A Churches of God, General Conference will better become described when a fundamental Bible church, though it has typically been categorized as German Baptist or even Arminian Baptist (e.g., see Rays of Weak from either Tons Lands, by George J. Hagar & The General History of the Baptist Denomination within United states of america & More Area of the Globe, by David Benedict).

A Churches of God, General Conference began inside 1830. John Winebrenner (1797-1860) was ordained in September 28, 1820 as a minister of the German Reformed Church. He tend charge of the congregation inside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Winebrenner labored extensively within revival, however a few of the older members opposed what it considered "unusual efforts for the conversion of sinners." Around 1828 the General Synod of the German Reformed Church dropped him from its roll of ministers. Within July of 1830, Winebrenner was rebaptized by immersion by Jacob Erb. That season, he & co-laborers sympathetic sustaining his efforts met & organized a General Eldership of the Church of God. Representatives from either various denominations were present, & a recently organization reflected that diversity.

In the early years of the Church of God, a population were popularly known as Winebrennerians fallowing their founder. A official title was changed to the General Eldership of the Churches of God withinside Northerly Us in 1845, and to its present title around 1975.

A basic theology of the Churches of God, General Conference is Arminian, conservative & evangelistic. A church holds leash caring ordinances - baptism by immersion, the Lord's supper, and feet washing. Church government is presbyterial within nature and severity. A Bible is their merely rule of faith & practice. A Churches of God is besides divided into regional conferences. Headquarters come within Findlay, Ohio, where they work Winebrenner Theological Seminary. A Church Advocate is an official periodical published quarterly per church. A church experienced 336 congregations by using 32,208 members inside 2000, principally within Pennsylvania and the midwestern united states.