Our Elected Officials
Bishop Theodore L. Brooks, Sr. Presiding Bishop
Our leader, the honorable Bishop Theodore L. Brooks, Sr. serves as the Senior Pastor of Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church in New Haven, Connecticut, with his partner in life and in ministry, First Lady L. Janice Brooks. Bishop Brooks is also the Presiding Bishop of The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. (P.A.W.) and Diocesan of the 20th Episcopal District (CT District Council) of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. (P.A.W., Inc.).
Bishop Mark C. Tolbert 1st Assistant Presiding Bishop
Bishop Tolbert became Senior Pastor of Victorious Life Church, 3400 Paseo. He is the former President of the Concerned Clergy Coalition of Greater Kansas City (an ecumenical group comprising of 18 Denominations and over 300 Pastors), former Board Member of the Friends of Sacred Structures, Former president of Lee A. Tolbert Charter School Board, former treasurer of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. Presently Bishop Tolbert serves as President of Sparrow Community Development Corporation. In 2009 Bishop Tolbert was consecrated Bishop in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the world. He was assigned to the Canada District Council and served there for 5 years. During his time in Canada the Canada council grew and flourished from 3 churches to 15. Bishop is now the Diocesan of the Heart of America Council of Churches. The HACC is comprised of all of the state of Kansas and the western half of the state of Missouri. Under the leadership of Bishop Mark Tolbert the council voted to change the name from Northwestern District Council to The Heart of America Council of Churches. Bishop Tolbert is the first resident Bishop of the council in more than 75 years. In 2018 Bishop Tolbert was elected as the 1st Assistant Presiding Bishop of The Pentecostal Assemblies of the world.
Bishop Michael D. Hannah, Sr. 2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop
Bishop Hannah is the 2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Inc., (P.A.W), and the Diocesan of the Northeast District Council, the 19th Episcopal District, and serves on The Executive Board of Bishops. Prior to becoming the Northeast District Council’s third Diocesan, Bishop Hannah was the Diocesan Bishop of the 47th Episcopal District of Kenya, Africa; where he founded over 200 churches with a population of upwards of forty-thousand members. He has worked along with other pastors to establish the first Bible Institute (Aenon) in Kenya.
He is the founder and Prelate of the very successful World Believers Fellowship in Maryland. Because of the progressive ministry that God has blessed Bishop Hannah with; he is one of the most sought after international speakers in the country. The gift of leadership anointed by God affords him to conduct, train, teach and empower multitudes of churches and pastors. A wordsmith of the gospel, he shares a revelatory message wherever he goes. In the fall of 2000, Bishop Hannah authored his Power Book Series, A Secret Place…Beyond the Veil, which was nominated as “Book of the Month,” in many bookstores throughout the city of Baltimore. It inspired the reader to go to a place in worship that they had never experienced. Since the publication of that book, he has completed the series, with “Finally, it’s Your Turn”, and “The Other Side Through”.
Bishops Board &
Episcopal Districts
1 – New York State Council | Bishop Carl Lewis
2 – Greater PennsylvaniaState Council | Bishop Ronald L. Young
3 – Ohio District Council | Bishop James Gaiters
4 – Apostolic Bible Students Association (A.B.S.A.) of Indiana | Bishop Charles Sims
5 – Northern District (MI, S.Ontario) Council | Bishop Ira Combs
6 – Illinois District Council | Bishop Horace E. Smith, MD *
7 – Minnesota, Wisconsin and Dakota Council | Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr.
8 – Greater Tri-State (IA, NE, WY) Council | Bishop Lance R. Foster
9 – Alabama District Council | Bishop George F. Austin
10 – Mississippi & West Tennessee District Council | Bishop Clifton Jones
11 – Kentucky & Tennessee Council | Bishop Sherman L. Merritt
12 – Midwestern District Council | Bishop Larry O. Jones
13 – Texas State Council | Bishop Richard E. Young
14 – Heart of America Council of Churches | 1st Asst Presiding Bishop Mark C. Tolbert
15 – Mountain States Council | Bishop Gregory W. Newman
16 – Northern California District Council | Bishop Noel Jones
17 – Pacific Northwest District Council | Bishop Roland E. Hairston, Ph.D.
