Rev. John D. Childers

The Reverend John D. Childers is currently serving as the Administrative Bishop for the Church of God in Northern Ohio.  Prior to his appointment to Northern Ohio he served as the International Youth and Christian Education Director in Cleveland, Tennessee.  He is a dynamic camp meeting and youth camp speaker and has served in various ministerial capacities in the church.  He has served as state youth director in Alabama, North Georgia, Tennessee and Delmarva-DC.  He received his education from Lee College and the University of South Carolina and has been an ordained minister for over thirty years.

Bishop Childers served as a member of the International Youth and Christian Education Board for six years …four of those years he served as Chairman.  He presently serves as an elected member of the International Executive Council of Eighteen for the Church of God.  Bishop Childers also serves on the Peniel Board of Directors and the Executive Committee has appointed him to serve as Chairman of The General Council Agenda Committee and as a member of the USA National Assembly Committee.  His lovely wife is Debbie and his two sons are Jonathan and Jeremy.