AIM ~ 2014 Sunday School Speakers

Bishop Lemuel Thuston

After 14 years pastorate and teaching in Texas, L. F. Thuston succeeded his father as pastor of The Historic Boone Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then this blossoming renewal parish in the urban core of the Midwest metropolis has glorified God with the witness and power of the full-gospel ministry. Show for the needy, community garden, tutorial program, feeding the homeless, college scholarships, and an annual community health fair, youth academy, and the parishioner’s insurance service are among the revitalizing ministries in this core city renewal congregation. Reverend Thuston has also served parishes in Carthage, Missouri; Gary, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; and Lubbock, Texas. He is currently a professor at large in Theology and Urban Studies at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota and adjunct professor at Logos College in Bronx, New York and St. Paul Methodist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.    More Information

Mother Cleolia Penix

Mother Cleolia Wells-Penix INTERNATIONAL FIELD REPRESENTATIVE EVANGELIST CLEOLIA WELLS-PENIX was born in Sparkman, Arkansas the seventh child and fraternal twin from the union of Deacon Evandust and Mother Ozella Wells. She is a graduate of Sparkman Training School, matriculating with high academic honors. Her avocation was advanced as a graduate of Nola’s School of Cosmetology.

Her parents provided a solid foundation with the implementation of parental rules which required her and her siblings to faithfully attend and participate in all aspects of Christian education provided by the church, namely Sunday School, Young People Willing Workers and Sunshine Band. This fortified foundation was the impetus for accepting the Lord at an early age. Her formal Christian education includes Charles Harrison Mason Bible College and First Assembly of God Bible Institute.    More Information

BISHOP ALTON E. GATLIN is a visionary with a desire to see the people of the Lord "prosper and be in health, as their souls prosper!" Receiving his formal training from Mississippi Valley State University and the University of Southwestern Louisiana he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He holds a Master of Divinity from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. 

God has favored the labor and ministry of Bishop Alton E. Gatlin promoting him to the leadership of the Trinidad & Tobago Jurisdiction. Bishop Gatlin is International Superintendent (President) of the Sunday School Department of the Church of God in Christ. He is spreading his love for learning, training and growth through the work of the Sunday School Ministry. Bishop Gatlin is the Pastor of the First Church of God in Christ, Crowley, LA.    More Information

Supervisor Vanessa Gatlin

From the time of her youth, it is irrefutable that God’s hand and favor have guided her every move. There has never been a question that her life was purposed for Greatness. Born to parents Roy L. H. and Mae C. Winbush, Evangelist Gatlin was dedicated as a child back to God for use in His service and the glory of His Kingdom.  

Supervisor Gatlin has contributed to the Church of God in Christ, Inc. on every level. She is the First Lady of the First Church of God in Christ, Crowley, Louisiana. There she serves as Director of the Women’s Ministries.   More Information

Dr. J. Louis Felton

Pastor Dr. J. Louis Felton, Servant Leader was appointed as Pastor of Mount Airy Church of God In Christ on June 27, 2010. His installation as Pastor occurred on August 1, 2010. This dynamic man of God previously served as Senior Pastor of the House of Prayer Community Church in Cassopolis, Michigan from January 1984 – 1991. While Pastor he became the Founding YPWW President and First Chairman of the United Jurisdictional Auxiliaries Convention (UJAC) for 3rd Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southwest Michigan, ‘88-’91 under the Prelate, Bishop R. L. Jones. Dr. Felton then served as Senior Pastor of the Galilee Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1991 until accepting his role as Servant Leader of Mount Airy Church in 2010.    More Information