Dr. David W. Graves served as a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene from 2009 until his retirement in 2023. At the time of his election, Dr. Graves was the senior pastor of College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas, where he had served since 2006.
Before College Church, he served as director of Sunday School Ministries for the Church of the Nazarene International Headquarters from 2001 to 2006. He has had pastoral assignments in Kansas, Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. He is the author of three books and has written for numerous publications.
Dr. Jeff Barker is the district superintendent for the Metro New York District Church of the Nazarene. Jeff served as Pastor in Quincy, MA, and Cape Elizabeth, ME. Dr. Barker holds degrees from Eastern Nazarene College, (B.A.), Nazarene Theological Seminary (MDiv and D. Min), and Boston University (STM).
Dr. Barker moved to New York to pastor and restart Resurrection Church. Jeff also served the Metro District as Director of Palmer Institute and as Director of Clergy and Congregational Life.
