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2017 Annual Report cvr.indd 1 8/24/17 9:02 AM

UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
2016-2017 Annual Report
I
II
September
 2017

General
 Conference

Kansas
 City,
 MO

Dear
 Fellow
 Ministers,

Greetings
 in
 the
 name
 of
 our
 Lord
 Jesus
 Christ.

First,
 I
 want
 to
 thank
 everyone
 who
 works
 hard
 to
 make
 our
 success
 possible,
 including
 General

Secretary
 Jerry
 Jones,
 the
 Board
 of
 General
 Presbyters,
 the
 Church
 Administration
 staff,
 and
 the

divisional
 executives
 and
 staff.

As
 I
 related
 in
 my
 August
 email
 news
 bulletin,
 God
 gave
 me
 a
 word
 for
 this
 General
 Conference.
 On

Sunday
 morning,
 February
 26,
 as
 I
 was
 preparing
 to
 preach,
 God
 spoke
 to
 me
 for
 about
 two
 hours

concerning
 the
 future
 of
 the
 UPCI.
 I
 hope
 to
 share
 these
 thoughts
 on
 Friday
 night,
 but
 I
 want
 to
 mention

part
 of
 it
 now.
 Simply
 put,
 we
 have
 achieved
 unprecedented
 strength
 in
 doctrine
 and
 unity
 in
 purpose;

now
 God
 wants
 to
 give
 us
 unprecedented
 revival
 and
 growth.
 (See
 Acts
 2:17;
 6:7.)
 As
 if
 to
 underscore

this
 message
 to
 me,
 in
 that
 Sunday
 morning
 service
 God
 filled
 10
 people
 with
 the
 Holy
 Ghost.

Growth

Once
 again,
 in
 North
 America
 and
 worldwide
 we
 set
 new
 records
 for
 total
 works,
 ministers,
 and
 financial

strength.
 Over
 the
 past
 few
 years,
 we
 have
 restructured
 and
 we
 have
 solidified
 our
 financial
 position,

but
 this
 work
 is
 merely
 preparatory
 to
 our
 true
 goal,
 which
 is
 revival
 and
 growth.
 Our
 growth
 in
 churches

and
 ministers
 is
 a
 little
 over
 2%,
 but
 it’s
 accelerating.
 A
 good
 sign
 is
 North
 American
 Youth
 Congress,

which
 grew
 from
 19,000
 to
 34,000
 in
 two
 years.
 Another
 good
 sign
 is
 the
 record
 offerings
 for
 every

divisional
 fundraiser
 year
 after
 year.
 In
 2018,
 we
 need
 to
 emphasize
 church
 planting
 and
 church
 growth

as
 never
 before.
 To
 this
 end,
 the
 General
 Board
 is
 urging
 every
 district
 to
 develop
 a
 strategic
 growth

plan,
 and
 Global
 Missions
 is
 producing
 similar
 plans
 for
 each
 nation.

New
 World
 Headquarters

After
 General
 Conference
 last
 year,
 we
 successfully
 completed
 the
 move
 to
 our
 beautiful
 new
 World

Headquarters,
 and
 we
 also
 purchased
 a
 storage
 building.
 We
 are
 saving
 about
 $18,000
 month
 in

maintenance
 and
 utilities,
 in
 addition
 to
 major
 repairs
 that
 would
 have
 been
 needed
 on
 the
 old
 building.

We
 borrowed
 $3.5
 million
 from
 the
 UPCI
 Loan
 Fund,
 and
 we
 are
 using
 the
 savings
 to
 service
 the
 loan.
 It

is
 truly
 a
 miracle
 to
 acquire
 these
 two
 buildings
 at
 no
 extra
 cost
 to
 our
 operating
 budget.

General
 and
 District
 Meetings

This
 year
 I
 have
 participated
 or
 will
 participate
 in
 27
 general,
 district,
 and
 sectional
 events
 in
 22
 districts,

including
 7
 district
 conferences
 and
 camps.
 By
 year’s
 end
 I
 will
 have
 preached
 at
 the
 general
 meetings
 of

two
 other
 Apostolic
 organizations
 and
 participated
 in
 the
 meetings
 of
 two
 academic
 societies.
 By
 special

invitation
 I
 represented
 the
 UPCI
 at
 the
 quadrennial
 convention
 of
 the
 Church
 of
 the
 Nazarene,
 which
 is

the
 largest
 Wesleyan
 Holiness
 body.
 I’ve
 had
 the
 opportunity
 to
 meet
 a
 number
 of
 Trinitarian

Pentecostal
 and
 Holiness
 leaders,
 and
 some
 have
 personally
 told
 me
 how
 much
 they
 appreciate
 our

preaching
 and
 our
 position
 on
 moral
 issues.
 Many
 in
 the
 religious
 and
 scholarly
 worlds
 are
 taking
 note
 of

the
 UPCI.
 It
 is
 our
 day
 to
 stand
 for
 truth
 and
 righteousness.

