RFCs | Service Teams | Delegates
The International Churches of Christ continue to seek God’s will for their cooperation as a movement of churches with the passion to love God, each other and the lost world around us. A crucial element for God’s mission is for leaders to work together in unity around the world. Through much prayer and discussion, we cooperate and collaborate through servant leaders from the various areas of the world. Their roles and responsibilities are published here. These will continually be examined and modified to accomplish God’s purpose.
UPDATED NOV 2023
Regional Chairmen and Women’s Chairs/Coordinators
Africa – West: Chris and Rolayo Ogbonnaya; Africa French West and Central: Emmanuel and Agnes Koffi; Africa – East: William and Vicky Auki; Africa – Southern: Justin and Irene Renton; Africa – Central: Moses and Honorine Kalala; Asia Pacific: Danilo and Girlie Cabadsen; China: Francis Mak and Hiu Sheung; South Asia: Saji & Sheeba Alex and Emmanuel & Toli Baruah; South East Asia: Harliem and Vania Salim; Australia/South Pacific: Dave and Megan Bliley; UK & Scandinavia: Toks and Bola Sowoolu; Western Europe: Mathis Miriam Wosegien; Eastern Europe: TBD; Eurasia: Sasha Bazashvili and Oksana Kononenko; Middle East: Moufid and Jessy Tohme; Mexico North: Jose and Sandra Zapata; Mexico South: Andoreni and Lina Flores; Central America: Josue and Veronica Ortega; South America Southern Cone: Christian and Patricia Escobar; Brazil: Daniel Jenzini; South American Andean: Cesar and Paola Herrera; Canada: Tony & Melanie Singh and David & Erica Jung; Caribbean: Angel and Luz Martinez; ACR: Ed and Deb Anton; Florida: Ron and LauriAnne Conkling; Heartland: Vince and Robin Hawkins; Midwest: AT and Marci Arneson; New England: Jimmy and Anita Allen; New York: Johnny and Glorimar Rivera; Northwest US: Alex and Danielle Whitaker; Rocky Mountain: Chris and Meegan Zillman; Carolina/East Georgia: Rick and Lynn Overturf; Georgia/MidSouth: Mike and Shelly Pope; Southwest US & Pacific: Rafael and Griselda Lua; Texas/LA/OK: Dave and Angela Hooper.
Service Teams
Catalyst Team
Charged with providing vision, focus and directives to the Delegates and Regional Chairmen.
AT Arneson, coordinator (Chicago)
Danilo Cabadsan (Cebu)
Ron Conkling (Tampa)
Emmanuel Emeh (Lagos)
Walter Evans (Philadelphia)
Valdur Koha (Boston)
Darren Gauthier (Chicago)
Rafael Lua (Los Angeles)
Griselda Lua (Los Angeles)
Chris Ogbonnaya (Lagos)
Sarai Serra (New York)
Sebastian Serra (New York)
Patty Simmons (Chicago)*, administrator
William Thorne (Sydney)
Moufid Tohme (Lebanon)
Doug Wens (Houston)
Elders Service Team
Charged with giving profile to the needs and issues of shepherding and with helping resolve trans-congregational problems and conflicts.
Walter Evans, Chair, Philadelphia
Subcommittees:
Conflict Resolution: Larry Craig (New York) and Walter Evans (Philadelphia)
Eldership Development: Al Baird (Phoenix), Oleksii Kravets (Kiev), Yannick Le Noan (Paris)
Unity: Darren Gauthier (Chicago)
Prayer and Comfort: Imagbe Igbinoba (Lagos) and Bill Hooper (Dallas)
Marriage and Family: Frank Kim (Denver)
Minutes and Communication: John Brush (S. Florida) and Dan Liu (Hong Kong)
Evangelists Service Team
Johnny & Glorimar Rivera, Chairs (East Brunswick, NJ, USA)
Steve & Carrie Loundsbury (Los Angeles, USA)
Sam & Michelle Cameron (Perth, Australia)
Dillibabu Varadharajan & Preethi Rajasekar (India)
Emmanuel & Agnes Koffi (Ivory Coast)
Charles & Sarah Setiawan (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Kelly & Cheryl Boyd (Portland, OR, USA)
Collin & Beth Sherill (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Javier and Kelly Amaya (Boston, USA)
Chip Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ayhanna Booker (Montgomery County, MD, USA)
William & Chelsea Thorne (Sydney, Australia)
Women’s Service Team
To inspire and train women servant leaders around the globe to grow spiritually, to connect, and to advance the gospel in a powerful way.
