ucg began when former wcg ministers met in indianapolis, indiana in the spring of 1995. the were concerned about the changing teachings of the church. ucg's first president was david hulme. he was later removed from office because he refused to move the church's home office to ohio in 1998, among other reasons. after this, he started a new church called "church of god, an international community." after hulme, church elders elected other new presidents. they elected les mccullough in 1998, roy holladay in 2002, clyde kilough in 2005 and dennis luker in 2010. victor kubik was elected to serve for three years in may 2013.