David
 K. Bernard Jerry Jones Stan O. Gleason Paul D. Mooney
General Superintendent General Secretary Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent
UPCI Headquarters | 36 Research Park Ct | Weldon Spring, MO 63304 | P: 636.229.7900 | F: 636.939.7555 | E: [email protected] | W: www.upci.org
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Support
 of
 Divisions
 and
 Ministries

By
 year’s
 end
 I
 will
 have
 participated
 in
 the
 following
 events
 of
 divisions
 and
 ministries:

•   Building
 the
 Bridge
 Conference,
 Global
 Missions
 Commissioning
 Service,
 North
 American

Missions
 Launch
 (training),
 North
 American
 Youth
 Congress,
 Spanish
 Evangelism
 Ministries

Conference,
 Sunday
 School
 Israel
 Tour.

•   Conferences
 and
 seminars
 in
 Asia,
 France,
 Jamaica,
 and
 Ukraine.

•   Board
 meetings
 of
 various
 divisions,
 Ministers
 Retirement
 Fund,
 United
 Insurance
 Solutions,

UPC
 Foundation,
 UPC
 Loan
 Fund,
 and
 Urshan.

Urshan
 College
 and
 Urshan
 Graduate
 School
 of
 Theology

In
 2000,
 the
 UGST
 Formation
 Committee,
 chaired
 by
 Assistant
 General
 Superintendent
 Jesse
 Williams,

asked
 me
 to
 become
 the
 president
 of
 the
 seminary
 that
 the
 1999
 General
 Conference
 had
 voted
 to

establish.
 I
 declined,
 because
 I
 felt
 called
 by
 God
 to
 continue
 building
 the
 church
 my
 wife
 and
 I
 had

started
 in
 Austin,
 Texas.
 The
 committee
 stated
 they
 needed
 me
 as
 a
 minister
 who
 had
 both
 theological

and
 academic
 credentials,
 and
 they
 structured
 a
 part-­‐time
 position
 that
 would
 not
 involve
 fundraising.

With
 some
 reluctance
 I
 consented,
 because
 I
 felt
 it
 was
 my
 duty
 to
 my
 organization.
 When
 I
 became

general
 superintendent
 in
 2010,
 I
 sought
 to
 resign
 as
 president,
 but
 the
 UGST
 Board
 asked
 me
 to

continue
 another
 year
 so
 the
 seminary
 could
 finalize
 its
 accreditation.
 I
 consented
 on
 the
 condition
 that

I
 would
 not
 receive
 any
 compensation,
 because
 I
 did
 not
 want
 to
 be
 misunderstood.
 In
 2011,
 however,

UGST
 faced
 the
 likely
 closure
 of
 Gateway
 College,
 with
 the
 loss
 of
 its
 campus,
 library,
 and
 shared
 staff.

When
 Gateway
 offered
 for
 UGST
 to
 acquire
 it
 at
 no
 cost
 to
 develop
 an
 undergraduate
 Christian
 college,

both
 the
 UGST
 Board
 and
 the
 General
 Board
 accepted.
 To
 establish
 the
 college
 and
 merge
 the
 teams,

the
 UGST
 Board
 asked
 for
 me
 to
 serve
 until
 the
 undergraduate
 college
 became
 accredited.

This
 December,
 Urshan
 will
 host
 a
 site
 visit
 with
 its
 regional
 accrediting
 association.
 While
 the
 process
 of

obtaining
 candidacy
 will
 take
 some
 additional
 months,
 the
 end
 of
 my
 role
 as
 president
 is
 in
 sight.
 I
 will

have
 fulfilled
 my
 pledge
 and
 my
 duty.
 To
 fulfill
 the
 mission,
 through
 personal
 connections
 I
 have
 raised

about
 $3
 million
 from
 businesses,
 scholarships,
 a
 private
 foundation,
 a
 family
 trust,
 and
 other
 outside

sources.
 Based
 on
 current
 legal
 arrangements,
 in
 a
 few
 years
 Urshan
 will
 benefit
 from
 endowed
 funds
 of

about
 $1
 million.
 Currently
 it
 has
 assets
 of
 over
 $7
 million,
 which
 belong
 to
 the
 UPCI
 as
 shown
 on
 the

consolidated
 financial
 statements.

Vision
 for
 the
 Future

In
 closing,
 let
 me
 emphasize
 that
 God
 wants
 to
 give
 us
 a
 breakthrough
 revival
 that
 will
 shake
 our
 world.

