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James Thornton foi eleito superintendente do Distrito Nordeste de Oklahoma em 6 de junho de 2026, durante a 74\u00aa assembleia do distrito. Thornton atualmente serve como pastor da Igreja do Nazareno de Tulsa Hills, em Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cTudo o que h\u00e1 de belo e eficaz na igreja se deve \u00e0 gra\u00e7a de Jesus\u201d, disse Thornton. \u201cEstes s\u00e3o dias empolgantes para fazer parte do Distrito Nordeste de Oklahoma. Temos um legado forte para celebrar e um futuro promissor para abra\u00e7ar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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A nova designa\u00e7\u00e3o de James entrar\u00e1 em vigor em 6 de julho de 2026. Ele suceder\u00e1 David McKellips, que lidera o Distrito Northeast de Oklahoma desde 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

James \u00e9 bacharel em Teologia e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3 (1991) e mestrado em Lideran\u00e7a da Igreja (2009) pela Southern Nazarene University. Al\u00e9m disso, ele possui mestrado em lideran\u00e7a organizacional e comportamento humano (2025) pela Universidade Amberton.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ele serviu como pastor na Igreja do Nazareno de Eastborough, em Colorado Springs, Colorado, de 1991 a 1993; na Igreja do Nazareno de Oro Valley, no Arizona, de 1993 a 1995; e na Igreja do Nazareno da Comunidade da Vida de Corvallis, no Oregon, de 1995 a 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Em setembro de 1997, foi chamado para ser pastor da Igreja do Nazareno de Grants Pass, no Oregon, onde serviu at\u00e9 mar\u00e7o de 1999. Em mar\u00e7o de 1999, foi chamado para pastorear a Igreja do Nazareno de Tulsa Hills, em Oklahoma, onde serve desde ent\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al\u00e9m de pastorear a igreja local, Thornton atuou como diretor dos minist\u00e9rios masculinos do Distrito Nordeste de Oklahoma de 2007 a 2010, no conselho consultivo distrital em 2006, no conselho administrativo da Universidade Southern Nazarene desde 2022 e como secret\u00e1rio distrital desde 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A esposa de Jim, Christine Thornton, tamb\u00e9m trabalha na equipe da Igreja do Nazareno de Tulsa Hills e \u00e9 diaconisa ordenada na Igreja do Nazareno. Jim e Christine s\u00e3o casados \u200b\u200bdesde 1990. Juntos, eles t\u00eam tr\u00eas filhos adultos, duas noras e cinco netas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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