Sarai Serra – Chair (USA); Marci Arneson (USA);
Victoria Auki (Kenya); Girlie Cabadsen (Philippines); Erica Fortina (Italy); Sharon Gauthier (USA); Kae Habel (Philippines); Susani Karta (Indonesia); Griselda Lua (USA); Lily Musonye (Kenya); Rolayo Ogbonnaya, (Nigeria); Camila Serra (Argentina); Sarah Setiawan (Indonesia); Bola Sowoolu (England); Lesa Stronger (Canada); Jessy Tohme (Lebanon); Sirikit Umaguing (Thailand); Caron Vassallo (Australia); Meegan Zillman (USA)
Singles Service Team
Charged with addressing singles’ needs and developing singles’ conferences.
Elias & Rachel Deleault, Chair – Springfield, MA, USA
Andy & Marva Small – Barbados;
Bill & Kristen Moulden – St. Louis;
Jose Ferrer – Orlando;
Larry & Kim Reed – Boston;
Bim & Nicole Towolai – New York;
Tony & Jolecia King – New York;
Pablo & Nicole Padilla – Los Angeles;
Nate & Waldina Bigbee – Texas;
Richard & Shannon Buckner, Philadelphia
Youth & Family Service Team
Charged with shaping the spiritual program for teen conferences and leading in building stronger teen and family ministries.
Eric & Megan Testa, Chair – Indianapolis, Indiana
Mike & Kristen Lamb – Boston;
Ross and Manami Lippencott – New York;
Audie & Bethany Monday – Philadelphia;
Barrett & Rachel O’Connell – Seattle;
Jake & Kelsey Rock-Orlando;
Nick & Brianne Shoff –Atlanta;
Nadine Templer – Kathmandu;
Melissa Tulloch – Atlanta;
Randy & Kim Ware – Kansas City;
Susan Wedin – Phoenix;
Antoine & Charlene Wills – Chicago;
Brandon & Lauren Yi – Austin
Campus Service Team
Charged with shaping the program for international campus conferences and inspiring to build stronger campus ministries.
Rob & Chelsea Novack, Chair – New York
US Team:
Murvi Babalola & Mari Sawamura – Boston,
MA; Matt & Brielle Ruppert – New York City;
Ben & Melina Hutchins – Blacksburg,
PA; Sam & Lindsay Heigrick – Cincinnati,
OH; Kyle & Ally Saxton – Raleigh,
NC; Jesse & Alexandra Ghoman – Charleston, SC;
Jordan & LaToya Massey – Atlanta,
GA; Leke & Marielos Lewu – Miami, FL;
Maurice & Sissy Charles – Chicago, IL;
Willie & Katie O’Quinn – Lawrence, KS;
Jeff & Keli Smith – Dallas, TX;
Armin & Megan Day – Albuquerque, NM;
Brian & Katie Daily – Pullman, WA;
Jacob & Tiffany Ardron – Los Angeles, CA; Kene Izuchukwu – San Diego, CA
Communication Service Team
Charged with facilitating communication and coordination for our worldwide cooperating churches and their leaderships. Oversee and coordinate Regional Communications Directors.
