EXECUTIVE  LEADERSHIP

Bishop Stan Holder presently serves as Administrative Bishop of Florida. Prior to his arrival in Florida, he served as Administrative Bishop of Delmarva-DC (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Peninsula, and District of Columbia), the Heartland Region (Kansas and Oklahoma), and Alaska/BC. Prior to being an Administrative Bishop, he served in Alabama as the State Ministries Coordinator, and USA Missions Director.
Bishop Stan Holder is originally from Tennessee. He is a graduate of Lee University and has extensive studies with the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee.  He has a rich ministerial background having served as a Youth and Discipleship Director in the Dakotas, Northern Ohio, and Michigan; Senior Pastor in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Chattanooga Tennessee, and Loxley, Alabama. Bishop Holder has ministered in numerous youth camps, conferences, state prayer conferences and camp meetings through the years.

Bishop Ryan Bristow is a 3rd generation Church of God minister. A native of Alabama, his ministry began in Mobile under his father, Alton C. Bristow. Ryan has served in several capacities including part-time Children's Pastor at Oak Park - Mobile, AL (1997-1998), Youth Pastor at Lexington Rd - Richmond, KY (1998-2000) and Oak Park - Decatur,AL (2000-2003), and Lead Pastor at Eufaula Church of God (2003-2005) and Boaz Church of God (2005-2018). In 2018, Ryan joined the Youth & Discipleship family as Youth & Discipleship Director for Alabama. It was an honor to serve in his home state from 2018-2024. At the 79th General Assembly, Ryan was appointed to Florida to serve as the Youth & Discipleship Director. Ryan and Paula met in Mobile in 1993 and married in 1997. They have four beautiful daughters: Chesley (24), Abby (19), Emileigh (18), and Lauren (16). Chesley is married to Chase and they have Ryan and Paula's first granddaughter, Kyndal Ryan. They have a love and passion of the youth and children who are a part of the NOW generation. It is their desire to see this generation encounter the Spirit of God and the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

Bishop Randy Morris is a follower of Jesus Christ.  He came to the Lord when he was a child and began ministering with his family, “The Singing Morris Family”, through his teenage years.
He and the love of his life, Peggy, have been married for over 42 years, having met in the 7th grade at what is now called, Restoration Church in Jacksonville, where they ended up serving in ministry as the Worship/Associate Pastors from 1980-1985.
They are the proud parents of two wonderful sons, Wes and Chris, and their two daughters-in-love, Jen and Lauren, as well as the beaming “Grandy” and “Gigi” of the fab-four of grandchildren, Caden, Ben, Aoife and Eoin!
Randy, along with Peggy, served as Lead Pastor of Gulf Coast Church in Clearwater/Largo for 37 1/2 years from 1985-2022.
Randy and Peggy endeavor to love God and love people and as lifelong worshipers and encouragers in Christ, their prayer is that they can continue to impact people for the Kingdom of God!

Bishop Thomas Odom was appointed as the CGACS Executive Director in November 2017. He is a graduate of Lee University and is an Ordained Bishop with Church of God (Cleveland, TN). He is closely connected to private Christian education through his role as Superintendent of Schools for Light Christian Academy and Lil’ Lights Preschool. The academy and preschool are both ministries of Ocoee Church of God, where Bishop Odom served as Lead Pastor  for more than 15 years before moving into state administrative work for the denomination. He and his wife, Wendy, have been married for more than 25 years and have three adult children: Cherith (Colten), Titus (Michaelyn), and Meariah; and one grandson: Trace.


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Bishop Kevin Mace is a passionate follower of Christ and has a heart for restoration, both spiritually and physically. Spiritually, helping people to become restored to intended relationship with the Father and physically, restoring buildings and things into new purpose and function. Kevin finds great joy in fixing things and helping others.
Called into ministry at a young age, Kevin accepted his first full time ministry role at the age of 22. He has served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and founder of a non-profit, serving the homeless in the inner city. Aside from ministry, Kevin has also been a successful entrepreneur, owning and operating a home repair business for over ten years.  Kevin is an ordained bishop in the Church of God and has a bachelor’s degree from Lee University with study emphasis in ministry and business. Currently, Kevin serves as the Director of the Lake Wimauma Convention Center and Church of God campground. He is following his father, the late Jerry Mace in this role.
Kevin hales from North Carolina. It was there he met his high school sweetheart Joyce, to whom he has been married to for over twenty years. They have two beautiful and talented children, Titus and Isabelle. Joyce is tri-lingual, has a bachelor’s degree in French and holds an exhorter's license in the Church of God. Kevin and Joyce love spending time with their children and serving in ministry together.

