NLPB Committee announces change of leadership

The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee (NLPB) has announced a change in the leadership of the committee following their annual general meeting on May 9. The change comes as the current Chairman, Reverend Sam McCook and team have constitutionally completed their full term of four years. The newly-elected committee leaders will serve from 2025-2027, effective September 2025.

Rev Sam McCook will be succeeded by Pastor Claudia Ferguson, executive member of the Jamaica Evangelical Alliance, director of Love 101 FM Radio and Television. Pastor Feruguson has served on the NLPB Committee since 2013 and is pastor in the Seventh Day Baptist Church denomination.

The vice chair will be Rev Dr Rohan Ambersley, executive member of the New Testament Church of God in (NTCOG) Jamaica, pastor of the Sterling Castle NTCOG.

Additionally, the secretarial post will be held by Rev Dr Wayneford McFarlane, executive member of the Jamaica Council of Churches and pastor of the Saxthorpe Methodist Church, with the assistant secretary being Bishop Courtney Golding, currently the chairman of the Jamaica Pentecostal Union Apostolic and Pastor of the Orangefield Pentecostal Tabernacle.

The committee’s treasury will be managed by Rev Barrington Payne, pastor of the Transformation Church of God.

The NLPB Committee has hosted its annual Prayer Breakfast for 45 years in Jamaica aimed at fostering unity, fellowship, and spiritual reflection among the nation’s leaders. As part of their commitment to nation building, their 2025 outreach project has focused on supporting The Tegwyn House – a special unit at the Jamaica National Children’s Home that cares for children who have severe mental and physical disabilities and need 24-hour care.