The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World-Wide was an African-American Oneness Pentecostal denomination started in 1927 in Washington, DC.
In 1997, a division over who was the rightful successor to Presiding Bishop and founder Smallwood Edmond Williams occurred.
Both successor bodies conduct a general conference annually in July and operate a publishing house in Washington, DC.
However, unlike Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox Christianity, it is a non-Trinitarian offshoot religion based upon the Old and New Testaments, teaching that there is only one person in God, i.e. Jesus Christ, and not a Trinity of persons as Christianity confirmed at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.
The Order of Succession and Constitution, ratified after the death of Williams, stated that both Lawrence Campbell and Rogers would each serve a three-year trial term.
On July 4, 1997, during the 40th Convocation, the General Assembly voted to retain Rogers and his administration for a "Sabbath" year.
There are now two separate and distinct organizations: Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc. headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and The International Bible Way Church Of Jesus Christ, Inc., headquartered in Washington, DC.
In July 2011, Pastor Marcia Fountain (Bridgeport, Connecticut) was appointed as the third woman District Elder.