The South Texas District officially changed its name to the Texas Gulf Coast District with a district conference vote and the approval of the UPCI Executive Board on October 21, 2025. Texas Gulf Coast District Superintendent Ken Gurley said the name change helps clarify the district’s geographic footprint. “Traditionally, the designation ‘South Texas’ has referred […]
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Dr. David K. Bernard was reelected as general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International during the annual ministers business session at General Conference. Bernard has served as UPCI general superintendent since 2010. Upon the completion of his current term in December, Bernard will be the second-longest-serving general superintendent in the UPCI’s eighty-year history. Nathaniel A.
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In September 1945, members of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ and the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated met in St. Louis and voted to merge the two organizations, forming the United Pentecostal Church. From September 23–26, members of what is now known as the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) will return to St. Louis to celebrate
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Scott Graham has been elected to a fourth term as general secretary-treasurer of the UPCI. Scotty Slaydon, general secretary of Global Missions, also was returned to office, along with North American Missions General Secretary Bill Hobson, Children’s Ministries General Secretary Robbie Knox, Youth Ministries General Secretary Jeremy Stafford, and Ladies Ministries General Secretary Jane Buford. The
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The UPCI’s annual General Conference begins next week in Long Beach, California, and organizers are expecting a full house. More than 13,000 people already have registered to attend the October 1-4 event, which will be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. It has been forty years since UPCI General Conference was held
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Twenty-two UPCI missionaries have returned to their assigned nations earlier than anticipated thanks to a record $5 million in I AM GLOBAL donations that have been received since General Conference 2023. Prior to the advent of I AM GLOBAL, missionaries typically spent up to two years traveling across North America raising funds and securing sponsors,
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Uplift 313, a community center in Detroit, Michigan, is serving area residents while helping transform the way North American Missions (NAM) approaches urban evangelism. The center, which opened earlier this year on Detroit’s west side, provides services such as parenting and life skills instruction, substance abuse recovery groups, career and business training, English as a
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More than two thousand people attended this year’s Spanish Evangelism Ministries (SEM) Conference, which was held June 19-21 in Stockton, California. During the Friday evening service, 159 people reported receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit for the first time. Christian Life Center, led by Pastor Nathaniel Haney, hosted the event, and Nathan Harrod, regional
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Seven new missionaries and a new regional director were officially commissioned for service with the United Pentecostal Church International during a special May 11 ceremony. Their destinations include nations and territories in Africa, Eurasia, and the Pacific. Dale and Brenda Austin, Richard and Andrea Carver, Jeffrey and Heidi Cecil, Bradley and Patricia Gray, Richard and
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The 2023 class of the UPCI Order of the Faith includes a longtime missionary couple, a pioneer evangelist, two prominent pastors, and the first Black minister to serve on the UPCI’s Executive Board. Jim and Martha Burton, Randy Keyes, Claude Paschal “C. P.” Kilgore, J. Ellis Myers, and Trevor Neil were officially inducted into the
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