Church of God of the Union Assembly
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The Church of God of the Union Assembly is a small Holiness denomination which was organized in 1920 in Walker County, Georgia by dissidents from the Church of God Mountain Assembly. This group seems to have a very hierarchical form of polity, where Charlie T. Pratt and his descendants have historically been the Overseers and heads of the denomonation. It also stresses loyalty and discipline. It continues to be in the Holiness tradition. Its primary strength numerically appears to lie in the North Georgia and East Tennessee home area. It is Trinitarian in doctrine.
- "The Founder of the Church of God of the Union Assembly, Inc. began his ministry right after the turn of the century. Reverend Charlie T. Pratt was ordained October 18, 1910 in Gold Bug, Kentucky and immediately began his travels to different towns and then to different states.
- "The following year he traveled to Bartow County, Georgia where he held a revival. A church was organized at Cass Station and they called him to be Pastor.
- "By 1915 Rev. Pratt was conducting revivals in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. On Feb. 1, 1915 he established a church in Knoxville, Tennessee. On Christmas Day 1916, the churches that he had established met in a General Assembly at Knoxville, Tennessee. At that meeting they agreed to come together on the doctrine of the church.
- "In November 1919, Rev. Pratt and seven other men applied for a church charter in Bartow County, Georgia. The charter was granted and Center, Georgia became the first headquarters for The Church of God of the Union Assembly.
- In 1922 the National Headquarters was moved to Dalton, Georgia where it remains. In October 1942, the Church was incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the Georgia Corporation Act of 1938.
- "They have established churches in thirteen states, and been involved in Missionary work in the country of Haiti."