Mike Taliaferro, Chair, San Antonio
Disciples Today: Justin Renton – Johannesburg
ICOC Church Directory: Lai-Yan Faller – Portland, Maine
Keydogo: Nathan Taliaferro – San Antonio
Administration Service Team
Bobby Ritter, New York, Co-Chair
Brian Gross, St. Louis, Co-Chair
Cheryl Kaplan, Northern Virginia
Gary Slebodnick, Boston
Steve Smith, Dallas
Paul Rowden, London
Christen McDuffee, Boston
John Garrett, Denver
Megan Famodun, Atlanta
Paul Ramsey, Austin
Vivian Hanes, Atlanta
Ray Schalk, San Diego
Janet Schalk, San Diego
Yvonne Burch, Seattle
John Beene, Houston
Delegates
Region | Delegate | Country | Role |
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AFRICA | |||
Africa – West | Chris Ogbonnaya | Nigeria | Evangelist |
Africa – West | Rolayo Ogbonnaya | Nigeria | Women’s Ministry |
Africa – West | Rotimi Awaye | Nigeria | Next Gen |
Africa – West | Francis Dasse | Ghana | Evangelist |
Africa – West | Imagbe Igbinoba | Nigeria | Elder |
Africa – French West | Emmanuel Koffi | Ivory Coast | Evangelist |
Africa – French West | Agnes Koffi | Ivory Coast | Women’s Ministry |
Africa – French West | Doh yaon Evariste | Ivory Coast | Evangelist |
Africa – East | William Auki | Kenya | Evangelist |
Africa – East | Richard Ahenda | Uganda | |
Africa – East | Florence Ahenda | Uganda | Women’s Ministry |
Africa – East | Kevin Oduor | Next Gen | |
Africa – Southern | Justin Renton | South Africa | Evangelist |
Africa – Southern | Irene Renton | South Africa | Women’s Ministry |
Africa – Southern | Duncan Comrie | South Africa | Evangelist |
Africa – Southern | Themba Xulu | South Africa | |
Africa – Central | Moses Kalala | DRC | Evangelist |
Africa – Central | Honorine Kalala | DRC | Women’s Ministry |
Africa – Central | Jean Marc Mogwo | DRC | |
ASIA / PACIFIC | |||
Asia Pacific | Robert Montealegre | Philippines | Elder |
Asia Pacific | Danilo Cabadsen* | Philippines | Evangelist |
Asia Pacific | Girlie Cabadsen | Philippines | Women’s Ministry |
Asia Pacific | Noberto Aquino | Philippines | Evangelist |
Asia Pacific | Ariel Lastrado | Philippines | Evangelist |
China | Jeff Wong* | China | Evangelist |
China | Tim Wu | China | Next Gen |
China | Kevin Tsang | China | Evangelist |
China | Godwin Chan | China | Evangelist |
China | Crystal Chan | China | Women’s Ministry |
South Asia Region | Saji Alex** | India | Evangelist |
South Asia Region | Dillibabu Varadharajan | India | Evangelist |
South Asia Region | Rakesh Chavan | India | Evangelist |
South Asia Region | Emmanuel Baruah** | India | Evangelist |
South Asia Region | Evangelin Juliet | India | Women’s Ministry |
South Asia Region | Christy Varghese | India | Evangelist |
South Asia Region | Lucy Christy Varghese | India | Women’s Ministry |
South East Asia | Phua Hee | Singapore | Evangelist |
South East Asia | Angelia Hee | Singapore | Women’s Ministry |
South East Asia | Yudai Takemoto | Japan | Next Gen |
South East Asia | Sovann Seng | Cambodia | Evangelist |
South East Asia | Harliem Salim** | Indonesia | Evangelist |
South East Asia | Vania Salim | Indonesia | Women’s Ministry |
South East Asia | Budi Hartono | Indonesia | Evangelist |
South East Asia | Moses Aaron Inukaban | Indonesia | Next Gen |
South East Asia | Listiana Santoso | ||
