Global Council

The Global Council consists of two delegates from each organized national church.  It meets every five years to coordinate the international efforts of the UPCI and is co-chaired by the UPCI General Superintendent and the UPCI Director of Global Missions.  Its stated purpose is:

  • To strengthen our unity through closer fellowship worldwide
  • To uphold the International Articles of Faith and standards of righteousness
  • To unite our missionary endeavor worldwide
  • To develop plans for worldwide evangelism
  • To promote the World Network of Prayer

Global Leadership

C H A I R M A N

David K. Bernard

UPCI General Superintendent

 

C O – C H A I R M A N

Adam Hunley

UPCI Global Missions Director

 

S E C R E T A R Y

Duncan Karuku

General Superintendent Kenya

 

C H A I R M A N

David K Bernard

UPCI General Superintendent

C O – C H A I R M A N

Bruce Howell

UPCI Global Missions Director

S E C R E T A R Y

Duncan Karuku

General Superintendent Kenya

MISSIONARY & NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS

Michael Patterson

Albania

Kirby Parker

Algeria

Corey Beebe

Andorra

Pèdro Marionho

Angola

Jorge Orueta

Argentina

Bagrat Hayrapetyan

Armenia

Daniel De Temple

Armenia

Stan Harvey

Australia

James Pace

Austria

J. R. Black

Bahamas

James Corbin

Bangladesh

Kevin Wallace

Belgium

Dwayne Abernathy

Belize

Laurent Tometin

Benin

Renthlei Lalrinsanga

Bhutan

Jimy Prado

Bolivia

Olebogeng Molefhi

Botswana

José Ribamar

Brazil

Ntashimikiro Telesphore

Burundi

Joshua Barsotti

Cambodia

Kenneth Cantrell

Cameroon

Sileno Sousa

Cape Verde

Dolbert A. Clarke

Cayman Islands

Barthelemey Feindiro

Central African Republic

Robert H. Kelley

Channel Islands

Joey Bir

Chile

Marco Tulio Oviedo

Colombia

Kalo Crispin Ngoy

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Rene Gistophe

Congo, Republic of the

Elías Vargas

Costa Rica

Radovan Hajduk

Croatia

Rafel Andrea Dorta

Cuba

Stephan Summers

Cyprus

Matthew Buckland

Czech Republic

Chris Brett

Denmark

Steve Shirley

Dominican Republic

Bolivar Bravo

Ecuador

Ricardo Mendoza

El Salvador

Peter Njuh Mua

Equatorial Guinea

Nathanael Turner

Estonia

Fekadu Desta Arifo

Ethiopia

Sainivalati Naqele

Fiji

Mark Alphin

Finland

John Nowacki

France

Henry Ritchie

French Guiana

Desire Rakontondratsimba

Gabon

Paul Brochu

Germany

Jerry H. Nortey

Ghana

Nathan Harrod

Gibraltar

Leroy Francis

Great Britain/Ireland

Sim Strickland, Jr.

Greece

Marco DeLeon

Guatemala

Stephen Benda

Guinea

Carmelino Sousa

Guinea Bissau

Steve Smith

Guyana

Jean Emanus La Porte

Haiti

Ricardo Licona

Honduras

Stephen O’Donnell

Hong Kong & Macau

Mihaly Kovacs

Hungary

Mark Alphin

Iceland

Durairaj George

India

Renthlei Lalrinsanga

India (North East)

Daniel Evans

India Andhra Province

Larry Khubani

Indonesia

Jonathan Strickland

Ireland

Angelo Di Bernardo

Italy

Affa Antoine

Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire)

O’Garth McKoy

Jamaica 

Les Clevenger, Jr.

Japan

Duncan Karuku

Kenya

Taniela Vitayaki

Kiribati

Munjong Kang

Korea (South)

Michael Patterson

Kosovo

Luke Havens

Latvia

Mark Strain

Lebanon

Steve Shirley

Leeward Islands

Nicky Sisco

Lesotho

Stephen Benda

Liberia

Kirby Parker

Libya

Paul Brochu

Liechtenstein

Jeremy Favors

Luxembourg

Jules Randriamiadana

Madagascar

Chimalizeni Banda 

Malawi

Samsunamy Ponusamy

Malaysia

J. Prince Mathiasz

Maldives

Kirby Parker

Malta

 Jacques Dubois

Mauritius

Steven W. Drost

Mexico

David Dibble

Micronesia

Michael McBride

Moldova

Michael Patterson

Moldova

John Nowacki

Monaco

Michael Patterson

Montenegro

Kirby Parker

Morocco

Nicky Sisco

Mozambique

Pa Mang

Myanmar (Burma)

Keith Ikerd

Namibia

Lynden G. Shalm

Nepal

Allan Calhoun

Netherlands, The

Roger D. Buckland

New Zealand

Eduardo Garcia

Nicaragua

Michael Ugondo

Nigeria

Sim Strickland, Jr.

Northern Macedonia

Goran Andreassen

Norway

Cesar Lawrence

Panama

Richard Carver

Papua New Guinea

Ricardo Martinez

Paraguay

Noel Pahuacho

Peru

Alfredo Bodegas

Philippines

Michael Patterson

Poland

Oscar Rodrigues

Portugal

Daniel Patterson

Romania

Louis Johnson

Rwanda

Angelo Di Bernardo

San Marino

Craig Sully

Senegal

Steven Tir

Serbia

Mamy Razanajatovo

Seychelles

Rashid Turay

Sierra Leone

Timothy Lee

Singapore

Steven Tir

Slovakia

Radovan Hajduk

Slovenia

Allen Sibanda

South Africa

Patrick Groves

South Sudan

Nathan Harrod

Spain

Patrick Groves

Sudan

Steve Smith

Suriname

Paul Brochu

Switzerland

Leonard Richardson 

Taiwan

Richard Smoak

Tanzania

Thepbodin Srinauk

Thailand

Sylvester Randut

Timor-Leste

Kofi Mawusi

Togo

Gary Landaw

Trinidad & Tobago

Kirby Parker

Tunisia

Derek Hanna

Turks & Caicos Islands

Mike Ogwal

Uganda

Edison Mederos

Uruguay

Angelo Di Bernardo

Vatican City

Miguel Pernía

Venezuela

Lynden G. Shalm 

Vietnam

Henry Ritchie

Windward Islands

Morgan Mwanza

Zambia

Clifford Makandise

Zimbabwe

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