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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.
| 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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