Convention Moderator and Special Guests
Duke and his wife Shirlene serve as the state Bishop for the Church of God of Prophecy in North Carolina. Duke and Shirlene also served as National Evangelists for the International Offices of the Churches of God of Prophecy and held pastorates in Indiana, Florida, and Tennessee. They also served as the Regional Bishop for the Church of God of Prophecy in the Magnolia Region prior to their appointment to North Carolina.
Duke has a Master of Education degree from the University of Tennessee. He was the founder and Head of School for Hamilton Heights Christian Academy, a fully accredited high school. The school has students enrolled from the greater Chattanooga area and over 180 students from 30 different nations from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. For over thirty years, Duke wrote high school and collegiate literature for the One Accord educational curriculum. He has authored two Bible studies for SpiritMatters curriculum on the life of Moses and the life of Jonah. He is the author of two books, The Extraordinary Ordinary: A 90-Day Devotional and If The Tears Are Real: A Fresh Look At The Resurrection of Lazarus.
Duke and Shirlene have three grown children: Michael and his wife, Ceren; Krystal and her husband, Jason; and Stephen, and his wife, Caitlyn. They have nine grandchildren.
Duke has a Master of Education degree from the University of Tennessee. He was the founder and Head of School for Hamilton Heights Christian Academy, a fully accredited high school. The school has students enrolled from the greater Chattanooga area and over 180 students from 30 different nations from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. For over thirty years, Duke wrote high school and collegiate literature for the One Accord educational curriculum. He has authored two Bible studies for SpiritMatters curriculum on the life of Moses and the life of Jonah. He is the author of two books, The Extraordinary Ordinary: A 90-Day Devotional and If The Tears Are Real: A Fresh Look At The Resurrection of Lazarus.
Duke and Shirlene have three grown children: Michael and his wife, Ceren; Krystal and her husband, Jason; and Stephen, and his wife, Caitlyn. They have nine grandchildren.
Bishop Timothy D. Coalter came to Christ at the age of eight years old and joined the Church of God of Prophecy the following year in 1969. Ten years later, after accepting his call to the ministry, Bishop Coalter became a licensed minister with the Church in 1979. In the fall of the same year, as newlyweds, he and his wife Kelly began serving under general Church appointment, as national evangelists. After this two-year appointment, he served as a state youth director (Ohio) as well as began twenty-eight years of pastoral ministry. His pastoral service includes pastorates in Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. Bishop Coalter was ordained as a bishop of the Church in 1991.
He was appointed as the state bishop of South Carolina in 2009 and continued serving in that role until September 2014 at which time he was recommended by his peers and selected by the international presbytery as the general presbyter of North America. It was at this point that he and Kelly relocated to Cleveland, Tennessee. In 2022, Bishop Coalter was selected and accepted, in one accord, to serve as presiding bishop at the 101st International Assembly.
Throughout his ministry, Bishop Coalter has served the Church on various state and international committees. Additionally, he also served on the executive committee for the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) for 10 years.
Bishop Coalter received his Master of Arts in Church Ministries with a concentration in Ministry Leadership from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in 2011 and was recognized as the institution’s Alumnus of the Year in 2023.
He and his beloved wife, Kelly, shared 45 years of marriage before she went home to be with the Lord in February 2025. They are blessed with three children and eight grandchildren.
He was appointed as the state bishop of South Carolina in 2009 and continued serving in that role until September 2014 at which time he was recommended by his peers and selected by the international presbytery as the general presbyter of North America. It was at this point that he and Kelly relocated to Cleveland, Tennessee. In 2022, Bishop Coalter was selected and accepted, in one accord, to serve as presiding bishop at the 101st International Assembly.
Throughout his ministry, Bishop Coalter has served the Church on various state and international committees. Additionally, he also served on the executive committee for the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) for 10 years.
Bishop Coalter received his Master of Arts in Church Ministries with a concentration in Ministry Leadership from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in 2011 and was recognized as the institution’s Alumnus of the Year in 2023.
He and his beloved wife, Kelly, shared 45 years of marriage before she went home to be with the Lord in February 2025. They are blessed with three children and eight grandchildren.
Woodroe W. Thompson is the Regional Bishop for the Church of God of Prophecy in the Mid-Atlantic Region—which includes Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, and the Delmarva Peninsula.
With experience ranging from Youth to Pastoral Ministry, the graduate of Tyndale University and Seminary (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has been involved in ministry for more than three decades, and holds a Master of Divinity degree.
He served twelve (12) years as National Bishop for the Church of God of Prophecy in Eastern Canada and previously served eighteen (18) years as Senior Pastor for North Park Worship Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Bishop Thompson has served and continues to serve in many other areas of ministry, including television ministry— most recently as Director, Executive Producer and Host of Let’s Talk with Woodroe Thompson.
For the past 41 years, he has been married to Pauline Thompson. They share two (2) grown sons, Christopher, and Adrian, along with daughter-in-law, Claudia Thompson. They have four beautiful grand-daughters, Mya, Tasian, and Milania and Mahrye.
Woodroe loves movies, table tennis, and golf. His desire is to glorify God by serving others with love and humility. He and his wife currently reside in Newark, Delaware USA.
With experience ranging from Youth to Pastoral Ministry, the graduate of Tyndale University and Seminary (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has been involved in ministry for more than three decades, and holds a Master of Divinity degree.
He served twelve (12) years as National Bishop for the Church of God of Prophecy in Eastern Canada and previously served eighteen (18) years as Senior Pastor for North Park Worship Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Bishop Thompson has served and continues to serve in many other areas of ministry, including television ministry— most recently as Director, Executive Producer and Host of Let’s Talk with Woodroe Thompson.
For the past 41 years, he has been married to Pauline Thompson. They share two (2) grown sons, Christopher, and Adrian, along with daughter-in-law, Claudia Thompson. They have four beautiful grand-daughters, Mya, Tasian, and Milania and Mahrye.
Woodroe loves movies, table tennis, and golf. His desire is to glorify God by serving others with love and humility. He and his wife currently reside in Newark, Delaware USA.
June Gordon and her husband, Robert are certainly no strangers to North Carolina, she having led worship at our Sister-2-Sister Conferences. June Gordon is a native of Bronx, New York, and has been involved in the music ministry in the Church of God of Prophecy for over 35 years. During that span, June has led worship at numerous local, state, national, and international conferences and retreats, including the last two International Assemblies of the Church of God of Prophecy. June is also the former director of the New England Regional Choir. June and Robert have three children, Brian, Brittany, and Braiden.