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 from 150 countries 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 APRIL 2019
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; Asia Pacific: Koko Enrile and Susan Lastrado; China: Jeff Wong and Siu Wai Cheung; South Asia: Dinesh and Caroline George; South East Asia: Harliem and Vania Salim; Australia/South Pacific: Mike and Tess Fontenot; UK & Scandinavia: Mohan and Helen Nanjundan; Western Europe: Thierry Fender and Miriam Wosegien; Eastern Europe: Shawn and Lena Wooten; Eurasia: Alexey and Tanya Zhuravlev; Middle East: Moufid and Jessy Tohme; Mexico: Francisco Botello and Sonia Arroyo; Central America: Josue and Veronica Ortega; South America Southern Cone: Sebastian and Sarai Serra; Brazil: Leslie and Alcides de Morais; South American Andean: Steve and Diane Brown; Canada: Danny and Gillian Brisebois; 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: Doug Arthur; New York: Sam Powell; Northwest US: Daren and Karla Overstreet; Rocky Mountain: Chester and Sirikit Umaguing; Southeast US: Scott and Thereasa Kirkpatrick; Southwest US & Pacific: Rafael and Griselda Lua; Texas/LA/OK: Todd and Patty Asaad
Catalyst Team
Charged with providing vision, focus and directives to the Delegates and Regional Chairmen.
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) and Oleksii Kravets (Kiev)
Unity: Darren Gauthier (Chicago) and Jerry Sugarman (Los Angeles)
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)
Emeritus: Ron Brumley and Wyndham Shaw
Women’s Ministry Task Force
To inspire and train women servant leaders around the globe to grow spiritually, to connect, and to advance the gospel in a powerful way.
Tammy Fleming – Chair (Ukraine); Sylvia Mendez (USA); Sirikit Umaguing (USA); Sharon Gauthier (USA); Diane Brown (Ecuador); Victoria Auki (Kenya); Marci Arneson (USA); Rolayo Ogbonnaya, (Nigeria); Sarai Serra (Argentina); Gillianne Brisebois (Canada)
Teaching & Ministry Education Service Team
Charged with encouraging and promoting the continual learning of the Bible and other spiritual studies among our ministers and members.
Co-Chairs: Steve Kinnard – New York and Andy Fleming – Kiev
Dr. Rolan Monje — Manila; Ed Anton – Virginia Beach; Dr. Deb Anton — Virginia Beach; Kay McKean — Northern Virginia; Steve Brown — Buenos Aires; Steve Staten — Chicago; Dr. Douglas Jacoby — Atlanta; Joey Harris — August, Georgia; Dr. Glenn Giles — Denver; Fred Faller — Boston; Valdur Koha — Boston; Courtney Bailey — Kingston; Arturo Elizarraras — Mexico City; Suzette Lewis — Toronto
Singles Service Team
Charged with addressing singles’ needs and developing singles’ conferences.
Floyd & Tamara Grossett, Chairs, Phoenix
Mike & Damali Abrokwah — Canada; Elias & Rachel Deleault — Northwest US; Sam & Diana Manning — Caribbean; Marshall & Shawn Mead — Southwest US; Bill & Kristen Moulden – Midwest US; Matt & Deanna Newburg — Florida/La.; Mark & Lin Ottenweller — Southeast US; Jon & Brittany Sherwood — Southeast US; Larry & Kim Reed — New England; Adam & Bethany Smith – Texas/Oklahoma; Angela Williams — Southwest US; Chad & Marilyn Winchell — No. Virginia; Bim & Nicole Towolai — New York
Youth & Family Service Team
Charged with shaping the spiritual program for teen conferences and leading in building stronger teen and family ministries.
Damon & Michelle Curtis, Chair, Houston, Texas
Phil & Kris Arsenault, Boston ; Eric & Megan Testa – Indianapolis, Indiana; Kevin & Nadene Joachim – Toronto, Canada; Curt & Heidi Ammons – Chicago, Illinois
Campus Service Team
Charged with shaping the program for international campus conferences and inspiring to build stronger campus ministries.
Chris Zillman, Chair, Chicago
International Team:
Josue Ortega — Central American/Caribbean; John Hoyt — China; Ariel Lastrado — Asia Pacific; Emmanuel Emeh — Africa; Shawn Wooten — Europe & Eurasia; Prem Jeba — India; We Kyoeng — Southeast Asia; Aaron Chow — China; Forest Versele — Australia; Moufid Tohme — Middle East
US Team:
Steve Lounsbury — Los Angeles; Stuart Mains — Los Angeles; Marty Wilkinson — College Station, Texas; Alex Whitaker — Seattle; Brian Campbell — Denver; Vince Hawkins — Columbia, Missouri; Chris Zillman — Chicago; Jesse Ghoman — Boston; Kyle Eastman — Gainesville, FL; Perrie Keeve — Columbia, SC; Tom Brown — Atlanta; Jamison Malcolm — State College, Pennsylvania; Rob Novack — New York; Michael DeAquino — Cincinnati
HOPE worldwide Service Team
Charged with updating our worldwide churches regarding the needs of the poor and our best opportunities to meet those needs.
Robert Carrillo – San Diego, CA
Greg Marutzky – USA; Koko Enrile – Philippines; Sebastian Serra – Argentina; Johnny Rivera – USA; Herve Fleurant – USA/Africa; Charles Ham – Indonesia; Wade Cook – USA
Communication Service Team
Charged with facilitating communication and coordination for our worldwide cooperating churches and their leaderships. Oversee and coordinate Regional Communications Directors (one per regional family of churches)
Roger Lamb, Chair, Boston
HOPEww: Shane Engel – San Diego
ICOC Church Directory: Lai-Yan Faller – Portland, Maine
ICOC Church Survey: Jerome Prakash, Bangalore; Paul Ramsey, Austin, Texas
Online Services: Jonathan Hoggard – Denver
SEO & Reputation Management: Justin Renton – Johannesburg
ICOC HotNews: Mike Taliaferro – San Antonio
Ministry Applications: Hans Rasmussen – Denver
Regional Communications Directors
Administration Service Team
Paul Ramsey, Chair, Austin, Texas