{"id":1228,"date":"2017-03-21T22:10:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:16:01","slug":"iphc-remembers-rev-clifford-sampier-1928-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2017\/03\/21\/iphc-remembers-rev-clifford-sampier-1928-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"IPHC Remembers Rev. Clifford Sampier 1928-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rev. Clifford M. Sampier & wife, Ruth Sampier<\/p><\/div>\n

Rev. Clifford M. Sampier, former superintendent of the Colorado (Rocky Mountain) Conference, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2017 in Littleton, Colorado.<\/p>\n

Rev. Sampier grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness Church in Clayton, New Mexico. He was one of the first students to enroll in Southwestern Bible College and was a member of the first graduating class. While in school, he met and married Ruth Sexton of Tarboro, North Carolina, in 1948.<\/p>\n

As a young man, Sampier pastored the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Yukon, Oklahoma, for over six years and served at the First Church in Oklahoma City for ten years. During his tenure, both congregations experienced growth and erected new buildings.<\/p>\n

Sampier also served the Department of Evangelism as a general evangelist, preaching at camp meetings and encouraging smaller conferences. In 1968 he was nominated by the General Executive Board as superintendent of the Colorado Conference, a position he held for 10 years. Sampier\u00a0again served as conference superintendent from 1987-1994. While in Colorado, Rev. Sampier pastored several churches including Cherry Hills Church and Northglenn Church. The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is very thankful for Rev. Sampier\u2019s life of dedication and service.<\/p>\n

Pastor Clifford is survived by his loving family: sons, Pastor Gregory H. Sampier, and Grant (Lannette) Sampier; grandchildren, Stephen (Nina) Sampier, Nicole Sampier, Lindsey (Justin) Baker, Stephanie (Adam) Zaleski; great grandchildren, Cade, Brooke, Kate, Kinsley and baby Levi on the way, also several nieces and nephews; and former daughter-in-law, Cynthia Sampier whom he dearly loved. He is preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Sampier; parents, Francis and Mary Sampier; sisters Clarece and Cleta; and by daughter-in-law, Karen Sampier who was more like his own daughter.<\/p>\n

Services for Rev. Sampier will be held Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 11 a.m. and are under the direction of Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, Cemetery and Arboretum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[313,437,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-1228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-313","9":"tag-in-memory","10":"tag-march","11":"entry"},"title_es":"IISP recuerda Rev. Clifford Sampier 1928-2017","content_es":"Rev. Clifford M. Sampier, ex superintendente de la Conferencia de Colorado (Monta\u00f1as Rocosas), falleci\u00f3 en paz el 16 de marzo de 2017 Littleton, Colorado. Rev. Sampier creci\u00f3 en una Iglesia Pentecostal de Santidad en Clayton, Nuevo M\u00e9xico. Fue uno de los primeros estudiantes para inscribirse en el suroeste de Bible College y fue miembro de la primera promoci\u00f3n. Si bien en la escuela, conoci\u00f3 y se cas\u00f3 con Ruth Sexton de Tarboro, Carolina del Norte, en 1948. En su juventud, Sampier pastor de la Iglesia Pentecostal de Santidad en Yukon, Oklahoma, durante m\u00e1s de seis a\u00f1os y sirvi\u00f3 en la primera iglesia en Oklahoma City por diez a\u00f1os. Durante su mandato, ambas congregaciones experimentaron un crecimiento y erigieron nuevos edificios. Sampier tambi\u00e9n sirvi\u00f3 el Departamento de Evangelismo como un evangelista en general, predicando en las reuniones campestres y el fomento de conferencias m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as. En 1968 fue nombrado por la Junta General Ejecutiva como superintendente de la Conferencia de Colorado. La Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal es muy agradecidos por la vida de dedicaci\u00f3n y servicio del Rev. Sampier. Pastor Clifford le sobreviven su amada familia: hijos, Pastor Gregory H. Sampier, y Grant (Lannette) Sampier; nietos, Stephen (Nina) Sampier, Nicole Sampier, Lindsey (Justin) Baker, Stephanie (Ad\u00e1n) Zaleski; bisnietos, Cade, Brooke, Kate, Kinsley y el beb\u00e9 Levi en el camino, tambi\u00e9n varios sobrinos; y el ex hija-en-ley, Cynthia Sampier a quien amaba mucho. Le precedieron en la muerte su esposa, Ruth Sampier; los padres, Francisco y Mar\u00eda Sampier; Clarece hermanas y Cleta; y por la hija-en-ley, Karen Sampier que era m\u00e1s como su propia hija. Servicios para Rev. Sampier tendr\u00e1 lugar el s\u00e1bado, 25 de de marzo de, 2017, a las 11 de la ma\u00f1ana y est\u00e1n bajo la direcci\u00f3n de Olinger colina de la corona mortuoria, cementerio y el arboreto<\/a> .","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/09\/In-Memory-2016.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-jO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}