Church of God in Christ convenes away from home
When is a church convention more than just another church convention? When 40,000 saints from the Church of God in Christ come marching in and relocate the year's largest convention from one cash-strapped city to another.
For the first time in more than a century, the Church of God in Christ—the nation's largest African-American Pentecostal denomination—held its annual Holy Convocation outside of its hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
Last year, church officials announced that St. Louis had offered them $1 million more in incentives than Memphis to move the convocation. Leaders agreed to a three-year deal that will move the conference to St. Louis through 2012.
