GENERAL OVERSEER

1ST ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER

2ND ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER

3RD ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER

SECRETARY GENERAL

COUNCIL OF EIGHTEEN / INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Executive Council 2022-2024
Seated, L-R: Gary J. Lewis, Raymond F. Culpepper, Timothy M. Hill, Tony D. Stewart, David E. Ramirez. Second Row: David Cooper, Mark Leonhardt, Stafford Petersen, Rick Whitter, Kenneth Hill, Anthony Pelt, Angel Marcial, Nick Park, Lennox Walker, Kenneth Anderson. Top Row: R.C. Hugh Nelson, Timothy Brown, Scott Sheppard, David Smith, Kip Box, William Lee, Joe Dobbins, Kelvin Page, Julio Melendez.

The Church of God Council of Eighteen is a body of 18 ministers elected from within the ranks of Ordained Bishops of the Church of God during the biennial General Assembly. The Council of Eighteen serves with the International Executive Committee to form the International Executive Council, a body which establishes polity and directs the ministries of the Church. The Executive Council also includes a representative from the Full Gospel Church of God in South Africa (Stafford Petersen) and the national overseer of Indonesia (Rubin Adi Abraham). Members of the Council of Eighteen are elected for two-year terms and may be elected to two consecutive terms.

Members of the International Executive Committee include Timothy M. Hill, general overseer; Raymond F. Culpepper, first assistant general overseer; Tony Stewart, second assistant; David E. Ramirez S., third assistant; and Gary J. Lewis, secretary general.

The 2022-2024 International Council of Eighteen consists of the following men, listed in order of their election and where they presently serve in ministry:

William Lee – Pastor, Victorious Life Church, Conyers, Ga

Scott Sheppard – Pastor, Cornerstone Church, Athens, Ga.

Angel Marcial Estades – Latin American field representative, Church of God World Missions

Anthony Pelt – Administrative Bishop, Florida-Cocoa region; pastor, Radiant Living Worship Center

Kip Box – Administrative Bishop, Western North Carolina

Kenneth Hill – Administrative Bishop, Southern New England

Joe Dobbins – Pastor, Twin Rivers Worship Center, St. Louis, Missouri

David Smith – Pastor, Oak Park Church of God, Mobile, Alabama

Nick Park – Overseer, Ireland

Kelvin Page – Pastor, Westmore Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee

Lennox Walker – Pastor, Praise Cathedral Worship Centre, Ontario, Canada

Rick Whitter – Administrative Bishop, Pennsylvania

R.C. Hugh Nelson – Pastor, Church of God of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York

David Cooper – Pastor, Mount Paran Church of God, Atlanta, Georgia

Julio C. Melendez Olgvin – Pastor, Iglesia De Dios Central, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Ken Anderson – Pastor, Minnesota, Regional Superintendent of South Asia, Church of God World Missions

Mark Leonhardt – Administrative Bishop, Louisiana

Timothy Brown – Administrative Bishop, Florida-Tampa.