Inspirational
Leadership
Our Presiding Bishop and General Presbyters
The inspirational leadership team is comprised of the presiding bishop and the general presbyters. This team, under the direction of the presiding bishop helps “to encourage inspirational leadership and to deliver essential support that would significantly increase the Church’s Gospel witness and promote the unity of believers.” This “plurality of leadership,” accepted in the 1994 Assembly, represents our top level of leadership and provides direction to the worldwide church in accomplishing our mission.
Click on any of the photos below for more information on the general presbyter.
Tim Coalter
Presiding Bishop
Bishop Tim Coalter serves as the presiding bishop of the Church of God of Prophecy. He is a leader of leaders, providing inspirational leadership to the COGOP general presbyters, national bishops, and members in 135 nations of the world.
Clayton E. Endecott, Jr.
Wider Europe & Middle East
Clayton was born in South Dakota as third generation CoGoP. The family served in the Mid-west including Missouri and later in Chicago, Illinois where Clayton sees his formative years as part of the youth of the local church at then Laverne Street CoGoP.
Ben Feliz
Mexico, Central America, Spanish Speaking Caribbean
Bishop Feliz currently serves as the General Presbyter for Mexico, Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. He has been a minister in the Church since 1993 and was ordained as a Bishop in 2000.
James Kolawole
Africa
Bishop Kolawole was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He joined the Church of God of Prophecy in 1986. He was ordained a bishop in 2000 and was appointed national bishop of Nigeria. Bishop Kolawole is married to Ellen Kolawole, and they have four adult children.
Clayton Martin
Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean Islands
Bishop Martin entered full-time ministry in 1987 as a pastor and district overseer in the Cayman Islands. He later served on the Biblical Doctrine and Polity committee for the COGOP and national overseer for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Tim McCaleb
Asia, Australia & Oceania
Bishop McCaleb became a licensed minister in 1980. He held several pastoral positions before his appointment as a state overseer. He participated in Assembly committees such as the Bible Doctrine and Polity committee and was Servant Partners Director for the International Offices.
Brian Sutton
North America
Bishop Sutton serves the Church of God of Prophecy as North America Ministries’ general presbyter. He administrates 26 state/regional bishops who connect directly with over 1700 local congregations throughout Canada, the United States, and Bermuda. He is married to Renee.
Gabriel Vidal
South America
Bishop Vidal was saved at the age of five and has been involved in church work his entire life. He lived in Rhode Island from 1985-2000, where he co-planted a church in Providence and later became regional youth leader for both Southern New England and the Northeast Hispanic regions.