18 – Arkansas District Council | Bishop Alfonso Madden
19 – Northeast District Council | 2nd Asst Presiding Bishop Michael Hannah, Sr.
20 – Connecticut District Council | Bishop Bruce Shaw
21 – New Jersey State Council | Bishop Edgar Robinson
22 – DC, Delaware & Maryland District Council | Bishop Ernest Pendleton
23 – West Virginia & East Tennessee Council | Bishop Samuel R. Moore
24 – South Carolina State Council | Bishop Charles H. Ellis III *
25 – Nevada State Council | Bishop Donald Golder
26 – Oklahoma State Council | Bishop Jeffery Goldsmith
27 – Louisiana State Council | Bishop James Daniel
28 – Virginia State Council | Bishop Clarence E. Moore
29 – Florida State Council | Bishop Billy G. Newton
30 – Georgia State Council | Bishop Joseph D. Guthrie
31A – European Council Of Nations (East) | Bishop Michael D. Franklin
31B – European Council Of Nations (West) | Bishop C. Wayne Brantley
32A – India District Council | Vacant
32B – India District Council | Bishop Immanuel Paul
33 – Nigeria Eastern District Council (West Africa) | Bishop Samuel Nice Nkanang
34 – Sierra Leone District Council (West Africa) | Bishop Mona Reide
35 – Liberia District Council (West Africa) | Bishop Leo Simpson
36 – Eastern Caribbean Council of Nations | Bishop Leo C. Smith, Jr.
37 – Jamaica District Council | Bishop John Thorpe
38 – Haiti District Council | Bishop Joseph S. Montinor
39 – Bahamas District Council | Bishop Ellis J. Farrington
40 – Egypt District Council | Vacant
41 – Ghana District Council (West Africa) | Bishop Gary Harper
42 – Togo District Council | Bishop Rufus G. W. Sanders
43 – South Pacific District Council | Bishop Tutai Pere
44 – Zimbabwe District Council | Bishop Robert Baker
45 – Southern Philippines District Council | Bishop Robert Thomas
46 – Hawaii District Council | Bishop A. Glenn Brady
47 – Kenya District Council | Bishop Carl Turner
48 – Brazil District Council | Bishop Lourenco Vieira
49 – South Africa Council | Bishop Isaac Tum’o Mtimkulu
50 – Nigeria, West Africa District Council | Bishop Charles Finnell
51 – Northern Philippines District Council | Bishop James G. Rodges
52 – Far East District Council | Bishop Lawrence Robertson
53 – Cameroon District Council (West Africa) | Vacant
54 – Dominican Republic District Council | Bishop Moses E. Butler
55 – Canada District Council | Bishop Barrington Smith
56 – Alaska District Council | Bishop Thomas Davis
57 – Baja/California/Mexico District Council | Bishop Leroy Horne
58 – North Carolina District Council | Bishop Marion E. Wright, Sr.
59 – Venezuela District Council | Bishop Edgar Posey
60 – (Western Cape) South Africa District Council | Bishop Harry S. Grayson
61 – Colorado State Council | Bishop Jones Foote
62 – Uganda Africa District Council | Presiding Bishop Theodore L. Brooks, Sr.
63 – Santo Domingo District Council | Bishop Melvin Brown
64 – (Eastern Cape) South Africa District Council | Bishop Gwendolyn Weeks
65 – (Mpumalanga Province) South Africa District Council | Bishop Fredrick Jackson
66 – Central California District Council | Bishop Robert T. Douglas
67 – Southern California District Council | Bishop Donnie McGriff
68 – Puerto Rico District Council | Bishop Gregory Irvin
69 – Tanzania District Council | Bishop Arthur Fletcher
70 – Zulu, Natal Province District Council | Bishop Stephen Zondo
Unassigned | Bishop William A. Ellis