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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 clergy of the Tennessee Conference all serve by the grace of God. The character and conference relations of all clergy members have been reviewed by Bishop William T. McAlilly, the Cabinet, and the Board of Ordained Ministry. Our clergy are in good standing and their ministries are appreciated. May God forgive us when we sin, strengthen us in our weakness, and perfect us as servants of the gospel.
Rev. Dr. Bryan L. Brooks, Chair Tennessee Annual Conference Board of Ordained Ministry
18. Who constitute:
a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Clergy: Alternates: Brooks, Dana (6) Kimbrough, Robin (11) Cover, Ann (6) Lee, Stephen (11) Morton, Michele (6)
b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)?
Cavin, Sherrie Potts, LaRhonda Freeman, Danny Seyler, Miriam Henry, Jackson Touchton, Martha Jacob, Jeff
c) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703)
Clergy Members Clergy Alt. Members Lay Members Lay Alt. Members Gildemeister, Tom (10) Hong, Hyeon Sik (8) Clark, Connie (6) Brown, George (7) Griggs, Sandra (6) Shelton, Joe (10) Churchwell, Robert (6) Dean, Sharon (7) Hutchinson, Don (6) Talley, Cynthia (6) Krau, Carol (8) Plant, Paul (7) Parker, Cherie (6) Parker, Patrick (7) Snell, Bob (8) Newman-St. John,
Judith (8)
19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) ( NOTE: Everyone who wants to become a n LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry?
Name District Date Certified Archer, Caroline Cumberland River 5/7/2018 Banks, Brady Kyle Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Cox, Todd Cumberland River 3/4/2016 Daniels, Adam Donovan Caney Fork River 4/9/2019 Dillard, Tory Red River 3/30/2017 Fish, Gerren Thomas Cumberland River 5/7/2018 Furtado, Linda Louise Cumberland River 9/25/2014 Gentry, Trevor Harpeth River 4/26/2016 Gordon, Murray Paul Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Gray, Cynthia Jolley Stones River 3/16/2019 Grayson, Stephen Douglas Caney Fork River 4/9/2019 Guffey, William Paul Stones River 4/8/2019 Gwynn-Dixon, Rebecca Cumberland River 9/21/2017 Haston, Donald Caney Fork River 3/21/2019 Hawkins, Anna Keller Cumberland River 11/10/2015
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Name District Date Certified Holton, Timothy Lee Stones River 1/12/2019 Jackson, Karasheila Red River 3/31/2016 Jessey, Christine Harpeth River 2/18/2018 Knorr-Hatton, Cassandra Marvine Red River 3/28/2011 Lea, Luke Harpeth River 4/14/2018 Long, Colby Cumberland River 4/9/2019 McClanahan, Matthew Janson Caney Fork River 4/9/2019 Meaker, Daniel Anthony Stones River 3/16/2019 Melick, John Cumberland River 4/18/2017 Panhalkar, Sharlet Harpeth River 8/14/2017 Partee, Nathaniel Harpeth River 8/14/2017 Phillips, Jeffrey Taylor Cumberland River 4/9/2019 Poland, Nicole Harpeth River 3/1/2016 Polk, Andrew Ross Stones River 4/8/2019 Scruggs, James Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Shelton, Kenneth Walter, Jr. Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Sharp, Lucinda Jan Caney Fork River 4/9/2019 Sigmon, Amy Red River 11/1/2016 Spencer, Wanda Lynn Stones River 3/16/2019 Taylor, Maggie Cumberland River 2016-2017 Terry, Donald Johnson Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Waggoner, Todd Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Ward, Margaret Cumberland River 3/9/2017 Weber, Sara Juanita Harpeth River 3/25/2019 Wilson, Dierdre Michelle Red River 3/21/2019
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 Receiving Conference Date Originally
Certified Date Accepted by District in Other Conference
Bi, Yiwen Illinois Great Rivers 11/10/2015 7/17/2018 Feliciano Esperanza, Laura
Michigan 6/3/2009 9/27/2018
Gale, Ivett Florida 2/26/2015 9/17/2018 Hale, John Joshua Dakotas 4/16/2015 6/5/22019 Ibarra-Hernandez, Laura
Memphis 2015 5/31/2019
c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?
