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.

2023 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

Chase Pope

Chase Pope

Wood County Cowboy Church
Winnsboro, TX

Vice President

Bret Shafer

Kaufman County Cowboy Church
Kaufman, TX

Secretary

Daniel Thiebaud

Brushy Top Cowboy Church
Eldorado, TX

Board of Directors

Matt Canoles

Cedar Creek Cowboy Church
Sylacauga, AL

Wendel Elliott

Big Bend Cowboy Church
Alpine, TX

Marion Turner

Cowboy Bunkhouse Ministries
Dalhart, TX

Kent Hightower

Circle C Cowboy Church
Greenville, TN

John Paul

1000 Hills Ranch Church
Woodard, OK

Stacy Wiley

Bar None Cowboy Church
Henderson, TX

Staff

Jeff Bishop, Exec. Dir.

Ridin the River Cowboy Fellowship
Kerrville, TX

Homer Dickey

Bar None Cowboy Church
Troup, TX

Danny Brey

Soldiers of the Cross CF
Lampasas, TX

Jimmy Holleman

Double N Cowboy Church
Dublin, TX

Todd Hervey

Circle J Cowboy Church
Texarkana, TX

Phillip Gilliland

Trading Post Cowboy Church
Grant, AL

Connie Sanford

Branded by Christ Cowboy Church
Troup, TX

Pat Gauss

Kaufman County Cowboy Church
Kemp, TX

AFCC Staff