BISHOP SAMUEL EDWARD IGLEHART is the first of seven children born to the late Bishop Thaddeus D. and Dessie M. Truitt Iglehart. He is godly proud to be counted as a third generation descendant of the Church of God in Christ. Anointed as a young man, he received the call to the gospel ministry at the age of twenty-four and was ordained at the age of thirty-one.
Bishop Iglehart attended the Waco Independent Public Schools and graduated from A. J. Moore High School. He attended Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas; Prairie View A.M. & N. College, Prairie View, Texas; Savannah State College, Savannah, Georgia; Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas and The International Seminary. He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and a Master’s Degree in Bible Theology. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator.
Bishop Iglehart is the Jurisdictional Prelate of the Texas Southwest Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, which is comprised of more than 106 churches. He has served in several leadership roles which include: Chairman of the Licensed Ministers Board; President for over ten years of the Jurisdictional Young People Willing Worker Department; District Superintendent of the Greater Temple District for fifteen years; Pastor of various churches for over thirty six years and First Administrative Assistant to the late Bishop T. D. Iglehart for twelve and a half years.
Bishop Iglehart became Pastor of Childress Memorial Church of God in Christ on September 27, 1997. Under the leadership of this great Pastor, the church is growing spiritually and financially. The manifestation of Bishop Iglehart's dedication to his calling and his love for people is unmistakable in the exuberance in which he undertakes the daily challenges of his ministry. Whether he is with an officer of the church or a small child, Bishop Iglehart is never too busy to show how important each member is to the church.
Among his other accomplishments, Bishop Iglehart was inducted into the “Who’s Who Society of Outstanding Church Leaders” May 1989. He is a former member of the “Pastoral Care Board” for Scott and White Hospital and a life time member of the NAACP, and an ardent supporter of the United Negro College Fund. Bishop Iglehart has been assigned as Special Assistant to the chairman of the Board of Bishops, member of the Executive Board of the Board of Bishops, member of the Public Relations Committee, and member of the Texas Council of Bishops. Bishop Iglehart is a devoted family man. He was married to the late Glorious Cosey Iglehart.
BISHOP SAMUEL E. IGLEHART
TEXAS SOUTHWEST JURISDICTION PRELATE
Bishop Samuel E. Iglehart
Bishop S. E. Iglehart, Jurisdictional Prelate 
Mother Annie Mae Cooper, Supervisor
Mother Annie Mae Cooper, Supervisor