Sixty-Fifth Annual Assembly Journal of the Eastern Michigan District
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Sixty-fifth Annual Assembly Journal of the Eastern Michigan District Church of the Nazarene Session Held At Flint Central Church of the Nazarene Flint, Michigan May 5- 6 2014 Dr. Jerry Porter Dr. W. Glen Gardner General Superintendent District Superintendent 2014 ORDINATION CLASS Left to right: Dr. Michael D. Kitsko, Jr., District Secretary, Dr. W. Glen Gardner, District Superintendent, Rev. Cynthia and Wayne Porter, Dr. Jerry Porter, General Superintendent Photo taken by: Josh Kennedy SESSIONS OF THE EASTERN MICHIGAN DISTRICT ASSEMBLY Host General District Host Number of District Membership Raised For All Year Church Superintendent Superintendent Pastor Churches Secretary Purposes 1 1950 Pontiac First Williamson McGuire Johnson 60 Van Allen 4,799 $ 572,685* 2 1951 Pontiac First Powers McGuire Johnson 62 Van Allen 5,278 870,045* 3 1952 Pontiac First Benner McGuire Hutchinson 63 Van Allen 5,367 729,540* 4 1953 Pontiac First Young McGuire Hutchinson 63 Van Allen 5,341 737,547* 5 1954 Flint First Vanderpool McGuire Parrott 68 Van Allen 5,744 846,377* 6 1955 Flint First Powers McGuire Parrott 71 Van Allen 5,971 864,981* 7 1956 Detroit First Benner McGuire Martin 72 Van Allen 6,159 1,017,918* 8 1957 Pontiac First Williamson McGuire Hutchinson 74 Van Allen 6,335 955,951* 9 1958 Flint First Young McGuire Parrott 74 Van Allen 6,524 1,003,542* 10 1959 Detroit First Williamson McGuire Martin 75 Van Allen 6,557 1,043,210* 11 1960 Pontiac First Benner McGuire Van Allen 74 Van Allen 6,675 1,057,188 12 1961 Pontiac First Vanderpool McGuire Van Allen 75 Van Allen 6,747 1,042,744 13 1962 Flint First Powers Martin Wellman 76 Van Allen 6,857 1,164,553 14 1963 Howell Williamson Martin Raycroft 75 Van Allen 7,001 1,266,583 15 1964 Pontiac First Young Martin Van Allen 77 Van Allen 7,170 1,410,146 16 1965 Flint First Lewis Martin Freese 78 Van Allen 7,402 1,553,425 17 1966 Flint South Coulter Martin Gill 79 Van Allen 7,587 1,798,403 18 1967 Detroit First Benner Martin Armstrong 79 Van Allen 7,744 1,870,031 19 1968 Plymouth Lawlor Martin Moss 80 Van Allen 7,664 1,999,145 20 1969 Ferndale Young Martin Godman 80 Van Allen 7,881 2,049,444 21 1970 Ferndale Jenkins Martin Biscoe 79 Biscoe 7,937 2,189,748 22 1971 Flint First Lewis Martin Biscoe 78 Biscoe 8,166 2,295,107 23 1972 Flint First Coulter Martin Freese 78 Biscoe 8,116 2,604,496 24 1973 Flint First Lawlor Martin Freese 78 Biscoe 8,074 2,931,068 25 1974 Flint First Jenkins Martin Freese 79 Biscoe 8,396 3,171,565 26 1975 Flint First Stowe Martin Shoff 78 Biscoe 8,545 3,468,336 27 1976 Flint Central Greathouse Martin Andree 78 Biscoe 8,573 3,911,147 28 1977 Flint Central Coulter Martin Andree 78 Biscoe 8,667 4,243,460 29 1978 Flint Central Lewis Martin Andree 79 Powers 8,892 4,718,985 30 1979 Flint Central Strickland Martin Andree 81 Powers 8,937 5,071,660 31 1980 Flint Central Jenkins Gibson Woods 81 Powers 9,167 5,440,581 32 1981 Flint Central Stowe Gibson Woods 78 Powers 9,240 