It
 will
 not
 be
 based
 on
 compromise
 of
 our
 doctrine
 or
 our
 life
 of
 holiness,
 but
 it
 will
 come
 as
 we
 unite

around
 our
 message
 and
 our
 mission.
 We
 have
 the
 critical
 mass,
 and
 we
 have
 the
 momentum.
 We
 will

soon
 have
 over
 5,000
 churches
 in
 North
 America
 and
 50,000
 worldwide.
 From
 there
 we
 can
 set
 our

sights
 on
 10,000
 churches
 in
 North
 America
 and
 100,000
 worldwide.
 I’m
 praying
 that
 in
 this
 conference

God
 will
 inspire
 our
 faith
 and
 impart
 a
 special
 anointing
 so
 that
 the
 United
 Pentecostal
 Church

International
 can
 inherit
 the
 future
 God
 has
 promised
 us.

Sincerely
 in
 Christ
 Jesus,

David
 K.
 Bernard

General
 Superintendent

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September 27, 2017

Dear Bro. David Bernard, General Board and General Conference Attendees:

It is a tremendous honor to serve the UPCI. Sis Mooney and I feel blessed to work
with General Superintendent David Bernard, General Secretary Jerry Jones, and
Assistant General Superintendent Stan Gleason; and of course, with the General
Board and with the wonderful people in the various divisions.

It is impossible to not be aware of the serious times in which we live. However, it is a
joy to know that God has anointed thousands of men and women to evangelize the
world and defend the apostolic faith with tremendous devotion and dedication. No
doubt we all sense the shift in our culture and the unfolding spiritual
revolution in our world. The times demand our best effort at every level.

It is an honor to be part of a worldwide mission with the great folks of the UPCI.

Yours in Christ,

Paul D. Mooney

David K. Bernard Jerry Jones Stan O. Gleason Paul D. Mooney
General Superintendent General Secretary Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent
UPCI Headquarters | 36 Research Park Ct | Weldon Spring, MO 63304 | P: 636.229.7900 | F: 636.939.7555 | E: [email protected] | W: www.upci.org
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David K. Bernard Jerry Jones Stan O. Gleason Paul D. Mooney
General Superintendent General Secretary Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent
UPCI Headquarters | 36 Research Park Ct | Weldon Spring, MO 63304 | P: 636.229.7900 | F: 636.939.7555 | E: [email protected] | W: www.upci.org
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September,  2017  

Board  of  General  Presbyters  
United  Pentecostal  Church  International  
Kansas  City,  MO      

Dear  Fellow  Laborers:    

As  of  this  writing,  the  United  Pentecostal  Church  International  has  10,221  ministers  in  the  United  States  
and  Canada,  which  consist  of  4,579  ordained,  2,428  general  licensed,  and  3,214  local  licensed.  This  is  
an  increase  over  last  year,  and  represents  the  highest  number  of  ministers  in  the  history  of  the  UPCI.    
We  have  4107  churches:    2456  affiliated  and  1651  non-­affiliated.    In  addition,  we  have  436  daughter  
churches  and  193  preaching  points  officially  reported  to  the  districts.  Counting  these  daughter  churches  
and  preaching  points,  this  too  is  an  historical  high.  

Financially,  as  you  will  hear  in  my  report  at  this  business  session,  the  fiscal  year  2017  ended  in  the  black  
by  $4,929,016.    This  excellent  report  was  made  possible  by  the  hard  work  and  sacrifice  of  every  division  
and  department.    The  United  Pentecostal  Church  International  continues  to  enjoy  a  strong  balance  sheet,  
with  a  year-­end  cash  balance  of  $13,004,287.    We  are  grateful  that  we  were  in  such  a  strong  position,  
making  possible  the  relocation  to  our  new  headquarters  building  with  minimal  impact  to  our  day-­to-­day  
operations.    

I  thank  God  for  the  United  Pentecostal  Church.    It  remains  committed  to  the  great  cause  of  Apostolic  
Truth.    I  believe  in  our  future,  that  our  greatest  revivals  lie  not  behind  us,  but  still  ahead.  

It  is  a  pleasure  to  work  with  our  General  Superintendent,  David  K.  Bernard,  who  is  a  leader  of  great  
ability,  commitment,  and  vision.    It  is  also  a  pleasure  to  work  with  our  Assistant  General  Superintendents,  
Paul  Mooney  and  Stan  Gleason,  our  General  Board,  and  all  our  division  heads  and  other  officials  here  at  
UPCI  World  Headquarters.      

Thank  you  for  the  opportunity  to  serve  you.    

Sincerely,  

Jerry  Jones  
General  Secretary-­Treasurer  
United  Pentecostal  Church  International  

JJ:dd  

David K. Bernard Jerry Jones Stan O. Gleason Paul D. Mooney
General Superintendent General Secretary Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent
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