Dr. Eugénio R. Duarte was elected general superintendent during the 27^th General Assembly in June 2009.  Dr. Duarte served as the Africa regional director for the denomination. Prior to that assignment he was the director for the Africa West and French Equatorial Fields, where he facilitated the expansion of the church into Sierra Leone and the Reunion Islands and developed a strategy to enter Guinea Bissau. Dr. Duarte has also served as director for the Africa Lusophone Field, directing the start of our work in Equatorial Guinea, and as field director for Central Africa. Before this he was a teacher and the director of the Seminario Nazareno de Cabo Verde (SNCV), district superintendent of Cape Verde, and pastor of the Porto Novo and Mindelo Churches of the Nazarene. He studied at SNCV and received his Master of Arts degree from Azusa Pacific University, California, USA. In 2012 he received his Master in Business Administration from Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, USA. He was bestowed the honorary Doctor of Divinity by Africa Nazarene University in May 2006.

Dr. Thomas A. Noble is Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO, the seminary for the Church of the Nazarene. He is also Senior Research Fellow in Theology at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, a partner college of the University of Manchester, where he supervises PhD research students. Among other publications, he is on the editorial team for the New Dictionary of Theology (IVP), and jointly edited a collection of essays by theologians and scientists to mark the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of the Species. His most recent publication, Holy Trinity – Holy People: The Theology of Christian Perfecting (Wipf and Stock, 2013), is the published version of his 2012 Didsbury Lectures.  He is a recent president of the Wesleyan Theological Society.

Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) elected Carla Sunberg as its tenth president on January 3. Sunberg, the first woman president in the school’s history, is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. She was ordained during the 13 years that she and her husband Chuck served as missionaries in the former SovietUnion, where she served as director of compassionate ministries as well as director of theological education.

Carla has a Ph.D in historical theology from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, a Master ofArts from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Bachelors of Science from MidAmerica Nazarene University. In2012, Olivet Nazarene University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Divinity.

Sunberg is passionate about the integration of practical ministry and theological education. She loves to teach and train leaders for the future of the church and has served as adjunct faculty for a number of institutions.She was born in Germany, the daughter of missionaries. Her heartfelt passion is a life of holiness and service for the Lord.

Chuck and Carla are proud parents of two adult daughters, Christa, who along with her husband Iain Maciver lives in England, and Cara, who with her husband Justin Shonamon, lives in Kansas City.

Revs. Gabriel & Jeanette Salguero

The Salgueros are the co-lead pastors of the Lamb’s Church of the Nazarene in New York City.  They are devoted Christ followers. Their life’s work is bringing a Christian ethical framework to public policy and empowering indigenous leadership for the common good.  They work on issues of multicultural ministry, indigenous leadership development, faith and public policy, as well as racial justice and reconciliation. Gabriel and Jeanette have served as national consultants for Hispanic and multi-ethnic ministries to several denominations and organizations. In addition, they have been advisors to several elected officials at all levels of government. Together they founded the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC), a ministry focused on education and advocacy on issues of poverty, immigration, and education. For their justice work they have been featured on the Associated Press, CNN, Charisma, Telemundo, Univisión, 700 Club, Decision Today,  and the Today show.

The Salgueros have been married for 12 years and have two beautiful boys, Jon-Gabriel and Seth who are their pride and joy.