Name District Date Certified Date Discontinued Crutcher, Nancy Yvette Cumberland River 9/29/2009 4/30/2019 Simpson, Whitney Red River 7/29/2015 4/25/2019 Skipper, Andrew Red River 10/6/2015 4/25/2019 Yorke, Richard Arnold Cumberland River 3/20/2014 5/20/2019
(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 appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.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?
(¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): (3/4v) Name District Year Licensed Approved Archer, Christine Caney Fork River 2012 Behnke, Donald Bryce Caney Fork River 2018 Dennis, Aaron J. Stones River 2017 Evans, David John Red River 2012
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Fleck, Jessica Cumberland River 2014 Hernandez, Claudet Delrocio Caney Fork River 2018 Long, Colby Burnette Cumberland River 2019 Sanchez, Estela Stones River 2010 Sanchez, Noel Stones River 2012
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)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v)
a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course
of Study *Allen, Paul Brian 1988 5 Blalock, Charles C. “Chris” 2015 0.5 Borchik, Amanda Kie 2017 0 Calton, Thad Thomas 2013 0 *Campbell, Lucretia Rhea 2012 MDiv, United *Cantrell, Joshua 2010 MDiv, Asbury Carty, Sarah Stelle 2017 0.5 Catlett, Lory Brooks 2018 Enrolled, Asbury *Coffelt, Danny Joel 2009 5 Copeland, George William 2011 0.5 Cortes-Rivera, Myriam Angeles 2012 1.75 Daniels, Adam Donovan 2019 0 Dietz, John Gordon 2015 1 Drake, John Pierce 2017 0 Dunavant, Timothy H. 2015 4 *Estes, Jason Henry 2008 5 *Falls, Ben M. 1978 5 Fasig, Jacob Andrew 2015 0 Ferguson, Timothy Lee 2004 5 *Flood, Tommy Oran 2008 5 Gordon, Murray Paul 2019 0 *Guertin, Michael Roland 2009 MDiv, Asbury Guffey, William Paul 2019 0 Harper-Baker, Lisa Elaine 2016 3 *Hatcher, Ann Askew 2008 5 Hayes, Johnny 2012 3.5 Hornby, Denna Marie 2015 4 Johnson, Bo Vaughn 2011 3 *Jowers, Phoebe 2010 MDiv, Memphis Kirby-Stratton, Penny Ann 2011 3 Law, Donald D. 2015 3.25 Layne, Joshua A. 2009 3.5 Lee, Ryne Paul 2014 2 *Lyle, William “Willie” Beverly Lynn 2008 5 *Mandrell, Jamie Ray 2012 5 Marshall-Kimball, Scott Walter 2018 MDiv, Claremont *Martin, Bobby Charles II 1989 5 McAbee, Philip David 2018 Enrolled, Asbury *McAnally, Jason Luke 2015 MDiv, Asbury McBryant, Jodi Gail 2016 0.75 McGowan, Cynthia Beth 2018 0 *McIntyre, Ingrid 2014 5 Merritt, Frances Frierson 2018 0 Myers, Micah Lane 2015 0 Newberry, Joshua Paul 2010 2 Penner, Christine Nicholas 2016 DMin, Memphis
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Name First Year License Awarded Years Completed with Course of Study
