PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
OF THE WESLEYAN CHURCH
The Pacific Southwest District includes the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Hawaii.
We currently have 66 churches in our district
and are growing monthly.
Dr.
Philip T. Stevenson is district superintendent of the Pacific Southwest
District of The Wesleyan Church, succeeding Dr. Stephen Babby, whose
tenure of 39 years as district superintendent is the longest in the
history of The Wesleyan Church.
Dr.
Stevenson is a graduate of San Diego State University, Point Loma
Nazarene University (MA in theology and philosophy), and Talbot School
of Theology (D. Min. in church growth and multiplication in the 21st
century). He has served as a youth pastor, assistant pastor, and as lead
pastor at Arcade Wesleyan Church in Sacramento, Calif. He also served
as district superintendent of the Wisconsin District, General Director
of Evangelism and Church Growth for the Wesleyan denomination, and as
full-time assistant district superintendent for the Pacific Southwest
District, with a major emphasis in church planting, leadership
development, and northern California area director. He has also served
as an adjunct professor for various educational institutions.
He and his wife Joni have been married over 39 years and have three adult children.
If you would like to learn more about
the Wesleyan Church and
the district with which New Life is affiliated,
