Apostolic Faith Intelligence Brief — September 25, 2026

The Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc. continues under Apostle Jimmy Hicks, Jr., Chief Apostle and Presiding Bishop, as confirmed by its official leadership directory. No material public update located this week.

ACOJ remains part of AFI’s standing organizational coverage even when no new public development is available.

Watch for official announcements concerning national meetings, ministerial development, the next General Assembly, and organizational or teaching initiatives authorized by national leadership.

On September 23, the UPCI published information for its September 29–October 2 General Conference in Salt Lake City. The annual business meeting begins September 30 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time and is open to UPCI-credentialed ministers. Seminars address digital evangelism, church growth, pastoral transition, sexual-addiction recovery, gender-related ministry questions, parenting, discipleship, visitor engagement and retention.

Decisions and teaching emphases emerging from this major annual meeting can inform preaching, publishing, ministerial education and congregational practice across the broader Apostolic community.

Monitor business resolutions, elections or appointments, official statements, the October 1 General Superintendent’s message, and subsequent training resources. Report proposals as adopted policy only after official results are published.

The PAW identifies Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr. as Presiding Prelate for the 2026–present administration, with Bishop A. Glenn Brady as First Assistant Presiding Bishop and Bishop C. Shawn Tyson as Second Assistant Presiding Bishop. This is continuing 2026 transition coverage, not a claim that the election occurred this week. PAW’s June 2 announcement described proposed constitutional and bylaws amendments; AFI has not located a subsequently published final ratified text.

A presiding-prelate transition can reshape administrative priorities, pastoral support, departmental leadership, public engagement and implementation of governance reforms.

Watch for Bishop Howell’s formal strategic agenda, departmental appointments, ratified constitutional language and effects on diocesan and local pastoral leadership.

PCAFI is promoting International Missions Day for October 4, 2026, and IEEE United for November 19–21. IEEE United brings several auxiliaries into one conference framework. The organization’s 2026 emphasis remains ‘All In: The Pursuit of Progressive Holiness—Deeper in God, Wider for the Kingdom.’ Ministerial-development pathways include its Ministerial Excellence Center, Ministerial Institute and advanced-leadership training.

Coordinating missions, education, evangelism and auxiliary ministries can help local pastors connect discipleship with global outreach and shared ministry planning.

Watch for measurable missions goals, local-church participation, resources distributed after IEEE United and continued integrated auxiliary planning. The current homepage confirms October 4, 2026; its linked missions detail page still contains 2025 information, so confirm current participation instructions with PCAFI.

As accessed on September 25, 2026, the official ALJC events page displayed unrelated commercial and scientific conference listings rather than recognizable ALJC ministry events. This observation does not establish that the site has been breached or that any listed event is fraudulent.

Official websites carry institutional authority. Unrelated or unverified listings can create confusion; pastors should confirm the organizer and registration destination before paying or making travel arrangements.

Watch for removal of unrelated entries, an official clarification or restoration of a verified denominational calendar. Verify ministry events through ALJC headquarters or the responsible department.