神召会COGIC第118届圣会重返圣路易斯：11月3日至10日举行，预计三年区域经济影响2.5亿美元
在基督里神的教会（Church Of God In Christ，COGIC）第118届年度圣会于11月3日在密苏里州St. Louis市开幕，在America's Center会展中心（701 Convention Plaza）举行至11月10日，今年的主题是「Answering The Call」（回应呼召）。
圣路易斯旅游推广机构Explore St. Louis预计，这届圣会将在未来三年为当地带来约2.5亿美元的区域经济影响。COGIC是美国最大的五旬节派教派之一，在全球106个国家有12,000多间教会；去年其圣会的线上与直播观众在Facebook、YouTube与教派官网合计超过320万次观看。
COGIC由主领主教J. Drew Sheard牧师领衔。教派1907年由Charles Harrison Mason主教创立，总部位于田纳西州Memphis市的历史性Mason Temple。
圣会是COGIC一年中最大的聚会，期间有敬拜、讲道、选举与教派事务会议，也带动举办城市的酒店、餐饮与零售。St. Louis曾多次承办这一大会，今年是它在疫情与线上举办安排之后又一次回到该市举行实体大会。
（来源：在基督里神的教会）
COGIC's 118th Holy Convocation Returns to St. Louis: November 3-10, With a Projected $250 Million Regional Economic Impact Over Three Years
The 118th Holy Convocation of the Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) opened on November 3 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the America's Center Convention Complex, 701 Convention Plaza, and runs through November 10 under the theme "Answering The Call."
Explore St. Louis, the city's tourism authority, projects the convocation will generate about $250 million in regional economic impact over the next three years. COGIC is one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the United States, with more than 12,000 churches in 106 countries; last year's convocation drew more than 3.2 million online and livestream views across Facebook, YouTube and cogic.org combined.
COGIC is led by Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard. The denomination was founded in 1907 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason and is headquartered at the historic Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Holy Convocation is COGIC's largest annual gathering, combining worship, preaching, elections and denominational business, and it is a significant driver of hotel, restaurant and retail business for the host city. St. Louis has hosted the gathering many times, and this year marks another in-person return to the city.
(Source: Church Of God In Christ, Inc)
来源：在基督里神的教会
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图片来源：从大拱门观景处望向St. Louis市中心（资料图）。Panini! 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Downtown St. Louis seen from the Gateway Arch overlook (file photo). Photo by Panini!, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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