Doug and Anita Ellingsworth moved to Tennessee in 1997 to serve as Pastor of the Finley United Pentecostal Church. Before moving to West Tennessee, they served the UPCI in three other districts: Oklahoma, where Jana was born; Maryland, where Kayla was born; and Mississippi, where Jonathan was born. (When they moved to Tennessee, they settled for a puppy named Rascal, but, true to his name, they had to give him away because he kept trying to bite the church janitor.)

In Oklahoma and Maryland, Brother Ellingsworth served as assistant pastor and taught in Christian schools. The seven years they spent in Mississippi was at the Tupelo Children’s Mansion where he was Director of Residential Services.

Brother Ellingsworth served as Tennessee’s District Sunday School Secretary for several years. Later, he served four years as our District Sunday School Director, leading children’s camps and serving on the Camp Lake Benson board.

Brother Ellingsworth continued to lead the church in Finley until April 2021 when he was elected District Superintendent.

He is an ordained minister of the United Pentecostal Church International with credentials for over 40 years. The Wilkerson’s have two sons: Jared & Seth.

Jeremy Damesworth is lead pastor of Christian Life Center in Kingsport. The churches in the mountains of East Tennessee in the northern portion of the Eastern Time Zone are in Section One.

Jerry Dean is pastor in Athens, Tennessee. Section Two is the southern half of the Eastern Time Zone, reaching from Chattanooga to just below the Knoxville metro area.

Jimmy Kelley, pastor of New Life United Pentecostal Church in Tullahoma. Section Four includes most of the southern counties of Middle Tennessee that lie between the Tennessee River and the Eastern Time Zone.

Kurtis Burton, pastor of The Turning Point in Madison. Section Five is Nashville and most of the surrounding metro.

Jimmy Pearcy, pastor of the Revival Center United Pentecostal Church in Waynesboro. Section Six lies immediately west of the Tennessee River, and south of Interstate 40.

Marty Johnson, pastor of the First United Pentecostal Church of Camden. This section follows the Tennessee River north to Clarksville, then travels west to the edges of the cotton and corn fields of West Tennessee. 

David Beecham, pastor of the First Pentecostal Church in Lexington. Section Eight stretches along the border we share with Mississippi, in the middle of West Tennessee. 

Paul Cagle, pastor of the First United Pentecostal Church in Union City. This section runs along the Mississippi River, from the Kentucky border to the northern edge of the Memphis metro.

Curtis Howard, pastor of the Beech Bluff Pentecostal Church. Section Ten includes the Hub City of Jackson, and the counties just east of Memphis.