General Staff

We are pleased to introduce the general staff for the 2008-2009 General Assembly year. Each of these men and women have been appointed by the General Overseer to serve in their particular field of labor. Throughout the world their ministry is helping to spread the message of Christ and His Church. If you wish to contact these individuals, click below the person's name that you wish to contact.

General Headquarters Staff


Stephen E. Smith
General Overseer

Kevin D. Werkheiser
General Treasurer
Office Manager

Herman D. Ard
World Missions Coordinator

Walter G. Lofton
Print Shop Manager
Sunday School Editor

Field Representatives and Mission Ambassadors


Ray D. Dupre
Field Secretary

Donaldo Acosta
Field Secretary

Robert F. Strong
Field Secretary

Robert J. Hawkins
Missions Representative
Africa, Asia, and Europe

Auxiliary Coordinators and Ministry Leaders


Donald W. Branscum
Assembly Band Movement

Ray D. Dupre
Bible Training Institute

Melvin Byers, Jr.
Church of Prophecy
Marker Association

E. Roger Ammons
Evangelism Department

Maudie E. Wood
Sunday School

Ray D. Dupre
The Evening Light
Publication

Sharon Griffin
Victory Leaders Band

Betty Bishop
Womens Missionary Band

State and Regional Overseers


Robert J. Hawkins, Jr.
Alabama

Michael A. Grant
Alaska

James R. Horne
Arizona/Colorado/New
Mexico/Texas (West)

Dewayne Smith
Arkansas/Kansas/
Missouri/Oklahoma

Jerry W. Campbell
Florida/Georgia

Samuel D. McMahon
Idaho (North)/Montana (West)/
Oregon/Washington

Serafin Pimentel
Idaho (South)/California/
Nevada/Utah

Paul S. Jernigan
Indiana/Illinois (South)/
Kentucky/Ohio

Brian R. O'Dell
Louisiana/Mississippi/
Texas (East)

Melvin Byers, Jr.
North Carolina

Delbert G. Bock
North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota/Montana (East)/
Wyoming/Nebraska

James T. Smith
Pennsylvania/Delaware/
Maryland/Massachusetts

Carl J. Neal
South Carolina

Lanny W. Carter
Tennessee

Paul Horton
Virginia/West Virginia

E. Roger Ammons
Wisconsin/Illinois (North)/
Iowa/Michigan

National and Territorial Overseers


A. R. David Coronel
Argentina/Brazil/
Paraguay/Uruguay

George C. Forbes
Bahamas/Cayman Islands/
Turks & Caicos Islands

Benito Ramos Quispe
Bolivia

E. Roger Ammons
Canada (East)

Samuel D. McMahon
Canada (West)

Javier Díaz Pérez
Chile

Carlos Julio López Feliz
Colombia

Patrice T. Kalamba
Democratic Republic of
Congo/ Republic of Congo/
Cameroon

Philip C. Bennett
England

Manuel R. Castro
Guatemala

Herman D. Ard
Haiti/Nepal

Donaldo Acosta
Honduras/Belize/
El Salvador/Spain/
Costa Rica/Panama

Ch. Paul Sudhakar
India (North)

Isaac Thomas Adimavunkal
India (South)

Joshua Nainggolan
Indonesia

Renison Mbogo Ngurukiri
Kenya/Ethiopia/
Tanzania/Zimbabwe

Jose G. Banuelos
Mexico

Saúl D. Delgado Mejía
Nicaragua

Matthew Ogunmola
Nigeria/Ghana

Leonardo A. Luna
Peru/Ecuador

Danilo Mendoza Orcino
Philippines/South Korea

Juan Pimentel
Puerto Rico/
Dominican Republic/
Netherlands Antilles

Dudley A. Browne
St. Vincent

Robert J. Hawkins, Jr.
Swaziland/South Africa

Makoha Francis Agati
Uganda/Burundi/Rwanda

Alfred Nsofwa
Zambia

Committees

Administrative Committee
Stephen E. Smith Chairman, Herman D. Ard, Ray D. Dupre, Kevin D. Werkheiser, Walter G. Lofton

Church Literature Review Committee
Walter G. Lofton Chairman, Maudie E. Wood Sunday School Coordinator, Donald W. Branscum, Cornelius Butler, Christopher Metaxas, Virgil Van Deventer, Georgia Williams, Michael P. Jernigan, James R. Horne, Rebekah Horne, Vicki Smith

Counseling Committee
David F. Risch Chairman, Freddy L. Crumley, Darrell Simpson, Louis E. Gaddis, Robert J. Hawkins

General Property Committee
Stephen E. Smith Chairman, Herman D. Ard, Ray D. Dupre, Kevin D. Werkheiser

General Trustees
Walter G. Lofton, Melvin C. McGriff, Sr., David F. Risch, Kevin D. Werkheiser

Mission Teams Board
Robert J. Hawkins, Jr. Chairman, Sharon Griffin VLB Coordinator, Betty Bishop WMB Coordinator, Herman D. Ard World Missions Coordinator, Ray D. Dupre, David F. Risch, Timothy N. Griffin

Publishing Committee
Walter G. Lofton Chairman, Stephen E. Smith, Kevin D. Werkheiser, Ray D. Dupre

Questions and Subjects Committee
Robert F. Strong Chairman, E. Roger Ammons, Donald W. Branscum, Virgil Van Deventer, Billy R. O'Dell

Sunday School Editorial Committee
Walter G. Lofton Chairman, Maudie E. Wood Sunday School Coordinator, Amy Dyer, Jackie Zimmerman

Ways and Means Committee
Timothy N. Griffin Chairman, Delbert G. Bock, Lowell Eugene Powell, Kevin D. Werkheiser, James S. Williams, Jr.

World Mission Committee
Stephen E. Smith Chairman, Herman D. Ard, Ray D. Dupre, Robert J. Hawkins, Jr., Kevin D. Werkheiser