Winebrenner labored extensively in revival meetings, but some of the members opposed what they considered "unusual efforts for the conversion of sinners."

That year, he and co-laborers sympathetic with his efforts met and organized the General Eldership of the Church of God.

[2] The official name was changed to the General Eldership of the Churches of God in North America in 1845, and to its present title in 1975.

The church observes three ordinances: baptism by immersion, the Lord's Supper (taken in the evening, while seated), and feet washing.

Around the world the CGGC also has established conferences in Bangladesh (1898), Brazil (1999), Haiti (1967), India (1898), Kenya (2011), Venezuela (2012), and emerging works in the Dominican Republic, Sweden, and Thailand.