160 Western North Carolina Conference V. THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference...... George R. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina From June 22, 2018 through June 24, 2018...... Bishop Paul L. Leeland, Presiding Organized 1890 (1968)...... This Session the 129th, the 51st since the founding of The United Methodist Church District Abbreviations: AP = Appalachian CV = Catawba Valley NP = Northern Piedmont UW = Uwharrie BR = Blue Ridge ME = Metro SM = Smoky Mountain YV = Yadkin Valley PART I. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)? (See General Officers, Section I ofJournal .) Secretary? ...... Kimberly T. Ingram Statistician?...... R. Mark King Treasurer? ...... R. Mark King 2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)?...... No 3. Bonding and auditing: What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Employee dishonesty coverage for any natural person, in the regular service of the conference in the ordinary course of business, whether or not compensated, who has the right to govern and direct the performance of receiving, disbursing, or handling conference funds as given by the conference treasurer, is provided within the occurrence limits of a commercial blanket bond in the amount of $250,000 through tiered policies with Church Mutual Insurance Company. Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? ...... Yes (See report, Section XII of Journal) 4. What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Council on Finance and Administration (¶611) R. Glenn P. Kinken III Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635) Donald Jenkins Board of Pensions (¶639) Michael Watson Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512) Bob Wilhoit Committee on Episcopacy (¶637) Wanda Musgrave Administrative Review Committee (¶636) Randolph H. Harry b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): General Agency Conference Agency Chairperson General Board of Church and Society Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner General Board of Discipleship Church Vitality Team Mike Fongemy Leadership Development Team Dan Hester General Board of Global Ministries Mission Engagement Team Brian Mateer General Board of Ordained Ministry Board of Ordained Ministry Donald Jenkins Higher Education and Campus Ministry Council on Campus Ministry John Franklin Jr. General Commission on Archives and History Commission on Archives & History Sandrea Williamson General Commission on Christian Unity and Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Inter-religious Concerns General Commission on Religion and Race Justice and Reconciliation Team Emmanuel Boakye-Yiadom General Commission on the Status and Role of Women Justice and Reconciliation Team Polly Pearson United Methodist Communications Commission on Communications Burt Williams c) Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions: General Agency Name of Agency Chairperson(s) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Disability Concerns (¶653)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Joint Committee on Medical Leave Michelle Chappell Board of Pension & Health Benefits Michael Watson Board of Ordained Ministry Donald Jenkins Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Commission on Equitable Compensation Neal Jones Laity (¶631)? Board of Laity Jane Boatwright Wood Native American Ministry (¶654)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Joel Locklear Small Membership Church (¶645)? Church Vitality Team Mike Fongemy Town and Country Ministries Jeremy Troxler United Methodist Rural Fellowship Keys Pendleton and Jacquelyn (Jackie) H. Taylor 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 161 d) Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations. Organization Name of Agency Chairperson(s) Conference United Methodist Women (¶647) Conference United Methodist Women Julia Willis Conference United Methodist Men (¶648) Conference United Methodist Men William Waddell Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649) Conference Council on Youth Ministry Ashlee Hand Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? Connectional Table Caroline Wood and Jane Boatwright Wood e) Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no. (1) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)?...... Yes (2) Committees on District Superintendency (¶669)?...... Yes (3) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)?...... Yes f) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? ...... See Section II of Journal 5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the prescribed formats? (¶606.8)?...... Yes 6. What is the report of the statistician?...... See report, Vol. II, Section XIII of Journal 7. What is the report of the treasurer?...... See reports, Sections VIII and XII of Journal 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? ...... See reports, Vol. I, Sections II.E., VI.A., X.D., and Vol. II, Section XIII of Journal 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? v Schedule of 2019 Minimum Compensation for Clergy Serving Full-Time Appointments Elders and Deacons in Full Connection...... $ 43,260 Provisional/Associate Members...... 38,934 Local Pastors who have completed the Course of Study/M.Div...... 36,230 Local Pastors before completion of Course of Study...... 34,608 10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? ...... $ 2,559,478 11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? The conference invoices each pastoral charge for the actual cost of its pastor’s pension and health benefits, less a portion of the health benefit cost contributed by the pastor. It is expected that invoiced pension benefit costs will total approximately $6,000,000 and invoiced health benefits costs will total approximately $12,000,000, for aggregate benefit costs invoiced to the pastoral charges of $18,000,000 for 2019. b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? (1) For the World Service Fund? ...... $ 3,011,387 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? ...... 1,017,107 (3) For the Black College Fund? ...... 405,715 (4) For the Africa University Fund? ...... 90,797 (5) For the Episcopal Fund? ...... 891,794 (6) For the General Administration Fund? ...... 357,578 (7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? ...... 79,545 12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? ...... See report, Section XII of Journal 13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660): a) Conference lay leader...... Jane Boatwright Wood (See Officers and Leaders, Section I.A. ofJournal ) b) Associate conference lay leaders...... None c) District and associate district lay leaders...... (See District Officers, Section II.E ofJournal ) Appalachian: Kenneth (Kenny) Bumgarner; Blue Ridge: Fred Cantler; Catawba Valley: John Crane; Metro: Jatana Royster; Northern Piedmont: Peggy Johnson; Smoky Mountain: Sue Jones; Uwharrie: Dale McCoy; Yadkin Valley: Tom Bridges 14. List local churches which have been: a) Organized or continued as New Church Starts (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.d, e, or f) GCFA Number Church Name Mailing Address Date Founded APPALACHIAN DISTRICT 288172 Hope Fellowship 190 N Main St, Sparta, NC 28675 07/01/18 BLUE RIDGE DISTRICT 289143 Haywood Street Congregation PO Box 2982, Asheville, NC 28802 07/01/09 METRO DISTRICT 288946 Greater Vision 11901 Eastfield Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 07/01/03 288013 Inclusion Community 291 McKendree Rd, Mooresville, NC 28117 07/01/12 288070 Journey PO Box 811, Kannapolis, NC 28082 06/09/13 288150 New Church Start 5009 Tewkesbury Rd, Charlotte, NC 28269 07/01/18 288126 Reactivate Church PO Box 5622, Charlotte, NC 28299 07/01/15 289132 Sanctuary 11301 Granite St, Charlotte, NC 28273 07/01/07 288137 The Connecting Road PO Box 5622, Charlotte, NC 28299 07/01/17 NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 288148 The Good Neighbor Movement PO Box 4523, Greensboro, NC 27408 07/01/17 162 Western North Carolina Conference GCFA Number Church Name Mailing Address Date Founded YADKIN VALLEY DISTRICT 288081 New Story 1401 Trade Mart Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27127 07/01/13 b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.d, e, or f) GCFA Number Church Name Mailing Address Date Founded METRO DISTRICT 292106 First Hmong Mission 9724 Hood Rd, Charlotte, NC 28215 12/04/94 004851 Opportunity House Mission 72 Corban Ave, Charlotte, NC 28025 07/01/16 291716 South Tryon Community Mission 2516 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28203 07/01/01 NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 289052 Immanuel 1417 Glenwood Ave, Greensboro, NC 27403 07/01/18 295348 Rankin Memorial 314 Barker Ave, High Point, NC 27262 01/01/15 295383 Ward Street Mission 1619 W Ward Ave, High Point, NC 27260 06/11/05 UWHARRIE DISTRICT 301931 Adonai Mission 819 Woodcrest Dr, Asheboro, NC 27203 10/21/01 c) Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, b, d, or e) Parent Church Satellite Congregation Mailing Address APPALACHIAN DISTRICT Boone King Street Church 471 New Market Blvd, Boone, NC 28607 Boone Blackburn’s Chapel Campus 3986 Todd Railroad Grade Rd, Todd, NC 28684 CATAWBA VALLEY DISTRICT Christ (Hickory) Fairgrove Campus 1800 Fairgrove Church Rd SE, Conover, NC 28613 Christ (Hickory) Lincolnton Campus 133 Eagle Nest Rd, Lincolnton, NC 28092 Christ (Hickory) Northside Campus 2350 Springs Rd NE, Hickory, NC 28601 Christ (Hickory) Statesville Campus 2172 Wilkesboro Hwy, Statesville, NC 28625 METRO DISTRICT Good Shepherd Zoar Campus 13611 Zoar Rd, Charlotte, NC 28278 Providence St. John’s Campus 4305 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28205 Weddington Bond’s Grove Campus 8215 Bonds Grove Church Rd, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Weddington Marvin Campus 9914 New Town Rd, Marvin, NC 28173 Weddington Monroe Campus 520 Engleside Rd, Monroe, NC 28110 SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT First (Hayesville) Sweetwater Campus PO Box 85, Hayesville, NC 28904 YADKIN VALLEY DISTRICT New Story Waughtown Outpost 1024 Waughtown St, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 New Story West End Campus 1001 Reynolda Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.e or f) GCFA Number Church Name Mailing Address Date Chartered METRO DISTRICT 288957 All Nations (formerly 1140 Shopton Rd W, Charlotte, NC 28278 08/05/17 Ghana Community Mission) e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547) Name of First Church and Name of Second Church and Name of Merged Church and Date Merged GCFA Number GCFA Number GCFA Number (1) United Methodist with United Methodist NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT Christ (Greensboro) 294834 Glenwood (Greensboro) 294867 Christ (Greensboro) 294834 07/01/18 SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT Cullowhee 302445 Speedwell 301975 Cullowhee 302445 05/06/18 (2) Other mergers (indicate denomination)...... None f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.) GCFA Number or Church Name or Location Date Closed Parent Church Satellite Congregation (1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3)...... None NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 289052 Immanuel Greensboro, NC 07/01/18 discontinued as new start, missioned (2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)...... None METRO DISTRICT 288957 Ghana Community Charlotte, NC 08/05/17 discontinued as mission, chartered NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 296081 Vida Nueva Stoneville, NC 11/01/17 discontinued and declared abandoned (3) Satellite Congregation...... None (4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) APPALACHIAN DISTRICT 300071 Macedonia Harmony, NC 11/10/17 discontinued and declared abandoned 297850 Trinity Lansing, NC 05/31/18 discontinued and declared abandoned BLUE RIDGE DISTRICT 291330 Mountain Valley Barnardsville, NC 05/15/18 discontinued and declared abandoned CATAWBA VALLEY DISTRICT 294093 New Hope Iron Station, NC 06/30/18 discontinued and declared abandoned 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 163 METRO DISTRICT 291705 Cole Memorial Charlotte, NC 06/30/18 discontinued and declared abandoned NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 289688 Staley Staley, NC 06/01/18 discontinued and declared abandoned UWHARRIE DISTRICT 300628 Calvary Asheboro, NC 06/30/18 discontinued and declared abandoned 299186 Tabernacle Albemarle, NC 12/31/17 discontinued and declared abandoned, and legal corporation dissolved g) Relocated and to what address GCFA Number Church Name Mailing Address Physical Location Date Relocated METRO DISTRICT 288957 Ghana Community / 1140 Shopton Rd W, 1140 Shopton Rd W, 08/05/17 All Nations Charlotte, NC 28278 Charlotte, NC 28278 h) Changed name of church? (Example: “First” to “Trinity”) GCFA Number Former Name New Name Address METRO DISTRICT 288957 Ghana Community All Nations (Chartered) 1140 Shopton Rd W, Charlotte, NC 28278 Mission 291922 Mouzon Selwyn 3100 Selwyn Ave, Charlotte, NC 28209 291795 Sharon SouthPark PO Box 470943, Charlotte, NC 28247 NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 288148 New Church Start The Good Neighbor PO Box 4523, Greensboro, NC 27408 (Greensboro) Movement 296057 Summerfield Summerfield Peace 2334 Scalesville Rd, Summerfield, NC 27358 i) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)? GCFA Number Name Membership Sending Conference ...... None j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206) Parish Name / Charge Name Church Name GCFA Number APPALACHIAN DISTRICT First (Jonesville) - Wesley’s Chapel (Elkin) - Piney Grove (Ronda) Cooperative Parish (eff. 7/1/2018) 303427 First (Jonesville) - Wesley’s Chapel (Elkin) - Piney Grove (Ronda) First (Jonesville) Cooperative Parish 968340 First (Jonesville) - Wesley’s Chapel (Elkin) - Piney Grove (Ronda) Wesley’s Chapel (Elkin) Cooperative Parish 968101 First (Jonesville) - Wesley’s Chapel (Elkin) - Piney Grove (Ronda) Piney Grove (Ronda) Cooperative Parish Foothills Cooperative Parish (eff. 7/1/2015) 299541 Foothills Cooperative Parish (Colliers, Gamewell, Whitnel) Colliers (Lenoir) 299665 Foothills Cooperative Parish (Colliers, Gamewell, Whitnel) Gamewell (Lenoir) 300388 Foothills Cooperative Parish (Colliers, Gamewell, Whitnel) Whitnel (Lenoir) BLUE RIDGE DISTRICT Transylvania Cooperative Parish (eff. 7/1/2018) 290778 Transylvania Cooperative Parish (English Chapel, First [Brevard], English Chapel (Pisgah Forest) Rosman, Selica) 290621 Transylvania Cooperative Parish (English Chapel, First [Brevard], First (Brevard) Rosman, Selica) 290654 Transylvania Cooperative Parish (English Chapel, First [Brevard], Rosman (Rosman) Rosman, Selica) 290676 Transylvania Cooperative Parish (English Chapel, First [Brevard], Selica (Brevard) Rosman, Selica) SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT Haywood Parish (eff. 7/1/2013) 302605 Haywood Parish: Faith Faith (Waynesville) 303041 Haywood Parish: Francis Cove - Beaverdam Beaverdam (Canton) 302616 Haywood Parish: Francis Cove - Beaverdam Francis Cove (Waynesville) 302478 Haywood Parish: Maple Grove - Elizabeth Chapel Elizabeth Chapel (Waynesville) 302241 Haywood Parish: Maple Grove - Elizabeth Chapel Maple Grove (Waynesville) k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? ...... None 15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) District GCFA Number Name Other Denomination(s) a) Federated church...... None b) Union Church BLUE RIDGE 291374 Pleasant Grove (Weaverville) Baptist, Presbyterian YADKIN VALLEY 303850 Danbury Community Chapel Presbyterian c) Merged Church...... None d) Yoked Parish...... None 164 Western North Carolina Conference 16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? Effective Date New Charge Name Churches in Charge GCFA Old Charge Name APPALACHIAN DISTRICT 11/10/17 Olin (becomes station) Olin (Olin) 300060 Macedonia (Harmony) - Olin (Olin) 06/01/18 Helton (becomes station) Helton (Lansing) 287564 Helton (Lansing) - Trinity (Lansing) 07/01/18 Charity (becomes station) Charity (Elkin) 288263 Maple Springs (Ronda) - Charity (Elkin) 07/01/18 Ebenezer (Elkin) - Maple Springs (Ronda) Ebenezer (Elkin) 303677 First (Jonesville) - Ebenezer (Elkin) 07/01/18 Ebenezer (Elkin) - Maple Springs (Ronda) Maple Springs (Ronda) 297507 Maple Springs (Ronda) - Charity (Elkin) 07/01/18 First (Jonesville) - Wesley's Chapel - Piney Grove First (Jonesville) 303427 Cooperative Parish First (Jonesville) - Ebenezer (Elkin) 07/01/18 First (Jonesville) - Wesley's Chapel - Piney Grove Piney Grove (Ronda) 968101 Cooperative Parish Elkin - Jonesville Charge 07/01/18 First (Jonesville) - Wesley's Chapel - Piney Grove Wesley's Chapel (Elkin) 968340 Cooperative Parish Elkin - Jonesville Charge BLUE RIDGE DISTRICT 10/15/2017 Hope (East Flat Rock) - Edneyville Edneyville (Hendersonville) 290780 Edneyville (Hendersonville) 10/15/2017 Hope (East Flat Rock) - Edneyville Hope (East Flat Rock) 290745 Hope (East Flat Rock) 5/15/2018 Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Pleasant Gap) Barnardsville 291328 Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Mountain Valley, Pleasant Gap) 5/15/2018 Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Pleasant Gap) Pleasant Gap (Weaverville) 291341 Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Mountain Valley, Pleasant Gap) 7/1/2018 Balfour (becomes station) Balfour 290528 Balfour - Moore's Grove 7/1/2018 Bethel (becomes station, moves from CV) Bethel (Dysartsville) 296310 Bethel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial 7/1/2018 Moore's Grove (becomes station) Moore's Grove 290530 Balfour - Moore's Grove 7/1/2018 Transylvania Cooperative Parish English Chapel (Pisgah Forest) 290778 English Chapel (Pisgah Forest) 7/1/2018 Transylvania Cooperative Parish First (Brevard) 290621 First (Brevard) 7/1/2018 Transylvania Cooperative Parish Rosman 290654 Rosman - Selica 7/1/2018 Transylvania Cooperative Parish Selica 290676 Rosman - Selica CATAWBA VALLEY DISTRICT 7/1/2018 Bethel (becomes station, moves to BR) Bethel (Dysartsville) 296310 Bethel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial 7/1/2018 Bollinger's Chapel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial Bollinger's Chapel (Valdese) 296434 Bollinger's Chapel - Warlick's Chapel 7/1/2018 Bollinger's Chapel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial Mount Pleasant (Morganton) 296877 Bethel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial 7/1/2018 Bollinger's Chapel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial Zion Memorial (Morganton) 296822 Bethel - Mt. Pleasant - Zion Memorial 7/1/2018 Lake Norman Network of Churches Ebenezer (Denver) 968008 Ebenezer (Denver) 7/1/2018 Lake Norman Network of Churches Mott's Grove (Sherrills Ford) 967664 Mott's Grove (Sherrills Ford) 7/1/2018 Lake Norman Network of Churches Tucker's Grove (Iron Station) 967937 Tucker's Grove (Iron Station) 7/1/2018 Warlick's Chapel (becomes station) Warlick's Chapel 296673 Bollinger's Chapel - Warlick's Chapel METRO DISTRICT 3/1/2018 Matthews (becomes station) Matthews (Matthews) 292345 Matthews - Wesley 3/1/2018 Wesley (becomes station) Wesley (Charlotte) 291671 Matthews - Wesley 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 165
7/1/2018 All Nations (becomes station) All Nations (Charlotte) 288957 All Nations - Hunter's Chapel 7/1/2018 Hunter's Chapel - Morrows Chapel Hunter's Chapel (Cornelius) 967813 All Nations - Hunter's Chapel 7/1/2018 Hunter's Chapel - Morrows Chapel Morrows Chapel (Mooresville) 968043 Morrows Chapel (Mooresville) NORTHERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT 4/1/2018 Mount Lebanon (Randleman) - Level Cross (Randleman) Level Cross (Randleman) 301714 Level Cross (Randleman) 4/1/2018 Mount Lebanon (Randleman) - Level Cross (Randleman) Mount Lebanon (Randleman) 301508 Mount Lebanon (Randleman) 6/1/2018 Bethany (becomes station) Bethany (Liberty) 289644 Bethany (Liberty) - Staley (Staley) 7/1/2018 Christ (Greensboro) - St. Timothy's - Immanuel Christ (Greensboro) 294834 Christ (Greensboro) - St. Timothy's (Jamestown) 7/1/2018 Christ (Greensboro) - St. Timothy's - Immanuel Immanuel (Greensboro) 289052 Glenwood (Greensboro) - Immanuel (Greensboro) 7/1/2018 Christ (Greensboro) - St. Timothy's - Immanuel St. Timothy's (Jamestown) 295337 Christ (Greensboro) - St. Timothy's (Jamestown) 7/1/2018 First (Liberty) - Bethany (Liberty) Bethany (Liberty) 289644 Bethany (Liberty) 7/1/2018 First (Liberty) - Bethany (Liberty) First (Liberty) 301326 First (Liberty) 7/1/2018 Flat Rock (Stokesdale) - Rankin Memorial (High Point) Flat Rock (Stokesdale) 294641 Flat Rock (Stokesdale) 7/1/2018 Flat Rock (Stokesdale) - Rankin Memorial (High Point) Rankin Memorial (High Point) 295348 Rankin Memorial (High Point) - Ward Street Mission 7/1/2018 Julian (becomes station) Julian (Julian) 295463 Bethel (Climax) - Julian 7/1/2018 New Goshen (Greensboro) - Union Memorial (Greensboro) New Goshen (Greensboro) 966955 New Goshen (Greensboro) 7/1/2018 New Goshen (Greensboro) - Union Memorial (Greensboro) Union Memorial (Greensboro) 966897 Union Memorial (Greensboro) 7/1/2018 Shiloh (Liberty) - Bethel (Climax) Bethel (Climax) 300481 Bethel (Climax) - Julian 7/1/2018 Shiloh (Liberty) - Bethel (Climax) Shiloh (Liberty) 301805 Shiloh (Liberty) 7/1/2018 Wesley Memorial (High Point) - Ward Street Mission Ward Street (High Point) 295383 Rankin Memorial (High Point) - Ward Street Mission 7/1/2018 Wesley Memorial (High Point) - Ward Street Mission Wesley Memorial (High Point) 295428 Wesley Memorial (High Point) SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT 5/6/2018 Cullowhee (becomes station through merger) Cullowhee 302445 Cullowhee - Speedwell 7/1/2018 Crabtree - Fines Creek Crabtree 302423 Crabtree 7/1/2018 Crabtree - Fines Creek Fines Creek (Clyde) 302480 Fine's Creek (Clyde) 7/1/2018 Peachtree (becomes station) Peachtree (Maggie Valley) 302981 Peachtree (Maggie Valley) - Piney Grove 7/1/2018 Shady Grove - Piney Grove Piney Grove (Waynesville) 303085 Peachtree (Maggie Valley) - Piney Grove 7/1/2018 Shady Grove - Piney Grove Shady Grove (Waynesville) 302800 Shady Grove (Waynesville) UWHARRIE DISTRICT 1/1/2018 Friendship (becomes station) Friendship (Albemarle) 298488 Tabernacle - Friendship (Albemarle) 7/1/2018 Brower’s Chapel - New Hope Brower’s Chapel (Asheboro) 300470 Brower’s Chapel - Calvary (Asheboro) 7/1/2018 Brower’s Chapel - New Hope New Hope (Asheboro) 301840 New Hope (Asheboro) 7/1/2018 First (Wadesboro) - Anson Circuit Bethel (Wadesboro) 291545 Bethel - Long Pine - Morven - New Hope 7/1/2018 First (Wadesboro) - Anson Circuit First (Wadesboro) 292766 First Wadesboro (Wadesboro) 7/1/2018 First (Wadesboro) - Anson Circuit Long Pine (Wadesboro) 291831 Bethel - Long Pine - Morven - New Hope 166 Western North Carolina Conference
Effective Date New Charge Name Churches in Charge GCFA Old Charge Name 7/1/2018 First (Wadesboro) - Anson Circuit Morven (Morven) 292460 Bethel - Long Pine - Morven - New Hope 7/1/2018 First (Wadesboro) - Anson Circuit New Hope (Wadesboro) 292527 Bethel - Long Pine - Morven - New Hope 7/1/2018 Gold Hill (becomes station) Gold Hill 298502 Gold Hill - Zion 7/1/2018 Pine Grove - Friendship Friendship (Albemarle) 298488 Friendship (Albemarle) 7/1/2018 Pine Grove - Friendship Pine Grove (Albemarle) 298171 Pine Grove (Albemarle) 7/1/2018 Prospect - Mount Carmel Mount Carmel (Monroe) 292276 Mount Carmel (Monroe) 7/1/2018 Prospect - Mount Carmel Prospect (Monroe) 292642 Prospect (Monroe) 7/1/2018 Zion (becomes station) Zion (Gold Hill) 298615 Gold Hill - Zion 7/1/2018 Bethel - Cooleemee - Woodleaf Woodleaf 299244 Woodleaf (moves from UW [station] to YV) YADKIN VALLEY DISTRICT 7/1/2018 Bethel - Cooleemee - Woodleaf Bethel (Mocksville) 301471 Bethel - Cooleemee 7/1/2018 Bethel - Cooleemee - Woodleaf Cooleemee (Mocksville) 300880 Bethel - Cooleemee 7/1/2018 Bethel - Cooleemee - Woodleaf Woodleaf 299244 Woodleaf (moves from UW [station] to YV) 7/1/2018 Elbaville - Bailey's Chapel Bailey's Chapel (Advance) 300594 Bailey's Chapel 7/1/2018 Elbaville - Bailey's Chapel Elbaville 300617 Elbaville 7/1/2018 Rockford Street - Mallalieu-Jones Mallalieu-Jones (Mount Airy) 968180 Mallalieu-Jones 7/1/2018 Rockford Street - Mallalieu-Jones Rockford Street (Mount Airy) 303622 Rockford Street PART II. PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.) 17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4, 605.7)? The character and conference relations of all clergy members have been reviewed by the Cabinet and Board of Ordained Ministry, and those clergy found to be in good standing are approved for annual appointment. Any clergy whose character or conference rela- tions are in question are being reviewed by appropriate bodies as defined by theDiscipline . 18. Who constitute: a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Randy Harry, Saxon Scarborough, Carol Williams-Gilbert; Alternates: Kirk Hatherly, Clyde Penry b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)? Matthew Burton, Dennis Carroll, Lory Beth Huff- man, Lonnie Pittman, Lori Wilson c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703) Clergy: Morris Brown, Donnell FitzJefferies, Naomi King, Charlotte Brendel; Laity: Jesse Caldwell, Torry Pinter, Ann Ballard; Clergy Alternates: Gary Royals, Paul Milton, Patricia Pegram; Laity Alternates: Margaret Cox, Ray McKesson, Sally Kirby Turner; Diaconal Ministers: Mark Christy, Michael Dougherty, Sandra McGarrah. 19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) (NOTE: Everyone who wants to become an LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? District Name Certification Date NP Keith W. Bradley...... 12/19/17 YV Rebecca A. Allis ...... 11/10/11 ME Bailey D. Brislin ...... 04/03/17 ME Roxane K. Almond ...... 12/17/03 AP Robert D. Brooks...... 05/01/02 ME Mary C. Asbury ...... 04/06/16 NP Alease Brown ...... 12/16/15 ME Steven M. Ashby ...... 04/06/16 NP Anna N. Bundy ...... 04/04/17 BR Maria T. Askea...... 04/10/18 CV Timothy J. Byrd ...... 12/15/14 ME Ian P. Bailey ...... 04/06/16 UW Tangela M. Cameron ...... 12/05/11 YV Joel N. Bartz...... 12/18/17 SM Carrie A. Carpenter...... 12/19/17 SM Andrew D. Baten ...... 12/19/16 UW Bobby J. Chaney...... 04/06/16 UW Coy D. Blackman...... 02/01/14 SM Michelle Chastain...... 12/19/17 NP Katherine E. Blaylock ...... 12/20/16 ME Sharnetta Clark-Gordon...... 12/18/17 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 167 District Name Certification Date UW Meredith M. V. Menius...... 04/10/18 ME W. Jay Cobb Jr...... 04/08/14 CV Logan D. Miller...... 04/09/18 CV Susan M. Cronk...... 06/30/18 BR Bryan J. Mitchell ...... 04/07/16 YV Rodney L. Davis...... 12/18/17 SM John L. Mitchell, III...... 04/11/18 SM David W. DeWitt...... 12/19/17 UW Andrea C. Mohammad ...... 12/20/16 ME Blamo L. Dueh ...... 04/09/13 BR Kelli B. Mullinix...... 12/19/17 UW Aaron T. Duncan...... 02/01/13 AP Keith A. Nichols, from Kentucky Conf...... 04/09/18 ME Zachary B. Erwin ...... 12/15/15 BR Patrick J. Neitzey, from Texas Conf...... 04/10/18 ME Samuel L. Ferreira...... 01/29/18 YV Drew T. Nix ...... 04/04/17 AP Stephen L. Fitch ...... 04/05/16 BR Ann H. Owens...... 12/14/15 NP Caroline R. Franks...... 12/19/17 BR Thomas H. Owens, from Rocky Mountain Conf. YV Charles J. Fried...... 12/18/17 ...... 04/10/18 ME Mackenzie H. Gary...... 12/18/17 BR Ashley E. Passmore...... 12/19/17 AP Benjamin M. Gatton...... 04/09/18 CV Dana H. Pate...... 02/18/17 ME Jared Ginsburg ...... 12/19/16 ME Brandon C. Powell...... 04/07/14 ME N. Evelyn Gomez-Perez ...... 04/03/17 YV T. Wayne Purdy...... 04/09/18 YV Natalie G. Gray...... 12/18/17 YV Cindy L. Ramirez...... 04/06/18 YV Stacy J. Guinto-Salinas ...... 12/16/14 NP E. Michael Raynor...... 12/16/15 NP Bridgett G. Hall ...... 04/05/16 YV Emily L. Rivers ...... 04/04/17 NP Quinten M. Hall-Lochmann Van Bennekom...... 04/07/15 ME Abigail Thomas Robertson ...... 04/08/13 ME Christopher R. Hampton...... 04/09/18 ME Linell Robinson Jr...... 12/19/16 NP Celeste A. Handy...... 04/07/15 YV Camille Z. Roddy ...... 04/07/15 YV Kara E. Harvey ...... 04/07/16 ME Hunter H. Ross ...... 04/08/14 YV Tyler G. Hege...... 12/17/13 ME Courtney Sanford ...... 12/19/16 NP Andrew T. Hellams...... 04/14/11 ME J. Bailey Sanford ...... 04/03/17 YV Michele B. Hill...... 04/09/18 CV A. Jo Schonewolf...... 12/18/17 AP Emily G. Hincher ...... 04/05/16 ME Katherine E. Sherrill ...... 12/19/16 AP Claire N. Holland...... 12/09/17 ME Allison E. Shutt...... 12/18/17 YV Lisa A. Huffman ...... 04/07/15 NP Stephen M. Sifford...... 04/03/18 ME Chad R. Irons...... 12/18/17 YV David B. Singletary...... 12/18/17 ME Daniel B. Jackson...... 04/09/18 CV W. Blake Smarr ...... 04/05/16 YV Kevin H. Jasper...... 12/18/17 SM Jason E. B. Smith...... 12/19/17 UW L. Dawn Jenkins ...... 12/20/16 YV Kimberly S. Smith...... 04/09/18 NP Cody W. Johnsen ...... 04/04/17 CV W. Van Spencer...... 04/09/18 NP Matthew T. Johnson ...... 04/05/16 ME Hanna N. Stamey...... 04/09/18 CV Saundra G. Johnson, from North Carolina Conf ME Jessica L. Stevens...... 04/09/18 ...... 01/29/18 BR Shonnie L. Streder ...... 02/02/17 ME Fomba Karva ...... 04/08/14 AP Rachel M. Styers...... 12/19/17 NP Amanda L. Kidd ...... 12/20/16 ME David P. Taylor ...... 04/03/17 ME Emily D. Kroeger...... 01/24/08 ME Jesse L. Teal, from Western Ohio Conf...... 01/29/18 YV Jayne L. Koeslin Radionov...... 04/10/14 AP Veronica L. Timbers ...... 12/18/13 AP Collette P. Krontz...... 04/05/15 BR Deborah S. Toney...... 12/20/17 ME Thomasina S. Lackey ...... 12/17/13 ME Jose O. Torres ...... 04/03/17 UW Amy D. Lambert ...... 04/10/17 UW Michael K. Turner ...... 12/19/13 SM J. Patrick Ledford...... 04/11/18 CV Charmaigne Van Rooyen ...... 12/17/13 ME Janice S. Lopez-Hardin...... 04/09/18 ME Jonah C. P. Vang ...... 12/18/17 AP Dustin M. Mailman ...... 04/05/16 AP Phyllis B. VanHoy ...... 04/05/16 SM James A. Marsh...... 12/19/17 ME Natalie C. Whitley ...... 05/09/11 YV Roxanne M. Marterre...... 12/17/13 CV Nicola W. Withers ...... 12/14/15 NP Mary M. Martin ...... 04/08/14 CV Kathy H. Wood ...... 04/05/16 ME Kelly E. McRell...... 12/18/17 NP Patricia M. Wright ...... 12/18/13 b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.) Name Date Transferred Receiving Conference Elizabeth M. Montgomery 04/03/18 North Carolina Joshua A. Tester 12/19/17 North Carolina K. Abigail Carter Stanton 02/01/18 North Carolina c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry? Name Date Discontinued Action District Michael Fred Austin 04/09/18 at his request CV Ashley Lyn Boaeuf 04/11/18 by dCOM action SM Kacey Kristina Mull Bradley 05/22/18 by dCOM action AP George Marcell Coates 06/30/17 by dCOM action CV Donna Reeves Dalton 04/09/18 at her request AP Sherry June Frerichs 04/09/18 by dCOM action ME Christopher Tyler Grimmett 04/09/17 by dCOM action YV Donald Lee Handlang 07/01/13 at his request ME Rachel Elizabeth Hanna 04/10/18 at her request BR Douglas Scott Harr 12/31/17 at his request ME Tou-Chao Her 04/09/18 by dCOM action ME 168 Western North Carolina Conference
