Category: UCPI

30-year pastor of Calvary Tabernacle here headed United Pentecostal Church International; he was 84. The Rev. Nathaniel A. Urshan, a one-time minor league baseball player who dedicated his life to Christ after a near-deadly bout with tuberculosis, will be remembered for his leadership of the United Pentecostal Church International. Urshan was pastor of Calvary Tabernacle in Indianapolis for 30 years and went on to lead the denomination, which has about 4 million members worldwide. He died Friday at 84. Services are scheduled for Thursday night at the Near-Southside Indianapolis church. Urshan was elected the denomination’s general superintendent in 1978 and

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 20, 2003 http://www.stltoday.com/ By Susan Weich Post-Dispatch A former top official of the Pentecostal church pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual misconduct charge that came after he tried to engage in a sex act with another man in a St. Charles park. The Rev. Ronald Oree Nation, 70, was the Sunday School director of the United Pentecostal Church International. The denomination, based in Hazelwood, claims 2.6 million members worldwide, including 760,000 in this country. Nation was among 11 men arrested after a two-month undercover police investigation last fall at DuSable Park, which is near the Missouri