The International Pentecostal Holiness Church exists to glorify God by making disciples, planting churches, developing leaders, and advancing the Kingdom of God throughout the world. Through local churches, global missions, leadership development, discipleship ministries, and strategic partnerships, IPHC equips believers and ministry leaders to reach their communities and nations with the transforming message of Jesus Christ.
The vision of IPHC is to see healthy churches, empowered leaders, and Spirit-filled believers impacting every generation and every community with the hope of the Gospel. As the denomination continues to expand its global reach and invest in future generations, it remains committed to strengthening local churches, cultivating new ministry opportunities, and advancing its mission through faithful stewardship, innovation, and Kingdom collaboration.
Rooted in the authority of Scripture, the power of the Holy Spirit, and a heritage of holiness and evangelism, IPHC values spiritual vitality, servant leadership, generosity, and intentional discipleship. The denomination is shaped by a deep belief that lives, communities, and nations are transformed when the Church faithfully proclaims the Gospel and equips believers to live out their calling in the world.
The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is shaped by a deep commitment to its mission, a rich heritage of Spirit-empowered ministry, and a strong network of relationships that connect churches, pastors, missionaries, and leaders around the world. While global in scope, the culture remains highly relational, rooted in a shared desire to advance the Gospel, strengthen the Church, and steward ministry opportunities with wisdom and integrity.
Mission Driven and Kingdom Focused: At its core, IPHC exists to fulfill the Great Commission through evangelism, discipleship, church planting, leadership development, and global missions. Leaders who thrive here are energized by connecting strategy, stewardship, and ministry impact, understanding that organizational decisions ultimately support the mission of reaching and equipping people for Christ.
Relational and Collaborative: Relationships matter deeply within IPHC. The denomination is built upon partnerships between local churches, conference leaders, bishops, ministry executives, missionaries, and lay leaders who work together to advance a shared vision. Successful leaders build trust, collaborate well across diverse stakeholders, and understand how to lead through influence, humility, and service.
Rooted in Faith and Spiritual Leadership: Faith is woven throughout the culture of IPHC. Prayer, spiritual discernment, servant leadership, and dependence upon God are valued alongside professional excellence. Leaders are expected to demonstrate both strong competency and spiritual maturity while helping cultivate a culture grounded in biblical values, generosity, and stewardship.
Honoring Heritage While Embracing the Future: IPHC is both deeply respectful of its history and committed to future growth. As the denomination continues to invest in church multiplication, leadership development, multicultural ministry, and its ARISE 2033 vision, leaders are called to honor the organization’s heritage while helping navigate change, innovation, and new opportunities for ministry impact.
The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a global denomination serving more than 100 nations through a network of churches, conferences, missionaries, educational institutions, and ministry organizations. The Global Ministries Center in Bethany, Oklahoma serves as the administrative headquarters supporting denominational ministries throughout the United States and around the world.
The Global Ministries Center operates with an annual budget of approximately $18.7 million, with revenues and expenses in close alignment and a consistent pattern of modest surpluses. Roughly 60% of revenue is designated funding directed toward specific ministry purposes, with the remaining 40% serving as unrestricted funds available for budget designated operational needs. Revenue is diversified across multiple streams including denominational tithes, missions giving, contributions, grants, ministry support, investment income, and registration fees. The denomination has consistently received clean audits in recent years, demonstrating a deep commitment to financial accountability, transparency, and sound fiscal management.
The Chief Financial Officer provides oversight for finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, risk management, and administrative services. Leading a team that supports a staff of 50 + employees, the CFO partners closely with the General Superintendent, Finance Committee, Executive Committee, and Council of Bishops to ensure financial transparency, operational effectiveness, and responsible stewardship of the resources entrusted to the denomination.
As IPHC continues to pursue its ARISE 2033 vision and invest in church multiplication, leadership development, global missions, and next generation ministry, the next CFO will play a meaningful role in guiding organizational strategy, strengthening financial systems, and stewarding the financial future of a growing global movement.
Leadership and Strategic Partnership: Serve as a key member of the leadership team, partnering closely with the General Superintendent, Finance Committee, Council of Bishops, and ministry leaders to support the mission, vision, and long-term strategic priorities of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. Provide thoughtful counsel, financial insight, and organizational leadership that helps position the denomination for continued ministry effectiveness and future growth.
Financial Stewardship and Organizational Health: Provide oversight of the denomination’s financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, audits, investments, cash management, compliance, and financial planning. Ensure the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and stewardship while helping ministry leaders make informed decisions that align resources with mission priorities.
Administrative Services and Operational Leadership: Lead and develop the teams responsible for finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, and risk management. Strengthen systems, processes, and organizational infrastructure that support operational excellence, employee effectiveness, and long-term organizational sustainability.
Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance: Partner with the Finance Committee, Executive Committee, and other governing bodies to support effective oversight, financial accountability, risk management, policy development, and strategic decision making. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, audit standards, and organizational policies while maintaining the trust and confidence of key stakeholders.
Leading Through Change and Future Growth: Help guide the organization through an important season of transition, organizational alignment, and future visioning. Support strategic initiatives, organizational improvements, and ministry expansion efforts while preserving the values, relationships, and mission that have shaped IPHC for generations.