Name Date Discontinued Action District Tiffany Brooke Jones 04/10/18 at her request BR Robert Kropiwnicki 04/09/18 by dCOM action CV Randy Gerald Lankford 04/08/18 at his request AP Dishawn Tyneil Muldrow 10/03/17 at his request ME Vincent Paul Murphy 11/07/17 at his request NP Christy Lee Oxendine 04/03/18 at her request NP Robert Charles Ritchie 04/09/18 at his request AP David Wyatt Schnitzer 04/10/18 at his request BR Brennan Conrad Sink 04/09/18 at his request YV Jackie Lea Short 04/09/18 at her request CV Megan Lindsey Snider 09/09/17 at her request YV Kimberly Lee Stone 12/18/17 at her request CV Horace Wellington Walker 05/23/18 at his request ME (Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, They are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they are ap- pointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (¶318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part-time capacity.) 20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed? (3/4v) (¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.) Name Year Licensed District Aaron Thomas Duncan 2015 UW 21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? (3/4 v) PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Name (Full-Time Local Pastors) Year Licensed Years Completed with Course of Study Kenneth Richard Anderson* 2002 COS graduate 2008 Alexis Wendell Anthony* 1996 COS graduate 2002 Rocio del Carmen Avila-Ramirez 2016 Attending Wesley for BGTS Edgar Lee Armfield* 1995 COS graduate 2003 Joel Keith Auman* 2001 COS graduate 2006 (medical leave) Joshua Hackney Barnes* 2013 M.Div Duke Divinity School Teresa Ramsey Blanton* 2007 COS graduate 2011 David LaRay Bradley* 2011 M.Div. Erskine Theological Seminary Jackie Carroll Bridges, Jr.* 1996 COS graduate 2009 Peter Lawrence Brown* 2017 M.Div Drew 2014 Thaddeus Dana Brown 2012 Attending Hood Theological Seminary Jody Boone Campbell* 2009 COS graduate 2011 Christopher Shawn Campbell 2003 Completed 18 COS courses Edward Kern Carter* 2000 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Stanley Lamar Champion 2001 Local license studies 2001 (medical leave) Mark Wayne Clark* 2004 COS graduate 2013 Jesse James Clubb, Jr.* 1999 COS graduate 2011 Garrett Joseph Collins* 2017 M.Div. Duke Divinity School Gregory Keith Collins 2007 Completed 16 COS courses Vernon Gresham Collins 2011 Attending United Theological Seminary Charles Hicks Curtis* 2012 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Marcus Lawrence Dodson* 2007 M.Div. Southeastern Baptist Seminary Lee Arnold Eggers* 2004 COS graduate 2009 Gary Lyon Elrod* 2003 COS graduate 2009 Brian Adams Elwell* 2017 M.Div. Duke Divinity School Timothy Edward Fitzgerald* 2004 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Jennifer Lee Forrester 2015 Completed 12 COS courses Gary Ray Fulker* 2002 M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary Charles Joseph Fried 2018 Local license studies 2018 Benjamin Michael Gatton 2018 Local license studies 2018 David Lynn Green 2014 Completed 4 COS courses James Irvin Groome* 2010 COS graduate 2016 Maegan Daigle Habich 2018 Attending Wesley Theological Seminary Gaetona Danielle Hammett* 2001 COS graduate 2015 Samuel Todd Harris* 2017 M.Div. Duke Divinity School Michael Bryan Harrill, Jr.* 2000 COS graduate 2009 James Thomas Hart II 2014 Attending Hood Theological Seminary Ronald Eugene Hartman* 2004 COS graduate 2011 Mary Tucker Hatley* 2004 COS graduate 2010 Glenda Deneen Hayner 2009 Completed 16 COS courses James Eric Hill 2015 Completed 8 COS courses Jacob George “Tripp” Hord III 2016 Attending Union Theological Seminary Joseph Thomas Hout 2017 Local license studies 2017 John Franklin Howard, Jr.* 2016 M.Div. Duke Divinity School Jeffrey Robert Insley* 2017 BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 169 Kevin Harlow Jasper 2018 Local license studies 2018 Saundra Gayle Johnson 2018 Local license studies 2018 James Calvin King* 1996 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Joseph Patrick Ledford 2018 Local license studies 2018 Timothy Alan Lee 2015 Completed 8 COS courses Michael Scott Lee* 2007 M.Div. equivalent Eric Wayne Lineberry* 2010 COS graduate 2015 Joel Garth Locklear* 1996 M. Div. Claremont School of Theology Patrick Anthony Marion* 2005 COS graduate 2010 Wayne Allen Marsh, Jr.* 2004 COS graduate 2010 (medical leave) James Russell Mathews* 2016 M.Div. Union Theological Seminary Richard Allen Magnuson* 2010 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Ray Shawn McKinnon 2018 Local license studies 2018 Luke Arthur Mitchell 2014 Completed 15 COS courses Rickey Dale Mitchell* 2001 COS graduate 2006 Emmanuel Shanka Morris* 2001 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Sue Anne Barrett Morris* 2004 COS graduate 2009 Cynthia Worley Nanney* 2014 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Patrick Jonathan Neitzey 2018 Local license studies 2018 Keith Alan Nichols* 2018 COS graduate 2011 Matthew Alan Nichols* 2016 M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary Melanie Tracy Brown Nichols* 2018 M.Div Asbury Theological Seminary Roldan de Jesus Flores Norona* 2012 COS graduate 2016 Peter Andreas Overcash* 2005 M.Div Duke Divinity School 2005 Thomas Henderson Owens* 2018 M.Div Iliff Seminary James Edward Padgett* 2016 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Juan Julio Paredes 2017 Local license studies 2017 Dana Hope Pate 2018 Local license studies 2018 Timothy Gregg Plott* 2016 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary James Oakley Prichard, Jr.* 2001 COS graduate 2006 Cassandra Renee Rawls 2017 Attending Union Theological Seminary Robert William Richardson 2016 Completed 18 COS courses Richard Stephen Routh 2016 Local license studies 2016 Selena Levens Scott* 2012 COS graduate 2014 David Bryant Singletary 2018 Local license studies 2018 Paul Arthur Sears* 2008 M.Div. Iliff School of Theology (medical leave) Keith McClelland Sherrill 2016 Completed 2 COS courses Mark Alexander Smith 2008 Completed 18 COS courses Mark Richard Smith* 2018 M.Div. Duke Divinity School (honorable location) William Van Spencer 2018 Local license studies 2018 Cynthia Johnson Spicer* 2013 M.Div. Duke Divinity School Jacquelyn Sue Hovis Taylor* 2006 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Jesse Lee Teal 2018 Local license studies 2018 Donald Ray Thomas, Jr.* 2011 COS graduate 2014 Bradley Allen Thompson * 2008 COS graduate 2010 Stephanie Dunham Thompson* 2017 COS graduate 2012 Bradley Dean Treece* 2016 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Davi Lou Trotti* 2016 BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary Mary Catherine Haynes Turman* 2005 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Jeane Sumpter Walker* 2005 M.Div. Duke Divinity School (medical leave) Margaret Russell Wannemacher* 2006 COS graduate 2011 b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) Name Year Licensed Years Completed with Course of Study Fraction to be served Benjamin Boateng Adarkwah 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Candido Albino* 2001 COS graduate 2016 1/4 Dennis Allen Ammons 2014 Completed 6 COS courses 1/2 Maria Teresa Askea 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Kimberly Brittain Baker 2016 Completed 1 COS course 1/2 Joe Edward Barbee* 2016 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/4 Joel Nicholas Bartz 2018 Attending Duke Divinity School 1/2 Clark Gary Boyd 2014 Local license studies 2014 1/2 Glenda McShane Bramlet * 1999 COS graduate 2004 3/4 Brian Dale Braunschweiger* 2015 M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary 3/4 Robert Howard Briggs* 2008 COS graduate 2014 1/4 Marsha Sue Bristow* 2011 M.Div. Union Theological Seminary 1/4 Claude William Brooks 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Dennis Odell Burleson* 2006 COS graduate 2012 1/2 Erin Elizabeth Burleson 2017 Completed 13 COS courses 1/2 Robert Dale Burr Sr. 2003 Completed 11 COS courses 1/2 Larry Rodney Burton 2013 Completed 15 COS courses 1/2 Donna Lynn Butler 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Timothy James Byrd 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Dennis Wayne Cameron* 1986 COS graduate 1998 1/2 Elizabeth Lynn Chaney 2016 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 Michelle Chastain 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 170 Western North Carolina Conference
Name Year Licensed Years Completed with Course of Study Fraction to be served Robert Montgomery Clark 2015 Local license studies 2015 1/2 Derek Coburn Cline* 2013 COS graduate 2015 1/2 Rick Lane Cobb 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Deborah Via Connelly 2014 Completed 3 COS courses 1/4 Ronnie Davis Cooper* 2003 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 David Leslie Crunkleton* 1996 COS graduate 2011 1/2 George Michael Davis* 2004 COS graduate 2015 1/2 Scott Kevin Davis 2013 Completed 5 COS courses 1/2 Rodney Lyndon Davis 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Deborah Demorest* 2005 M.Div. Erskine Seminary 1/4 David Wayne DeWitt 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Carolyn Susan Donahue-Sears* 2011 COS graduate 2013 1/4 Darryl Eugene Donnell, Jr. 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Ronnie Eugene Dry 2013 Completed 2 COS courses 1/2 Wesley Turner Durrell 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Edward Leonard Evans Jr. 2011 Attending Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Sarah Pierce Fisher 2017 Completed 4 COS courses 3/4 Amy White Forga 2014 Completed 1 COS course 1/2 Caroline Raines Franks 2018 License local studies 2018 1/2 George Hobart Friddle Jr.* 2005 COS graduate 2012 1/2 Cynthia Howard Furr 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Dennis Lee Gray 2014 Completed 7 COS courses 1/2 Jolynn Bullard Halstead 2016 Completed 7 COS courses 1/2 Alanda Ballard Harris* 2002 COS graduate 2007 1/2 David Bruce Hatley* 2001 COS graduate 2015 1/4 Theodore Adams Henry* 2012 COS graduate 2017 1/2 Betty Lee Hagaman Henson* 2001 COS graduate 2005 1/2 Darren Howard Martin Hickerson* 2017 M.Div. Hood Theological School 1/4 Michele Brown Hill 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Ronald Burrell Hinson 2015 Attending Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Jodi Lee Hopkins* 2016 M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary 1/2 Judith Fitzgerald Hunt* 2006 M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Seminary 1/2 Thomas Edison Ingalls 2015 Local license studies 2015 1/2 Chad Robert Irons 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Dustin Drew James* 2009 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Cody William Johnsen 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Alycia Ruth Johnson 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Robin Brent Johnson* 2017 M.Div. Candler School of Theology (Emory) 3/4 Thomas Herman Jones* 2006 COS graduate 2017 1/2 Trent Lee Jones 2014 Local license studies 2014 1/2 Barbara Lynn Gammons Jordan 2011 Completed 10 COS courses 1/4 Marsha Calleen Eades Joyner* 2000 COS graduate 2011 1/2 James Daniel Keen 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Marjory Kay Wilson Kiess* 2003 M.Div. Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 1/2 Raymond Brian Kiess* 2003 M.Div. Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 1/4 Robert Lee Kimrey III 2014 Local license studies 2014 1/2 Steven Boyd Kurt 2015 Attending Union Theological Seminary 1/4 Kevin Douglas Kurtz 2017 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 Eric Earl Lanier Jr.* 2007 M.Div. Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 1/4 Keith Randall Lawson 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Louise Davidson Learson* 2012 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Sherise Porter Lindsay 2013 Local license studies 2013 1/4 David Wayne Lowe 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Warren Jack Lunsford 2015 Completed 12 COS courses 1/2 James Austin Marsh 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Jeffrey Lawrence Martin* 2003 M.Div. Duke Divinity School 1/2 Beverly May Maulden 2016 Completed 2 COS courses 1/2 Kyle Dean McCain, Sr. 2011 Completed 10 COS courses 1/2 John Timothy McConnell* 2001 COS graduate 2009 1/2 Alexander McCorkle* 2006 COS graduate 2016 1/4 George Richard McCranie 2016 Local license studies 2016 1/2 James Stanley McCrary* 1999 COS graduate 2004 1/4 Noah Woodrow McGee III 2013 Attending Asbury Theological Seminary 1/2 Mark Erle McRacken 2015 Local license studies 2015 1/4 Brandon Kewan Miles 2016 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 John Lewis Mitchell III 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Joe Daniel Moore 2012 Completed 11 COS courses 1/4 Linda Dale Moore 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Lisa Diana Moore 2008 Attending Hood Theological Seminary 1/4 Samuel Arsaveus Moore 2015 Attending Duke Divinity School 1/4 Jamie Brian Mosteller 2015 Attending Asbury Theological Seminary 3/4 Willie Elmer Murray 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Santosh Niroula 2017 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 Dori Vivien Noble 2015 Local license studies 2015 1/4 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 171 Marcia Lynette Oliver* 2014 M.Div. Shaw University 1/4 Jennifer Read Orr* 2017 BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary 1/2 Evelyn Barton Owen-Patterson 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/2 Tony Glenn Owens* 2006 COS graduate 2012 1/2 Harold Morse Parks 2014 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 Wayne Bloodworth Parleir* 1987 COS graduate 1999 1/4 Felix Perez-Alvarez 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Sybil Jo Perrell 2014 Completed 14 COS courses 1/2 Virginia Frances Byrd Peurifoy* 2003 COS graduate 2012 3/4 Michael Ernest Phipps 2013 Completed 4 COS courses 1/2 Gaylen Arlis Presley 2009 Completed 8 COS courses 1/4 Presley Alan Pruitt 2017 Local license studies 2017 1/4 Sharon Eaken Quate* 2009 M.Div. Wesley 1/4 Mark Edward Reavill* 2007 COS graduate 2015 1/2 Jerry Thomas Rogers 2014 Completed 3 COS courses 1/4 Michael Arthur Scott, Jr. 2015 Completed 1 COS course 1/4 Baxter Boone Slaughter III 2016 Local license studies 2016 1/2 Jason Earl Berryman Smith 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Gary Timothy Sowell 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Ellen Lajune Spruill* 2008 BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary 1/4 Margaret Darlene Stokes 2015 Completed 6 COS courses 1/4 Paul Ezra Strahan* 2012 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Dorothy Lynn Lankford Sullivan* 2003 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/4 Robert Lawrence Summers 2016 Local license studies 2016 1/4 Eric Kin-Son Tang 2015 Attending Union Theological Seminary 1/2 Philip Joseph Tate 2013 Completed 12 COS courses 1/2 Willard Preston Thomas III 1991 Completed 13 COS courses 1/2 David Alan Thompson Jr. 2008 Completed 12 COS courses 1/2 Tina Denise Overcash Thompson 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Deborah Spratt Toney 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/4 Elaine McNeill Treece* 2010 M.Div. Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 1/2 Jimmy Coleman Truell 2013 Completed 6 COS courses 1/2 Debra Snyder Turner 2015 Completed 4 COS courses 1/4 Jonah C.P. Vang 2018 Local license studies 2018 1/2 Raymundo Villanueva* 2003 COS graduate 2017 1/2 Nathan Scott Webb 2016 Local license studies 2016 1/2 Susan Suarez Webster 2011 Completed 18 COS courses 1/2 Ashley Sinclair White 2013 Completed 7 COS courses 1/2 Kelly Allison Whitener 2016 Completed 2 COS course 1/4 Robert Wayne Whittaker 2011 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 Victor Anthony Williams 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/2 Vickie McFalls Wilson 2009 Completed 4 COS courses 1/2 Charles Alexander Young* 2004 COS graduate 2017 1/2 Charles Samuel Young III* 1998 COS graduate 2010 1/2 Jonathan Shane Young* 2005 M. Div. Asbury Theological Seminary 1/2 Reginald Ricardo Yourse* 2015 M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary 1/2 172 Western North Carolina Conference c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3,4)? Name Year Licensed Seminary Home Conference Steven Greg Bergkamp 2018 Duke Florida Conference Christopher Allen West 2016 Duke Holston Conference d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors in another annual con- ference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name Serving Conference Ian Pierce Bailey Serving in North Carolina Conference Matthew Todd Johnson Serving in North Georgia Conference Elijah Michael Raynor Serving in North Carolina Conference William Blake Smarr Serving in Baltimore-Washington Conference e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367, 368.3)? (If not in this con- ference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name Status Mark Richard Smith Honorable Location 22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)? Name Year Licensed Date Discontinued Action Lawana Cooper Almond 2013 12/31/17 at her request Roberta Jane Berry 2017 06/30/18 at her request Robert Dean Brooks 2002 06/30/18 at his request Bobby Joe Chaney 2016 07/01/18 at his request Chad William Cozad 2014 08/01/17 at his request Casey Curtis Crimmins 2017 10/23/17 by dCOM action Susan Marie Cronk 2014 06/30/18 by dCOM action Gerald Clell Hagler 2014 04/09/18 by dCOM action Vincent Allan Harris 2005 06/30/18 at his request Tyler Gray Hege 2014 06/30/18 by dCOM action Emily Danahey Kroeger 2010 07/01/18 by dCOM action Roxanne Marie Marterre 2016 04/01/18 at her request James Phillip McCall 2003 07/01/18 by dCOM action Duane Everette Melton 2006 07/01/18 at his request John Charles Pillsbury 2004 06/30/18 by dCOM action Stephen Matthew Sifford 2016 06/30/18 at his request 23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)? Name Years Completed in Course of Study Joel Keith Auman COS Graduate 2006 Peter Andreas Overcash M.Div. Duke Divinity School Richard Allen Magnuson M.Div. Hood Theological Seminary Logan Derek Miller Attending Asbury Theological Seminary Sharon Eaken Quate M.Div. Wesley Seminary 24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations are approved for ap- pointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alpha- betically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.) a) Annual Conferences Name Status Home Conference Nathan Daniel Arledge OE North Carolina Marvin LaMont Caldwell OE South Carolina Rhonda Turner Campbell OE North Carolina David Elwell Carl, Jr. OE Virginia Patricia Bennett Connelly OD West Virginia Clarinda Ellen Crawford OE Indiana Carter Anderson Ferguson OE Arkansas Stephanie Camille Foretich-McKey OE Mississippi Margaret Davis Freeman OD North Georgia Marjorie Bishir Hill OD North Texas Susan Ellen Hoyle OE Missouri Philip Carr Kuntz OP North Georgia Brandon Craig Lazarus OE South Carolina Robert Thomas Lorton OA Holston Fawn Marie Mikel OD Florida Colston Wuor-Gabie Morris OE Liberia Daniel Lee Pezet II OE Alabama-West Florida Chandler Kenneth Ragland OE Mississippi Norma Walters Roberts OE North Carolina Andrew Paul Schulze OE West Ohio Tracy Lynn Schumpert OE Oklahoma Curtis Keith Sexton OE North Carolina Christina Boaz Taylor OE Holston Roy Foster Watkins OE North Georgia Nancy Lou Watson OE Alabama-West Florida Lisa Beth White OE Texas Keyone Kale Yu OE Eastern Pennsylvania 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 173 b) Other Methodist Denominations Name Status Denomination Perry Leon Hines OF Wesleyan Vincent Wyatt Howell OF AME Zion Kesserling Augustine Joseph OF Church of North India Lisa Patricia Marshall OF AME Oscar Charles Pilson OF AME William Milton White, Jr. OF AME Zion 25. What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to serve appointments or ecumenical ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.) Name Status Denomination Willetta Jean Ar-Rahmaan OF Missionary Baptist Samuel Ian Burleson OF Church of God Kevin Sean Cochran OF Evangelical Covenant James Edward Dean OF Baptist Michael Edward Duncan OF Four Square Gospel Janet Jacobs Greene OF Southern Baptist Gregory Jason Guyer OF Baptist Christopher Byron Harbin OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Nathan Angelo Harris OF United Church of Christ Douglas Alexander Hume OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Laura Lee Kidwell Jones OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Steven Ray Jones OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Melinda Wilson McDonald OF Disciples of Christ, Christian Church Martha Haynes McDowell OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Casey Lee McKenna OF Disciples of Christ, Christian Church Vernon Wayne Peterson OF Baptist Virginia Brock Reynolds OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Lynnette James Sills OF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship James Scott Simonds OF Seventh-day Adventist 26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?...... None b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) Name Status Member Conference/Denomination First Year of Affiliation Mitzi Plummer Johnson FE North Carolina Conference 2018 NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27):...... None 28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5(3/4v) Name Seminary Carrie Allison Carpenter Duke Divinity School Gregory Ross Little Duke Divinity School Kristen McCulley Surratt Duke Divinity School b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4) Name Seminary Cole Darren Altizer Candler School of Theology (Emory) Luke Patton Christy Duke Divinity School David Eugene Cochran III Hood Theological Seminary Sharad Hasseini Creasman Interdenominational Theological Center/Gammon Seminary Charles Stephen DiRico Jr. Candler School of Theology (Emory) Kelly Renee Dotson Candler School of Theology (Emory) Holly Dawn Evensen Candler School of Theology (Emory) Mary Elizabeth Gaston Princeton Theological Seminary Evan Wilson Hill Candler School of Theology (Emory) Amy Beth Hutchison Candler School of Theology (Emory) Bahekelwa Soph Imatha Union Presbyterian Seminary Tamara Zarita McDowell Ingram Hood Theological Seminary Jeremiah Lemuel Johnson Candler School of Theology (Emory) Wanda Gail Helms Lancaster ACOS: Duke Divinity School Caitlin Murray McAlhany Duke Divinity School Joseph Thomas Precht Duke Divinity School Caitlin Margaret Tremper Duke Divinity School Bryan Allen Wilson Duke Divinity School 174 Western North Carolina Conference 29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326)? All provisional members in Western North Carolina have completed the necessary educational requirements for ordination. It is a condition to be eligible for provisional membership. We continue to list seminaries of provisional members for information only. a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326) Deacons Name Seminary Date Susan Haynes Harrison BGTS: Wesley Theological Seminary 2012 Brenna Nicole Lakeson Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2016 Lisa Kindley Rettew BGTS: Wesley Theological Seminary 2017 Kelly Rae Shrader Hood Theological Seminary 2017 Kennette Lawrence Thomas BGTS: Wesley Theological Seminary 2016 Kayln Marie Wiley Duke Divinity School 2017 Elders Name Seminary Date Wendy Anne Von Seggern Barnes Duke Divinity School 2017 Nicole Ross Baten Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2017 Kevin Thomas Bates Duke Divinity School 2016 David Alan Blankenberg Duke Divinity School 2017 Edward Richard Blount III Asbury Theological Seminary 2015 Mitchell Cliff Boughman Duke Divinity School 2015 Katherine Randall Bryant Duke Divinity School 2014 Justin Keith Cabe Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2014 Ellis Khari Carson Duke Divinity School 2017 Walter Bates Christian Hood Theological Seminary 2015 Ashley Christopher Cyre Wake Forest Divinity School 2014 Luke Stephen Edwards Asbury Theological Seminary 2017 Nathan David Finsel Hood Theological Seminary 2016 David Benjamin Floyd Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2017 Donna Southard Friddle Hood Theological Seminary 2015 Wesley Leonard Hall, Jr Wake Forest Divinity School 2015 Bruce Howard Handy, Jr Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2016 Samuel McMasters Lewis Hood Theological Seminary 2016 Bobby Reeves Linker Hood Theological Seminary 2017 Bradley Sherman Lisk Duke Divinity School 2015 Johnny Donald Lord, Jr. Hood Theological Seminary 2017 Stacey Reavis Lundy Duke Divinity School 2017 Melissa Dawn Lowe Asbury Theological Seminary 2016 Kristina Kay Mares Hood Theological Seminary 2017 Kathleen Mary Monahan McAbee Erskine Theological Seminary 2016 Jeremy Scott Morris Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2017 Jason Ryan Mendenall Hood Theological Seminary 2016 Roy Lee Miller Hood Theological Seminary 2015 Julie Elliott O’Neal ACOS: Duke Divinity School 2014 James Randolph Perdue Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2016 Carrilea Anne Potter Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2016 Rebekah Jane Ralph Duke Divinity School 2015 Nikki Raye Rice Duke Divinity School 2017 Joel Richard Simpson Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2016 Ashley Anne Sipe Duke Divinity School 2016 Chad Howard Shoaf Hood Theological Seminary 2017 Benjamin David Sloan Wesley Theological Seminary 2016 Allen Tippett Stanton Duke Divinity School 2015 Lisa Laign Tanico Duke Divinity School 2016 Craig Matthew Toth Duke Divinity School 2012 Victor Alan Wilfong Hood Theological Seminary 2015 Brandon Phillip Conrad Wrencher, Sr. Duke Divinity School 2017 John William Yeager Candler School of Theology (Emory) 2015 b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v)...... None c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v) (Indicate year)...... None d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)...... None 30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6): (v) A person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q. 30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status. Name Status Denomination Jun Seok Seo PE Korean Methodist 31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27) a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v) Name Status Denomination Jun Seok Seo PE Korean Methodist b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)...... None 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 175 32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (v 3/4): (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27. Anyone appearing on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) a) Deacons Meredith Angeline Hinton Corey Cole Milliet Kyle Lynn Sigmon Matthew Rick Lawing Jerrianne Canipe Pyles Debra Chrismon Swing b) Elders Sarah Louise Belles Bradley Thomas Hinton Christopher Alan Smith Joshua Oren Britton Dianne Rudd Johnston Jesse Ray Smith Lonna Angel Jackson Christ Tae Wan (Joseph) Kim Juston Ray Smith John Zachery Christy Joshua David Kurtz Patricia Black Spicer Darryl Diwayne Dayson II Adam Christopher Love Aryn Margaret Williams-Ruebel Karen Crouch Doucette Tracy Fulbright Love Daniel Robert Wilson Jonathan Alan Gaylord 33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies?: (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27) a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) Name Seminary Meredith Angeline Hinton Duke Divinity School Matthew Rick Lawing Candler School of Theology (Emory) Corey Cole Milliet BGTS: Wesley Theological Seminary Jerrianne Canipe Pyles BGTS: Wesley Theological Seminary Kyle Lynn Sigmon Duke Divinity School Debra Chrismon Swing Duke Divinity School b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4)...... None 34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4) Name Seminary Sarah Louise Belles Duke Divinity School Joshua Oren Britton Duke Divinity School Lonna Angel Jackson Christ Hood Theological Seminary John Zachery Christy Duke Divinity School Darryl Diwayne Dayson II Duke Divinity School Karen Crouch Doucette Hood Theological Seminary Jonathan Alan Gaylord