General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene)

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

No. Image General Superintendent Born - Died Tenure Ordained
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

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