DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
✉ dellingsworth@tnupc.org
DOUG ELLINGSWORTH
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.
DISTRICT SECRETARY
✉ jwilkerson@tnupc.org
JACKIE WILKERSON
Rev. Jackie Wilkerson and his wife, Sharron, first came to the Tennessee District in 1978 as full time evangelist for the Missouri District. In October, 1981 the Wilkerson’s were elected as the pastor of the First United Pentecostal Church of Humboldt, Tennessee. During their 29 years of pastorate in Humboldt they led the congregation to a record attendance of 184 and the completion of a new facility on the Hwy 45 By-Pass in Humboldt.
At the 1985 District Conference Bro. Wilkerson was asked to serve as District Youth Secretary. He served until elected as Presbyter of Section 8 in 1991. After 19 years as Presbyter in April, 2010 Bro. Wilkerson was elected District Secretary of the Tennessee District.
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 1
jeremydamesworth@gmail.com
JEREMY DAMESWORTH
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 2
pastorjerrydean@gmail.com
JERRY DEAN
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 3
kevinallen@centerpointetn.com
KEVIN ALLEN
Kevin Allen, pastor of Centerpointe Apostolic Church in Murfreesboro. This section catches the eastern edges of the Nashville Metro sprawl out to the Cumberland Plateau, near Cookeville.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 4
pastorkelley@thenewlifeupc.org
JIMMY KELLEY
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 5
burtonnashville@comcast.net
KURTIS BURTON
Kurtis Burton, pastor of The Turning Point in Madison. Section Five is Nashville and most of the surrounding metro.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 6
jdman410@yahoo.com
JIMMY PEARCY
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 7
marty680@gmail.com
MARTY JOHNSON
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 8
dbeecham@aol.com
DAVID BEECHAM
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 9
bishopuctn@gmail.com
PAUL CAGLE
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.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 10
cehoward64@gmail.com
CURTIS HOWARD
Curtis Howard, pastor of the Beech Bluff Pentecostal Church. Section Ten includes the Hub City of Jackson, and the counties just east of Memphis.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 11
pastor@mygrace.life
BILL PARKEY
Bill Parkey, pastor of Gracelife in Memphis. Section Eleven contains the historic and colorful city of Memphis.
PRESBYTER | SECTION 9
bishopuctn@gmail.com
PAUL CAGLE
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.