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\"Mr.<\/a>Rev. Edward W. Wood passed away in the early morning of January 7, 2020. Having served the IPHC for many years, he and his wife Freda had retired to Dublin, Virginia. IPHC General Superintendent, Dr. Doug Beacham, commented on Rev. Wood\u2019s life, \u201cIf I was going to put someone\u2019s picture next to the Apostle Paul\u2019s list of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22, 23, it would be that of Ed Wood. His godly character, patience, and wisdom impacted me personally and many of us in the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rev. Wood\u2019s funeral will be Friday, January 10, at 12:00pm in Dublin, Virginia at the
\n<\/a> campground, with the family visitation at 10:00 am. Burial will be at the Appalachian Conference Cemetery. Flowers can be sent to Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, VA.<\/p>\n

Edward Winton Wood was born April 4, 1938, in Caldwell, West Virginia. His parents, Walter (a deacon) and Mildred Wood (a prayer warrior) reared their three children–Walter Lee, Jr., Edward, and Thelma–to love and serve God.<\/p>\n

As the eldest son, Walter Lee received his call into the ministry ahead of Edward and was already married and pastoring when Edward met the young lady who would become his wife. Freda Webb was attending the church Walter pastored in Bluewell, West Virginia. Ed and Freda were wed on September 14, 1961.<\/p>\n

Ed graduated from Holmes Bible College in Greenville, South Carolina, with a BSL degree. He continued his education by earning a BS in Religion from Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, Georgia, a Master of Ministry from Southwestern Christian University, Bethany, Oklahoma, and completed additional studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia. In June 2004, Maranatha College of Christian Ministries, Dublin, Virginia, conferred on Edward W. Wood an honorary doctorate of theology and humanities.<\/p>\n

Throughout his 50 years of official service (1959-2009), Ed Wood filled numerous ministry posts. He pastored four churches in the Virginia (Appalachian) Conference, including Tazewell (1959-1960), Staunton (1961-1968), Merrimac (1968-1972), and Radford (1986-1990). In 1966, he was elected Conference Lifeliners (youth) Director. He served in that position until 1972 when he was appointed as Conference Christian Education Director (1972-1986). Because of a change in policy passed at the General Level, the Statute of Limitations required that Ed leave that office, and for the next four years, he pastored the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Radford – which is one of five original churches in the conference.<\/p>\n

Then, once again, Edward Wood was chosen to assume a broader leadership role when the Virginia Conference elected him as the Superintendent in 1990. He remained in that position for the next 11 years (1990-2001). During his leadership, the conference changed its name from Virginia to Appalachian to better describe the geographical area it serves. He also led in the organization of a new conference – Ephesians Four (abbreviated as E4).<\/p>\n

He led not only his conference with integrity; he also served the IPHC General Church in several leadership capacities. During his terms as a conference superintendent, he was also a member of the General Board of Administration. He served as the Executive Director of Stewardship Ministries in Bethany, Oklahoma, from 2001-2009 and as a member of the General Executive Board.<\/p>\n

Other leadership positions Ed filled included serving on the Emmanuel College Executive Board, as a board member, chairman of the Falcon Children\u2019s Home Board of Directors, and as Chairman of the IPHC Planning and Budgetary Committee. Early in his ministry, he served on the General Lifeliners Board as a board member and assistant director and as national director of the Ambassadors for Christ Boys Club. He was the first IPHC National Royal Rangers Commander and served as chairman of Bible Quiz.<\/p>\n

