The Church of God General Conference has roots in several similar groups in North America that eventually united in 1921 in Waterloo, Iowa, to form the current national organization.
The Church of the Blessed Hope held to the beliefs shared by Benjamin Wilson, and the Church of God General Conference expanded their belief system to embrace doctrines (e.g. the existence of a personal Devil) previously not held by the group Wilson helped co-found.
The Church of God General Conference statement of faith states,[1] and Atlanta Bible College advocates[2] as follows: A significant distinctive doctrine of the Church of God General Conference is denial of the personal pre-existence of Jesus Christ, but acceptance of the virgin birth; a position in Christology historically known as Socinianism, although adherents of this view today often prefer the term "Biblical Unitarianism".
Anthony Buzzard of Atlanta Bible College has debated Christadelphians and written defending the traditional view of the devil.
The Churches of God are congregational in government, yet cooperate in publications and missions ministries, and the Atlanta Bible College.