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journal The Little Rock Annual Conference UNITED ~ ~m -j I 0 0 (J) -j CHURCH The United Methodist Churc~h 1985 LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Officers .................................................................... 6 II. Boards, Commissions, Committees, Rolls of Conference Members .................. 7 Boards, Commissions, Committees A. Conference Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees ............... 7 B. Conference Council on Ministries, Commissions and Committees .......... 23 C. Area Committee on Cooperative Parish Ministries ....................... 28 D. Institutional Trustees ................................................ 29 E. District Council on Ministries ......................................... 31 F. Campus Ministry Board of Directors ................................... 39 G. Officers of United Methodist Women .................................... 43 Conference Directory: Lay Personnel on Annual Conference Boards and Agencies ................. 44 Retired Ministers ....................................................... 49 Effective Ministers ..................................................... 51 Probationary Members .................................................. 55 Associate Members ..................................................... 55 Local Pastors ........................................................... 55 Laymen Serving as Pulpit Supplies ....................................... 56 Diaconal Ministers ...................................................... 57 Lay Members .......................................................... 58 Church Lay Leaders ................................................... 73 Conference Secretary's Staff .............................................. 81 III. Daily Proceedings .......................................................... 82 IV. Disciplinary Questions ...................................................... 90 V. Appointments ............................................................. 103 VI. Reports .................................................................. 112 Report of The Council on Ministries ..................................... 112 Report of Conference Boards, Commissions and Committees ................ 119 Financial Reports ...................................................... 157 Conference Structure .................................................. 174 VII. Memoirs ................................................................. 195 VIII. Roll of Deceased Ministerial Members ........................................ 204 IX. Historical ................................................................ 217 X. Miscellaneous ............................................................. 222 Standing Rules ........................................................ 222 XI. Ministers Service Record ................................................... 226 Salaries of Conference Members in Special Appointments .................. 232 XII. Statistical Reports ......................................................... 239 Statistical Tables ...................................................... 239 XIII. Index .................................................................... 278 6 LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE I. Officers Officers Of The Annual Conference President - Bishop Richard B. Wilke, 715 Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Secretary - Gerald K. Fincher, Carmona Road, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas 71909 Statistician - William D. Haake, P. 0. Box 178, Star City, Arkansas 71667 Director, Council on Ministries - F. Gladwin Connell, 715 Center St., Little Rock, Arkan sas 72201 Associate Director, Council on Ministries - William A. Eason, 715 Center St., Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Associate Director, Council on Ministries - Charles Nesbitt, 715 Center St., Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 President UMW - Mrs. Leona Bonsall, 7 Arnold Dr., Texarkana 75502 Lay Leader - Dale Booth, 6911 Skywood Rd., Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 Area Officers Area Treasurer - Ann Onstott, P. 0. Box 3364, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 President - Hendrix College - Joe B. Hatcher, Conway, Arkansas 72032 Editor, Arkansas Methodist- Georgia Daily, P. 0. Box 3547, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Superintendent, The Methodist Children's Home - Joe R. Phillips, Jr:, 2002 Fillmore, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Executive Director - United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas - James B. Argue, Jr., P. 0. Box 3364, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 President, Philander Smith College - Hazo W. Carter, Jr., 12th & State Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Cooperative Parish Ministries - Ron B. Clark, 715 Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 District Superintendent Arkadelphia - Norman C. Carter, P. 0. Box 186, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71923 Camden - Alvin C. Murray, 484 Elaine Avenue, N.W., Camden, Arkansas 71701 Hope - David B. Wilson, 200 N. Pine Street, Hope, Arkansas 71801 Little Rock - George A. Tanner, 715 Center Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Monticello - Merle A. Johnson, 436 South Main, Monticello, Arkansas 71655 Pine Bluff - John W. Lindsay, 1 Longmeadow, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601 General Council On Ministries Dianna Piggee Jurisdictional Council On Ministries F. Gladwin Connell, Martha Faulkner LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE 7 II. Boards, Commissions, Committees, Rolls Of Conference Members All addresses are in Arkansas unless otherwise noted. A. CONFERENCE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES CONFERENCE COUNCIL STAFF ASSIGNMENTS 1985-86 F. GLADWIN CONNELL BILL A. EASON CHARLES NESBITT Little Rock DCOM Pine Bluff DCOM Arkadelphia DCOM Hope DCOM Monticello DCOM Camden DCOM Congregational Dev. Congregational Dev. Congregational Dev. Priority Priority Priority Missional Priority Education Missional Priority Coord. Committee Higher Education Coord. Committee CFA World Hunger Church & Society Global Ministries Lay Life & Work Religion & Race Evangelism Communications UAPB Campus Ministry Archives & History Stewardship HSU Wesley Fdn. Annual Conference Worship Planning Comm. Christian Unity Review & Evaluation Language Task Force UAM Wesley Fdn. SA U Wesley Fdn. UALR Wesley Fdn. *** ***Also carries assignment in the North Arkansas Annual Conference ASSIGNMENT OF CABINET REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 1985-86 Diaconal Ministries ............................................... John Lindsay Ordained Ministry ................................... John Lindsay, David Wilson Professional Ministries .......................................... Norman Carter Pensions ........................................................ Alvin Murray Lay Life & Work ................................................. Bill A. Eason C.F.A .......................................................... George Tanner Archives and History .......................................... Gladwin Connell Equitable Salaries .............................................. Norman Carter Religion and Race .............................................. Charles Nesbitt Church and Society ............................................. Charles Nesbitt Education ........................................................ Bill A. Eason Evangelism ................................................... Gladwin Connell Global Ministries ................................................. Alvin Murray Christian Unity ................................................. Merle Johnson Stewardship ..................................................... Bill A. Eason Status & Roll of Women ......................................... Norman Carter Worship ......................................................... Bill A. Eason Annual Conference Committee ....................... Host District Superintendent Insurance ....................................................... Merle Johnson Joint Review Committee ............................ George Tanner-John Lindsay 8 LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE Disability ...................................................... George Tanner Review and Evaluation ......................................... Gladwin Connell Higher Education and Campus Ministry .......................... Gladwin Connell Communications .................................................. Bill A. Eason Planning & Research ........................................... Gladwin Connell Congregational Development Task Force ........................... Alvin Murray Missional Priority Coordinating Committee ......................... John Lindsay Trustees ....................................................... George Tanner BOARD OF CHURCH & SOCIETY 1985/86 Chairperson: ..................... Sam Albright, 715 Center, Little Rock 72201 (80) V. Chairperson: .................... Don Wilson, P. 0. Box 477, Hampton 71744 (84) Secretary: ..................... Robert Berry, #1 Sierra Dr., Hot Springs 71909 (80) Cab. Rep.: ......................... Charles Nesbitt, 715 Center, Little Rock 72201 A -Robert Berry, #1 Sierra Dr., Hot Springs 71909 (80) A -Susan Neeper, #2 Briar Ridge Dr., Hot Springs 71913 (84) c -David Swift, P. 0. Box 146, Waldo 71770 (84) c -Ginger Fisher, 389 Palisade, Camden 71701 (85) H -Charles Walthall, 145 E. Commerce, Ashdown 71822 (84) H -Mrs. Robert Prator, 104 Georgian Terrace, Texarkana 75502 (84) LR -Carlos Summers, 7421 Fairways Dr., Little Rock 72204 (84) LR -Barbara Lewis, 216 W. Sixth, Little Rock 72201 (85) M -John Alston, P. 0. Box 311, Hamburg 71646 (85) M -Carolyn Curry, 313 Shelby, Warren 71671 (85) PB -John Darnall, Rt. 7, Box 755, Pine Bluff 71603 (84) PB -Josephine Bell, 58 Westchester, Pine Bluff 71602 (84) UMW -Margaret