Ministerial Staff

Senior Pastor

Pastor William L. Sciscoe joined the Church as Associate Pastor in August of 1991 and assumed the role of Senior Pastor in November of 1992. He was born November 4, 1938, in Bloomington, Indiana. He and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children and seven grandchildren.

 

Pastor Sciscoe began his ministry in 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1963, he became a full-time evangelist, traveling across the nation. This continued until 1971, when he began to pastor Bethel Tabernacle in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1986, he became an aide to the General Superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI), located in Hazelwood, Missouri. In this capacity, he organized and ministered at conferences nationwide. He has served as a Presbyter of the Ohio District Board of the UPCI since January of 2003, and has also served as the Prayer Commissioner for the UPCI.

 

While an evangelist, and later as coordinator for ministers’ conferences, Pastor Sciscoe focused on faith, seeing many miracles and conversions. The miracles have included sight restored to blind eyes, deaf ears hearing, and even people being raised from the dead. He has preached all across the United States and Canada, often being called upon to speak to pastors and to give spiritual insight in difficult situations. He has also spoken in Central America, Scandinavia, Africa, and Asia. His ministry has included teachings on faith, leadership training, and seminars on encouraging people to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Emeritus Pastor

Our founder, Richard S. Davis, is Emeritus Pastor and the only emeritus member of the Church’s Board of Trustees. He was born June 12, 1920, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He began his ministry in 1938. He served as pastor in Auroraville, Appleton, New Boston and Eau Claire, Wisconsin; he has also ministered in Des Plaines, Illinois and Groveport, Ohio. He founded the Pentecostal Assembly, Inc.* in Columbus, Ohio in 1975, and served as Senior Pastor until 1992 when he transferred that office to Pastor Sciscoe.

 

As a young minister, Pastor Davis was the General International Youth President for the United Pentecostal Church International in 1944. He served as District Presbyter of the Wisconsin and Ohio Districts of the UPCI. Later, he served as Superintendent for the Wisconsin district. He was also a member of the General Board of the UPCI for twelve years. Even while in retirement, he continues to be actively involved in the affairs of The Church Triumphant of Columbus. His life continues to demonstrate his strong desire to lead people to a life with Jesus Christ.

 

*name changed to The Church Triumphant in 2005

Executive Pastor

J.D. Smucker, M.D. was born on December 4, 1958, in Goshen, Indiana. He attended Goshen College, and then graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1983. Jerry completed a residency in Internal Medicine at The Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania in 1987. In addition to serving on many hospital committees, he was a teacher in the Family Practice Residency at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He has been Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Grant Medical Center, and later Chair of Medicine at the New Albany Surgical Hospital. Jerry’s medical practice involves the care of patients’ medical conditions before and after surgery. He and his wife, Julie, have two children.

 

Pastor Smucker joined the ministry of the Church in 1992. He has served as a Board member since that year and as Secretary and/or Treasurer since 1998. He helped to develop the ACTS Program (now Life In Focus) in 1994. Jerry also served as liaison with the general contractor for our current building and was appointed Executive Pastor in 2005. His ministry interests include Bible teaching and personal evangelism, and his desire is to support the spiritual ministry of our church by relieving the administrative burden of our Senior Pastor. He has ministered internationally in Canada, Norway, Ethiopia, Ukraine, and the Philippines.

Youth Ministry Coordinator

Julie R. Smucker was born on December 12, 1963, in Kansas City, Kansas. She attended Gateway Technical College and received a diploma as a surgical technologist. Julie also attended Kent Christian College in Dover, Delaware in 1984 and 1985, where she studied music ministry. She came to our church in 1991 and has served as a Sunday School teacher and Youth Leader; she has also intermittently served as a secretary to the Pastor. She and her husband, Jerry, have two children. She has been invited to speak at several ladies’ conferences, nationally.

 

Julie became the leader of our Youth Ministry in 2010. It is her desire to see our young people grow in Bible knowledge, spiritual maturity and relationship with Jesus. She wants to see our youth be able to lead people to God and to be equipped to become leaders of their generation.

 

Prayer Coordinators

Bernice Jackson

 

Barbara Jo Rayo

 

Jan Seymour

 

Children’s Pastors

Ted Urbanik was born May 28, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois in Chicago with a degree in business, and is also a graduate of Purpose Institute, earning a degree in ministerial studies. Kathy Urbanik was born May 18, 1954, in Ashland, Kentucky, and attended Kentucky Christian University in Grayson. The Urbaniks have three adult children.

The Urbaniks have been involved in ministry with children for over thirty years, traveling nationally. Their ministry included street outreach, clowning, and children’s evangelism at many churches. Ted served as Sunday School Superintendent, and the Urbaniks officially became Children’s Pastors of The Church Triumphant in 2005.

 

It is their desire to see children filled with the Spirit of God and to help them grow in relationship with Jesus Christ. They hope that this ministry will strengthen entire families. Kathy also leads Shekinah Kids, a prayer school for children.

Small Group Connection (SGC) Coordinator

K. Michael Parsley was born on February 19, 1963, in Columbus, Ohio. He obtained ministerial credentials in 1989 and has served central Ohio churches in various capacities for more than 25 years. Some of the areas of service include: usher and greeter, Sunday School teacher, youth leader, Bible quiz coach, outreach director, assistant to the pastor, Board member and Secretary. He and his wife, Lisa have six children.

 

Michael was blessed to be a part of the small group ministry from its inception. He was appointed the Small Group Connection Coordinator in January 2009. He loves to teach the Word of God and rejoices when people grow in understanding and in their relationship with God.

Ladies’ Ministry Leader

Jan Seymour