Ministerial Appointments
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Section VI, Part I South Carolina Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church Ministerial Appointments By authority of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, I hereby fix these appointments for the South Carolina Annual Conference for the 2018-2019 conference year. As commissioned, licensed, consecrated or ordained members of the covenant of ministry, let us offer ourselves without reserve to the responsibilities and opportunities of these appointments. L. Jonathan Holston Resident Bishop South Carolina Annual Conference June 6, 2018 Status Key AL Administrative Location (¶ 359) AM Associate Member (¶¶ 322, 369.1, 635.2h) AF Affiliate Member (¶¶ 334.5, 344.4, 586.4) DC Deaconess (¶ 1913.2) DM Diaconal Minister (2004 Discipline (¶ 369.1) DR Retired Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline (¶ 357) FD Deacon in full connection (¶ 330) FE Elder in full connection (¶ 335) FL Full-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.1) HL Honorable Location\Honorable Location Retired (¶¶ 358.1, 358.3) LM Certified Lay Minister (¶ 268) OA Associate Member of other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1) OD Deacon Member of other annual conference (¶ 331.8) OE Elder Member of other annual conference or other Methodist denomination (¶ 346.1) OF Full Member of other denomination (¶ 346.2) OP Provisional Member of other Annual Conference OR Retired Member of other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1) PD Provisional Deacon (¶¶ 324, 325) PE Provisional Elder (¶¶ 324, 325) PL Part-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.2) RA Retired Associate Member (¶ 357) RD Retired Deacon in Full connection (¶ 357) RE Retired Full Elder (¶ 357) RP Retired Provisional Member (¶ 357) (prior to Jan 1, 2013) RL Retired Local Pastor (¶¶ 320.5, 327.7) Not a Disciplinary Code: SY Other Supplies – Used by GCFA for assigned pastors Revised March 1, 2019 Anderson District (49 charges; 73 churches) Steve A. Patterson Jr., District Superintendent 1 ABBEVILLE: Bells – J. Scott Allen (OF/FL)(346.2) 1 Grace – Jason G. Wilson 9 Main Street – Brian J. Arant 4 Sharon-Smyrna – Daniel K. Fortney (OF/FL)(346.1) 3 ANDERSON: Anderson Circuit – Annie K. Jackson (PL) (1/2) 1 (Mount Pleasant, Mount Sinai, Emmanuel) North Anderson Charge – Cyrus D. Rogers (RE) 5 SY (Carol Burdette) 8 (John Wesley, Sandy Springs) Homeland Park – SY (Mari Gonlag) (1/4) 1 Marshall Memorial-Ebenezer Charge – Marguerite K. “Kempie” Shepard (RE) 4 New Hope – Steven M. King 1 South Main Chapel and Mercy Center – Kurt L. Stutler (OF/FL)(346.2) 5 St. John’s – Kitty Cooper Holtzclaw 3 Minister of Congregational Care – Herb E. Franklin (RE) 3 Thompson Centennial-Fairfield Charge – Hal B. Johnson (PL) (1/2) 2 Toxaway – Freda A. Brock (PL) (1/2) 3 Trinity – Mary V. Teasley 5 Zion – Beverly CroweTipton 3 BELTON: Latimer Memorial – William W. Culp III 3 Union Grove – Amy D. Bratton 7 CALHOUN FALLS: Calhoun Falls – Robert Eubanks (RE) 1 (Effective January 1, 2019) CENTRAL: Mount Zion – Eugene A. Aiken 4 CLEMSON: Clemson – Frances M. Elrod 1 Associate – Patrick H. Kelley (RL) 7 Pastor of Spiritual Formation – James L. Morgan 2 Campus Minister – Steven P. Simoneaux Jr. 6 Lawrence Chapel – Mollie B. Reddic 1 DUE WEST: Gilgal-Shiloh – Joe D. Durham (RL) (1/4) 2 Brenda W. Durham (PL) (1/4) 2 EASLEY: Arial-Tabor – Roger M. Gwinn (RL) 15 Bethesda – Dan L. Batson 3 Easley Charge – Doris R. Bright 3 (Easley Chapel, John Wesley) Fairview-St. Paul – J. Kevin Gorry (RE) 3 First Church – Kenneth D. Owens 1 Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries – Deana Gentry (FD) (1/2) 1 (Effective Nov. 1, 2018) St. Andrew – Jeffrey W. Childress 3 HONEA PATH: Chiquola-Donalds – Fred N. Treaster (RE) 5 Trinity – Gayle M. Summey 7 IVA: Bethel-Ruhamah – Richard C. Somerville (PL) (1/2) 2 LIBERTY: Liberty-Zion – Peggy J. Garland (RE) 1 Revised March 1, 2019 PENDLETON: Pendleton – A. Melton Arant Jr. 6 Pendleton Charge – Alfred T. Wright (RA) 1 (Bethel, Central) PICKENS: Grace – David C. Taylor 2 Mount Bethel-Porter’s Chapel – Richard W. Waldrep 7 PIEDMONT: Shiloh – George H. Donigian 1 SALEM: Salem – Gregg S. Varner (RL) 4 SENECA: Ann Hope-Friendship – Steven Matthew Turner (FL) 2 New Harmony-Robinson Chapel – Bernetha W. Orr (PL) (1/2) 3 St. Mark – Henry M “Todd” Davis IV 3 Associate – Shawna M. Darnall 3 STARR: Starr Charge – Chuck Blowers (SY) 1 (Hebron, Starr) TOWNVILLE: Dickson Memorial – Judy C. Hames 5 WALHALLA: St. Luke – Kevin B. Lindley 1 WESTMINSTER: Double Springs-Rock Springs – Ronald J. Massey (PL) (1/2) 14 Hopewell-Zion Charge – James R. McDowell (PL) 1 Westminster-Chicopee – Joseph E. Allinder (OR)(346.1) 7 WILLIAMSTON: Grace-Pelzer – Gregory Lee Cole Jr. (PL) (1/2) 1 Williamston Charge – Clara M. Gary (RL) 9 (New Golden Grove, Moores Chapel, St. James) APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Within the Connection: Patterson Jr., Steve A. – District Superintendent, Anderson District 1 Approved by United Methodist Endorsing Agency: Shugart, Steven L. – Clinical Chaplain, SC National Guard, First Easley CC 9 Other Valid Ministries: Bentley, Ronald Eugene – Pickens County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs, St. Paul CC 1 APPOINTED TO ATTEND SCHOOL: None APPOINTED IN OTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCES Boatwright, Megan Augustine – Associate, Christ UMC, Knoxville TN, Holston Conference 2 Spurrier, Ryan G. – Campus Minister UNC, Chapel Hill NC, Clemson CC 4 LEAVE OF ABSENCE Ray, Keith D. 1 FAMILY LEAVE: None SABBATICAL LEAVE: None MEDICAL LEAVE Petry, Scott 8 RETIREMENT Retired Ministers Allinder, Joseph E. Ashmore, E. Warren Bowling Jr., Ralph T. Bryant Jr., T. Lee Bynum, William H. Cannon, Barry W. Carlisle, Robert N. Claytor, Robert B. Cleasby, Bruce Revised March 1, 2019 RETIREMENT Retired Ministers (continued) Cox, H. Michael Durham, Joe D. Ethridge, Bobbie R. (FD) Eubanks, Robert L. Farley, William B. Ferguson, Clifford, F. Ford, Julian R. Franklin, E. Herbert Freeman, John M. Gary, Clara M. Gorry, J. Kevin Gwinn, Roger M. Hartsell, Franklin D. Hendry, Joyce S. Kelley, Patrick H. Leppard, James F. Lewis, Sinclair E. Marsh, Ed C. Marsh, Eileen C. McAuley, Robert E. McCoy Sr., Franklin DeWitt McNatt, Linda M. Medlin, Anthony Steele Mims, Louis M. Mitchell, Paul C. Mitchell, W. Terry Morgan, Steven D. Murphy, A. Wesley Padgett, Clarence D. Patterson, Stanley B. Pearce, Roger Wayne Shattuck Sr., Leslie J. (RL) Shepard, Frederick J. Shepard, Marguerite K. Stillwell, Robert E. Thompson, Leon E. Thompson, Morris C. Vandiver, Michael L. Varner, Gregg S. Workman, George M. (HonLocRet) Retired