Dr. Teresa Holder is married to the Florida Administrative Bishop, Stan Holder and presently serves the state as Women’s Ministries Director. The Holders have been married for 43 years. They have two boys (Chris and Jerad), two daughters-in-law (Magan and Alexis), and four perfect grandchildren (Aiden, Israel, Eliza Grace, and John Conner). Teresa is a credentialed minister with the Church of God, as well as a singer and a musician. She is a graduate of Lee University (BA) and Samford University where she has earned her Master’s degree, Ed.S and Ed.D. Her Doctorate is in Educational Leadership. Dr. Holder has worked as a supervisor for the Jefferson County, AL Board of Education in Student Services and Federal Programs, overseeing and providing educational services for homeless families and families with Foster Care students. She has also served on the faculty at Northwest Bible College in Minot, North Dakota, and various teaching opportunities around the country where they have ministered. She currently serves on the International Global Education Board for the Church of God.

Paula Bristow is the wife of Bishop Ryan Bristow. The couple met when Ryan's father came to pastor the church she was attending in Mobile, AL. They married in 1997. Eight months after marrying, they moved to Richmond, KY to begin their full-time ministry. In 2000, they moved back to Alabama where they served as student pastors for 3 more years before becoming lead pastors in 2003. In 2018, they began serving as the Youth & Discipleship Director and Girls Ministries Coordinator for Alabama. At the 79th General Assembly in Indianapolis in 2024, they were appointed to serve in the capacity of Youth & Discipleship and Girls Ministries Coordinator for Florida. Paula also serves as the Women's Ministries Assistant.

Paula, being the mother of four girls, obviously has a heart for girls ministries. One statement you will always hear Paula say is, "You may not feel that you have a thriving girls ministry in your church, but if you have even one girl, you have a girls ministry." Her prayer is to be able to pour into the girls of Florida as they reach their greatest potential for the Kingdom.

Ryan and Paula are the proud parents of four beautiful girls, Chesley, Abby, Emileigh, and Lauren. They are GaGa and PawPaw to their first grandchild, Kyndal Ryan, the first child to Chesley and Chase. 

Peggy Morris is a life-long learner and follower of Christ, and it’s her joy to introduce others to her Lord. In her early teens, Peggy felt a call to ministry, but prayed, “God, I’ll go anywhere you want me to go, but will you please let me go there with Randy Morris?”  And God answered her prayer as they were wed in 1980. Randy, with his bride by his side, recently resigned the lead pastorate at Gulf Coast Church in Largo after 37 ½ years of ministry, and has taken on the responsibility of State Ministries Coordinator for the Church of God in Florida. Peggy is a gifted writer, speaker, wife, Mom and Gigi. Her uplifting words have been published in many Guidepost devotionals, in books such as, “The Heart of a Mother”, “Whispering In God’s Ear”, “Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover’s Soul” and many more. With her gift of encouragement, Peggy’s written hundreds of greeting cards for DaySpring, Blue Mountain Arts Greeting Cards along with “Happiness Hints” for Woman’s World Magazine. She even designed her own line of cards for Pastors with Pathway Press entitled, “Shepherd’s Pen”. Having been a pastor’s wife for almost four decades, Peggy’s now looking forward to lovingly encouraging pastor’s wives to keep pursuing their God-given dreams as they walk in His call and purpose for their lives.

Dr. John Sweet serves as Executive Director of Heart of Florida Youth Ranch and as a field consultant to orphanages and children’s ministries for Church of God World Missions.. His experience working with troubled children and the caregiving parents provides a unique perspective of experience and competence for parental training and counsel.
Sweet is the author of several books and pamphlets. Sweet brings to a wide array of experience and a passion for caring for hurting children and those who care for them. He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tenn., where his graduate project focused on care ministry for the 21st century.
Sweet has served as a pastor, foster parent, law enforcement chaplain, crisis intervention specialist with children and families, and has taught courses in the sociology department of Lee University. He serves as a consultant and advisor to Serving Orphans Worldwide and Haven of Hope International. He is a board member for People for Care and Learning, a humanitarian agency working primarily in Southeast Asia.