Candler School of Theology (Emory) Bradley Thomas Hinton Duke Divinity School Dianne Rudd Johnston ACOS: Candler School of Theology (Emory) Joshua David Kurtz Duke Divinity School Adam Christopher Love Hood Theological Seminary Tracy Fulbright Love Hood Theological Seminary Christopher Alan Smith Hood Theological Seminary Jesse Ray Smith Hood Theological Seminary Juston Ray Smith Hood Theological Seminary Patricia Black Spicer Duke Divinity School Aryn Margaret Williams-Ruebel Candler School of Theology (Emory) Daniel Robert Wilson Hood Theological Seminary b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4)...... None 35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v) Name Seminary Richard William Buffkin Hood Theological Seminary 36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):...... None 37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)...... None 38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2n)? (v) (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): Name Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer Phillip Ray Hefner FE Rio Texas 06/01/18 Hugo Villagrana FE Missouri 06/01/18 Norma Hickman de Villagrana FE Missouri 06/01/18 Nancy Dixon Walton FE Florida 06/01/18 39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)...... None 40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference? (See note preceding Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of conference membership.) a) Deacons?...... None b) Elders?...... None 176 Western North Carolina Conference 41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) Name Status New Conference Date of Transfer William Dee Gibson FE Pacific Northwest Conference 07/01/18 Melinda Suzanne Penry FE Yellowstone 07/01/18 42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v) a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327) Name Status Discontinuance Date Joel Keith Auman PE 06/30/18 Richard Allen Magnuson PE 06/30/18 Peter Andreas Overcash PE 06/30/18 b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v) Name Status Discontinuance Date Matthew Robert Smith PE 01/17/18 Robert Edward Petree PE 06/30/18 c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)...... None d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7)...... None 43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)...... None (2) Previously? Name Year Granted Charge Conference Membership Year of Most Recent Report Robert Malon Baucom 1987 High Point: Covenant 2017 Andrew David Baxter 2005 Charlotte: Myers Park 2017 Pamela Barrow Carter 1997 Waynesville: First 2017 Philip Keith Cates 2000 Raleigh: Soapstone (North Carolina Conf.) 2017 Randall Jay Cirksena, Jr. 1998 Owatonna (Minnesota Conf.) 2017 Karla Vandergriff Farabow 2013 Winston-Salem: Green Street 2017 Debbie Gail Lewis Fox 2000 Winston-Salem: Centenary 2017 David James Fussell 1989 Raleigh: Asbury (North Carolina) 2017 Joe Allen Hamby 2014 Charlotte: First 2017 Deborah Gates Hemenway 2000 Charlotte: St. Andrew’s 2017 Geoffrey Clyde Hemenway 2000 Charlotte: St. Andrew’s 2017 Walter Summersett Hill 1994 Alexandria: Washington St 2017 Kevin Lyle Honbarger 2008 Providence 2017 Lonnie Myron Kendall 1994 Dobson 2017 Corey Glendon Miller 2017 Winston-Salem: Mount Tabor 2017 Michael John Moran 2012 Greensboro: Grace 2017 Adele Byrum Novotney 2002 Waynesville: First 2017 Ancil Overbey III 1997 Stanley: First 2017 Timothy Allen Reimer 2014 Cornelius: Mount Zion 2017 Mark Richard Smith 2009 Greensboro: Christ 2017 Melinda Kay Snyder 2012 Elbaville-Fulton 2017 Jack Donald Wallace, Jr 2012 Lewisville: Sunrise 2017 b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and appointment.) Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership Mark Richard Smith 07/01/18 Faithwalk c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)...... None (2) Ad Interim Administrative Location? (v)...... None (3) Previously? Name Year Placed Charge Conference Membership Year of Most Recent Report Todd Allen Struble 2010 West Market Street 2017 44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v) Name Date Effective Ancil Overby III 7/01/18 b) Previously? Name Year Granted Charge Conference Membership Retired Year Thomas Edmund Blanton, Jr. 1993 Granite Falls: First 2016 Karen Lynn Carter 1993 Gastonia: First 2006 Robert Lester Greenawalt 1986 Tabernacle 2014 William David Haire 1991 Nashville: Belmont 2009 Elmer Odell Hall 1977 Asheville: Central 2002 Thomas Edward Redmon 1987 Charlotte: First 2008 Michael Lineback Reynolds 1983 Rome: First 2005 Thomas Earl Eugene Simpson 1999 GA: Epworth-Mt. Pleasant 2012 Reginald Lowell Smith 1977 No CC (Savannah Christian Church) 2000 Royce Eugene Smith 1994 Brevard: St. Timothy 2005 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 177 45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v) Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status William Kenneth Brown 02/06/18 (to death) FE Linda Carole Clark 04/03/18 (to death) FE 46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)...... None b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v) Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Steven Shawn Keaton 01/03/18 FD Stephen Gene Knopp II 10/31/17 FE c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?...... None d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)...... None e) By trial (¶2713)?...... None 47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.) Name Dates Effective Clergy Status Allen Preston Boliek 12/11/17 - 02/13/18 FE 48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:...... None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Charles Glenn Powell Sr. June 17, 1926 July 8, 2017 b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active:...... None Retired:...... None c) What elders have died during the year? Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Miller Columbus Carter Jr. October 22, 1957 April 7, 2018 Thomas Maurice Huntley April 26, 1954 October 28, 2017 Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Charles Leon Adams May 12, 1937 October 14, 2017 James McCoy Armstrong Sr. August 23, 1931 October 22, 2017 Roy Vance Bolyard Jr. September 18, 1941 November 13, 2017 Elijah Alexander Cockman April 21, 1930 May 10, 2018 Minnie Delores Davis October 27, 1945 January 23, 2018 Robert Vess Dodd November 12, 1945 June 1, 2018 Bernard Ray Fitzgerald October 28, 1924 February 22, 2018 Cornelius Holland February 9, 1933 August 27, 2017 Harry Glenn Long Jr. July 21, 1933 June 16, 2018 Robert Thompson McLawhorn July 27, 1945 December 11, 2017 Joseph Crowell McMurry June 5, 1932 April 30, 2018 Joe Thurman Melton June 28, 1916 November 26, 2017 Cecil Kenneth Myrick February 20, 1931 July 29, 2017 Ralph Lee Reed Sr. June 18, 1919 March 4, 2018 George Parks Robinson November 12, 1932 March 12, 2018 James Samuel White August 5, 1931 October 10, 2017 Robert Lee Witty Jr. March 31, 1927 March 2, 2018 d) What deacons have died during the year? Active:...... None Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Mary Ellen Strawbridge Yarborough December 2, 1933 January 13, 2018 e) What local pastors have died during the year? Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Hugh William Russell Jr. June 21, 1953 December 22, 2017 Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Rosser Lee Eakes February 27, 1931 October 29, 2017 Patt Joseph Miller May 23, 1937 July 29, 2017 178 Western North Carolina Conference 49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? Name Status Conference Where Appointed Appointment Jill Lindsey Auman FE Florida First (Fort Lauderdale) Michael Allen Binger FE North Carolina First (Mt. Olive) Jane Dru Brannock FD North Carolina Davis Street Cornelius Francis Brantley FE North Carolina Princeton Heidi Lou Campbell-Robinson FE South Carolina Beaumont Patricia Gifford Chaput RE Holston Meadow Kimberly Jerrell Collins FD North Carolina Pine Valley Leonard Owen Fair FE North Carolina Trenton Clarissa Youngblood Fuentes FE Pacific Northwest Edmonds Ann Sheaffer Gibert FE New England Webster Federated Kelly Lyn Whiting Giese FE New Mexico St. Paul Nancy Kathryn Griswold FD Florida Coronado Lauren Ann Clawson Miller FD East Ohio Gay Street Eric Wesley Morphis FE North Carolina Vanceboro Sarah Smith Pitts FE North Carolina Campground Larry Gene Puryear RE Kentucky Mead Memorial Gayle Jordan Quay FD South Carolina Buncombe Street Ashley Anne Sipe PE North Texas Fellowship Thomas Cayce Stapp FE Great Plains Church of the Resurrection Erin Michelle Weaver FE Indiana Linden 50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.) a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Anna Lynn Barden FE 12/01/16 Tabernacle Justin Keith Cabe PE 12/01/16 Tabernacle Danny Ray Gobble FE 03/03/14 Guilford College Jennifer Susan Allen Hege FE 07/01/18 First (Granite Falls) Karen Richards Hudson FE 05/01/14 Carraway-Proximity Brenna Nicole Lakeson PD 02/01/18 Matthews Peter Russell McGuire FE 01/12/18 Salem (Mount Airy)-Epworth (Cana) Jimmy Laird Myers FE 10/01/14 Bethlehem (Advance) Julie Dee Elliott O’Neal PE 07/01/18 Kistler’s Chapel-Tanner’s Grove Joshua Harlan Sherfey FE 03/01/18 First (Taylorsville) (2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3)...... None (3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Katherine Randall Bryant PE 07/01/16 Hopewell (Sherrill’s Ford) Rhonda Denise Hartweg FE 07/01/15 Harrison (Pineville) Abigail Williford Kocher FE 05/15/17 Oak Ridge Kathryn Barba Pierce FE 07/01/17 Wesley Memorial (High Point) Amy Proctor Leachman FD 02/08/18 Central (Asheville) Diana Wingeier-Rayo FE 10/31/15 Crossroads (Concord) Catherine Anne Kelly Vlastakis FE 10/09/17 Main Street (Kernersville) (4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Tara Elizabeth Ebner Bain FE 09/01/10 Providence (Charlotte) (5) Transitional (¶353.2c) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Lynne Blankenship Caldwell FE 07/01/18 Wesley Memorial-Ward Street Mission Judith Bors Davis FE 07/01/18 First-Wesley’s Chapel-Piney Grove Melanie Lynn Dobson FE 07/01/18 Myers Park (Charlotte) Patricia Ann Greene Pegram FD 03/27/18 Matthews Stacey Annette Ewing Sprinkle FD 07/10/17 Jamestown (Jamestown) b) Involuntary (1) Involuntary Leave (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)...... None (2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355)? (v)...... None 51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Claude Jackson Kayler FE 07/01/18 Main Street (Kernersville) Jill Michele Brooks Rhinehart FE 07/01/18 Central (Kings Mountain) 52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v) Name Status Date Effective Charge Conference Sharon Lavonda Adams FE 07/01/16 Faith (Mooresville)-St. Paul Jamie McCoy Armstrong FE 06/01/18 First (Lexington) Joel Keith Auman FL 05/01/12 Old Union-Fairview Chris Jay Bennett FE 07/01/14 Good Hope (Lexington) 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 179
Michael Wayne Collins FE 09/01/17 Midway (Kannapolis) Stanley Lamar Champion FL 07/01/06 First-Canaan (Denton) Mark David Evans FE 07/01/14 St Francis Debra Louise Gaddy FE 08/01/12 Central (Clyde) Elizabeth Lorraine Graves FE 03/01/18 Epworth (Concord) Bobby Ray Hallyburton FE 07/01/14 Friendship-Shady Grove Jessie Mae Coles Keaton FE 12/20/16 Pleasant Grove David Garth Lookadoo FE 07/01/09 Chandler’s Grove Ronald Joe Lytle AM 03/01/15 Hickory Stand-Oak Forest Wayne Allen Marsh, Jr. FL 05/01/16 Centennial-Gilboa-Gilkey Daniel Eugene Ramsey FE 10/01/14 First (Asheboro) Paul Arthur Sears FL 03/09/17 Hickory Knoll-Maiden’s Chapel Donna Strickland Smith FE 01/01/15 Hinshaw Jeane Sumpter Walker FL 07/01/13 Wesley 53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357): (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) Deacons a) This year? Name Date Effective Name Date Effective Phyllis Lamour Burke Glahn 07/01/18 Mary Lynne Peterson 07/01/18 Kathleen Hughes Kilbourne 07/01/18 Elizabeth Grady Taylor 12/31/17 Yvonne Thigpin Papas 07/01/18 b) Previously? William Ashby Brown Ann Louise Dienstberger Hoyt Cynthia Louise Weber Sloan Patience Slocum Brumley Ellen Sapp Johnson Deborah Metz Kitting Sluder Jamye Mechelle Cartner Christy Melissa Leray Martinez John-Palmer Smith Ramona Morton Clapp Elizabeth Clyburn Minus Alberta Young Spencer Katherine Kindred Crain Lillian Gail Whittington Rose Mary Jane Vergin Elinor Duvall Heermans Gloria Dawn Simmons Elders a) This year? Name Date Effective Name Date Effective David Ronald Allen 01/01/18 Terry Lee Matthews 07/01/18 William Mark Andrews 07/01/18 Paul Nelson Milton 07/01/18 William Francis Berry 07/01/18 John Albert Moore 07/01/18 Keith Warren Bingham 07/01/18 Donald Alan Newman 07/01/18 Lynda Thomas Gail Briggs 01/01/18 Richard Scott Nowlan 07/01/18 Betty Black Brown 07/01/18 Sybil Richardson Parks 07/01/18 Michael Bruce Brown 04/08/18 Alfred Owen Peeler 07/01/18 Daniel Leonard Brubaker 07/01/18 Albert Odell Perkins 07/01/18 Joyce Hatchett Bunn 07/01/18 Stephen Walter Pillsbury 07/01/18 David Alfred Cook 07/01/18 Marcus Steven Portis 07/01/18 David Junior Duncan 07/01/18 William Douglas Pryor 07/01/18 Donnie Benton Durham 07/01/18 Larry Gene Puryear 12/31/17 Alfonza Everett 07/01/18 David Gordon Raiford 07/01/18 Caroll Austin Flack 07/01/18 Nancy Burgin Rankin 07/01/18 Paul Kenneth Hacklander 07/01/18 Stephen Joseph Ray 07/01/18 Johnny O’Neil Haynes 07/01/18 Robert William Rollins 07/01/18 David Hughes Hobson 07/01/18 Robert Dean Roten 07/01/18 Christopher Beaumont Hughes 07/01/18 John Benson Rowe 11/01/17 Phillip McCrary Hurst 07/01/18 Harry Douglas Sammons 07/01/18 Stephen David James 07/01/18 Robert Keith Scott 07/01/18 Robert Lowell Kerr 07/01/18 Patricia Black Spicer 07/01/18 Sally Lucius Overby Langford 07/01/18 Harvey Lee Talbert 07/01/18 Thomas Anderson Langford 07/01/18 John Laird Taylor 07/01/18 Ralph Jason Lepley 07/01/18 Carol Williams-Gilbert 07/01/18 b) Previously? Thornton Dixon Adams Roland Taylor Barnhardt James Wayne Billings Hubert Alvin Brown Thomas Warren Albert Carl Benjamin Barr, Jr. Sheila Diane Bunce Bishop Myra Jean Ward Brown Julian McClees Aldridge, Jr. Grady Ross Barringer William Neal Blanton, Jr. Rodney Cain Brown Clyde Wayne Allen David Livingston Baxter John Franklin Blaylock, Jr. William Ashby Brown, Jr. James Grant Allred, Jr. Alfred Leroy Beck, Jr. Robert Edmond Boggan, Jr. Frank Wooldridge Buckner, Jr. Alexander Mapes Alvord Thomas McKenzie Beall, Jr. James Ellis Bowen John Moore Bullard Harry Franklin Andrews Douglas Roach Beard, Jr. Johnnie George Boyd, Jr. George Allen Burton Donald Winberry Ashe Wayne Arthur Beatty Erman Franklin Bradley John Matthew Burton Bobby Ray Beck Theodore Ray Branton Dewey Addison Bailey Paul Jay Bell Peggy Deloatch Bridgers David Porter Calhoun Lloyd Richard Bailey William Grady Benfield Harold Wendell Brittain James Roy Calloway Harold Keith