South East Asia | Vincent Sim | Malaysia | Evangelist |
South East Asia | Jayne Sim | Malaysia | Women’s Ministry |
AUSTRALIA | |||
South Pacific / Australia | Dave Bliley** | Australia | Evangelist |
South Pacific / Australia | Steve Darvodelsky | New Zealand | Evangelist |
South Pacific / Australia | Rob Mulhearn | Australia | Next Gen |
South Pacific / Australia | Katy Mulhearn | Australia | Next Gen |
EUROPE / EURASIA / MIDDLE EAST | |||
UK & Scandinavia | Mohan Nanjundan** | England | Evangelist |
UK & Scandinavia | Shane McDowell | Sweden | Next Gen |
Uk & Scandinavia | Mulligan Price | England | Evangelist |
Western Europe | Mathis Wosegein** | Germany | Evangelist |
Western Europe | Miriam Wosegein | Germany | Women’s Ministry |
Western Europe | Pierre Le Noan | Germany | Next Gen |
Eastern Europe | Yuri Kravets | Ukraine | Evangelist |
Eastern Europe | Britain Fleming | Ukraine | Next Gen |
Eurasia | Sasha Bazashvili* | Russia | Evangelist |
Eurasia | Oksana Kononenko | Russia | Women’s Ministry |
Eurasia | Yury Sokolkin | Russia | Evangelist |
Eurasia | Pavel Krasnopeev | Russia | Next Gen |
Middle East | Moufid Tohme** | Lebanon | Evangelist |
Middle East | Jacob Kuruvilla | Dubai | Evangelist |
Middle East | Shadi Kishek Jordan | Next Gen | |
Middle East | Nisrine Tadros | Egypt | Women’s Ministry |
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA | |||
Mexico North | Jose Zapata* | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico North | Fernando Avila | Mexico | Next Gen |
Mexico North | Lauro Rodriguez | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico North | Sylvia Mendez | Mexico | Women’s Ministry |
Mexico South | Andoreni Flores* | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico South | Victor Nava | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico South | Aaron Ruiz | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico South | Humberto Vargas | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico South | Sonia Arroyo | Mexico | Women’s Ministry |
Mexico South | Alejandro Miranda | Mexico | Evangelist |
Mexico South | Ernesto Mayoral | Mexico | Next Gen |
Central America | Josue Ortega* | El Salvador | Evangelist |
Central America | Veronica Ortega | El Salvador | Women’s Ministry |
Central America | Bryan Beltethon | Panama | Evangelist |
Central America | Alexandro Paiz | Guatemala | Evangelist |
South America Southern Cone | Christian Escobar** | Evangelist | |
South America Southern Cone | Sarai Serra | Argentina | Women’s Ministry |
South America Southern Cone | Cristian Duque | Chile | Evangelist |
South America Southern Cone | Sebastian Serra Jr. | Argentina | Next Gen |
Brazil | Daniel Jezini* | Brazil | Evangelist |
Brazil | Jeff Henderson | Brazil | Evangelist |
Brazil | Alcides de Moraes | Brazil | Evangelist |
Brazil | Leslie de Moraes | Brazil | Women’s Ministry |
Brazil | Caio Fukumori | Brazil | Next Gen |
South America Andean | Cesar Herrera Silva* | Peru | Evangelist |
South America Andean | Orlando Rocha | Colombia | Evangelist |
South America Andean | Alba Rocha | Colombia | Women’s Ministry |
South America Andean | Ray Elias Esquen | Peru | Evangelist |
NORTH AMERICA / CARIBBEAN | |||
Canada | Tony Singh** | Ottawa | Evangelist |
