The Church of God began in the ______ of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.

• A. Appalachian Mountains
• B. Great Plains
• C. Piedmont
• D. Ozarks

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is where the Church of God first formed, highlighting its regional roots. The Appalachian Mountains describe the mountainous stretch through Tennessee, western North Carolina, and northern Georgia, where the holiness revival movements and itinerant preaching that birthed the Church of God took hold in the late 19th century. That mountain-region setting provided the social and spiritual climate for camp meetings, revival campaigns, and the experiential faith emphasis that shaped the denomination’s early development.

The other regions don’t fit the historical origin: the Great Plains is far to the west and became a center for different church histories, the Ozarks covers parts of Missouri, Arkansas, and nearby areas with its own distinct revival paths, and Piedmont refers to a low-lying plateau area within the same states but isn’t the traditional shorthand for the Church of God’s birth region.