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. | 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- | 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- | Orville W. Jenkins - 1981 - Cabo Verde District Church of the Nazarene |
| 38 | David W. Graves | 1953- | 2009- | 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 |