Bales Susan Anne Bennett Timothy Bernard Brittain Isabel Harris Campbell Peter David Banyai Arnetta Elizabeth Beverly Alvin Brown Richard Harold Campbell Lawrence Edgerton Barden Terry Don Bevill Andrew Waymond Brown, Jr. Beverly Tracy Carroll John Hyce Barnes Edward Lee Biggers Gary Holmes Brown Jackson Walker Carroll, Jr. 180 Western North Carolina Conference (Elders Previously Retired) Robert Edwin Fritts, Jr. Billy Van Hunter Keith Lynn Marsden Robert Lee Carter, Jr. John Rodney Fulcher Roger Lee Hunter Jimmie Harold Martin, Sr. David Ronald Cash, Sr. Joseph Marion Fulk, Jr. Charlene Rodrigue Hutchings Sammie Lester Martin Rebecca Lynn Watts Cash Jimmie Caldwell Furr Sandra Wooldridge Martin Tommie Lee Cassady Donald Edgar Inlay Jacob Christian Martinson, Jr. Samuel Castro Jimmy William Galloway Olin Bernis Isenhour David Orland Mason Buddy Joe Champion William Reese Garrard, Jr. Frank Harris Ison Donald Wayne Mason Patricia Gifford Chaput Beverly Ellen Gaska Carl Edward McArn James Hamilton Charlesworth David Lawrence Gay Ralph Emerson James, Jr. Joseph Arthur McCombs Wade Hampton Childers, Jr. William Frederic Gerhardt Richard Bailey Jarrett Charles Lenwood McDowell Patricia Poteate Choplin Susan Celeste Drake German Frank Melvin Jarvis Melvin Dwight McIntosh Marilyn Hull Cirulis Charles Franklin Gibbons William Thomas Walter Henry McKelvey Robert Alpheus Clanton, Jr. Doris Walker Gibbs Belvin Junior Jessup James Lee McKinney Larry Bruce Clifton Lewis Clinton Gibbs Carl Scott Johnson Talmage Steven McLain Benjamin Carl Clodfelter Rex Lewis Gibbs Charles Richard Johnson William Kirk McNeill James Paul Clodfelter, Jr. Douglass Wayne Gilbert Kenneth Marshall Johnson William Tracy Medlin III Richard Clark Clough, Jr. Sanford Lee Giles, Jr. LaNell Johnson Larry Marvin Melton Phillip Brady Cole Susan Slye Giles Stephen Trent Johnson Albert Mills Gerald David Collins Jimmy Conrad Gilland Bruce Marvin Jones Rickie Wayne Mills John David Colson Beth Diane Glass Kelley Ray Jones Karen Elizabeth Farish Miller Janice Fowler Combs Jacob Bowles Golden, Jr. Preston Carston Jones, Sr. Perry Stanton Miller Cameron Howard Conover, Jr. Robert John Goldston Roland Robert Jones Warren William Miller Cathy Ann Cook Albert Franklin Gordon Susan Pendleton Jones Sadye Joyner Milton Arnold Douglas Corriher Karen Kay Williams Gottula Wayne Marshall Jones Russell Thompson Montfort Roy David Cox James Henry Graves David Michael Jordan Robert Lee Moore Teddy Blair Craddock Juan Patrick Gray Nerius Fred Jordan, Jr. Michael Wayne Moree Earl Pickett Crow, Jr. Madeline Dell Gray Steve Darnell Joyce Clay Johnson Morgan Jane Mary Curran Franklin Wilson Grice Karl Wesley Judy Linda Stack Morgan William Curtis Currie Thomas Lionel Griffis Paula Ann Kendall Judy Hayward Lee Morrison Ben Willard Curry Glenn Sherer Griffiths Aaron Ward Moss Raymond Lloyd Grubbs Ralph Earl Kayler Oscar Ray Moss Jackie Dean Danley Charles Ray Guy Lutz Gottfried Keller Karen Voskuil Mouw John Paul Davenport David Anthony Guy Milford Loy Kennedy Jerry Dwight Murray Donald Clayton Davis Joel Thomas Key Mitchell Craig Murrow Donald Douglas Davis Rodney Hugh Hagans Abraham Kim Edwin Vance Davis Benny ByungChill Hahn Hee Young Kim Edwin Garber Needham Joe Bill Davis Raymond Jennings Hahn Larry Leslie Kimel Michael Eugene Newton John Earl Davis, Jr. Stephen David Haines George Depew King Hubert Donald Noblitt Elizabeth Jeanne Day Earle Ross Haire Stephen Hadyn Kirby Suzanne Boesel Northcraft Eugene Everett Dean, Jr Raymond Oliver Hall Theodore Abraham Kirk Paula Rae Brown Northrup Phillip DeBerry, Jr. Ronnie Lee Hall Howard Stephen Kiser David Carey Noyes Clarence Harley Dickson, Jr. Terry Lingle Hammill Gary Lynn Kling William Henry Dingus Elliott Wannamaker Hardin, Jr. John William Knoespel Robert Michael O’Brien William Richard Doser Ellen West Sears Harkey Nancy Anna McLaury Krall Jock Pike Ollis Bernard Glenn Dougherty Claudia Gail Harrelson Carole Ann Milton O’Neil Joseph Oscar Dowdle, Jr. Robert Montgomery Harris Robert Ed Lair, Jr. Richard Lynn Ogburn Anthony Meade Dowdy Claude Jacob Hartsell Roy Sidney Lanier Wanda Jean Ogden Lee Stoll Dukes III Joseph Harry Hawk Craig Arnold Langston Barry Phillip Osborne Carl Fredrick Dunker George Lynn Hawkins Mary Sisk Lautensleger William Homer Osborne, Jr. James Berry Durham III William Thornton Hawkins Luther Harold Lawing, Jr. Sarah Taylor Osmer John Allen Duvall Donald Williams Haynes William Joseph Lear Ronald Alexander Overcash James Patrick Heafner James Michael Leatherwood Paul Scott Owen, Jr Ralph Hill Eanes, Jr. Edwin Harold Hedgpeth Edward Daves Lee Ned Bunyan Owens Jack Jones Early Jan Phillip Heermans Stephen Farrell Lee Frank Hugh Edwards Thomas James Herin Thomas Smith Lee, Jr. Frank LaPrade Padgett Kenneth Robert Eller John Welborn Herold Patricia Alley Lewis Charles Elbert Page Sara Carroll Elliott Virginia Cox Herron Carl William Lindquist Phillip Wayne Park Edgar Lee Ellis Jack Lindsey Hileman Carrol Reeves Lindsey Billy Joe Parker Lloyd Donald Ellis DeForest Everett Hillyer, Jr. Isaac Donnell Lloyd Marion Joe Parker William Byrd Ellison Richard Dale Hilton Harry Glenn Long, Jr. Richard Leonard Patzfahl Sharon Rose Fuch Engebreson James Ernest Hinshaw James Baxter Long, Jr. Keys Summie Pendleton John Frederick Epps Harrison Lee Hinson Vance Wright Lowe David Reagan Penland Joe Lane Ervin Gervase Craig Hitch Paul Daniel Lowder Charles Craig Penley, Jr. Bruce Grayson Hobson Douglas Lee Love Clyde Kenneth Penry James Walter Ferree Moses Edmond Hodnett Rufus Reginald Lutz Merrill Gilford Perkins John Koontz Ferree Boyd Marshall Holliday Edmund Ray Lynn Paul Franklin Perkins, Sr. Ricky Darryl Fite Kenneth Arthur Horn Marvin Kenneth Lyon Robert Claude Peurifoy Larry Edward Fitzgerald Ervin Hillard Houser Joseph Ray Petree Virginia Loggins Forbes George Keith Howell James Guy Mackey Philip Allen Pharr Arnold Gayle Ford Richard Arden Howle Fred Keith Macon Carol Sweger Ploch Sarah Sawyer Fouts Norman Andrew Hubbard Ronald Jackson Mann Richard Raymond Ploch Dennis Bryan Fox, Jr. Robert Eugene Huffman Calvin Clay Manning Edwin Lee Plowman Patrick Freeman Patricia Humphries-Bivens Dianne West Marsden Charles Mark Plummer 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 181
Lewis Lowe Poag Nicholas Angelo Scandale, Jr. Patricia Janelle Hall Stone Thomas Wallace Weeks Randolph Edward Powell Harold Edwin Schwantes Norman Maxwell Stott, Jr. Martha Phillips Buff Welch George Lee Pollock Jimmy Allen Scott Lee Hylton Strange Patrick Paul Welch Jackuline Bennett Porter Larry William Scott Robert Hugh Sturge Wayne Gordon Wegwart Stephen Carle Porter Carl Edward Settle Emma Loretta Allen Stutz Richard Curran Welch Daniel Nelson Powell Joseph Cyril Seymour, Jr. Douglas Lee Suggs Chester Ray West James Lee Powell Ben Kimball Shepherd Raymond Clifton Summey James Ross Westmoreland Theodore Allen Powell Charles George Sherrill Raymond Lee Surratt Charles Denny White, Jr. Kerry Blunt Purselle Harry McClure Sherrill Jeffery Alan Sweeney Judith Lucille White Howard Dean Sherrill, Jr. Dwight Edward Whitlock, Jr. Dolores Barus Queen Kathie Clontz Sherrill Peter Jon Taylor Henry Bryant Wilbourne Harold Dean Shives John Hurley Thomas III Sylvia Dean Wilhelm William Robbins Ragsdale Kent Leigh Shrader George Edward Thompson Craven Edwards Williams James Allen Raines Donald Lee Shuman Henry Churchill Thompson Edwin Winston Williams, Jr. Steven Knight Rainey Curtis Levi Sides James Marion Thurman Phillip Eldridge Williams Jeffrey Roger Ramsland Richard Malcome Donald Sides Glenn Dale Troutman Benjamin Franklin Wilson Dale Randolph Susan Elizabeth Hatley Sides Jacob Claude Troutman III Earl Wilson, Jr. Louis Benton Reed Thomas Ralph Sigmon Donald Wayne Turman John Christian Wilson James Robert Reeves Mark Robinson Sills Charles McNeill Turner, Jr. Kathleen McGee Wilson Garfield Richards III James Cooper Singleton Robert Lawrence Turnipseed Robert William Wiseman Gary Samuel Richardson Charles Wesley Sisk Richard Keith Tutterow Lisa Lynne Wishon David Riffe Martha Elizabeth Slater Robert Gregory Tuttle, Jr. William Brian Wombough Edna Ruth Riggs Dewey Wayne Smith Charles Edward Tyson Louis Herman Woodard Charles Ronald Riley Francis Ronald Smith Joseph Blake Tyson Dana Bruce Wooten John William Rintz James Edward Smith Carl McGhee Worthy, Jr. Baxter Maurice Ritchie Karen Harris Smith CherLue Vang Manuel David Wortman Robert Eugene Roach LeGrand B. Smith II Yvonne Lucille Vredenburg David Allen Wyant George Wall Roberson Robert Moir Smith, Jr. Lonnie Lewis Vun Cannon William Claton Wyman, Jr. William Cullens Robinson Timothy Hill Smith Nicholas Lynch Rochester, Jr. Wayne Reece Smith William Ronald Wachs Jack Brown Yarbrough Kenneth George Roth, Jr. Donald Sheldon Stanton Randy Lee Wall Walter George Yates Linda Brooks Roth Lawrence Walton Staples Emma Lou Wallace Charles Garland Young Ellis Leroy Rouse, Jr. Theron Paul Starnes, Jr. Kyles Yohn Wallace Charles Milton Young Donald Wayne Routh Roy Glenn Steed, Jr. James Alexander Ward, Jr Hugh Claude Young, Jr. Terry Lee Rowland David Lee Steele June Roy Ward Paul Wesley Yount, Jr. Karen Jean Rudd Charles Benjamin Stevens III Harold Coulter Warlick, Jr. James Lee Yow George David Russell Daniel Paul Stiles Randolph Phillip Waugh Frank Albert Stith III George Clyde Weekley Roger Rudolph Sailors Edward Boyd Stokes James Frederick Weekley 182 Western North Carolina Conference 54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) a) This year?...... Tony Jeffrey Jordan b) Previously? William Lee Barbee James Hart Evans Howard Eugene Moore Edward Sidney Tapper Clyde Stephen Blair Carmen Broom Godfrey Lewis Ray O’Ferrell Dorothy Boyd Thomas Betty Neal Owens Boyd Richard John Gould Ardis Darrell Payne Sherman Barton Warner Brenda Kay O’Neal Brashear Michael Bryan Harrill Lucy Norton Ponder Aubrey Lee Whitley Wayne Marvin Buff Samuel Ray Hinton Harry Queen George Ervin Williams James Dwight Cartner Jimmie Wiles Holland Gerald Leon Ramsey Floyd Juddy Wood Hugh Richard Compton Harold Dean Houck Tommy Lee Robertson Wade Edward Wright Earl Albert Cook, Jr. David Wilcox Lee Robert Emanuel Romanello Carol Ann Freeman Davis Thomas Edison Logan Derald Douglas Smith Homer Clayton Dawkins Jack Delon Luther Bobby Grey Swaim Katherine Louise Peeler Earley Michael Douglas McClellan William Gene Summey 55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)? Mary Manous Carnes David Lee Comer Roy Lee Hood Mary Christopher VanDerwerken Billie Wade Cranfield William Monroe Draughn Tiajuana Felton Mosby 56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year? Name Date Effective Name Date Effective Perry James Bradshaw 07/01/18 Stephen Walter Miller 07/01/18 Richard Lee Cloninger 07/01/18 Bruce Edward Morasco 07/01/18 Guinnell Carroll Hunter 07/01/18 Jimmie Schenck Surratt 07/01/18 In addition, the following persons are considered “retired” under the retirement provisions of the Discipline, although not all requirements have been met for formal recognition as retired local pastors:...... James Edward Butler, effective 07/01/18 b) Previously? James Dallas Amason Melvin Keith Burton Diana Elizabeth Farr Christian James Alfred Curry William Gaither Adams, Jr. Charles Hans Byers John William Clements, Sr. Shirley Spinks Donnell Ruth Bass Atkinson Michael Steven Byrum James Eugene Cloer Robert Edward Dowling Enoch Garfield Ball, Jr. Robert Glenn Camp Howard Joseph Conley Kenneth Larry Earl Durham Paul Anthony Bethel Diean Johnson Campbell Rex Cranfill Rosaleen Cooper Feeser Erma McGaha Bond Harrison Marion Carlton Kelly Anthony Creekmur Ronald David Felts Russell Jay Brownworth Robert Lynden Cauble William P. Cummings Douglas William Gager
(Local Pastors Previously Retired) Karl Arthur Kelly Peter Robert Parish Winston Edward Stephenson Mary Ellen Byrd Gordon Timothy Scott Killian Alvin Beall Pope Panzie Merilyn Miller Stevens Shelia Mills Gould James Gray Lawton Paul Barry Lloyd Revere Theodore Clinton Turman Mae Purvis Graves William Gregory Light Richard Quintis Richards III Carolyn Rouse Turner Roger Lynn Green Martha McLaurin Kincaid Vera Mae Rivens Charles Branson Walker Raymond Britton Hadley, Jr. Donald Sil Margarita Kenneth Douglas Rowe Winona Priscilla John Harold Hammond Robert Monroe McCain, Sr. Arval Lane Rushing Brooks Walker Robert Earl Herron Herbert Emerson McClintick Jackie Sellers David Lee Warren James Franklin Howell, Sr. Sandra Lee Schultz McNiel Ronald Dean Setzer Jerry Dale Warren Lee Roy Hunt Ana Claribel Cubias Morrison Carolyn Wyllene Skipper Sarah Goodwin Weaver Charles Edwin Jackson George Roland Mullinix Hillard Dean Smith Marilyn Blythe Wooten Nancy Willard Johnson Jean Kenney Nall Marietta Teague Smith Edwin Worley Ronnie William Karriker Rachel Camilla Orbison Rickey Lewis Spencer In addition, the following persons are considered “retired previously” under the retirement provisions of the Discipline, although not all requirements have been met for formal recognition as retired local pastors: Lloyd William Baird, Jr. Robert Houston Hodgens Charles Edwin McKinney Willis H. Pruett James Thomas Banks Timothy Scott Killian Ruth Fowler Mercer Horace William Ruckart William Mills Creson Sadie Givens Martin Donald Grady Morrison Early Cecil Thompson Sherron Orlean Geiger Lloyd Edward McCracken George Eakin Naff III Jane Sink Webb
57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference: NOTES: (1) Where applicable, the question numbers on this report form corresponding to each category have been placed in parenthesis follow- ing the category title. Where these question numbers appear, the number reported in that category should agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions. 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 183
(2) For the three categories of Appointments to Extension Ministries, report as follows: ¶344.1a, c: the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist connectional structures, including district superinten- dents, or to an ecumenical agency. ¶344.1b: the number of clergy members appointed to extension ministries, under endorsement by the Division of Chaplains and Re- lated Ministries of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. ¶344.1d: the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference. (3) Report those in extension ministry in one category only. (4) See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories. (5) Those approved to serve as local pastor, but not currently under appointment, are not counted as clergy members of the conference. a) By appointment category and conference relationship? Associate Deacons Elders Members & Full–time Part–time Provisional Provisional Categories in Full in Full Affiliate Local Local Deacons Elders Connection Connection Members Pastors Pastors With Vote Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74) 38 437 5 56 8 79 148 Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b) 22 N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a) N/A 49 N/A 3 - 2 1 Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b) N/A 19 N/A - - - 1 Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c) N/A 57 N/A - - 3 - Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79) 1 4 - - - N/A N/A
Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49) 5 12 - 1 - N/A N/A
On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2) 1 5 1 2 - N/A N/A
On Family Leave (50a3, a4) 1 5 - 1 - N/A N/A
On Sabbatical Leave (51) - 2 - - - N/A N/A
On Medical Leave (52) - 12 - - 1 5 -
On Transitional Leave (50a5) 2 4 - - - N/A N/A
Retired (53, 54, 55) 23 530 N/A 7 41 N/A N/A Total Number Clergy Members 93 1,137 9 70 50 89 150 Grand Total, All Clergy Members: 1,598
b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? Clergy Demographics Associate Members & Deacons in Full Elders in Full Provisional Provisional Full–time Part–time Local Categories Affiliate Connection Connection Deacons Elders Local Pastors Pastors Members with Vote Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Asian - - 9 1 - - 1 - - - - - 3 - Black - 1 45 13 - - 4 2 2 1 5 2 17 9 Hispanic - 1 3 2 - - - - 2 1 1 1 4 1 Native American - - 3 2 ------1 1 - - White 15 76 805 254 1 8 40 23 37 7 61 17 80 36 Multi-Racial ------Total 15 78 865 272 1 8 45 25 41 9 68 21 104 46 Grand Total, All Clergy Members: 1,598 184 Western North Carolina Conference PART III. CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry? Mary E. Adams (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation/Youth Lisa A. Huffman (LM) (Christian Education) Ministry) Larry Hughes (LM) (Christian Education) Roxane K. Almond (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Pamela Humphrey (LM) (Christian Education) James Annas (LM) (Youth Ministry) Jennifer A. Hupko (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian Education) Alexis W. Anthony (FL) (Spiritual Formation) Jeffrey R. Insley (FL) (Christian Education) Mary C. Asbury (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Anthony Kindred (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Rocio Avila-Ramirez (FL) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Theresa Lopez-Campbell (LM) (Christian Education) Sara Bame (LM) (Christian Education) Cheryl Maleszewski (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Dana Belcher (LM) Children’s Ministry/Christian Education Mary M. Martin (LM) (Spiritual Formation/Christian Education) Erin Betlej (LM) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation/Christian Jim Mathews (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Education) Amy McCraw (LM) (Christian Education) R. Michael Blackburn (LM) (Christian Education) Corey C. Milliet (FD) (Children’s Ministry/Youth Ministry/Christian Keith W. Bradley (LM) (Christian Education) Education) Allison T. Brown (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Joy B. Moss (FD) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Daryl E. Brown (LM) (Urban Ministry/Christian Education) Mark T. Muckler (FE) (Camp/Retreat Ministry) Debra S. Brown (LM) (Christian Education) Cheryl Perkins (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Stephen Brown (LM) (Christian Education/Youth Ministry) Andrew H. Peters (LM) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Christopher Chambers (LM) (Christian Education/Children’s Ministry) Angela Pitcher (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Youth Ministry) Yvette Cooke (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Joy Prim (LM) (Christian Education) Debra Crawford (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Dawn B. Revere (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Jessica Dalton (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Christian Education/ Larry W. Scott (RE) (Christian Education) Spiritual Formation/Youth Ministry) Kisha Sipe (LM) (Christian Education) Laura Danford (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Christian Education/Youth Richard S. Smith (LM) (Youth Ministry) Ministry) Susan Lynn Smith (LM) (Christian Education) Leigh Ann Danner (LM) (Youth Ministry) Tara L. Snow (LM) (Christian Education) Melissa Davis (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Ellen L. Spruill (PL) (Youth Ministry/Christian Education) Kristen Edwards (LM) (Christian Education/Youth Ministry) Ann Starrette (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Timothy Farris (LM) (Spiritual Formation/Christian Education) Nicole Stevens (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Christian Education) Sandra Ferguson (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Stephanie L. Strickland (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian Regina Fisher (LM) (Spiritual Formation/Christian Education/Older Christopher Tallman (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian Education) Adult Ministries) Elbert I. Taylor (LM) (Christian Education) Lisa Furr (LM) (Older Adult Ministry) Lauren Taylor (LM) (Youth Ministry) Andrea S. Gauldin-Rubio (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Abigail L. Thomas (LM) (Youth Ministry) Formation/Youth Ministry) Ellen Thompson (LM) (Christian Education/Spiritual Formation) Caitlin M. Gault (LM) (Spiritual Formation/Children’s Ministry) Charmaigne Van Rooyen (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Jared H. Ginsburg (LM) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Amy R. Vaughan (FD) (Christian Education) Jacqueline Gottlieb (LM) (Camp/Retreat Ministries/Ministry with Erin M. Weaver (FE) (Children’s Ministry/Christian Education/Older People with Disabilities) Adults) Felicia Green (LM) (Christian Education) Natalie C. Whitley (LM) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Dana Hanlon (LM) (Children’s Ministry) Ted A. K. Wilson (LM) (Camp/Retreat Ministry) Gail Harrison (LM) (Older Adult Ministry) G. Lee Wilson (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian Education/Spiritual Stephanie Hatley (LM) (Youth Ministry) Formation) Lisa A. Haupt (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian’s Ministry/Spiritual Nicola R. Withers (LM) (Youth Ministry/Spiritual Formation) Formation) Merit B. Wolff (LM) (Christian Education) Eric P. Hendrickson (LM) (Christian Education) Brian L. Zeigler (LM) (Youth Ministry) Scarlette Houston (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Spiritual Formation/ Robyn M. Zickmund (LM) (Youth Ministry/Christian Education) Youth Ministry/Christian Education) Mari E. Zimmerman (LM) (Youth Ministry) Troy E. Howard (FD) (Youth Ministry) 59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certified this year.) Anna L. Barden (FD) (Christian Education) Walter Howard Coble (DR) (Music) (retired) Mark L. Barden (FE) (Communications) Barbara A. Cox (DM) (Christian Education) (retired) Barbara J. Barden (FD) (Christian Education) Katherine K. [Kitty] Crain (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Robert H. Barnhill (LM) (Business Administration) (retired) Ben W. Curry (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) Barbara C. Basham (LM) (Music) Pamela Henrioud Deck (LM) (Christian Education) William G. Benfield (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) Kimberlee J. Dodson (FD) (Christian Education) Charlotte G. Brendel (FD) (Christian Education) Mary L. Doub (FD) (Christian Education) Peggy D. Bridgers (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) Bernard G. Dougherty (RE) (Christian Education/Youth Ministry) William Ashby Brown, Jr. (RD) (Music) (retired) Donna G. Ford (LM) (Christian Education) Amy W. Burton (FD) (Christian Education) Jennifer L. Forrester (FL) (Christian Education [para-professional]) M. Susan Carmichael (DC/DR) (Christian Education) (retired) Deborah E. Foust (LM) (Christian Education) Lindsay P. Carter (LM) (Children’s Ministry/Christian Education) Cynthia H. Furr (PL) (Christian Education and Older Adult Ministry Monica C. Childers (FD) (Christian Education/Youth Ministry) [para-professional]) Ramona M. Clapp (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Ronnie Lee Hall (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 185 Dana A. Hanlon (LM) (Christian Education, Youth Ministry, and Older Jennifer M. Martin (LM) (Christian Education) Adult Ministry) Sallyanne I. McVay (FD) (Christian Education) Elinor D. Heermans (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Suzanne B. Northcraft (RE) (Business Administration) (retired) Denise B. Hembree (LM) (Spiritual Formation) Mary Lynne Peterson (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Linda C. Hepler (FD) (Christian Education) Jerrianne C. Pyles (FD) (Christian Education) Peggy L. Hina (DR) (Christian Education) (retired) Lewis L. Poag (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) Carolyn Hindel (LM) (Business Administration)* T. Wayne Purdy (LM) (Youth Ministry) Kenneth Arthur Horn (RE) (Communications) (retired) Gayle J. Quay (FD) (Christian Education) Sandra H. Jahn (LM) (Christian Education) (retired) Jennifer S. Reilly (LM) (Christian Education) Edna B. Johnson (LM) (Music) Gail W. Rose (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Ellen S. Johnson (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Saxon C. Scarborough (FD) (Music) Sarah B. Kalish (FE) (Christian Education) Selena L. Scott (FL) (Christian Education [para-professional]) Kathleen H. Kilbourne (RD) (Youth Ministry) (retired) Leann Setliff (LM) (Christian Education)* R. Mark King (FE) (Business Administration and Christian Bonnie S. Shinneman (DR) (Music) (retired) Education) Kent L. Shrader (FE) (Camping and Retreat Ministries) P. Glenn Kinken (FE) (Business Administration) Gloria D. Simmons (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Ruth W. Laughlin (LM) (Communications) (retired) Deborah K. Sluder (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Matthew R. Lawing (FD) (Business Administration) Alberta Y. Spencer (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Thomas S. Lee, Jr. (RE) (Christian Education) (retired) Elizabeth G. Taylor (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Lorie Lewis (LM) (Christian Education) Katie S. Warren (LM) (Christian Education) (retired) Sandra M. McGarrah (DM) (Christian Education) Jane S. Webb (LM) (Christian Education) (retired) Cecilia B. McGee (LM) (Christian Education) (retired) 60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?...... None 61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?...... None 62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry? Name Date of Birth Marion C. Clarke (DR) (Christian Education) (retired) Death (eff. 2/17/2012) Sarah Reynolds Dixon (DR) (Christian Education) (retired) Death (eff. 3/25/2014) Mary Margaret Houk (DR) (Christian Education) (retired) Death (eff. 1/20/2017) William H. Jordan (DR) (Music) (retired) Death (eff. 12/18/2012) Ann Tyler (RD) (Christian Education) (retired) Death (eff. 11/18/2014) PART IV. CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline) 63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district) Name District Kenneth (Kenny) Bumgarner AP Donald Eugene Meadows UW James Thomas Bridges YV PART V. DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 64-71 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)?...... None 65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?...... None 66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3)...... None 67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:...... None b) Retired:...... None 68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) None 69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e): Name Date Originally Granted Kathryn Elizabeth Quick 07/01/02 Rebecca Kay Lile 07/02/98 70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)?...... None 71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year? Name Date Effective Rebecca Green Bingham 07/01/18 b) Previously? William Edward Allred W. Howard Coble Janet M. Hitch Bonnie S. Shinneman M. Susan Carmichael Barbara A. Cox Jean M. Morgan Mavis C. Thompson Mark H. Christy Peggy L. Hina 186 Western North Carolina Conference PART VI. APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) are approved for appointment to less than full-time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time of service (in one-quar- ter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4*): Name Appointment # Years Fraction of Full-Time Service Willetta Jean Ar-Rahmaan (OF) St. Paul (CV) 5 1/2 Jill Denise Alventosa-Brown (FE) West Market St. (Greensboro) (NP) 2 1/2 Homer Clayton Dawkins (RA) Withers Chapel (YV) 5 1/4 Suzanne Elizabeth Dornsmith (FE) Forest Hill (ME) 8 3/4 Michael Edward Duncan (OF) McKendree (ME) 5 1/4 Susan Dawn Hubbard Ewing (FE) Lewisville (YV) 8 1/2 Lisa Lynette Hartzong Hannah (FE) Mars Hill (BR) 1 1/2 Nathan Angelo Harris (OF) Brooks Temple (YV) 3 3/4 Sharon Elizabeth Thompson Lee (FE) Gethsemane-Bethany (NP) 1 3/4 Teresa Karen Howard (FE) Cotton Grove-Clarksbury (UW) 1 1/2 Sarah Howell-Miller (FE) Missional Wisdom Foundation (YV) 1 1/2 Susan Ellen Hoyle (OE) Hodgin Memorial-Centenary (NP) 5 3/4 Lynne Denise Moose Lepley (FE) Mt Bethel-Fairmount & Hospice (AP) 15* 3/4 Casey Lee McKenna (OF) Helton (AP) 6 1/4 Oscar Charles Pilson (OF) St. Paul (YV) 5 1/4 Christy Lee Sharp (FE) Hendersonville (BR) 7 1/2 Christopher Glenn Smith (AM) Chapel Hill (UW) 16* 1/2 David Eugene Smith, Jr. (FE) Union Chapel (Mocksville) (YV) 2 1/2 Andrew Allan Southern (FE) Cherry Street (YV) 4 1/2 Sherrill Amelia Stinson-Wesley (FE) Purcell (Charlotte) (ME) 20* 3/4 Lisa Laign Tanico (PE) Bethel (YV) 1 1/2 Jack Donald Tookey (FE) Alleghany-Grayson (AP) 3 3/4 Jacqueline Elizabeth Elliott Tookey (FE) Mount Zion (Piney Creek) (AP) 2 3/4 Craig Matthew Toth (PE) Mount Carmel (Stokesdale) (NP) 3 1/4 b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service (¶331.7)? Name Appointment # Years Fraction of Full-Time Service Anne Collins Conover (FD) Rehobeth (NP) 6 1/2 Sarah Watkins Davis (FD) Myers Memorial (CV) 5 3/4 Kimberlee Johnson Dodson (FD) Brevard (BR) 12 1/2 Margaret Padgett Davis Freeman (OD) First (Franklin) (SM) 1 1/4 Susan Haynes Harrison (PD) Fair View (ME) 6 1/2 Abigail Whitley Hedgecock (FD) Clemmons (YV) 1 1/2 Sherry Lynn Jackson (FD) St. Andrew’s (ME) 4 1/2 Beverly Lynne Parker-Reece (FD) Robbinsville (SM) 2 1/4 Melissa Ruth Finlay Swofford (FD) Julian (NP) 2 1/2 73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual conference, and for what period of time? Effective Dates Name Status Appointment 07/01/17 - 06/30/19 Dana Millard Bunn FE First (Sylva) 07/01/17 - 06/30/19 Danny Bryce Leonard FE Central (Monroe) 07/01/18 - 06/30/19 Roger Dean Weisner FE First (Lexington) 74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year?...... See Section VI of Journal 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Include and identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.) Name (Status) Date Appointment From Appointment To Palliative Care Chaplain, Harris Regional D. Ronald Allen (FE) 05/03/17 Transitional Leave (SM) Hospital (Duke Lifepoint) (SM) Director and Pastoral Counselor, Chrysalis Gary L. Kling (RE) 07/01/17 Retired Counseling and Consultation Center, Inc. (AEM/UEG) (NP) Louis H. Woodard (RE) 07/01/17 "Retired only" as reported Mitchell - Yancey: Bakersville Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator, New Matthew R. Lawing (PD) 07/07/17 Transitional Leave (CV) Century Hospice (Martinsville, VA) (CV) Full Member of Another Denomination, Love's Chapel (Sylva) - Webster (Webster) Walter L. DeHart (OF) 07/15/17 Retired (SM) Megan L. Snider (PL to CC) 07/17/17 Pisgah (Kernersville) (YV) No Appointment Anna L. Barden (FD) 07/20/17 Transitional Leave (ME) Personal Leave (ME) Chad W. Cozad (FL to NO) 08/01/17 University City (Charlotte) Assistant (ME) No Appointment William C. Currie (RE) 08/01/17 Retired (YV) Pisgah (Kernersville) (YV) Providence (Charlotte) Executive Director Church Administrator, Myers Park Baptist Leigh Anne Hagerman (FD) 08/01/17 (ME) Church (ABLC/OVM) (ME) Assistant Professor, Pfeiffer University Associate Professor, Pfeiffer University T. Kevin Taylor (FE) 08/01/17 (UW) (AEM/WUM) (UW) 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 187
