District Superintendent
Chet Stevenson
"So then, let us [who minister] be regarded as servants of Christ and stewards (trustees, administrators) of the mysteries of God [that He chooses to reveal]. 2 In this case, moreover, it is required [as essential and demanded] of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy."
(I Corinthians 4:1-2)
Superintendent Chet Stevenson accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1989 at New Hope Church of God in Christ while stationed at Fort Drum, New York. Hailing from Austin, Texas, he served in the military and retired from active duty as a U.S. Army First Sergeant with 20 years of service. Early in life, Superintendent Stevenson’s leadership abilities stood out. He assumed a leadership role in his school, his church and in his community. He is currently employed with the Federal Aviation Administration, Drug Abatement Division where he serves as Manager of the Central Region with oversight over 18 states.
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Superintendent Stevenson is a servant-leader who has touched the lives of many. He is a man of great energy and has served in ministry in various states and in many capacities. His current roles include his February 2015 appointment as Chief Adjutant in Texas Northeast First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, National Adjutant Overseer in 2015, and National Adjutant Servant Leader in 2021.
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Superintendent Stevenson definitely serves as a "man after God's own heart." His unparallel passion for the care and compassion necessary for serving God's people is unmatched. He loves to serve! As a church planter, he is the Founder and Pastor of Nehemiah Worship Center COGIC in Fort Worth, which he founded in 2013 along with his wife Evangelist Subritte Stevenson. Because God found him faithful, the Lord touched the heart of Bishop James E. Hornsby who appointed Pastor Stevenson as Superintendent of the Greater Fort Worth District in November of 2021 and later as Pastor of the Greater Progressive Church of God in Christ in March of 2022.
He holds an Associate Degree from Jefferson Community College and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Upper Iowa University in Human Services and Psychology, Magna Cum Laude. He is also a graduate of the C. H. Mason Systems of Bible College, with a Master Teacher Certificate.
Superintendent Stevenson is the dedicated and devoted husband to his lovely wife of 35 years, Subritte Stevenson. They are the proud parents of two children and two grandchildren.
District Missionary
Melanie Angton
District Missionary Melanie Angton is a creative, articulate, energetic, anointed Woman of God. She is a native and life-long resident of Fort Worth, Texas. District Missionary Angton is the daughter of District Missionary Jean Middlebrooks. She matriculated through the Crowley Independent School District and the University of North Texas in Denton.
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At the age of 23, she was saved and later filled with the Holy Ghost at Greater Progressive Church of God in Christ under the tutelage of her grandfather, the late Bishop John L. Johnson. As an active member of the Greater Progressive, she has given many years of faithful and dedicated service to her church having served as the Youth Department Coordinator, Music Department Vice-president, Sunday Morning Presider, Praise & Worship Leader, Church Anniversary Chairperson, Pastor’s Anniversary Committee Member, and Program Booklet Chairperson.
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In 1994, Missionary Angton received the call to gospel ministry and received her Evangelist Missionary License in 1998. In 1996, she was appointed Y.P.W.W. Chairlady for the Greater Fort Worth District where she served for sixteen years. She was appointed District Missionary for the Greater Fort Worth District in 2022 by Bishop James E. Hornsby, Prelate of Texas Northeast First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Prior to her appointment as District Missionary, she served as a District Financier and the Executive Secretary for the Greater Fort Worth District Department of Women.
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At the Jurisdictional level she served as the Fort Worth Area Liaison under the leadership of the late Mother Pia Haynes Williams. In addition, she worked with the Texas Northeast Youth Department under the leadership of the late Mother Joyce Rodgers and the COGIC International Youth Department.
On the corporate level, American Airlines Inc. employed District Missionary Angton for 31 years. She was the Lead Ambassador for the General Mills Feeding Dreams Program, & the K & G Suit Up to Win Mind, Body, & Soul Initiative. She also participated in the General Mills Feeding Dreams Grand Finale in Atlanta Georgia at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where U. S. Senator Raphael Warnock is the pastor.
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District Missionary Angton is married to Deacon Tony Angton. She is the proud mother of two sons, Johnathan Lewis Johnson Angton and Tony Earl Angton II.