Rush, Adam J. 2017 Enrolled, Asbury Samuel, Mamdouh Ramzy 2015 0.5 Shields, Debra “Shebbie” 2015 2.5 *Sherwood, Charles Keith 1997 5 Shock, Addison 2016 MDiv, Vanderbilt *Stanfield, Sean 2014 5 Strader, Joshua Allen 2018 0 *Tate, Craig 2007 MDiv, Memphis Taylor, Rose 2016 0 Terry, Donald Johnson 2019 0 *Tollett, Phillip Duran 1998 5 *VanHooser, Steven Wade 1997 5 Wells, Pamela 2014 2.5 *Wesley, Richard Scott 2003 0 Wheeler, Robert 2017 0 Winton, David Arthur 2011 4.5 Worsham, Niles David 2004 2 *Young, Jeffery Charles 2003 5
b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments)
Name First Year License Awarded
Fraction of full time to be served
Years Completed with Course of Study
Acklin, Vernon Bernardo 2018 ½ 0 Alexander, Sr. John Douglas 1998 ¾ 2 Baker, Robert Anthony 2014 ½ 5 Bass, Brandon Wayne 2011 ½ 0 Bouch, Dennis 2012 ¼ 0 Brennan, Edward R. 2015 ¼ 2.25 *Brown, Kimi Lucille 2008 ¼ 5 *Brown, Thomas (Tony) A. 1985 ¼ 5 *Burton, Jeffery Randall 2003 ½ 5 *Butler, Jr., James L. 1999 ½ 5 Byrd, Glenn O. 2017 ¼ 0.25 Coleman, Jr., Lawrence C. 2014 ¼ 0 *Cook, Sr., Sean Vincente 1993 ½ 5 Coppock, Diane H. 1996 ¼ 5 *Cotterman, Jeffery “Jeff” C. 2005 ¾ 5 Cowan, Catherine Louise 2008 ½ 3 Cross, Kevin Carlton 2012 ¼ 0.75 Davis, Terrance 2013 ¼ 0.25 Day, Darrell 2013 ¼ 0 Demonbreun, Bradford Dwayne 2016 ¼ 0.25 Dezotell, Douglas Michael 2011 ½ 1.75 Diggs, Rodney 2013 ½ 0 Diggs, Zenola 2013 ¼ 0 *Dixon, Jr., Vernon “Sonnye” H. 2000 ¾ 5 Duvall, R. Scott 2017 ¼ 0.75 *Dyer, Ronnie K. 2001 ¾ 5 Eggleston, Michael Scott 2016 ½ 0.5 Eschenfelder, Benjamen T. 2015 ½ 3 *Eubanks, Debra Farrington 1992 ½ 5 Flood, M. Linnette 2015 ½ 2.75 Ford, Darren Jay 2018 ¼ 0 Gray, Cynthia Anne 2019 ¼ 0 Grayson, Stephen Douglass 2019 ½ 0 Grooms, Michael Ray 2012 ¼ 1.25 Haines, John Louis 2017 ½ 1.25
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Name First Year License Awarded
Fraction of full time to be served
Years Completed with Course of Study
Hall, Sheryl Lynn 2014 ¾ 0.5 Harlan, Walter Gerard 2012 ½ 3.5 Harris, Christopher Paul 2005 ½ 4 *Harris, James Tommy 2000 ½ 5 Harvey, Mary Joe 2018 ¼ 0.5 *Harvey, Sally Sue 2003 ¼ 5 Haston, Donald Lee 2019 ¼ 0 Hix, Kenny Bushong 2014 ½ 0.25 Holton, Timothy Lee 2019 ¾ 0 Hopkins, Charles “Chuck” 2016 ½ 0.75 Hopkins, Roy 2017 ½ 0.5 *James, Robert Demelrice 2004 ½ 5 James, Valarie Phillips 2017 ½ 0.5 *Johnson, Jr., Joel Vernon 2010 ½ 5 Johnson, Joseph Pate 2012 ½ 1 Jones, Chelli Runelle 2019 ½ 0 Jowers, Carl R. 2016 ¼ 0.25 *Keller, Jack 2013 ¾ 5 Knight, Thressena Rena 2017 ½ 0.25 Krapf, Bruce Robert 2018 ¼ 0.25 Kumar, Appadurai Moses Rathan 2018 ¼ 1 Lee, Melinda G. Brown 2016 ¼ 1 *Lee, Walter Douglas 1997 ½ 5 *Lighari, Joyce 2014 ½ 5 Martin, Bradley Christian 2018 ½ 0 Martin, Reneé Spellings 2018 ½ 0.25 *Martinez, Janet 2013 ¼ 5 Massey, William Floyd 2006 ¾ 5 McClanahan, Matthew Jansen 2010 ½ 0 Meaker, Daniel Anthony 2019 ¼ 0 Meece, Ann 2015 ¾ 0 Melrose, Clarence James 2018 ½ 0.25 Miller, Dustin Ephraim 2012 ½ 0.5 Myers, Jr., Jerry Alfred Bryson 2012 ¼ 0.75 Myers, Lee Don 2016 ½ 0 Newman, James Gray 2004 ½ 4 *Nulty, Joel Hunter 1996 ¼ 5 *Oaks, Debra Jean 2015 ¼ MDiv, Vanderbilt Overcast, III, James “Jim” H. 2015 ½ 1.25 