IPHC Executive Officers
2009-2013

Dr. Ronald W. Carpenter, Sr., is a native of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he was raised in the Pentecostal Holiness Church and called into the ministry at the age of 16. After 16 years of pastoring and 11 years as conference superintendent in the Upper South Carolina Conference, he was elected Assistant General Superintendent with the portfolio of Evangelism USA. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the IPHC. He has served as the Executive Director of Evangelism USA for the past twelve years. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Chaplains Ministries.

Carpenter s greatest desire is to be of service in the kingdom of God. Because of this willingness to serve and his giftings as teacher and preacher, Dr. Carpenter is much in demand for revivals, seminars, campmeetings, and other speaking engagements. He and his wife, Nan, have two children and five grandchildren.

Dr. A.D. Beacham
Vice-Chairman;
Executive Director, World Missions Ministries

His wife, Susan, is a graduate of Emmanuel College and The University of Georgia. She is Director of Pharmacy, Respiratory Therapy, and Laboratory Services at Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City. Their daughter, Beth, is a graduate of Emmanuel College and the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America. She practices law in Washington, D.C. Their son, Douglas, is a graduate of Emmanuel College and Oklahoma State University School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is in his first year of residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington.

Rev. D. Chris Thompson
Corporate Secretary;
Executive Director, Evangelism USA

Rev. Thompson comes to Evangelism USA with exception credentials. During his tenure in the North Carolina Conference (as Evangelism Director and as Superintendent) he has been involved in the planting of more than 160 new churches, including Hispanic, African-American and Native American congregations.

Thompson served as World Missions & Evangelism Director in the North Carolina Conference prior to being elected as Superintendent. He and his wife, Betty, live in Falcon, NC. They have three children.

Rev. J. Talmadge Gardner
Corporate Treasurer; Executive Director, Discipleship Ministries

Rev. Talmadge Gardner was re-elected to his position in Discipleship Ministries by acclamation. He has served the Church in many capacities for the past 22 years. He grew up the son of IPHC missionaries in South Africa before moving to the United States to attend Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. He continued his education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1986.

Gardner moved to Oklahoma City in 1988 to work in the Global Ministries Center. He has served in the General Christian Education Department, Evangelism USA, and the General Superintendent's Office as Chief Operating Officer.

Gardner was ordained as a minister of the gospel in the Cornerstone Conference of the in 1983. He is married to Stephanie Price Gardner, and they have three children. They live in Oklahoma City, and are active members of the River of Life PHC, where they have attended for the past 20 years.

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