Ghana Community Mission - Hunter's Cha- All Nations - Hunter's Chapel (Charlotte) Emmanuel Boakye-Yiadom (FE) 08/05/17 pel (Charlotte) (ME) (ME) (name change) Wake Forest: Department of Counseling/ Wake Forest: Department of Counseling J. Robert Nations (FE) 08/15/17 Concord (Mocksville) Intentional Interim (YV) (YV) Student, C.P.E. Residency, New Hanover Matthew R. Lawing (PD) 08/21/17 Transitional Leave (CV) Regional Medical Center (Wilmington) (CV) Gerald C. Hagler (PL to CC) 08/23/17 First (China Grove) Assistant (ME) No Appointment Assoc Dean / Campus & Cont Ed Coord, Timothy S. Moore (FE) 08/24/17 Transitional Leave (AP) Pfeiffer University, Charlotte Campus St. Luke's (Hickory) Minister of Youth and St. Luke's (Hickory) Deacon Associate /Pas- Monica C. Childers (FD) 09/01/17 College Age Adults (CV) tor of Adult Leadership Development (CV) Christ (High Point) Minister of Children Pine Valley Associate Pastor of Discipleship Kimberly J. Collins (FD) 09/01/17 and Youth (NP) (Harbor District, NC Conf) (NP) Michael W. Collins (FE) 09/01/17 Midway (Kannapolis) (ME) Medical Leave (ME) K. Rex Cranfill (RL) 09/01/17 Retired (AP) Elbaville (Advance) (YV) Exec Dir Project Salud y Paz, Guatemala Edmonds Associate (Puget Sound Dist, Pa- Clarissa Y. Fuentes (FE) 09/01/17 (BR) cific Northwest Conf) (BR) Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Mountain Val- Alycia R. Johnson (CC to PL) 09/01/17 Certified Candidate (BR) ley, Pleasant Gap) (BR) Siloam Korean Methodist Church (Seoul Heeyoung Kim (RE) 09/01/17 Retired (NP) Conf) (AEM/OVM) (NP) Christ (Hickory) Assistant (Fairgrove Cam- Robert Kropiwnicki (FL to CC) 09/01/17 No Appointment pus) (CV) Hagan R. McClellan Sr (OR) 09/01/17 Elbaville (Advance) (YV) No Appointment Union Grove (Indian Trail) and C(PE) Resi- Anna V. Osborne (FE) 09/01/17 Union Grove (Indian Trail) (ME) dency - CMC Charlotte (ME) Christ (Greensboro) Associate Half-Time Christ (Greensboro) Associate Full-Time Virginia B. Reynolds (OF) 09/01/17 (NP) (NP) Cynthia S. Wechter (FE) 09/01/17 St. Luke's (Hickory) Associate (CV) Christ (Drexel) (CV) Melinda W. McDonald (OF to NO) 09/17/17 Edneyville (Hendersonville) (BR) No Appointment Beverly E. Gaska (RE) 09/30/17 Liberty (Mocksville) (YV) Retired Only (YV) Todd H. McCullough (FE) 10/01/17 Hope (East Flat Rock) (BR) Midway (Kannapolis) (ME) Mark W. Clark (PL to CC) 10/09/17 Ebenezer (Denver) (CV) No Appointment Catherine K. Vlastakis (FE) 10/09/17 Main Street (Kernersville) Associate (YV) Family Leave (YV) Bereavement & Volunteer Coordinator, Rachel R. Randall (FE) 10/11/17 Transitional Leave (ME) Harbor Grace Hospice, Atlanta (ME) Interim Executive Director, Mission En- Executive Director, Mission Engagement, Russell Pierce (FE) 10/14/17 gagement, and Director of the Advance, GBGM (AEM/WUM) (NP) GBGM (NP) Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem) Deacon As- President & Director, Tsunami Ministries, Steven S. Keaton (FD) 10/15/17 sociate (YV) Inc. (AEM/OVM) (YV) Jeremy S. Morris (PE) 10/15/17 Weaverville Associate (BR) Hope (East Flat Rock) - Edneyville (BR) Director of Donor Development, Union Timothy S. Moore (FE) 10/16/17 Transitional Leave (AP) Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte (AEM/ OVM) (AP) Casey C. Crimmins (FL to NO) 10/23/17 Providence (Charlotte) Assistant (ME) No Appointment Matthews-Wesley Associate (801 South Stephen G. Knopp II (FE to NO) 10/31/17 No Appointment (surrendered credentials) Campus) (ME) Faithwalk Associate / Chaplain, Hospice Chaplain, Hospice and Palliative Care of Peter A. Overcash (PE) 11/01/17 and Palliative Care of Greensboro (NP) Greensboro (AEM/OVM) (NP) Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem) Assistant Robert W. Richardson (PL) 11/01/17 G3 (Winston-Salem) Assistant (YV) (YV) Pastoral Counseling, Psychotherapy, and John B. Rowe (FE to RE) 11/01/17 Retired (ME) Spiritual Direction (ME) Rankin Memorial-Ward Street Mission As- Vincent Murphy (PL to NO) 11/07/17 No Appointment sistant (High Point) (NP) C. Mac Warren (PL) 11/10/17 Macedonia (Harmony) - Olin (AP) Olin (AP) Chaplain, Medi Home Health and Hospice, D. Wayne Ratcliffe (FE) 11/13/17 Chaplain, United Hospice of Wilkes (YV) Sparta (AEM/UEG) (YV) Jackie L. Short (PL to CC) 11/20/17 Trinity (Gastonia) (CV) No Appointment Carolyn S. Donahue-Sears (CC 12/01/17 No Appointment Trinity (Gastonia) (CV) to PL) Brown Summit-Friendship (Brown Sum- Andrew Hellams (FL to CC) 12/01/17 No Appointment mit) (NP) 188 Western North Carolina Conference
Name (Status) Date Appointment From Appointment To The Good Neighbor Movement (Greens- Brandon P. Wrencher Sr (PE) 12/09/17 New Church Start (Greensboro) (NP) boro) (NP) (NS name change) Robert T. McLawhorn (RE) 12/11/17 New Mount Vernon (Winston-Salem) (YV) Deceased Hugh W. Russell (PL) 12/22/17 Big Sandy-Western Chapel (BR) Deceased Lawana C. Almond (PL to NO) 12/31/17 Qualla Parish: Cherokee Assistant (SM) No Appointment Rhonda T. Campbell (OE) 12/31/17 Prospect (Monroe) (UW) No Appointment Jack D. Danley (RE) 12/31/17 Rockford Street (Mount Airy) (YV) Retired (Only) (YV) Mead Memorial (Kentucky East Dist, Ken- Retired / Mead Memorial (Kentucky East Larry G. Puryear (FE to RE) 12/31/17 tucky Conf) (CV) Dist, Kentucky Conf) (CV) Queen Street Deacon Associate (Sound Elizabeth G. Taylor (FD to RD) 12/31/17 Retired (YV) Dist, NC Conf) (YV) D. Ronald Allen (FE to RE) 01/01/18 Transitional Leave (SM) Retirement (SM) Lynda T. Briggs (FE to RE) 01/01/18 Medical Leave (BR) Retirement (BR) SouthPark Deacon Associate (church name Nancy Miller Campbell (FD) 01/01/18 Sharon (Charlotte) Deacon Associate (ME) change) (ME) Rehobeth (Greensboro) Minister of Educa- Anne C. Conover (FD) 01/01/18 Rehobeth (Greensboro) Associate (NP) tion (NP) Pfeiffer University Chaplain and Director of Maegan D. Habich (CC to FL) 01/01/18 Certified Candidate (UW) Church Relations (AEM/WUM) (UW) Fair View (Mooresville) Minister of Spiri- Fair View (Mooresville) Minister of Spiritual Susan H. Harrison (PD) 01/01/18 tual Growth (Quarter-Time) (ME) Growth (Half-Time) (ME) Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem) Minister of Spiritual Formation Associate, Lydia Group Dianne Donald Lawhorn (FE) 01/01/18 Spiritual Growth / Spiritual Formation As- (ME) sociate, Lydia Group (YV) David J. Lee (FE) 01/01/18 Summerfield (NP) Summerfield Peace (NP) Friendship (Albemarle) (UW) (Due to Jennifer D. Read-Orr (PL) 01/01/18 Tabernacle (Albemarle) - Friendship (UW) Church Closure) Robert K. [Buzz] Scott (FE to RE) 01/01/18 Medical Leave (BR) Retired (BR) H. Kyle Thompson (FE) 01/01/18 Sharon (Charlotte) (ME) SouthPark (church name change) (ME) President & Director, Tsunami Ministries, Steven S. Keaton (FD to NO) 01/03/18 No Appointment (surrendered credentials) Inc. (YV) Coordinator, NC Dinner Church Movement James H. Belk (FE) 01/10/18 Outreach Architect (UW) (UW) Peter R. McGuire (FE) 01/12/18 Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare (YV) Transitional Leave (YV) Melvin K. Burton (RL) 01/14/18 No Appointment (ME) Ebenezer (Denver) (CV) Marjorie B. Hill (OD) 01/15/18 No Appointment First (Murphy) Deacon Associate (SM) Sharon E. Quate (PL to CC) 01/31/18 Bethany (Liberty)-Staley (Staley) (NP) No Appointment Executive Director, The Shalom Project Eileen M. Ayuso (FE) 02/01/18 Faith (Rural Hall) - Antioch (Rural Hall) (YV) (AEM/OVM) (YV) Program Assistant, Central Outreach & Brenna N. Lakeson (PD) 02/01/18 Personal Leave (ME) Advocacy Center, Atlanta (ME) Chaplain, Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplain, Hospice and Palliative Care of Peter A. Overcash (PE) 02/01/18 of Greensboro / On-Call Chaplain, Cone Greensboro (NP) Health (AEM/OVM) (NP) Manager, School Based Services and Psychotherapist, School Based Services, Donnie S. Mitchem (FD) 02/04/18 Child/Adolescent Outpatient Services, Carolinas HealthCare System (ME) Atrium Health (ABLC/OVM) (ME) Assistant Chaplain, Arbor Acres Retirement Laura-Lee K. Jones (OF) 02/05/18 Full Member of Another Denomination Community (AEM/WUM) (YV) Matthew R. Smith (PE to NO) 02/06/18 Personal Leave (ME) No Appointment Central (Asheville) Minister of Congrega- Amy P. Leachman (FD) 02/08/18 Family Leave (BR) tional Care (BR) Program Manager, Faith in Rural Communi- Heather S. Kilbourne (FE) 02/15/18 Bethlehem (Statesville) (AP) ties Project, NC Rural Center (AEM/OVM) (AP) Director of Pastoral Care and Chaplain, Director of Aging and Older Adult Min, William B. Randolph (FE) 02/26/18 Longwood at Oakmont Presbyterian Senior GB(OD) (YV) Care, Verona, PA (AEM/OVM) (YV) Forsyth - Stokes (Antioch, Bethlehem Forsyth - Stokes (Antioch, Bethlehem [Win- Jesse J. Clubb (FL to PL) 03/01/18 [Winston-Salem], Forest Chapel) Full-Time ston-Salem], Forest Chapel) Part-Time (YV) (YV) Paul A. Craig (FE) 03/01/18 Matthews-Wesley Executive Pastor (ME) Matthews Executive Pastor (ME) Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader, Elizabeth H. Faughn (FE) 03/01/18 Personal Leave (ME) Shekinah Farm Retreat Center (AEM/OVM) (ME) 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 189
Elizabeth L. Graves (FE) 03/01/18 Epworth (Concord) (ME) Medical Leave (ME) Matthews-Wesley Minister of Missions Matthews Associate (Minister of Missions) Bradley E. Hopper (FD) 03/01/18 and Young Adults (ME) (ME) Judith F. Hunt (FL to PL) 03/01/18 Matthews-Wesley Assistant (Wesley) (ME) Wesley (Charlotte) (ME) Matthews-Wesley Assistant Youth Director Matthews Associate (Youth/College and Corey C. Milliet (PD) 03/01/18 (ME) 801 South Campus) (ME) Matthews-Wesley Assistant for Latino/ Matthews Assistant for Latino/Hispanic Roldan F. Norona (FL) 03/01/18 Hispanic Ministry (ME) Ministry (ME) Joshua H. Sherfey (FE) 03/01/18 First (Taylorsville) (AP) Personal Leave (AP) Charles W. Wilson (FE) 03/01/18 Matthews-Wesley (ME) Matthews (ME) Selwyn (Charlotte) (ME) (church name Linwood C. Brooks (FE) 03/11/18 Mouzon (Charlotte) (ME) change) Ryan C. Snider (FE) 03/19/18 Oak Hill (Candler) (Part-Time) (BR) Oak Hill (Candler) (Full-Time) (BR) Studio 345 Connector/Expander (ABLC) Patricia G. Pegram (FD) 03/27/18 Transitional Leave (ME) (ME) Karen B. Angel (OE) 04/01/18 Level Cross (Randleman) (NP) No Appointment (Return to N(CC)) Mount Lebanon (Randleman) - Level Cross Kaye H. Fry (FE) 04/01/18 Mount Lebanon (Randleman) (NP) (NP) Susan D. Mitchell (FE) 04/01/18 Personal Leave (NP) Oak Ridge Pastor of Adult Discipleship (NP) New Hope (Blackwater, New Hope [Pilot Roxanne M. Marterre (PL to CC) 04/02/18 No Appointment Mountain], Stanford) (YV) Miller C. Carter (FE) 04/07/18 Simpson-Gillespie (Charlotte) (ME) Deceased Michael B. Brown (FE to RE) 04/08/18 Marble Collegiate Church (AEM) (YV) Retired (YV) Davis Street Children and Family Ministries Jane D. Brannock (FD) 04/09/18 Transitional Leave (NP) (Corridor District, NC Conf) (NP) Spiritual Care Coordinator, Heartland Hos- Rachel R. Randall (FE) 04/17/18 Transitional Leave (ME) pice (AEM/OVM) (ME) Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem) Assistant, Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem) Assistant, Robert W. Richardson (PL to FL) 05/01/18 Part-Time (YV) Full-Time (YV) George D. Richardson (FE) 05/06/18 Cullowhee - Speedwell (SM) Cullowhee (SM) (church merger) Cullowhee - Speedwell Minister of Educa- Cullowhee Minister of Education and Spiri- Julia S. Trantham (FD) 05/06/18 tion and Spiritual Development (SM) tual Development (SM) (church merger) Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Mountain Barnardsville (Barnardsville, Pleasant Gap) Alycia R. Johnson (PL) 05/15/18 Valley, Pleasant Gap) (BR) (BR) (church closure) James M. Armstrong Jr (FE) 06/01/18 First (Lexington) (UW) Medical Leave (UW) Casey L. McKenna (OF) 06/01/18 Helton - Trinity (Lansing) (AP) Helton (Lansing) (AP) Jackie Sellers (RL) 06/01/18 No Appointment (SM) Bellview (Murphy) (SM) Joel R. Simpson (PE) 06/01/18 Mount Zion (Cornelius) Associate (ME) First (Taylorsville) (AP) 76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension ministries for the ensuing year? a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?...... See Section VI of Journal b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?...... See Section VI of Journal c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)...... See Section VI of Journal 77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?...... See Section VI of Journal b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)?...... See Section VI of Journal 78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.) Name Status School Anne M. Elmore FE CPE Residency, Einstein Healthcare Christopher D. Henson FE CPE Residency, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Matthew R. Lawing FD CPE Residency, New Hanover Regional Medical Center N. Keith Lowder FE Gordon-Conwell Theological School Pittman, Susannah B. FE Wake Forest University 79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]?...... See Section VI of Journal 80. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.5), corrections or additions to matters reported in the “Business of the Annual Conference” form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.) Ann L. Henderson became Ann Henderson Owens Yvonne Thigpen became Yvonne Thigpen Papas Jayne Lea Koeslin became Jayne Lea Koeslin Radionov 81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)?...... June 20-23, 2019, at Lake Junaluska, NC