Canada | David Jung** | Winnipeg | Evangelist |
Canada | Melanie Singh | Ottawa | Women’s Ministry |
Canada | Lesa Stringer | Edmonton | Women’s Ministry |
Canada | Stanley Dumornay | Montreal | Evangelist |
Caribbean | Angel Martinez** | Dominican Republic | Evangelist |
Caribbean | Merlene Lafleur | Trinidad | Women’s Ministry |
Caribbean | Nanieno Lafleur | Trinidad | Next Gen |
ACR | Ed Anton* | Hampton Roads, VA | Evangelist/Teacher |
ACR | Ayhanna Booker | Montgomery County, MD | Women’s Ministry |
ACR | Sean Kirklin | Cinncinati | Evangelist |
ACR | Chip Mitchell | Philadelphia | Evangelist |
ACR | Drew Mines | Norfolk, VA | Next Gen |
Carolina/East Georgia | Rick Overturf | Triangle, NC | Evangelist |
Carolina/East Georgia | Sarah Peickert | Greensboro, NC | Women’s Ministry |
Carolina/East Georgia | Perrie Keeve | Columbia, SC | Next Gen |
Florida | Jarrod Robinson | Gainesville | Evangelist |
Florida | Ron Conkling** | Tampa | Evangelist |
Florida | James Campbell | Miami | Evangelist |
Florida | Pam Gurrentz | Sarasota | Women’s Ministry |
Florida | Tony Fernandez | Broward | Next Gen |
Heartland | Tim Schmidt | NW Arkansas | Evangelist |
Heartland | Vince Hawkins* | St. Louis | Evangelist |
Heartland | Robin Hawkins | St. Louis | Women’s Ministry |
Heartland | Janus Abello | Columbia | Next Gen |
MidSouth | Robynne Brown | Nashville | Women’s Ministry |
MidSouth | JD Lusan | Huntsville | Evangelist |
MidSouth | Nick Shoff | Atlanta | Next Gen |
Midwest | AT Arneson** | Chicago | Evangelist |
Midwest | Nancy Dawson | Chicago | Women’s Ministry |
Midwest | Ross Sawyer | Indianapolis | Next Gen |
Midwest | TJ Harris | Chicago | Evangelist |
Midwest | Mark Kang | Detroit | Evangelist |
New England | Jimmy Allen** | Providence, RI | Evangelist |
New England | Lilian Hislop | Boston, MA | Women’s Ministry |
New England | Josephus Bartuah | Boston, MA | Next Gen |
New England | Cash McHargue | Boston, MA | Evangelist |
New England | Mike Kwasniewski | Groton, CT | Evangelist |
Northwest | Alex Whitaker | Seattle | Evangelist |
Northwest | Luke Donatello | Bellingham, WA | Next Gen |
Northwest | Luke Donatello | Bellingham, WA | Next Gen |
Northwest | Cheryl Boyd | Portland, OR | Women’s Ministry |
Northwest | Tui Vae’ena | Seattle, WA | Evangelist |
Rocky Mountain | Meegan Zillman | Denver | Women’s Ministry |
Rocky Mountain | Chris Zillman** | Denver | Evangelist |
Rocky Mountain | Dustin Peckman | Denver | Next Gen |
Pacific & Southwest | Mike Upton | Los Angeles | Elder |
Pacific & Southwest | Forest Versele | Phoenix | Evangelist |
Pacific & Southwest | Ameer Burton | Antelope Valley | Next Gen |
Pacific & Southwest | Gregg Marutzky | Antelope Valley | Evangelist/Teacher |
Pacific & Southwest | Anthony Galang | Oahu | Evangelist |
Pacific & Southwest | Steve Morici | Los Angeles | Evangelist |
Pacific & Southwest | Joe Silipo | San Diego | Evangelist |
Pacific & Southwest | Rafael Lua* | Los Angeles | Evangelist |
Pacific & Southwest | Griselda Lua | Los Angeles | Women’s Ministry |
Texas | Dave Hooper** | Austin | Evangelist |
Texas | Angela Wens | Houston | Women’s Ministry |
Texas | Will Lambert | San Antonio | Next Gen |
Texas | Mark Mancini | Dallas | Evangelist |
Texas | Christian Ray Flores | Austin | Evangelist |