Ohio North First Jurisdiction has a connection to the history of the Church of God in Christ that no other jurisdiction enjoys. As a young man and prior to his elevation to the office of bishopric, Bishop Mack E. Jonas tarried with COGIC Founder Bishop C. H. Mason when he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost during the Azusa Street Revival.
It all started for our jurisdiction in 1917 when Bishop Mack E. Jonas (then an elder) was appointed Overseer of Ohio and Michigan at the National Holy Convocation of the Church of God in Christ Memphis, Tennessee. Later that same year he organized the first Church of God in Christ in Ohio. Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ started in a store front at 2830 Scoville Avenue in Cleveland. Ohio grew and reorganized into 6 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, with the revered Ohio North First Jurisdiction maintaining its role as first and anchor with over 120 churches in its harbor.