General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene)

Highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene

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General Superintendent is the highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene. General Superintendents are elected by the General Assembly of the denomination for a four-year term to expire at the end of the next General Assembly.

## List of General Superintendents

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No. | Image  | General Superintendent  | Born - Died  | Tenure  | Ordained

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1  |  | Phineas F. Bresee | 1838-1915  | 1907-1915  | Levi Scott - 1861 - Methodist Episcopal Church
2  |  | Hiram F. Reynolds | 1854-1938  | 1907-1932  | John Fletcher Hurst - 1886 - Methodist Episcopal Church[1]
3  |  | Edgar P. Ellyson | 1869-1954  | 1908-1911  |

Hiram F. Reynolds - 1908 (credential recognized) - Southern California District

4  |  | Edward F. Walker | 1852-1918  | 1911-1918  |

Phineas F. Bresee - 1909 - (credential recognized) - Southern California District

5  |  | William C. Wilson | 1866-1915  | 1915  | Hiram F. Reynolds - 1917 - Colorado District
6  |  | John W. Goodwin | 1869-1945  | 1916-1940  | 1905 - (credential recognized) - Southern California District
7  |  | Roy T. Williams | 1883-1946  | 1916-1946  | Hiram F. Reynolds - 1908 - Kansas City District
8  |  | J. B. Chapman | 1884-1947  | 1928-1947  | C. B. Jernigan and Johnnie Hill Jernigan - 1903 - Independent Holiness Church
9  |  | Joseph G. Morrison | 1871-1939  | 1936-1939  | Hiram F. Reynolds - 1922 - (credential recognized) - North Dakota-Minnesota District
10  |  | Howard V. Miller | 1894-1948  | 1940-1948  | John W. Goodwin - 1922 - (credential recognized) - New England District
11  |  | Orval J. Nease | 1891-1950  | 1940–1944, 1948-1950  |

Hiram F. Reynolds - 1918 - Southern California District

12  |  | Hardy C. Powers | 1900-1972  | 1944-1968  | John W. Goodwin - 1928 - Southern California District
13  |  | Gideon B. Williamson | 1898-1981  | 1946-1968  |

John W. Goodwin - 1927 - Iowa District

14  |  | Samuel Young | 1901-1990  | 1948-1972  |

John W. Goodwin - 1931 - New England District

15  |  | Daniel I. Vanderpool | 1891-1988  | 1949-1964  | Hiram F. Reynolds - 1922 - Colorado-Wyoming District
16  |  | Hugh C. Benner | 1899-1975  | 1952-1968  | Roy T. Williams - 1923 - New England District Church of the Nazarene
17  |  | V. H. Lewis | 1912-2000  | 1960-1985  | J. B. Chapman - 1935 - Rocky Mountain District Church of the Nazarene
18  |  | George Coulter | 1911-1995  | 1964-1985  | Roy T. Williams - 1934 - Alberta District Church of the Nazarene
19  |  | Edward G. Lawlor | 1907-1987  | 1968-1976  | Roy T. Williams - 1936 - Manitoba-Saskatchewan District
20  |  | Eugene L. Stowe | 1922-2020  | 1968-1993  | J. B. Chapman - 1945 - Northern California District
21  |  | Orville W. Jenkins | 1913-2007  | 1968-1985  | Joseph G. Morrison - 1939 - Northern California District
22  |  | Charles H. Strickland | 1916-1988  | 1972-1988  | Orval J. Nease - 1941 - Georgia District
23  |  | William M. Greathouse | 1919-2011  | 1976-1989  | J.B. Chapman - 1943 - Tennessee District
24  |  | Jerald D. Johnson | 1927-2020  | 1980-1997  | D. I. Vanderpool - 1950 - Northwest District Church of the Nazarene
25  |  | Raymond W. Hurn | 1921-2007  | 1985-1993  | Howard V. Miller - 1943 - Kansas District Church of the Nazarene
26  |  | John A. Knight | 1931-2009  | 1985-2001  |

Hugh C. Benner - 1954 - Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene

27  |  | Donald D. Owens | 1926-  | 1989-1997  |

Samuel Young - 1952 - Northwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

28  |  | William J. Prince | 1930-2012  | 1989-2001  |

Gideon B. Williamson - 1957 - Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene

29  |  | James H. Diehl | 1937-  | 1993-2009  |

Hardy C. Powers - 1960 - Iowa District Church of the Nazarene

30  |  | Paul G. Cunningham | 1937-2020  | 1993-2009  | Hugh C. Benner - 1965
31  |  | Jerry D. Porter | 1949-  | 1997-2017  | Charles Strickland - 1974 - Houston District Church of the Nazarene
32  |  | Jim L. Bond | 1936-  | 1997-2005  |

Hardy C. Powers - 1962 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene

33  |  | W. Talmadge Johnson | 1937-2023  | 2001-2005  |

Hugh C. Benner - 1958 - Southwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

34  |  | Jesse C. Middendorf | 1942-  | 2001-2013  | V. H. Lewis - 1969 - Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene
35  |  | Nina G. Gunter | 1937-  | 2005-2009  | Hugh C. Benner - 1960 - Joplin District Church of the Nazarene
36  |  | J. K. Warrick | 1945-  | 2005-2017  |

S. George Coulter - 1970 - Southeast Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

37  |  | Eugenio Duarte | 1953-  | 2009-2023  | Orville W. Jenkins - 1981 - Cabo Verde District Church of the Nazarene
38  |  | David W. Graves | 1953-  | 2009-2023  | William M. Greathouse - 1980 - North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene
39  |  | Stan Toler | 1950-2017  | 2009-2013  | Charles H. Strickland - 1985 (credential recognized) - Northwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene
40  |  | David A. Busic | 1964-  | 2013-  | John A. Knight - 1991 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene
41  |  | Gustavo A. Crocker | 1963-  | 2013-  | Paul G. Cunningham - 2003 - Mid-Atlantic District Church of the Nazarene
42  |  | Filimão M. Chambo | 1971-  | 2017-  | James H. Diehl - 2000 - South Africa RSA Gauteng District Church of the Nazarene
43  |  | Carla Sunberg | 1961-  | 2017-  | James H. Diehl - 2004 - Russia North District Church of the Nazarene
44  |  | T. Scott Daniels | 1966-  | 2023-  | Raymond W. Hurn - 1992 - Washington Pacific District Church of the Nazarene
45  |  | Christian D. Sarmiento | 1956-  | 2023-  | Jerald D. Johnson - 1989 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene

## References

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1. ^ "Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Spring Conferences of 1886", p. 66

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