James H. Diehl (born 1937) is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene. He was elected in 1993.
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a private Nazarene university in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Named for its founding location, Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. In the late 1930s, it moved to the campus in Bourbonnais. The university is affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene and is the annual site of the church's Regional Celebrate Life youth gathering for the Central USA Region.
Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) is a private Nazarene liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1901.
Southern Nazarene University (SNU) is a private Nazarene university in Bethany, Oklahoma.
John W. Goodwin (1869–1945) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Hardy C. Powers (1900–1972) was an American minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Daniel Isom Vanderpool (1891-1988) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Hugh C. Benner (1899–1975) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He started the history department at the Eastern Nazarene College in 1921, and Benner Hall and Benner Library on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University are named after him. Dr. Benner was born near Marion, Ohio. Dr. Benner was ordained in 1923 by Nazarene General Superintendent Roy T. Williams. After serving the Church as a college professor and later as a pastor at Santa Monica, California; Spokane, Washington; and Kansas City First Church, Dr. Benner was elected the first president of the Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1944. He was elected general superintendent in 1952 and served in this position until retirement in 1968. He was general superintendent emeritus until his death in 1975 in Leawood, Kansas.
Eugene L. Stowe was an American minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Orville Wesley Jenkins was an American minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
W. Talmadge Johnson was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. His grandson is SNL star James Austin Johnson.
Jim L. Bond is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was elected at the 24th General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, in June 1997 and served until retirement in July 2005.
William Marvin Greathouse was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Jerald D. Johnson was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Raymond W. Hurn (1921–2007) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
William J. Prince was a minister, college president, and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Paul G. Cunningham was a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
Jesse C. Middendorf is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
J. K. Warrick is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
Arnold Gordon Wetmore was an American theologian who was president emeritus of the Nazarene Theological Seminary and a former president of the Northwest Nazarene College.
E. LeBron Fairbanks is a leadership consultant, an adjunct professor at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President emeritus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President emeritus of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011. Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education and Lay Ministry Development, and Coordinator of the Master of Ministry program at Bethany Nazarene College (1982–1984); the 2nd President of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Taytay, Rizal, the Philippines from September 1984 to July 1989; and the 5th President of Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio, for over 17 years from July 1989 until his retirement on January 31, 2007. Fairbanks founded and has served as the director of BoardServe LLC, "a consulting service for governing boards and their leaders", since 2011.