Leadership & Staff

The AFCC is a non-profit Christian organization made up of cowboy churches whose leaders and congregations believe the Bible is the true, complete and unfailing Word of God.

2024 AFCC Leadership

American Fellowship of Cowboy Churches (AFCC), (the “Fellowship”) is organized to resource and develop Cowboy Churches through training, assessment, mentoring, communication and connectedness through the movement of God’s Spirit within the Western Culture.

Officers

President

Bret Shafer

Kaufman County Cowboy Church
Kaufman, TX

Vice President

Kent Hightower

Circle C Cowboy Church
Greeneville, TN

Secretary

Wendel Elliott

Big Bend Cowboy Church
Alpine, TX

Board of Directors

John Paul

1000 Hills Ranch Church
Woodard, OK

Tony Chancelor

3S Cowboy Church
Enterprise, MS

Billy Keith

Rafter Cross Cowboy Church
Williston, FL

Joe Cox

Bar None Cowboy Church
DeBerry, TX

Luke Morrison

Western Trail Cowboy Church
Vernon, TX

Wayne Walling

Open Gate Cowboy Church
Kempner, TX

Roger Keck

Palo Pinto Cowboy Church
Gordon, TX

Allan Ward

Saddle Creek Cowboy Church
Nogal, NM

Staff

Jeff Bishop, Exec. Dir.

Ridin the River Cowboy Fellowship
Kerrville, TX

Danny Brey, Director of New Starts & New Affiliates

Soldiers of the Cross CF
Lampasas, TX

Homer Dickey, Director of Connecting & Communicating

Bar None Cowboy Church
Troup, TX

Jimmy Holleman, Director of Training

Double N Cowboy Church

Dublin, TX

Phillip Gilliland, Support Staff

Trading Post Cowboy Church
Grant, AL

Connie Sanford, Ministry Administrative Assistant

Branded by Christ Cowboy Church
Troup, TX

Pat Gauss, Administrative Assistant

Kaufman County Cowboy Church
Kemp, TX

Greg Moore, Mentoring Director

Top Hand Cowboy Church
Clifton, TX