I absolutely love being a COGIC woman! We are some of the best dressed church women around, lol! Loving, living for, and praising God......oh and looking good too!
I just loved this. I need one of those COGIC God fearing Women who don't mind looking her best for the Lord!!!!! I;m in Baltimore and Looking!!!!! LOL!!!!
Jesus is truly amazing!!! The Queen of England,and Kate; along with the other women in England could take a lesson from the COGIC women!!! We have been wearning hats forever!!! God Bless you all and your families!!!
=] Im apostolic but I have always admired the lovely ladies of the COGIC for their ferocious sense of fashion. And I see you have lots of Warren ladies represented here. God Bless!
Living for the Lord causes us to LIVE heroically... Thank you, Mama Inez that when Mama Dear Lenora went to heaven, you stepped in to provide my COGIC upbringing and culture. Thank you my Dad, Odell. Thank you Elder Edward H. Freeman, Sister Freeman, Sister Malone, Sister George, Sister Mamie, Pastor Reuben Anderson, Bishop Gilbert Patterson, and all the wonderful COGIC women and men of God who helped create a foundation for Holy living I can never depart from, Wear those HATS COGIC women!
Shucks! Forget the hats! Look at those sharp suits and dresses!!! My Aunt Gwen was COGIC before she passed, and she dressed like that! Was nearing 80 and didn't look a day over 50! Shoot, those women are "shaarrp!" 😏
That red outfit and at 3:15 has blessed me I would love to wear that outfit get it mother just beautiful my mom use to wear hats I miss her wearing them
These women are from the United States. The video celebrates the tradition of African American Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) women wearing fashionable hats in church and at religious events. This custom of females wearing a head covering in the church sanctuary which led to the custom of wearing stylish hats to church is (or was) also practiced in some other Black American churches. It's my experience as a Black Baptist (in the USA) that nowadays only a few Black women wear hats in church on Sundays or at other church events, even during the Easter service, when it was traditional for women (and girls) to wear their most stylish hats.
I don't see any disrespect in this video. The women are all beautifully dressed and have on some lovely hats. I see Dorinda Clark-Cole and Karen Clark-Sheard featured several times in this video. I would love to know where I can buy some of these hats.
Sometimes I can't stand sitting behind these mother's @ church bcuz I can't see...their hats be so big...especially my grandmothers hats lol!!! But they know they can get SHARP!!!! I usually like the short ones like Twinkie has on @ 3:29 but, I LOVE and want that one @ 8:31...now that was SHARP!!!
The second song reminds me of something from the past. Makes me want to cut a step. I am going to have to play this for an undetermined number of times for an undetermined number of days. It is more amazing than the hats.which I have basically forgot all about... am I the only one that feels a little stirring in the feet? Cant be! A little teary eyed? Can't be! a little troubled on the inside? Can't be.
Alright now🙌 am saving this, this reminds me of my grandmother's I dress like a male version of them. Now I get why I dress the way I do I forgot.👏 My grandmother's 👵💛👵were put together,👐 they did not play around. 💛🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙌
Ok so I will return all my mother's hat to her. I just pick them up but after watching this I am clearing behind the times. Will my COGIC sister's still love me if I wore my very simple hats. lols. I take my hat of to all the ladies. WOW
YOU KNOW WHAT, I LOVE HATS BUT THE HATS CAN`T BE IN OVER "MY GOD" YOU KNOW WERE I COME FROM "SIS IN THE LORD". DON`T LET IT OVER TAKE YOU. OK! LOVE ALL OF YOU AND PRAYING FOR AND WITH YOU.GOD BLESS YOU REAL REAL GOOD.
Some of the larger wide rimmed hats, those are more than likely Donna Vinci and are going to run you at least $200. I love them, but some of the rims can be too, too broad and can take up almost an entire back seat of a car, lol!
I know right? I sell suits, but I haven't seen one quite like that one. It's different and I like it too. It's hard to find full dresses like that. The ones I put in my boutique store were some of the first people would migrate to. Question is, who in the world designs Karen Clark Sheard's clothes. I don't EVER seen anyone in anything she wears, lol!
love it cant wait to spoil mine wit crowns like these lol...but I see my national supervisor in here.. bohanon is not cogic she is one of celebration of praise inc finest lol...
I just love to se women in hats especially my Aunite (District Missionary Queen Johnson- A.M. Cohen District, Eastern Florida Jurisdiction) she be sharper then a squita's peeter and the women on this video!
Now I grew up COGIC and so did my parents, I showed them this video and they could not stop laughing. A lot of church people don't even dress like this any more only COGIC and some Baptist churches that I have been in not to say African-American Methodist.. and other churches don't have someone that dress a little over the top
At the core wearing these hats and outfits are a status symbol. They are worn for a purpose. To show wealth, status, and to attract attention. To show off. There’s no difference from everyone else in the world. Wearing revealing clothes is considered immodest. But the reality is this form of clothing is also by definition immodest. You either follow your Bible or you don’t. But I figured out that most of the people I’m these church aren’t concerned with how well they follow the Bible but rather adapt and fitting into their culture or community ie the cogic church or whatever organization they are in. They create rules for themselves and use the Bible to support them even if it contradicts. People in the church don’t like to think to deep into these things because if starts to mess with your world view which is uncomfortable but ….facts remain. On a “sin” level this is no different than arriving at church looking like Beyoncé on stage lol
Brandi Nicks that’s a valid question and I’m glad you asked! The way COGIC men and women dress for church and convention stems way back to the infancy of our great organization. The birthing ground of the Church of God in Christ is Memphis Tennessee and the charter members if you will were all from surrounding cities/towns and stateside the the south. The occupation for most blacks in the early 1900’s living in the south where sharecroppers who’s wardrobe pretty much consisted of overalls, flannel, and burlap. When it was time for church and great meetings of worship. They were very much excited to put on something much greater than denim overalls and burlap skirts. It was tradition to put on your absolute best to see the king even if it was borrowed. And so even today that tradition is undying in this body of Christ to pay homage to those who built this grand ole church. I agree some of our looks are a bit much, but COGIC begets COGIC it’s an understanding and a respect. It may not be important to you, and you may even think it interferes with our worship but allow me to clear the air and say that how we dress is a form of worship as well. It may not be for all to understand but it’s what makes us set apart for sure. God Bless you WOG!