Parnell, Carolyn Jane 2009 ½ 3.25 *Paschall, Jimmie Lawrence 2011 ¼ 5 *Peavyhouse-Fay, Rachel Ann 2011 ½ 5 Peters, Sheila Renee 2018 ¼ 0.5 Peterson, John “Ross” 2015 ½ 0.5 Phillips, Jeffrey Taylor 2019 ¼ 0 Raulston, Laurie 2016 ½ 3 *Reagan, Christopher Kelly 2000 ½ 5 Richardson, Carol Ann 2013 ½ 1.75 Ritchie, Rodney 2015 ¼ 3.5 *Roark, Jr., William L. 1985 ¼ 5 Ross, Eric H. 2017 ¼ 1.75 Sakarapanee, Vasna 2007 ½ 0.25 *Sanders, John Edward 2004 ¼ 5 Sanford, Ryan Douglas 2014 ¼ 3 *Saylors, Marvin Wayne 1993 ½ 5 Scruggs, James 2019 ¼ 0 Sharp, Lucinda 2019 ¼ 0
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Name First Year License Awarded
Fraction of full time to be served
Years Completed with Course of Study
Shedd, Berry “Allan” Russell 2013 ¼ 1.25 Shelton, Kenneth Walter 2019 ¼ 0 Shelton, Thomas “Tommy” Ray 2015 ¼ 0.5 Simmons, Kevin 2016 ½ 0 *Smith, David D 2015 ½ 5 *Smith, James Bradley 2017 ½ MDiv, Vanderbilt *Sorrells, Scotty D. 1998 ½ 5 Spencer, Wanda Lynn 2019 ½ 0 *Stephenson, William Randall 1996 ½ 5 Sullivan, Charlene Head 2019 ¼ 0 Sweet, Dan E. 2014 ½ 2.5 Taylor, William Jeremy 2011 ½ 2.25 Tollett, Luanna 2014 ¼ 1.75 Usner, Dennis Stephen 2015 ¼ 0.75 Vida, John Thomas 2018 ¼ 0 Watkins, Anthony Ray 2009 ¼ 1.75 Watson, Clarence Edward 2017 ¼ 0.5 Weber, Sara Juanita 2019 ½ 0 West, Susan 2013 ¼ 0.5 Waybright, David Michael 2010 ¼ 0.5 Wilkerson, Jason W. 2017 ½ 1 Williams, Elizabeth Ann 2008 ¼ MDiv, Vanderbilt Williams, Charles A. “Tony” 2015 ¼ 1.75 Wires, Terry Alan 2009 ¼ 1.5 Wright, Ronald 2007 ½ 1.25 Yeargins, Virginia Ann 2010 ¼ 3.25
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 First Year License
Awarded Seminary Home Conference
d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors
in another annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) Name Serving Conference Enrolled Seminary Benson, Ann Stone North Carolina Duke Layne, Robert Brandon Kentucky Asbury
e) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367,
368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) Name Serving Conference COS \ Seminary Purdue, John Tennessee MDiv, Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary; DMin, Wesley Theological Seminary
Townsend, James Kenneth Tennessee MDiv, Vanderbilt Divinity School
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?
Name Date discontinued Cameron, Willie L. 7/1/2019 Graff, Michael David 3/23/2019 Grisham, Kathy Lynn 3/23/2019 Herndon, Robert S. 7/1/2019 Reynolds, Jeffery Lowe 4/9/2019 Rogan, Jr., William David 4/9/2019 Smith, Randy Allen 3/21/2019
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Spencer, Donald E. 9/1/2018 Wright, James J. 7/1/2019 Yates, Rebecca Rice
7/1/2019
23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)?
Name Years Completed in Course of Study Wright, Ronald 1.25
24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations
are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.)
