General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte appointed Vidal Cole superintendent of the Sierra Leone District. He replaces his mentor, Paul Martin.

Paul and Sharon Martin served as missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in Sierra Leone from 2004 to 2013. They mentored Vidal and Marie Cole and many others to build a strong holiness foundation in the country. The Martins now serve in Accra, Ghana, in pastoral training and education for the Africa West Field.

Vidal Cole serves as senior pastor of the Overcomers Assembly Church of the Nazarene near downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone. A lifelong resident of Freetown, Vidal was raised in an Anglican family; his father was a high-level manager and career banker.

After graduation from Albert Academy Secondary School, Vidal pursued accounting and worked in banking for several years. Following his conversion as a young man, he felt called to full-time ministry. In 1995, he founded the Overcomers Assembly Church.

In 2005, through the invitation of a friend, he attended pastoral training classes offered by the Church of the Nazarene. Through new awareness he pursued and experienced the grace of entire sanctification. As he continued Nazarene ministerial studies, he led his independent church into official organization in the Church of the Nazarene (Centennial Sunday, 5 October 2008).

Cole has continued his biblical and theological studies. He is a graduate of Nazarene Theological Institute (2009, diploma), Nazarene Theological College-South Africa (2012, Bachelor of Theology), and is completing his master's degree through Africa Nazarene University. Cole was ordained in March 2011.

He served as administrative assistant to the district superintendent from 2010 to 2012 and as assistant district superintendent from 2012 to 2014, carrying many district leadership responsibilities. As a minister and teacher, he is a strong advocate of "holiness of heart and life."
--Church of the Nazarene Africa West Field