Foursquare Church picks next president

(RNS) The Rev. Glenn Burris Jr. has been chosen as the next president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel after serving as interim president since last year. Burris, who previously served in the vice presidential post of general supervisor, was elected during the annual meeting of the Pentecostal denomination, which ended June 3 […]

(RNS) The Rev. Glenn Burris Jr. has been chosen as the next president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel after serving as interim president since last year.

Burris, who previously served in the vice presidential post of general supervisor, was elected during the annual meeting of the Pentecostal denomination, which ended June 3 in Atlanta. He officially begins his new position on Oct. 1.

He succeeds The Rev. Jack Hayford, a former megachurch pastor and longtime hymn composer, who decided in 2009 not to seek a second five-year term as president.


The Foursquare Church includes about 8.7 million members and 66,000 churches worldwide.

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