Ed and Freda have four children: Edwina (Tracy) Pence, Edward, Jr., (Kim Cleyrat) and his twin sister, Elaine, and Emily (Ryan) Jackson. (Elaine Wood served four years as the first National Children\u2019s Director in the IPHC [2005-2009]). They also have ten grandchildren: Neal, Lindsay and Mackenzie Pence; Eddie III, Ethan, Eli, and Ella Wood and Liliann, Elianna and Annabella Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4413,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[882,105,924,58,923,922,588],"class_list":{"0":"post-4412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-882","9":"tag-appalachian-conference","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-iphc","12":"tag-january-7","13":"tag-rev-edward-w-wood","14":"tag-virginia","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Edward W. Wood","content_es":"\"Se\u00f1or<\/a> El reverendo Edward W. Wood falleci\u00f3 en la madrugada del 7 de enero de 2020. Habiendo servido en el IPHC durante muchos a\u00f1os, \u00e9l y su esposa Freda se hab\u00edan retirado a Dublin, Virginia. El Superintendente General de IPHC, Dr. Doug Beacham, coment\u00f3 sobre la vida del Reverendo Wood: \u201cSi fuera a poner la foto de alguien al lado de la lista del ap\u00f3stol Pablo del fruto del Esp\u00edritu en G\u00e1latas 5:22, 23, ser\u00eda la de Ed Wood. Su car\u00e1cter piadoso, paciencia y sabidur\u00eda me impactaron personalmente y a muchos de nosotros en el reino de Dios \u201d. El funeral del reverendo Wood ser\u00e1 el viernes 10 de enero a las 12:00 pm en Dublin, Virginia, en el \r\n<\/a> campamento, con la visita familiar a las 10:00 am. El entierro ser\u00e1 en el cementerio de la Conferencia de los Apalaches. Las flores se pueden enviar a Mullins Funeral Home en Radford, VA. Edward Winton Wood naci\u00f3 el 4 de abril de 1938 en Caldwell, Virginia Occidental. Sus padres, Walter (un di\u00e1cono) y Mildred Wood (una guerrera de oraci\u00f3n) criaron a sus tres hijos, Walter Lee, Jr., Edward y Thelma, para amar y servir a Dios. Como el hijo mayor, Walter Lee recibi\u00f3 su llamado al ministerio antes que Edward y ya estaba casado y pastoreando cuando Edward conoci\u00f3 a la joven que se convertir\u00eda en su esposa. Freda Webb asist\u00eda a la iglesia que Walter pastoreaba en Bluewell, Virginia Occidental. Ed y Freda se casaron el 14 de septiembre de 1961. Ed se gradu\u00f3 de Holmes Bible College en Greenville, Carolina del Sur, con un t\u00edtulo de BSL. Continu\u00f3 su educaci\u00f3n obteniendo una licenciatura en Religi\u00f3n de Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, Georgia, una Maestr\u00eda en Ministerio de la Universidad Cristiana del Sudoeste, Bethany, Oklahoma, y complet\u00f3 estudios adicionales en el Seminario Menonita del Este, Harrisonburg, Virginia. En junio de 2004, el Colegio de Ministerios Cristianos Maranatha, Dubl\u00edn, Virginia, confiri\u00f3 a Edward W. Wood un doctorado honorario de teolog\u00eda y humanidades. A lo largo de sus 50 a\u00f1os de servicio oficial (1959-2009), Ed Wood ocup\u00f3 numerosos puestos ministeriales. Pastore\u00f3 cuatro iglesias en la Conferencia de Virginia (Apalaches), incluidas Tazewell (1959-1960), Staunton (1961-1968), Merrimac (1968-1972) y Radford (1986-1990). En 1966, fue elegido Director de la Conferencia Lifeliners (juventud). Sirvi\u00f3 en ese puesto hasta 1972 cuando fue nombrado Director de Educaci\u00f3n Cristiana de la Conferencia (1972-1986). Debido a un cambio en la pol\u00edtica aprobada a nivel general, el Estatuto de Limitaciones requer\u00eda que Ed dejara ese cargo, y durante los siguientes cuatro a\u00f1os, pastoreaba la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal en Radford, que es una de las cinco iglesias originales de la conferencia. Luego, una vez m\u00e1s, Edward Wood fue elegido para asumir un papel de liderazgo m\u00e1s amplio cuando la Conferencia de Virginia lo eligi\u00f3 como el Superintendente en 1990. Permaneci\u00f3 en esa posici\u00f3n durante los pr\u00f3ximos 11 a\u00f1os (1990-2001). Durante su liderazgo, la conferencia cambi\u00f3 su nombre de Virginia a Appalachian para describir mejor el \u00e1rea geogr\u00e1fica a la que sirve. Tambi\u00e9n dirigi\u00f3 la organizaci\u00f3n de una nueva conferencia: Efesios Cuatro (abreviado como E4). Dirigi\u00f3 no solo su conferencia con integridad; Tambi\u00e9n sirvi\u00f3 a la Iglesia General de IPHC en varias capacidades de liderazgo. Durante sus per\u00edodos como superintendente de la conferencia, tambi\u00e9n fue miembro de la Junta General de Administraci\u00f3n. Se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como Director Ejecutivo de Stewardship Ministries en Bethany, Oklahoma, de 2001 a 2009 y como miembro de la Junta Ejecutiva General. Otros puestos de liderazgo que ocup\u00f3 Ed incluyeron servir en la Junta Ejecutiva de Emmanuel College, como miembro de la junta, presidente de la Junta de Directores de Falcon Children's Home y como Presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Planificaci\u00f3n y Presupuesto de IPHC. Al principio de su ministerio, sirvi\u00f3 en la Junta General de Lifeliners como miembro de la junta y director asistente y como director nacional de los Embajadores para el Christ Boys Club. Fue el primer comandante de los Royal Rangers nacionales de IPHC y se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como presidente de Bible Quiz. Ed y Freda tienen cuatro hijos: Edwina (Tracy) Pence, Edward, Jr., (Kim Cleyrat) y su hermana gemela, Elaine, y Emily (Ryan) Jackson. (Elaine Wood sirvi\u00f3 cuatro a\u00f1os como la primera Directora Nacional de Ni\u00f1os en el IPHC [2005-2009]). Tambi\u00e9n tienen diez nietos: Neal, Lindsay y Mackenzie Pence; Eddie III, Ethan, Eli y Ella Wood y Liliann, Elianna y Annabella Jackson.","author_name":"Shirley G. 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