Administrative Bishop
& Women's Discipleship Director
The Great Commonwealth of Virginia is proud to have with us Administrative Bishop Rick Whitter and his wife Letha, who serves as our Women's Discipleship Director.
Bishop Rick Whitter has served as the State Administrative Bishop for the Church of God in Pennsylvania since August 2022. Prior to his service in Pennsylvania, he served as Administrative Bishop in Illinois for 6 years and in Minnesota for 4 years. Prior to his administrative work, he and his wife Letha pastored 3 local churches in Minnesota and Florida for a total of 28 years. His time spent in the local church provides a shepherd’s heart as he is a Pastor to the Pastors and churches in the State where they serve.
Bishop Rick is passionate about Pastoral spiritual/emotional health, leadership development, church revitalization, church planting, world missions and orphan care. Hobbies include cycling, hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, and watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball.
Bishop Rick has been married to Letha since 1981. They have one daughter, Jessica who, along with her husband Josh Hanson are Directors of Casa Shalom Orphanage in Guatemala. The Whitters have two beautiful grandchildren, Sophia who is 13 and Judah who is 10 who are the joy of their lives.
Bishop Whitter earned a Bachelor’s degree from Lee University in Christian Ministries as well as a Master’s Degree in Ministry Leadership.
Bishop Rick’s theme Bible verse is found in II Timothy 2:2, “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”
We are thrilled to have the Whitters here in Virginia with us in these leadership roles.
Rick & Letha
Whitter
Travis & Kelly Gore
State Ministries Director
& Credentialing Secretary
The Gores joined the Virginia State Office team in October of 2017 after serving as senior pastor of the Pulaski Church of God following several other pastorates and youth pastor positions. He has served for numerous terms on the State Council, Evangelism Board, and Youth Board for the Church of God in Virginia.
From 2017 through July of 2022 one of the Gores' duties was leading the Youth and Discipleship ministries for the state.
In August of 2022 Travis became the Ministries Director and Kelly assumed the role of credentialing secretary.
Travis and Kelly have been married for 26 years and have a son, Jentzen, and daughter, Jacey.
Virginia is fortunate to have the Gores who are such capable leaders as our new Ministries Director and Credentialing Secretary.
Chad & Jennifer Fickett
State Youth & Discipleship Director
& girls Ministries Coordinator
Virginia Church of God is pleased to announce the appointment of Chad and Jennifer Fickett as our new State Youth & Discipleship Director and Girls Ministries Coordinator, effective January 2024.
Chad and Jennifer Fickett are coming to us with over twenty years of experience as State Directors. They have served in several state offices in this capacity. They recently served in the South Carolina State Office as State Youth Director and Girls Ministries Coordinator and prior to that they served in the Texas State Office.
Virginia is fortunate to have the Ficketts serving as our new Youth and Discipleship Director and Girls Ministries Coordinator.
David & Janice Hagee
SpiritCare Coordinator
Bishop David E. Hagee is a native of Virginia, where he began his ministry in 1970, serving as an evangelist. He has pastored for 26 years in the state of Virginia. He served as Evangelism and Ministerial Director from 1990 to 1994, and as Ministerial Development Director from 1998 until 2017.
He has also been a member of the Virginia State Council, the Evangelism Board, and the Youth and Christian Education Board. He has chaired and served on many appointed boards and committees in Virginia, and his wife Janice has served on the Virginia State Women's Ministries Board and has been featured on state programs and at local churches.
They continue to have a desire to reap this last days' harvest in Virginia as they serve in this new role caring for the retired ministers of the state.
Carlos Ramos
Hispanic Ministries Coordinator
The Virginia State Office is proud to welcome Carlos and Teresa Ramos to our staff.
Effective August 1, 2017 Brother Ramos is serving the Virginia Church of God in the official capacity of Coordinator of Hispanic Ministries.
If you need his assistance, feel free to email him at cramosc2002@yahoo.com or call him by phone on his cell: 757/287-7442. He will be in the office only a few days per month, but we will be available on a regular basis by phone.
As he partners with us to facilitate our Hispanic Ministry, we appreciate him and his wife and are grateful for his willingness to be in partnership with us here in Virginia.
CONTACT INFO:
Carlos Ramos
1231 Land Street
Norfolk, VA 23502
cramosc2002@yahoo.com
757/287-7442 cell