a) Annual Conferences Name Clergy Status Home Conference Bailey, Kent RE Memphis Boutell, Steve FE Kentucky Clay, Sandra FE Memphis Conrad, Kevin FE Memphis Dicken, Mary Rebekah FD Indiana Fink, Dennis RE Memphis Harris, Angela FE Memphis Harwell-Dye, Stacey FD South Georgia Hedglin, Chelsey PE Mississippi Hicks, Brian Alexander FE Kentucky Hollis, David Brent FE Memphis Hook, Anne Burnette FD Memphis Humston, Richard RE Florida Irvin, Mark Wayne FE Memphis Lawrence, Don Harold RE Memphis Lester, Herbert FE Memphis Mills, Dale RE Memphis Orr, Casey Langley FD Central Texas Owen, William RE Northern Illinois Ozier-Wallace, Michelle FD North Alabama Pence, Michael FE Memphis Penland, David RE Western North Carolina Richter, Julie FE North Texas Smith, Charles FE Alabama-West Florida Spellings, Tom FE Memphis Weaver, John L. FE Alabama-West Florida White, Derek FE Memphis White Ed FE Memphis Zimondi, Annette Grace FE Zimbabwe East
b) Other Methodist Denominations
Name Clergy Status Denomination Bowers, Joe Estel OE Church of the Nazarene Frazier, Richard D. OE Wesleyan Church
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 Clergy Status Denomination Anderson, Gary OF Southern Baptist Convention Bell, Marty Gail OF Southern Baptist Convention Day, Ben Melvin OF Presbyterian Jones, William OF Presbyterian Church USA
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King, Larry Edward OF Southern Baptist Convention Lewis, James Timothy OF Brethren in Christ Murrey, Edward OF Evangelical Presbyterian Church Po’e, Apelu Tia OF Congregational Church of Samoa Price, Marshall David (Mark) OF Southern Baptist Convention Ruttlen, Michael Dion OF Missionary Baptist Church
26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership
is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])?
Name Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3)
Name Member Conference/Denomination
First Year of Affiliation
Dunlap-Berg, Larry Northern Illinois 1988 Hall, Jr., William P. Virginia 1991 Reece, Wayne West Michigan 2011 Vance, Richard A. Peninsula-Delaware 2019
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):
Name
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 Casebier, Kelley Christian Duke Divinity School Cress, Keri Helen Memphis Theological Seminary Hanes, Jedediah Wilson Memphis Theological Seminary Peterson, Jason Tyler Vanderbilt Divinity School Thomas-Parker, Velma Asbury Theological Seminary
b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4)
Name Seminary Alexander, Corrie Candler School of Theology Caldwell, Keith Earl Vanderbilt Divinity School Martinez-DelCid, Eliud Advanced Course of Study McLeod, Diantha Smith Vanderbilt Divinity School Moffatt, Zachery Christopher Candler School of Theology Ordung, Samuel Aubrey Vanderbilt Divinity School Robertson, Tamika Danyelle Vanderbilt Divinity School Wood, Jacob William Vanderbilt Divinity School Yoder, Russell Asbury Theological Seminary
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, ¶ 327 v)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326)
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Name Clergy Status
Date and Seminary
Bridges, Jessica Paige PD 2012, Vanderbilt Divinity School Brown, Roger Presley PE 2017, Asbury School of Theology Durham, Krislyn Page PE 2017, Asbury School of Theology Ezell, Elizabeth Earline Tait PE 2009, University of the South School of Theology Finfrock, Celia Ann PD 2017, Perkins School of Theology Fisher, Zachary Stephen PE 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Girten, Regina Gail PD 2018, Memphis Theological Seminary Gonzalez, Stacy PE 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Hamilton, Kelli Nichole PE 2008, Vanderbilt Divinity School Hwang, Seonwoong PE 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Jarrell, Margaret Ann PD 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Johnson, Theresa Ann PE 2017, Asbury School of Theology Jones, Carlisle White PD 2017, Memphis Theological Seminary McWhirt-Toler, Sarah Elizabeth PD 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Platts, Margaret Houck PE 2017, Duke Divinity School Templeton, Mark Wallace PE 2016, United Theological Seminary van Eys, Peter Dane PE 2017, Vanderbilt Divinity School Williams, Sheila Renee PE 1995, United Theological Seminary Woodruff, Niger Amin PE 2012, Vanderbilt Divinity School Wright, Darren Mayberry PE
b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v)
Name Original Year of Membership
c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year)
Name Original Year of Membership
d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v)
Name Clergy Status Original Year of Membership
Previous Conference or Denomination
Zimmerman Abraham PE 2016 Mississippi
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 Clergy Status Previous Denomination
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 Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination
b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Received Former Denomination
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32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (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.) (v 3/4):
a) Deacons Name Cummings, Christopher Thomas Cummings, Joanna Stephanie
b) Elders
Name Baird-Chrisohon, Nicolas Jay Carle, Jonathan Bratt Furtado, Jefferson Magalhães Johnson, David Winship King, Toi Michelle Little, Eric Wade McGlothlin, Samantha Tashman Myers, Thomas Bowlin Myers, Mary Kate Parker, Nancy Hawthorne Proctor, Betty Lois Ssebulime, Mbuga David Earnest
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 Cummings, Christopher Thomas Memphis Theological Seminary Cummings, Joanna Stephanie Memphis Theological Seminary
b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary
34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary Baird-Chrisohon, Nicolas Jay Vanderbilt Divinity School Carle, Jonathan Bratt Vanderbilt Divinity School Furtado, Jefferson Magalhães United Theological Seminary Johnson, David Winship Asbury Theological Seminary King, Toi Michelle Vanderbilt Divinity School Little, Eric Wade Duke Divinity School McGlothlin, Samantha Tashman Vanderbilt Divinity School Myers, Thomas Bowlin Methodist Theological School of Ohio Myers, Mary Kate Methodist Theological School of Ohio Parker, Nancy Hawthorne Vanderbilt Divinity School Proctor-Bjorgo, Betty Lois Asbury Theological Seminary Ssebulime, Mbuga David Earnest Vanderbilt Divinity School
b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4)
Name Seminary
35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Previously Discontinued
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36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):
Name Clergy Status Previous Status
37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Retired
38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1,
416.5, 635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v) Name Clergy Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer
39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.)