5,879,945 33 1982 Flint Central Greathouse Gibson Dace 82 Anthony 9,249 6,050,798 34 1983 Flint Central Greathouse Gibson Dace 83 Anthony 9,297 6,424,695 35 1984 Warren Woods Johnson Knight Mellish 83 Anthony 9,452 6,905,511 36 1985 Flint Central Johnson Knight Dace 83 Anthony 9,491 7,599,813 37 1986 Warren Woods Knight Knight Mellish 83 Anthony 9,628 7,785,430 38 1987 Flint Central Knight Knight Dace 83 Anthony 9,972 8,914,048 39 1988 Flint Central Strickland Knight Dace 83 Anthony 9,840 8,420,889 40 1989 Warren Woods Prince Knight Mellish 82 Anthony 9,946 9,543,206 41 1990 Flint Central Hurn Knight Spruce 85 Anthony 9,777 9,480,133 42 1991 Detroit First Hurn Knight Lewis 85 Anthony 9,912 9,491,221 43 1992 Warren Woods Stowe Knight Mellish 80 Anthony 10,127 9,841,909 44 1993 Flint Central Stowe Anthony Spruce 81 Sparks 10,122 10,285,923 45 1994 Detroit First Owens Anthony Lewis 81 Sparks 10,165 10,548,434 46 1995 Warren Woods Owens Anthony Mellish 81 Sparks 10,192 10,940,140 47 1996 Detroit First Johnson Anthony Irwin 81 Betz 10,320 11,521,694 48 1997 Warren Woods Porter Anthony Mellish 78 Betz 10,473 12,321,948 49 1998 Detroit First Knight Anthony Leth 75 Betz 10,557 14,292,338 50 1999 Flint Central Knight Anthony Raath 72 Betz 10,569 14,623,688 51 2000 Warren Woods Prince Anthony Reeder 73 Betz 10,881 16,180,657 52 2001 Detroit First Prince Anthony Leth 75 Betz 11,219 17,352,008 53 2002 Flint Central Cunningham Anthony Raath 72 Betz 11,414 17,416,348 54 2003 Warren Woods Cunningham Anthony Gocha 78 Betz 11,425 17,866,168 55 2004 Detroit First Diehl Anthony Blake 78 Betz 11,681 19,213,814 56 2005 Flint Central Diehl Anthony Gardner 77 Betz 11,794 14,921,166** 57 2006 Brighton Gunter Anthony Walls 77 Betz 11,990 19,169,339 58 2007 Detroit First Gunter Anthony Blake 76 Betz 12,445 20,093,025 59 2008 Flint Central Cunningham Anthony Gardner 72 Betz 12,528 20,592,625 60 2009 Flint Central Diehl Anthony Gardner 73 Betz 12,725 18,994,333 61 2010 Detroit First Porter Anthony Blake 73 Betz 12,311 17,282,011 62 2011 Flint Central Porter Anthony Gardner 69 Betz 12,519 16,962,101 63 2012 Flint Central Warrick Anthony Gardner 70 Betz 12,253 17,731,869 64 2013 Flint Central Warrick Anthony Gardner 68 Kitsko 12,221 17,354,405 65 2014 Flint Central Porter Gardner Prince 69 Kitsko 12,290 16,560,182 *Indicates total expenditures ** Indicates nine month church year 5 CONTENTS Page I. Official Directory A. District Officers 6 B. District Boards and Standing Committees 7 C. District Auxiliaries 9 D. Churches by Zone 11 E. Church Directory 12 F. Elders 82 G. Deacons 87 H. Licensed Ministers 88 I. Tenured Evangelist 90 J. Commissioned Evangelist 90 K. Registered Evangelist 90 L. Commissioned Song Evangelist 90 M. Registered Song Evangelist 90 N. Commissioned Minister of Christian Education 90 O. Commissioned Minister of Music 90 P. Ministers Serving Connectional Interests 90 II. General Information 91 III. Daily Proceedings 94 IV. Reports A. District Officers 1. District Superintendent 102 2. Sunday School Ministries Chair 109 3. NMI President 110 4. NYI President 115 B. District Boards 116 C. Assembly Committees 124 V. Financial and Statistical A. District Financial Officer 132 B. Sunday School Ministries Treasurer 136 C. Nazarene Youth International Treasurer 137 D. Nazarene Missions International Treasurer 138 E. Supplemental Statistical Report 139 6 I. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY A. DISTRICT OFFICERS General Superintendent—Dr. Jerry Porter, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS 66220 District Superintendent-- Dr. W. Glen Gardner (Kayla), 6391 Coconut, Grand Blanc, MI 48439 E-mail: [email protected] (o) 810-750-4080 (fax) 810- 519-4024 (cell) 810-964-9711 (h) 810-694-1967 Asst. Dist. Supt./Dist. Sec. (2013)- Dr. Michael D. Kitsko, Jr., 2237 Holly Tree Dr., Davison, MI 48423 E-mail: [email protected] (o) 810-750-4080 (fax) 810- 519-4024 (cell) 810-287-6901 (h) 810-654-9035 District Office Manager: Karla Coll, Office, P.O. Box 449, Goodrich, MI 48438-0449 E-mail: [email protected] or Website www.emdnaz.org (o) 810-750-4080 (fax) 810- 519-4024 District Superintendent Emeriti Dr. Stephen T. Anthony, 8966 Championship Dr., Davison, MI 48423 810-964-7221 Dr. C. Marselle Knight, 4126 Sequoia Trail, Georgetown, TX 78628 512-869-5982 District Financial Officer: Kristen Bedell, P.O. Box 449, Goodrich, MI 48438-0449 810-736-8529 E-mail: [email protected] (Make checks payable to: Eastern Michigan District; Send to: P.O. Box 449, Goodrich, MI 48438-0449) SDMI Chairman – Dr. David Fulks, 2667 Spielman Hts. Dr., Adrian, MI 49221 517-265-2949 Email: [email protected] NMI President – Cindy Wine, 8760 River Run Dr., White Lake, MI 48386 248-673-5911 Email: [email protected] NYI President – Jeff Tschetter, 9295 Canton Center Rd., Plymouth, MI 48170 734-673-1968 Email: [email protected] Detroit Impact Director- Calvin Colbert, 13566 Penrod, Detroit, MI 48223 313-272-0004 Flint Eastside Mission – Roger Lutze, 620 S. Main St., Davison MI 48423 810-653-2755 Email: [email protected] Mission location: 1829 Delaware, Flint, MI 48506 810-767-5312 Mailing address: P.O. Box 90238, Burton, MI 48509 District Campground, Water’s Edge Camp & Conference Center 4171 Woodland Dr., Howell, MI 48855 517-546-9683; fax: 517-546-4410 Email [email protected] Website www.watersedgecamp.org Executive Director of Water’s Edge Camp—Rob Lewis, 4171 Woodland Dr., Howell, MI 48855 517-546-9683 Email: [email protected] Cell Phone: 517-442-5188 Campground Office Administrator—Kim Lewis, 4171 Woodland Dr., Howell, MI 48855 517-546-9683 Email: [email protected] 7 B. DISTRICT BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES Advisory Board W. Glen Gardner, Chair, P.O. Box 449, Goodrich, MI 48438 (h) 810-694-1967 (o) 810-750-4080 Email: [email protected] Ordained Ministers: Term Jeffrey Cardimen, 13795 S. Custer Rd., Dundee, MI 48131; 248-877-3266 2016 Email: [email protected] Alan Duce, 10272 Coachman Ct., Davison, MI 48423; 810-412-5107 2016 Email: [email protected] Fred Hall, 45206 Indian Creek Dr., Canton MI 48187; 734-453-1525 2015 Email: [email protected] Robert S.