CHURCH HISTORY

Papua New Guinea Church of God started in 1995 in Lae, Morobe Province as a family fellowship which continued for several weeks and months. It is through vision that God show the church name as Papua New Guinea Church of God to Mrs. Noami Pokoi, the wife of the founding pastor, Bishop Aiya Pokoi, now enacted and legally a registered in 2003 as a church organization.  

 In 1998, Bishop Aiya Pokoi wrote to the International Church of God in Washington D.C which later linked to Church of God Headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States of America.  

In the year 5th August 2001, late Bishop Peter Openshaw, the then Superintendent to Oceania, presented certificate of affiliation with Church of God world mission at Lae, Speedway Church of God. 

After the affiliation program, Dr. Manning Thorton was one of the pioneer missionaries who came in 2002, to minister the Word of God. In his succeeding trips, he was accompanied by late Bishop Thomas J Sands, toured the country annually for more than a decade.   

The Church growth has reached 17 local church centers and in five (5) different provinces namely Morobe Province, Southern Highlands Province, Jiwaka Province, Western Highlands Province, and National Capital District.   

To God be all glory, honor and praise. 

Amen.