Name Clergy Status Previous Methodist Denomination
Date of Transfer
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? Name Member Conference
b) Elders?
Name Member 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 Clergy Status New Conference Date of Transfer Groseclose, Susan FD Holston 7/1/2019 Snape, Jon FE Rio Texas 7/1/2019
42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327)
Name Clergy Status
b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)
Name Clergy Status
c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v)
Name Clergy Status
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d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7) Name Clergy Status
43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v)
Name Clergy Status Charge Conference Membership
Date Effective
(2) Previously?
Name Year Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership
Year of Most Recent Report
Adams, Noreen Ilena 2012 Dickson First 2018 Davis, Jr., Gerry Wayne 2012 Pulaski First 2017 Ferguson, Peter Fredric 2011 Epworth 2017 Miller-Herron, Nancy Carol 2003 West End 2016
b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and
appointment.) Name Appointment Year Originally Granted
Location
c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v)
Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership
(2) Ad Interim Administrative Location (v)
Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership
(3) Previously?
Name Year Originally Placed Charge Conference Membership
Year of Most Recent Report
44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v)
Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership
b) Previously?
Name Clergy Status Year Honorable Location Originally Granted
Charge Conference Membership
Benedict, Andrew FE 1999 Brentwood UMC Eversole, Findley T. FE 1964 James, Jr., Edward Clark FE 2001 Surrey UMC, Surrey, ME
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Jones, David Merrill FE 1997 Grace UMC, Blue Island, IL McKerley, Brian Joseph FE 2008 Brentwood UMC Pennington, Norman FE 2000 Gladeville UMC Tieman, Glen A. FE 2005 Rising Hope UMC, Alexandria,
Virginia 45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Armistead, Charles F. 5/6/2019 RE Gulley, Frank Jr. 5/3/2019 RE
c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)?
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Green, Craig 6/10/2019 FE
d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v)
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
e) By trial (¶2713)?
Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status
47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates.
Indicate credential.) Name Date Effective Clergy Status
48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Graham, James Walter 5/18/1930 1/5/2019 Kingsley, David 3/31/1942 10/17/2018 Rye, George Boone 7/9/1931 2/6/2019
b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
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Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
c) What elders have died during the year? Active:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death Bass, Horace Clement 12/10/1929 8/7/2018 Choate, Donald R 8/15/1940 7/2/2018 Crump, Edward Lee 7/13/1928 5/24/2019 DeRamus, Thomas Vernon 1/13/1929 7/14/2018 Dickerson, Samuel 10/28/1937 8/7/2018 Corry, John Greeley 2/17/1930 4/5/2019 Williams, Charles Edward 7/12/1929 2/19/2019
d) What deacons have died during the year?
Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
e) What local pastors have died during the year?
