
“We’re excited to have the Church of God in Christ’s Women’s International Convention in Minneapolis again,” said Melvin Tennant, president and CEO, Meet Minneapolis. “It’s a bonus to have them here during the Memorial Day holiday, which can be a quiet time downtown. The attendees will surely keep hospitality businesses busy.”
Minneapolis employs over 32,000 people in the hospitality industry, serving more than 30 million visitors to the area annually (2014 visitor totals were released May 1).
Church of God in Christ, Inc. is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. They last met in Minneapolis in 2002.