General Superintendent is the highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene.
General Superintendents are elected by the General Assembly of the denomination for a four-year term to expire at the end of the next General Assembly.
Hiram F. Reynolds - 1908 (credential recognized) - Southern California District Phineas F. Bresee - 1909 - (credential recognized) - Southern California District Hiram F. Reynolds - 1918 - Southern California District John W. Goodwin - 1927 - Iowa District John W. Goodwin - 1931 - New England District Hugh C. Benner - 1954 - Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene Samuel Young - 1952 - Northwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene Gideon B. Williamson - 1957 - Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene Hardy C. Powers - 1960 - Iowa District Church of the Nazarene Hardy C. Powers - 1962 - Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene Hugh C. Benner - 1958 - Southwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene S. George Coulter - 1970 - Southeast Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene