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. Image 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- 2009-2023 Orville W. Jenkins - 1981 - Cabo Verde District Church of the Nazarene
38 David W. Graves 1953- 2009-2023 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
44 T. Scott Daniels 1966- 2023- Raymond W. Hurn - 1992 - Washington Pacific District Church of the Nazarene
45 Christian D. Sarmiento 1956- 2023- Jerald D. Johnson - 1989 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene

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