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
General Superintendent | Born - Died | Tenure |
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Phineas F. Bresee | 1838-1915 | 1907-1915 |
Hiram F. Reynolds | 1854-1938 | 1907-1932 |
Edgar P. Ellyson | 1869-1954 | 1908-1911 |
Edward F. Walker | 1852-1918 | 1911-1918 |
William C. Wilson | 1866-1915 | 1915 |
John W. Goodwin | 1869-1945 | 1916-1940 |
Roy T. Williams | 1883-1946 | 1916-1946 |
J. B. Chapman | 1884-1947 | 1928-1947 |
Joseph G. Morrison | 1871-1939 | 1936-1939 |
Howard V. Miller | 1894-1948 | 1940-1948 |
Orval J. Nease | 1891-1950 | 1940-1944, 1948-1950 |
Hardy C. Powers | 1900-1972 | 1944-1968 |
Gideon B. Williamson | 1898-1981 | 1946-1968 |
Samuel Young | 1901-1990 | 1948-1972 |
Daniel I. Vanderpool | 1891-1988 | 1949-1964 |
Hugh C. Benner | 1899-1975 | 1952-1968 |
V. H. Lewis | 1912-2000 | 1960-1985 |
George Coulter | 1911-1995 | 1960-1985 |
Edward G. Lawlor | 1907-1987 | 1968-1976 |
Eugene L. Stowe | 1922- | 1968-1993 |
Orville W. Jenkins | 1913-2007 | 1968-1985 |
Charles H. Strickland | 1916-1988 | 1972-1988 |
William M. Greathouse | 1919-2011 | 1976-1989 |
Jerald D. Johnson | 1927- | 1980-1997 |
Raymond W. Hurn | 1921-2007 | 1985-1993 |
John A. Knight | 1931-2009 | 1985-2001 |
Donald D. Owens | 1926- | 1989-1997 |
William J. Prince | 1930-2012 | 1989-2001 |
James H. Diehl | 1937- | 1993-2009 |
Paul G. Cunningham | 1937- | 1993-2009 |
Jerry D. Porter | 1949- | 1997- |
Jim L. Bond | 1936- | 1997-2005 |
W. Talmadge Johnson | 1937- | 2001-2005 |
Jesse C. Middendorf | 1942- | 2001-2013 |
Nina G. Gunter | 1937- | 2005-2009 |
J. K. Warrick | 1945- | 2005- |
Eugenio Duarte | - | 2009- |
David W. Graves | 1953- | 2009- |
Stan Toler[1] | 1950– | 2009-2013 |
David A. Busic[2] | 1964- | 2013 |
Gustavo Crocker[3] | - | 2013- |