Missionaries: None DIACONAL MINISTRY Diaconal Ministers: Brashear, Carolyn Elaine – Program Director, Director of Christian Education, Trinity CC 21 Retired Diaconal Ministers: Fuhr, Ann Barton – Lawrence Chapel CC 16 DEACONESSES Active: Bruder, Carol – Coordinator of Wellness Ministry, Grace UMC, Pickens 4 Retired: Edens, Mary Lou – Main Street, Abbeville CC 17 Revised March 1, 2019 Charleston District (62 charges; 77 churches) Sandra Stevens-Poirel, District Superintendent 3 BONNEAU: Berkeley Circuit – James Lewis (PL) (1/2) 2 (Eccles, Hoods Chapel) CHARLESTON: Aldersgate – Erik K. Grayson 5 Asbury-St. James – Timothy G. Shaw (PL) (1/2) 13 Bethany – Cindy Muncie (PE) 1 Bethel – Susan P. Leonard 1 Associate – John Hipp (RE) (1/2) 1 Centenary – Lorenzo Moses (1/4) 15 Charleston Korean – Yon Taek Bae 8 Cherokee Place – Ellen A. Younker (RE) (1/2) 9 Cokesbury – Megan L. Gray 7 Epworth – Timothy S. Reeves (OE)(346.1) 2 Grace – Richard A. Broomall 9 Associate – Katherine A. Brock (FD) 8 John Wesley – W. Michael Bruce 3 Associate – Karen Lail Jones (FD) 3 Midland Park – James Hyatt Jr. (RE) (1/2) 3 Mount Carmel – Carlton J. McClam Sr. 9 New Francis Brown – Morris Waymer Jr. 3 North Charleston – Richard H. Reams 2 Old Bethel – Timothy J. Bowman 13 St. Andrews Parish – W. Brad Gray 7 St. Mark – Michael S. Bingham 3 Trinity – Michael D. Wood (PL) (3/4) 1 Washington – William M. Wrighten (3/4) 8 Wesley – Julius L. McDowell 1 CROSS: Cross – Major Brown III 5 (Jerusalem, Zion) Friendship – Bryan W. Pigford (PL) (1/2) 4 Greater St. Paul – Alfonza Jones Sr. (FL) 11 EDISTO ISLAND: Edisto Island-Wesley Memorial – Kevin P. Stroop 4 FOLLY BEACH: Folly Beach – Randall W. Horres (FL) 4 GOOSE CREEK: Goose Creek – Frances Debra Dowdle (AM) 19 St. James – Miyoung Paik 1 HOLLYWOOD: Ravenel – Len Ripley (RL) (1/4) 1 (Effective Aug. 1, 2018) Wesley – Dwight A. Nelson 1 HUGER: New Church Start Cainhoy – Wendy Hudson Jacoby 2 St. Thomas Charge – Shawn B. Chestnut 3 (New Hope, Stewart Chapel, Zion) ISLE OF PALMS: First – Thomas W. Smith 6 JAMESTOWN: Jamestown – Laura N. Benson (PL) (1/2) 3 (Mount Zion, New Hope, St. James) JOHNS ISLAND: Johns Island Parish – Pattie E. Gordon 1 (Bethlehem-St. James, New Webster) Wesley – Eleanora C. Ellington 1 Revised March 1, 2019 Revised March 1, 2019 LADSON: Wesley – Enrique R. Gordon 1 McCLELLANVILLE: Sewee-Santee Charge – Jack Bailey (RE) 1 (Effective Sept. 16, 2018) (McClellanville, Ocean Grove, Wren’s Chapel) MONCKS CORNER: Centenary – Darlene M. Richardson (PL) (1/2) 9 Ebenezer – Janice L. Mabey (PL) (1/2) 3 Joshua – Mae Frances Taylor 13 Moncks Corner – Jeremy L. Howell 1 Smyrna – David Smith (RE) 1 (1/4) (Effective February 1, 2019) MOUNT PLEASANT: Hibben – Ray P. Litts 4 Associate – Walter E. Strawther 4 Point Hope – Elizabeth Sullivan (OP)(346.1) 1 PINOPOLIS: Pinopolis – Doug O. Benton (AM) 1 Wesley – Lillian Washington (RE) 3 RIDGEVILLE: Lebanon Charge – Kenneth C. Burr (RL) 8 (Lebanon, Spring Hill) ST. STEPHEN: All Saints Charge – Clayton Jones (PL) (1/2) 3 (Cordesville, New Light) Bethel – Cindy S. Shaw (PL) (1/2) 9 Mount Nebo – Richard Irving (PL) (1/2) 3 St. Stephen Charge – Kris Bergmann (PL) (1/2) 3 (Rehoboth, St. Stephen) Jehovah – Tony Richardson, (PL) (4 (2/1 SUMMERVILLE: New Church Start Ashley Ridge – Bethany – D. Mitch Houston 3 Associate – Narcie M. Jeter 1 Boone Hill – Steve A.