General Superintendent (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

No.ImageGeneral SuperintendentBorn - DiedTenureOrdained
1 Phineas F. Bresee.jpg Phineas F. Bresee 1838-19151907-1915Levi Scott - 1861 - Methodist Episcopal Church
2 Hiram F Reynolds.jpg Hiram F. Reynolds 1854-19381907-1932John Fletcher Hurst - 1886 - Methodist Episcopal Church [1]
3 Ellyson.jpg Edgar P. Ellyson 1869-19541908-1911

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

4 Edward F Walker.jpg Edward F. Walker 1852-19181911-1918

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

5 Wilson med.jpg William C. Wilson 1866-19151915Hiram F. Reynolds - 1917 - Colorado District
6 John W. Goodwin 1869-19451916-19401905 - (credential recognized) - Southern California District
7 Roy T. Williams 1883-19461916-1946Hiram F. Reynolds - 1908 - Kansas City District
8 J. B. Chapman 1884-19471928-1947C. B. Jernigan and Johnnie Hill Jernigan - 1903 - Independent Holiness Church
9 Joseph G. Morrison 1871-19391936-1939Hiram F. Reynolds - 1922 - (credential recognized) - North Dakota-Minnesota District
10 Howard V. Miller 1894-19481940-1948John W. Goodwin - 1922 - (credential recognized) - New England District
11 Orval J. Nease 1891-19501940–1944, 1948-1950

Hiram F. Reynolds - 1918 - Southern California District

12 Hardy C. Powers 1900-19721944-1968John W. Goodwin - 1928 - Southern California District
13 Gideon B. Williamson 1898-19811946-1968

John W. Goodwin - 1927 - Iowa District

14 Samuel Young 1901-19901948-1972

John W. Goodwin - 1931 - New England District

15 Daniel I. Vanderpool 1891-19881949-1964Hiram F. Reynolds - 1922 - Colorado-Wyoming District
16 Hugh C. Benner 1899-19751952-1968Roy T. Williams - 1923 - New England District Church of the Nazarene
17 V. H. Lewis 1912-20001960-1985J. B. Chapman - 1935 - Rocky Mountain District Church of the Nazarene
18 George Coulter 1911-19951964-1985Roy T. Williams - 1934 - Alberta District Church of the Nazarene
19 Edward G. Lawlor 1907-19871968-1976Roy T. Williams - 1936 - Manitoba-Saskatchewan District
20 Eugene L. Stowe 1922-20201968-1993J. B. Chapman - 1945 - Northern California District
21 Orville W. Jenkins 1913-20071968-1985Joseph G. Morrison - 1939 - Northern California District
22 Charles H. Strickland 1916-19881972-1988Orval J. Nease - 1941 - Georgia District
23 William M. Greathouse 1919-20111976-1989J.B. Chapman - 1943 - Tennessee District
24 Jerald D. Johnson 1927-20201980-1997D. I. Vanderpool - 1950 - Northwest District Church of the Nazarene
25 Raymond W. Hurn 1921-20071985-1993Howard V. Miller - 1943 - Kansas District Church of the Nazarene
26 John A. Knight 1931-20091985-2001

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 1930-20121989-2001

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 1937-20201993-2009Hugh C. Benner - 1965
31 Jerry D. Porter 1949-1997-2017Charles 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 1937-20232001-2005

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

34 Jesse C. Middendorf 1942-2001-2013V. H. Lewis - 1969 - Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene
35 Nina G. Gunter 1937-2005-2009Hugh 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 (cropped).jpg Eugenio Duarte 1953-2009-2023Orville W. Jenkins - 1981 - Cabo Verde District Church of the Nazarene
38 David W. Graves 1953-2009-2023William M. Greathouse - 1980 - North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene
39 Stan Toler 1950-20172009-2013Charles H. Strickland - 1985 (credential recognized) - Northwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene
40 David Busic (cropped).jpg David A. Busic 1964-2013-John A. Knight - 1991 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene
41 Crocker gustavo.png 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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