International Council in Session at International Offices
The International Council of the Church of God is in the second day of sessions at the international offices in Cleveland, Tennessee.
2011 International Council in session
The International Council meets every two years, on the off year of the General Assembly. The group discusses issues of the denomination around the globe and hears reports of progress in all regions where the Church of God has a presence. The International Council is led by the international executive committee, including General Overseer Raymond Culpepper who serves as moderator.
The program for the international council will include six sessions consisting of reports from field directors and division liaisons, a summation of the recent Lifeway Discipleship Survey, and the Great Commission Trust emphasis. The agenda includes seven separate items which the international council will discuss and vote upon, along with the international executive council.
The leaders began their meeting yesterday, September 25 and will conclude tomorrow in a joint meeting with the International Executive Council and International Advisory Council. The executive council consists of the Council of Eighteen, elected every two years at the General Assembly. The advisory council includes all former members of the Executive Committee.
The 2011 International Council is composed of the following: International Executive Committee: Raymond F. Culpepper, Timothy M. Hill, Mark L. Williams, David M. Griffis, and Wallace J. Sibley; World Missions Director Douglas LeRoy; World Missions Assistant Director Victor Pagan; Moderator Full Gospel Church of God – South Africa Anton S. van Deventer; Full Gospel Church of God Missions/C.E. Director R.H. Roberts; Treasurer-National Executive Offices of Indonesia Suyapto Tandyawasesa; interpreter Tommy Smith; two members (ordained bishop) at least one being African American and one Hispanic from the U.S.A. and appointed by the International Executive Committee: Carlos Moran and Kenneth L. Hill; the field director and one selected representative (ordained bishop) from each of the following eight areas: Africa: Central, Eastern, Western Field Director Peter Thomas; Africa: Central, Eastern, Western Overseer-Ethiopia Hiruy Tsige; Asia-Pacific Field Director Ken Anderson; Asia-Pacific Overseer Metro Manila Anthony Velasco; Canada Overseer-Quebec Maritimes Jacques Houle; Caribbean Field Director Fedlyn Beason; Caribbean Overseer-Trinidad/Tobago Stephen Mohammed; Europe: CIS/Middle East Field Director Larry Hess; Europe Western Overseer Martin Mutyebele; Europe: Eastern Overseer Alexei Demidovich; Europe: Latvia Eastern interpreter Agris Ozolinkevics; Latin America Field Director David Ramirez; Latin America Regional Superintendent Eduardo Drachenberg; and Latin America National Overseer Silvio Ribeiro.
