
AssociationsChurch of God in Christ (disassociated in 1912)
FounderApostle Elias Dempsey Smith
Origin1897 (founded) 1918 (incorporated)
Separated fromAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church
SeparationsChurch of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God (separated 1944)

Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ is an African American Holiness-Pentecostal denomination founded in 1897 by Apostle "Father" Elias Dempsey Smith.[1] Around 1936 there were two congregations and thirty-six members, by 1972 there were 425 congregations located in the United States, Africa, and the Philippines. As of 2011, there are congregations in 36 states within the USA and Liberia, West Africa. [2]

References

  1. ^ Dorman, Jacob S. (March 2016). Chosen People The Rise of American Black Israelite Religions. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780190490096.
  2. ^ Alexander, Estrelda Y. (April 5, 2011). Black Fire One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism. InterVarsity Press. pp. 101–103. ISBN 9780830825868.


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