Dr. Jesse C. Middendorf

 

JesseMiddendorfAs Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Leadership, Jesse C. Middendorf, D.Min., provides guidance and vision drawn from more than half a century of ministry as pastor, district superintendent and general superintendent.  Dr. Middendorf’s ministry as a local pastor took him to churches in Clarksville, Tennessee; Ashland, Kentucky; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Richardson, Texas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He served as superintendent of the Northwest Oklahoma District from 1985 to 1991. In 2001, following 10 years as senior pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, he was elected to the Board of General Superintendents. He is now honored as general superintendent emeritus.