Our Pastor and First Lady

Rev. Clifford H. Readout, Jr. is an ordained minister in the United Pentecostal Church International and has been Pastor of the Apostolic Church of Enfield since December 30, 1978.  He also serves as a District Superintendent for Connecticut, elected in 2000.  He served the Connecticut District UPCI as Foreign Missionary Director for nineteen years.   Rev. Readout is internationally respected as a Bible teacher, ministering throughout the United States and in over fifty nations from Australia to Iceland.   He has ministered extensively on college and university campuses, holding positions of President and Chaplain at Indiana University as well as Director of Campus Ministry for North Central Region of the USA and Canada.   He was also the Founding Coordinator of Friendship International, a ministry to college and university students around the world, and serves currently as Special Advisor.   Rev. Readout was Director, Dean of Students, and a teacher in the European School of Discipleship in Kaiserslautern, Germany.   He is the Founder and Director of the Foundations of Life Worldwide Ministry and The Foundations Forum, a Biblical "think tank" and research organization.   He is Secretary and member of the Board of Trustees for the Urshan Graduate School of Theology.   Rev. Readout is chairman of the Apostolic Leadership Institute and is a "Genuine AllExperts Expert" volunteer, rated "Best of the Best."  Rev. Readout is proud to be husband to the same wonderful lady since 1970, father of three college graduates, and one delightful Down Syndrome son born in 1994.

Rev. Peggy Readout is a general licensed minister in the United Pentecostal Church International.  She serves as Executive Assistant for and wife of the pastor of The Apostolic Church of Enfield, CT.   Sis. Readout is our local Ladies Ministries President as well as Ladies Ministries President for Connecticut.   She was the local Sunday School Director for 18 years, taught the Preschool Sunday School class for 7 years and the Teen and Youth classes for 5 years.  Before moving to Connecticut, Sis. Readout was the Pastor's confidential secretary at the East 16th Street Pentecostal Assembly in Indiana, and also worked in the church's day care center there.   She was involved in Campus Ministry work at Indiana University and was an instructor and staff member in the European School of Discipleship in Kaiserslautern, Germany.  Sis. Readout has ministered in many foreign missions fields and several churches in the United States.  She has authored articles for the Pentecostal Herald and Reflections Magazine and publishes the Women In Touch Communique for the Ladies Ministries UPCI.  Sis. Readout is also an instructor at the Apostolic Leadership Institute and has performed every ministry required for the success of this congregation while raising four children who are all active members of the church today.