Sam Clements

Sam is the general overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy, a worldwide denomination in over 130 countries, with a membership of over 1,500,000. Sam, who previously served as general presbyter of North America, is the sixth general overseer to serve the church since it was organized in 1903 by Bishop A.J. Tomlinson. He was selected in 2014. He joined the Church of God of Prophecy in 1955. At age 20, he accepted God’s call into Christian service. He began full-time ministry as a licensed minister with the Church of God of Prophecy the next year and was ordained a bishop nine years after that during the 1972 International Assembly. Church of God of Prophecy is linked to the Latter Rain, see Wikipedia.
Sam signed, on December 3, 2019, with the Pentecostal Theological Seminary and the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) providing the Master of Arts in Church Ministry degree program for theological formation of Latin American leaders.
Sam is Member of the Global Council of Empowered21, co-chaired by Billy Wilson (President of Oral Roberts University) and George O. Wood (Assemblies of God).
Sam completed studies at the Church’s Bible Training Institute (BTI) and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kingsbury Bible College in recognition of his extensive and effective Christian service. He gained valuable ministry insights while serving with state overseers Bishops G. A. Wilson, A. J. Coalter, Omer C. Lawson, and Billy D. Murray.
Sam is married to Linda Cathey Clements, they have three sons: Greg, Gary, and Gerald, three daughters-in-law, and seven grandchildren.