Rick DuBose

Superintendent of the North Texas District

Pastor Rick DuBose was elected as North Texas District Superintendent in 2007. Before being elected as our Superintendent he was Assistant Superintendent from 2005 to 2007. Pastor Rick pastored Sachse Assembly of God, now North Place Church, from 1987-2005. While pastor at Sachse the church grew from 17 people to in excess of 800. He also pastored at Hallsville Assembly of God, Hallsville, TX. During his pastorate in Sachse he was honored by Sachse Chamber of Commerce “Man of the Year” in 2001. He also served on the World Missions Board from 2001-2003, served as the North Dallas Presbyter and has been an Executive Presbyter since 2003.

Pastor Rick has been married to Rita for 32 years. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Vern Clark

Admiral, United States Navy (Retired)

Admiral Clark completed a distinguished 37-year Navy career in 2005. His Navy experience spans his early days in destroyers, early command in a Patrol Gunboat as a Lieutenant and concluded in the halls of the Pentagon as the Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In between, he commanded over 50 percent of his career including three ships, two destroyer squadrons, the Atlantic Fleet's Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, a Carrier Battle Group, the Second Fleet, NATO's Striking Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet. His career is also marked by an unusual amount of joint service. In the decade of the 1990's, he served seven of the 10 years in the joint and combined area culminating in his assignment as the Director of the Joint Staff in Washington D.C.

Admiral Clark's tenure as CNO was a period of significant change and renewed vision. He was the first CNO to be extended in office under the Goldwater-Nichols framework as he became the second longest serving CNO in history. In 2002 he charted a course for the future by publishing Sea Power 21, a vision for the first part of the 21st century to exploit the advantages of operating from the world's oceans. His number one priority was to "win the battle for people," which led to the development of a 21st century human capital strategy and revolution of the training, development and assignment processes within the Navy. The result was the best recruiting and retention in history. Finally, he forged an effort to build the Navy as an enterprise which would be able to compete in the 21st century market place leading to billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayers of the nation and the highest operational readiness the Navy had witnessed in decades.

Admiral Clark has received numerous military decorations for his service including four awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, three Navy Distinguished Medals, and three awards of the Legion of Merit. Along with his Navy and Joint awards, he was honored by Distinguished Service Medals received from the United States Army, United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, and international awards received from Germany, Italy, France, South Korea, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, and the Netherlands. Since his retirement he has been honored with the Eisenhower Award from the Business Executives of North America, the Distinguished Sea Service Award from the Naval Order of the United States, and the Distinguished Service Medal of the Military Order of the World Wars.

Admiral Clark earned his undergraduate degree from Evangel College in Springfield, Missouri, and an MBA from the University of Arkansas. He has since received Honorary Doctorate degrees from the University of Toledo, Old Dominion University, Northwest University and Palm Beach Atlantic University. Admiral Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Raytheon Company, Rolls Royce North America, and SRI International where he is Chairman of the Board. In the world of education he was named a Distinguished Professor in the schools of Government and Leadership at Regent University and elected to the Board of Trustees/Visitors at Regent University, Vanguard University and Air University. He serves as a senior advisor with Booz Allen Hamilton, the Defense Business Board, the advisory boards of Fleishman-Hillard, Robertson Fuel Systems LLC, Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. and the Executive Committee of Military Ministry.

Admiral Clark and his wife, Connie, reside in Arizona and Virginia.

Wayne H. Lee, Sr. B.A.,

Southeastern University M. Div., D.Min., Asbury Theological Seminary

For many years, Wayne Lee has invested his life and ministry in church pastors, lay leaders, and denominational leaders for the purpose of resourcing and renewing the local church. He often refers to his labor and ministry with pastors and leaders as "bathing the feet of the Lord's church."

Dr. Lee has pastored for twenty-eight years, leading churches with attendance of over 1,000 since the early '80's. In 1990 he moved from the pastorate to the college campus with a vision to build leaders for local churches of the now and the next generation.

For eight years, he served Southeastern University as Vice President for Ministries Development. While at Southeastern he served as Dean of the Graduate School of Christian Ministries and Religion. He holds a B.A. from Southeastern University and a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary.

Dr. Wayne Lee is the founder and lead consultant for Church Life Resources. He and his wife, Sherry, partner with denominations and numerous Assemblies of God Districts for local church transformation and revitalization. Multiple cohorts comprising over 1500 pastors and representing over 1500 churches have resulted. In September 2007, Church Life launched educational cohorts in alliance with the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and Central Bible College. In 2011 they also partnered with Valley Forge Christian College to offer a Master of Arts in Leadership.

Wayne and Sherry have pioneered a model and a process that brings unusual spiritual insight, clarity, in depth-assessment, health, and advancement to the local Spirit-filled church.

T. Ray Rachels

Former Superintendent of the Southern California District

T. Ray Rachels was elected to serve as the Southwest area executive presbyter at the August, 2011, General Council. He served for 22 years as Superintendent and 3 years as Assistant Superintendent for the Southern California District Council of the Assemblies of God.

He served as District Youth Director for both the Ohio and Northern California/Nevada Districts and pastored Neighborhood Church, Santa Clara, California, and Christian Life Church, Long Beach, California.

Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Ray received his undergraduate education at Southeastern Bible College, Lakeland, Florida, and Troy State University (BS), Troy, Alabama, with graduate studies at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, and Vanguard University (MA), Costa Mesa, California.

He has served as Chairman of the Board for Vanguard University, American Indian College, and Church Extension Plan.

Ray is the author of Relationships and Ethics in Ministry.

Barnabas Mtokombali

National Superintendent of the Tanzania Assemblies of God

Barnabas Mtokombali has emerged as a pivotal leader in the Assemblies of God on the continent of Africa. His ministry began over 25 year ago in Morogoro Tanzania when planted TAG Bethel. He studied in the states and received his Dorctorate of Ministry from AGTS. His work at Bethel grew into a national movement that has seen over 400 churches planted by Bethel and over 2000 churches planted by the national church. As God expanded his work, Barnabas rose into various levels of leadership, including assistant superintendant of the eastern district of TAG, Superintendent of the Morogoro/Pwani District, National Assistant Superintendent of the TAG and in 2008 he was elected National Superintendent of the Tanzania Assemblies of God.

He implemented the 10yr Strategic Plan at the onset of his first term, which has organized the Tanzania Assembly of God for unprecedented evangelism of Tanzania. Some of the goal included in the plan are an increase of 2 million believers, 10,000 new chuch plants and 10,000 pastors trained for ministry. Forms of this plan have been adopted by many different Assemblies of God fellowships worldwide.