Active: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
Retired:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death Hutson, Carl Thomas 4/22/1944 11/29/2018 Rowlett, James H. 1/17/1938 11/27/2018
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 Clergy Status Conference Where Appointed
Appointment
Allen, David Christopher FE Florida Horizon Church Allen, Erica Jane FE Florida Horizon Church Austin, Thad FE North Carolina Duke Divinity School Carle, Jonathan Edward Bratt
FE Michigan Ionia/Lyons-Muir Charge
Cothran, Sherry FE Holston St. Mark’s Crawford, Kevin Michael FD North Georgia Religious Life Program
Coordinator, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Gwock, Lisa FD North Georgia Women in Transition Haynes, Christopher FE Memphis Lexington First
Lexington, TN Kelley, Matthew L. FE Kentucky Family Scholar House Norfleet, Doug FE Memphis Union City First
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Union City, TN Parrish, Mary FD Alabama-West Florida Dothan First UMC
Dothan, AL Proctor, Regina B. FE Indiana St. Luke’s UMC
Indianapolis, IN Ross, Vance P. FE North Georgia Central Charge
Atlanta, GA Sauer, David AM Memphis Post Oak & Liberty
Camden, TN 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 Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Fox, Kathy A. FE 7/1/2016 Fellowship Reeves Grammer, Emily
FE 7/1/2016 East End
(2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference
(3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference
(4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Spieth, Susan FE 7/1/2011 Liberty UMC
(5) Transitional (¶353.2c)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference
b) Involuntary? (1) Involuntary Leave (¶ 354)? (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference
(2) Ad Interim Involuntary Leave (JCD 1355) (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Brown-Felder, Gwen FE 2/1/2019 Brooks Memorial
51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶351)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Charlton, Matthew W. FE 7/1/2019 Glendale
52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference
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Davis, Isaac J. FE 7/1/2003 Mt. Pisgah Ezell, Elizabeth Erline Tait PE 8/10/2015 Cornerstone Kessen, Virginia Anne FE 9/1/1999 Belmont McCormick, Stanley Luther FL 11/1/2009 Madison Street Morris, Donald W. FE 7/1/2016 Fellowship Turke, George S FL 7/1/2018 Coldwater
53. What members in full connection 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) Deacons
a) This year? Name Date Effective Hill, Ted W. 10/1/2018 McDonough, Carol 7/1/2019 Smith, Debra D. 7/1/2019
b) Previously?
Name Date Effective Adams, Elizabeth Wilhite 08/05/2004 Clevenger, Jacqueline Lolita 07/01/2007 Ford, Arthur Milton 01/01/2004 Gaither, Donna Daley 07/01/2012 Garcia, Barbara Phillips 07/01/2007 Garcia-Jimenez, Joaquin 12/31/2009 Hall, Connie 7/1/2018 Hay, Susan Hayslip 05/03/2011 Johnson, Sue Hall 07/01/2012 Moore, Gary L. 07/01/2015 Nelson, Lucinda A. 05/01/2015 Padgett, Susan Sowell 09/01/2013 Peeler, Rebecca A. 7/1/2018 Reece, Jo Bentley 09/20/2008 Strickland, James Edward 07/01/2005 Zoller, Nancy Carol Colprit 07/01/2009
Elders
c) This year? Name Date Effective Alexander, Walter W. 7/1/2019 Archer, Jay 7/1/2019 Burchfield, Willie 7/1/2019 Collier, Thad N. 7/1/2019 Coy, Edward 7/1/2019 Gildemeister, Thomas R. 5/1/2019 Jackson, Alex 7/1/2019 Long, Roland E. 7/1/2019 Mabry, Loyd 7/1/2019 Murray, Kennard 7/1/2019 Niles, Robert A. 7/1/2019 Parker, Cherie 7/1/2019 Seyler, Miriam E 7/1/2019 Strange, J. Mack 7/1/2019 Thielen, Charles Martin 1/1/2019 Wedgewood, Gary 6/1/2019 Wright, Cliff 7/1/2019
d) Previously?
