Bishop Art Hodges is superintendent of the So Cal United Pentecostal International Churches and Senior Pastor of the South Bay Pentecostal Church and Board member of The Salt & Light Council, and Founding member of this Pastor Townhall.

He and his church recently served as plaintiffs against Governor Newsom in a lawsuit for violation of the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for simply desiring to be "open to worship" when other organizations and entities were allowed. Their case received an unprecedented three rulings from the Supreme Court resulting in California settling the case for 1.6 million.