Faith Filled Stewardship and Ministry Partnership: Model integrity, humility, wisdom, and servant leadership in all aspects of the role. Approach financial leadership as ministry, recognizing that faithful stewardship enables church planting, leadership development, global missions, discipleship, and Gospel impact throughout the world.
Financial Leadership Experience: Ten or more years of progressive financial leadership experience, preferably within a denomination, ministry organization, nonprofit, higher education institution, foundation, or similarly complex mission-driven environment. A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is required, and an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential is strongly preferred. Experience serving as a Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, Controller, Treasurer, or comparable executive leader is highly valued.
Commitment to Organizational Values and Conduct: Demonstrates a lifestyle, character, and leadership approach consistent with the values, expectations, and standards of conduct outlined by the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. This leader must be able to faithfully represent the denomination, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and serve with integrity, humility, and professionalism in all aspects of leadership.
Strategic Leadership and Governance Experience: Proven ability to partner with executive leaders, governing boards, finance committees, auditors, and external advisors to support organizational strategy, financial stewardship, risk management, and long-term sustainability. Experience navigating organizational change, restructuring, or complex stakeholder environments is highly valued.
Administrative and Operational Leadership: Experience overseeing and developing teams across finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, risk management, and administrative services. Demonstrated success strengthening systems, building healthy teams, and improving organizational effectiveness.
Relational and Influential Leadership: Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to translate complex financial information for diverse audiences. Demonstrated ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and lead effectively within highly relational ministry environments.
Faith Alignment and Ministry Commitment: A personal commitment to the Christian faith and an appreciation for the mission, values, and ministry of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. Demonstrates spiritual maturity, servant leadership, and a desire to steward resources in support of Kingdom impact around the world.
Challenges
Navigating Organizational Complexity:
- Leading finance within a global denomination is not a simple assignment. IPHC connects thousands of churches, missionaries, ministry leaders, and governing bodies across more than 100 nations. The next CFO will need to hold the needs of a complex, multilayered organization together while keeping everyone moving in the same direction. That requires patience, relational intelligence, and a genuine appreciation for how decisions made at the center ripple outward to the field.
Balancing Stewardship and Strategy:
- There is a natural tension in this role between protecting what exists and investing in what comes next. The right leader will not see those as opposing forces. They will know how to resource ministry priorities wisely, make the case for strategic investment when it matters, and hold the line when it does not.
Responding to a Changing Financial Landscape:
- Churches and denominations across the country are feeling the effects of shifting giving patterns, economic uncertainty, and evolving donor expectations. IPHC is not immune to those realities. The next CFO will need to help the organization remain financially strong and adaptable without compromising the mission or the culture that makes IPHC who they are.
Opportunities
Stewarding a Global Ministry Movement:
- Very few financial leadership roles carry this kind of reach. The decisions made in this office support pastors, church planters, missionaries, and ministry leaders working in some of the most underserved places in the world. For someone who has spent their career asking whether their work could mean more, this is a compelling answer.
Building from Strength:
- This is not a rescue mission. IPHC has a strong financial foundation, a track record of clean audits, and a leadership culture that values accountability and transparency. The next CFO inherits something worth building on, and they will have both the trust and the runway to do it well.
Partnering at the Highest Level:
- The CFO serves as a genuine strategic partner to the General Superintendent, the Finance Committee, and the Council of Bishops. This is not an advisory role in name only. The right leader will have real influence over decisions that shape the future direction of the denomination, and they will be trusted to exercise that influence wisely.
Leaving Something That Lasts:
- The impact of this role extends well beyond the balance sheet. The systems built, the teams developed, the culture of stewardship strengthened, all of it contributes to an organization that will be doing Kingdom work long after any one leader has moved on. For someone with a long view, that is a rare and meaningful opportunity.
Become the Person People Trust
Before anything else, the first year is about relationships. The most important thing the next CFO can do early on is show up with genuine curiosity and humility, taking time to understand the people, the culture, and the history before offering solutions. That means building real trust with the General Superintendent, the Finance Committee, the Council of Bishops, and the staff who keep the organization running day to day. Everything else gets easier once that foundation is in place.
Understand the Full Picture
A thorough assessment of the denomination’s financial operations, revenue streams, investments, and reporting practices is essential early on. Not to find problems, but to develop the kind of deep organizational fluency that allows a leader to give good counsel, ask the right questions, and identify where the greatest opportunities lie. Leadership should feel more informed, not more anxious, after these conversations.
Strengthen What Already Works
IPHC comes into this search from a position of financial health. The first year is not about dramatic change. It is about honest evaluation of systems, processes, and technology with an eye toward making good things better. Where there are gaps, address them thoughtfully. Where there is real strength, protect it and build on it.
Help the Organization See Farther
By the end of year one, the next CFO should have helped IPHC leadership gain greater clarity and confidence about where the organization is headed financially. That means better reporting tools, stronger forecasting, and the kind of strategic financial insight that allows ministry leaders to make decisions with conviction. The goal is not just a healthier balance sheet. It is an organization that feels genuinely equipped for what comes next.