Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

International Council of
Community Churches*
This body is a fellowship of locally autonomous,
ecumenically minded, congregationally
governed, non-creedal Churches. The Council
came into being in 1950 as the union of two former
councils of community churches, one formed
of black churches known as the Biennial Council
of Community Churches in the United States and
Elsewhere and the other of white churches known
as the National Council of Community Churches.
Headquarters
21116 Washington Pky., Frankfort, IL 60423-
3112, Tel. (815)464-5690 Fax (815)464-5692
Media Contact, Exec. Dir., Rev. Michael E.
Livingston
Email: icccml@sbcglobal.net
Officers
Pres., Mrs. Saundra Nelson
Vice Pres., Rev. Paul Drake
Vice Pres., Rev.William Grossman
Sec., Rev. Dick Griffith
Treas., Nick Brame
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Commission on Laity and Church Relations,
Emma Smith
Commission on Ecumenical and Inter-faith
Relations, Rev. Herman Harmelink, III
Commission on Clergy Relations, Rev. Glenn Clay
Commission on Faith, Justice & Mission, Rev.
Dr. Richard Griffith
Women’s Christian Fellowship, Pres., Rev. Cay
Randall-May
Samaritans (Men’s Fellowship), Pres., Abraham
Wright
Youth Fellowship, Pres., Victoria Wells
Periodicals
The Christian Community, The Inclusive Pulpit,
Key Lay Notes, Clergy comminique
International Fellowship of Bible
Churches, Inc
Founded August, 1988 from three groups of
ministers and churches of conservative Wesleyan
holiness tradition. Sponsor mission works in six
countries on four continents. Locally autonomous
congregations cooperate for missions, education,
youth camps, religious gatherings, etc. Congregational
goverment at Assembly level. International
Assembly held biannually on even numbered
years. Officers include General Superintendent
and a 20-member Board comprised of 10
clergy and 10 non-clergy, elected by the
International Assembly. The International
Fellowship of Bible Churches, Incorporated is an
association of autonomous congregations and
parachurch ministries joined together by common
persuasions, purposes and principles. International
refers to our commitment to maintaining a consciousness
of the global and universal nature of
the Church of Jesus Christ, as well as our firm
commitment to active service as part of that universal
and international church. The Fellowship
currently operates an international ministry in
several locations across the globe. Fellowship
refers to our commitment to the autonomy of the
local congregation while maintaining the belief
that we really do need each other. Bible refers to
our commitment to the authority of Scripture as
the final guide for all matters of faith and practice,
both public and private. Churches refers to
our belief that ministry occurs most efficiently
and effectively at the local church level, not at the
denominational or organizational level.
Headquarters
3511 N. Geraldine Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK
73008, Tel. & Fax (405)948-9388
Media Contact, Gen. Superintendent, William
Harrison Sillings
Email: williamsillins@ibfc.org
Website: www.ifbc.org
Officers
Gen. Superintendent, William Harrison Sillings,
3511 N. Geraldine Avenue, Oklahoma City,
OK 73008, Tel. & Fax (405)948-9388, Email:
williamsillins@ibfc.org
Secretary, Rev. Howard Russell, 16163
Galehouse Rd., Doylesville, OH 44230, Tel.
(330)798-5248 Fax (330)658-1431, Email:
hrussell@cbnews.org
Treasurer, Rev. Ronald Ruyle, 7512 S. Villa,
Oklahoma City, OK 73159, Tel. (405)681-7475
Director of Missions, Rev. Robert Gilbert, 5334
Old Mission Rd., Chattanooga, TN 3741, Tel.
(423)296-8612 Fax (423)499-0357, Email:
rgilbert@precept.org
Director of Chaplains, Rev. Gary Hedges, P.O.
Box 5555, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA 30742, Tel.
(706)861-7733 Fax (706)861-7777, Email:
gary@chswebsite.com
Pastoral Consultant, Rev. Don Hicks, 116
Rosewood Way, Parachute, CO 81635, Tel.
(970)285-9609
The International Pentecostal
Church of Christ
At a General Conference held at London, Ohio,
Aug. 10, 1976, the International Pentecostal
Assemblies and the Pentecostal Church of Christ
consolidated into one body, taking the name
International Pentecostal Church of Christ.
The International Pentecostal Assemblies was
the successor of the Association of Pentecostal
Assemblies and the International Pentecostal
Missionary Union. The Pentecostal Church of
Christ was founded by John Stroup of Flatwoods,
Ketucky, on May 10, 1917 and was incorporated
at Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1927. The International
Pentecostal Church of Christ is an active member
of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North
America, as well as a member of the National
Association of Evangelicals.
The priorities of the International Pentecostal
Church of Christ are to be an agency of God for
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