title: Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ
text: # Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ
  
  Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ is an African American Holiness-Pentecostal denomination founded in 1897 by Apostle "Father" Elias Dempsey Smith. Around 1936 there were two congregations and thirty-six members, by 1972 there were 425 congregations located in the United States, Africa, and the Philippines. As of 2011, there are congregations in 36 states within the USA and Liberia, West Africa.
  
  