Leadership

Elder Joseph R. Zeigler loves the word of God and has been preaching since 2015. He served at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Superintendent Ezra Kinlow.  While at holy temple, He was a devoted worker in the ministry was vital to the operations of the church. He served as president of the Men’s department, member of the outreach team and adjutant to the superintendent. Elder Joseph is currently attending Joshua House of Prayer COGIC under the leadership Superintendent Daniel Newman. He is currently serving as Men’s department president and president of the trustee board.
Elder Zeigler is committed to preaching and teaching the word of God with power, passion and conviction.
Elder Joseph R. Zeigler is happily married to Mother Joyce Carter-Zeigler, and is the proud parent of three children. His ministry goals are to be a humble dedicated servant of God and to help the people in all aspects of life.

Missionary Joyce Carter-Zeigler is deeply committed to the work of the Lord, and she has a servant’s heart.  She is a humble woman of God and will assure you that if you only BELIEVE, all things are possible through Christ.  Missionary Joyce was baptized and received the filing of the Holy Ghost at the age of 14 years old at New Gethsemane C.O.G.I.C, where she was raised.  She served in several capacities of ministry to include:  church Praise Team, Usher’s Ministry, Jr. Church mother over the Youth Ministry, Pastor’s Aid Ministry, Sunday School Teacher, Director of Daughters of Destiny, and other ministries necessary for the Kingdom of God.  She currently services as the Church Mother at Joshua House of Prayer C.O.G.I.C.   As a Missionary, she makes it her priority to show love and assure everyone that she is always available to talk, pray, counsel, and encourage them.
Missionary Joyce exemplifies the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, which is found in Matthew 28:18-20.  She is blessed with a spirit of Excellence, Commitment, and Integrity, believing that God will get the Glory out of her life as long as she continues to be a soldier in His army and bring healing to world.
Missionary Joyce is happily married to Elder Joseph Zeigler.  She cherishes her role as a wife and mother to Charles and Kenneth (with her late  husband Elder Kenneth Carter Sr, who went to be with the Lord in 2002.)  She is the sixth oldest of fourteen children to Emeritus Pastor Charles Matthews and Lady Mack-Sear Matthews. Missionary Joyce has a genuine love for God, her family, and the work of the ministry.  She loves praying, teaching, writing and serving the Lord which she plans to do all the days of her life.

Ashley Newman, affectionately known as Ms. Ashley to the youth, was born and raised in Richmond, California to Pastor Daniel and First Lady Latrease Newman. As the Pastor and First Lady’s youngest and only daughter, Ms. Ashley grew up in what she refers to as the “iron triangle”- a life revolved around education, home, and God. It was in church where Ms. Ashley learned to read at an early age, participated in sunshine band, youth choir, assisted as testimony service conductor, volunteered with feeding programs, and served as a junior usher. While her home life consisted of watching tv, her education and extracurricular activities enabled her to develop an ambitious work ethic and expand her creativity in different areas such as, band, elementary, junior high, and high school chorus, ballet, African dance, musical production, volleyball, softball and a starring role on a public access channel discussing the human brain. Ms. Ashley excelled in education enabling her to obtain a full ride scholarship to Pacific Academy Normura School and Bentley Upper School, some of the top private schools in the Bay Area. She attended and graduated with multiple honors, including Cum Laude from Spelman College, an Historically Black College specifically for African American women in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ms. Ashley is no stranger to working with the youth. Since the age of 15, Ms. Ashley has worked with children ranging from ages 5-17. She worked as a summer camp counselor at the Richmond recreational center, provided free tutoring services during the school year, volunteered in the Morehouse-Spelman Learning Club for juvenile delinquents in Fulton County, interned as a lead coordinator at Helping Hands, an after school program for children with incarcerated parents in Georgia, and worked as a teacher for the Drew Charter School in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she had a passion for the young people, she understood that her purpose and zeal would best serve in her home church in California. Shortly after moving back to California, Ms. Ashley gave her life to Christ and answered the call to youth ministry after noticing a disparity of young people in church. She created Youth Bible Academy (YBA), a Wednesday Bible study class specifically for youth. Kids were served dinner and learned the Bible in a way that was customized to their level of understanding, and consisted of activities and projects to help retain Biblical knowledge. To keep the youth involved in church, she created a youth choir, youth drill team, seasonal plays, fundraisers to fly the youth to the Church of God In Christ’s annual AIM convention, and wrote a rap song for the youth to remember Biblical patriarchs. Her work with the youth in her local church allowed her to serve as the True Vine District Youth leader and the Jurisdictional Chairlady of the YPWW department for California Western Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, which she currently holds today. Ms. Ashley’s passion for the young people stems from her dedication to ensure that all youth come unto repentance and the knowledge of God so that they never feel alone in this ever-changing world.

Daniel is the Sunday School Superintendent with years of teaching and training, fasting, and praying and teaches at Joshua House Of Prayer COGIC located in the city of Vallejo, CA. Joshua House of Prayer believes in reaching the lost, sick, hopeless and the wounded through programs that helps face life's challenges and equipping those that are in need through the power of prayer and the word of God.  As Sunday School Supt.  Daniel is responsible for teaching the lessons that are directly lifted from scripture and exemplifying these lessons through everyday life challenges.  "Let your light so shine before man, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." (St. Matthew 5:16)