Name Date Effective
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Name Date Effective Adams, David Carroll 07/01/2016 Adams, Jr. Woodward A. 06/30/2000 Archibald, Chestina Reikya Mitchell 07/01/2008 Ashley, Mark Files 01/01/2007 Bailey, Jr., Donald Edward 07/01/2012 Baker, S. Thomas 07/01/2010 Barrineau, Karen P. 07/01/2015 Bass, Jr., James D. 06/01/2001 Beasley, Jr., James Hiram 07/01/2001 Beaty, James R. 07/01/2015 Becher, Charles A. 07/01/2001 Bell, Jon William 07/01/2011 Blackburn, C. Edward 06/01/1993 Blair, Frank Eddie 07/01/2000 Blum, Diane Luton 10/01/2015 Booker, Jr., Warren Gamaliel 10/08/2008 Braden, Suzanne Glover 07/01/2006 Bradley, David Ira 07/01/2003 Britt, Edward J. 07/01/2016 Brown, Ronald C. 07/01/2016 Brown, Rosemary 07/01/2005 Brunson, Thad Nolen 07/01/2012 Bufford, Edward 07/01/2004 Burke, Sr., Larry J. 07/01/2007 Butler, David Wendell 07/01/1996 Campbell, William 11/02/2013 Capps, James S. 7/1/2018 Carden, Leland Thornburg 07/01/2008 Carrigan, Mark 7/1/2018 Carty, Terry 06/30/2015 Case, Robert Hilton 07/01/2005 Casey, John Wayne 07/01/2010 Church, Debra L. 04/01/2015 Clardy, Jr., James Claborn 07/01/2006 Coleman, Robert B. 07/01/2017 Collett, Jr., John H. 12/31/2016 Collier, Karen Young 07/01/2010 Compton, David Orville 07/01/1999 Culbertson, LeNoir 7/1/2018 Daniels, John R. 07/01/2016 Davis, Brent 7/1/2018 Davis, David Randall 07/01/1992 Davis, Winfield Scott 07/01/1998 DeWitt, Diana 01/01/2017 Dobbins, William Curtis 07/01/2011 Dobson, Neil Regen 07/01/2001 Dowdy, Paul Thomas 06/30/1999 Edwards, Kenneth M. 07/01/2017 Elliott, Joe William 07/01/2003 Fielder, Dorothy Pack 07/01/2006 Foster, Jeffrey Russell 07/01/2006 Franklin, Shirley Renee 07/01/2017 Frazer, Denman E. 07/01/2016 Frazer, Sr., Joe Jackson 07/01/1992 Fryer, Samuel Delwyn 07/01/1990 Fryer, Jeff Washington 07/01/1989 Gaines, Erwin Lee 07/01/1999 Ganues, Randall Cagle 07/01/2007
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Name Date Effective Gardner, James Wilson 06/30/2012 Gardner, Paul 7/1/2018 Gardner, Susan Marie 01/01/2013 Gilbert, John P. 06/30/2006 Gillespie, Kenneth 08/29/2003 Glass, William Neal 07/01/2013 Gober, William Eugene 07/01/1995 Gray, Kay Chandler 07/01/2011 Gray, Susan 7/1/2017 Halliburton, John A. 07/01/2016 Halliburton, Thomas E. 09/01/2015 Hambrick, Charles H. 07/01/1995 Harlow, Janet Denise 06/16/2009 Harris, Bernie Melville 07/01/2009 Harrub, Calvin Nelson 07/01/2003 Harvey, C. Kaye 07/01/2015 Hawkins, Pamela C. 07/01/2016 Hembree, Jr., Fred B. 7/01/2016 Hembree, John Wesley 07/01/2007 Hewgley, J. Hap 07/01/2017 Hill, A. Lynn 7/1/2018 Hilton, Jerry Martin 07/01/2000 Hinkle, Lynn Strother 07/01/2010 Hinton, Richard V. 12/31/2017 Hogg, Sr., Robert L. 11/01/2014 Hoppus, Jay L. 07/01/2002 Horne, Phillip H. 07/01/1995 Johnson, Charles Vance 07/01/2010 Johnson, Linda Joyce 07/01/2012 Johnson, Louis A. 07/01/1992 Jones, Adrian Wilson 07/01/2000 Jones, John Michael 07/01/2014 Jordan, Benjamin Thomas 07/01/2009 Joseph, Sushil 12/18/2000 Kannon, Jr., James Covey 07/01/2001 Kayler, James Edwin 07/01/2008 Kimbrough, Nelia 07/01/2016 Kimbrough, Robert Calvin 07/01/2016 Knight, Jr., Henry Floyd 07/01/2011 Layne, Larry Clark 07/01/2006 Leimenstoll, Cathie Ann 07/01/2011 Lewis, Bettye P. 02/01/2016 Lewis , Robert Holloway 07/01/2002 Lindsay, Russell E. 07/01/1996 Little, Jr., Robert Terry 01/01/2004 Lovell, William Eugene 07/01/2001 Lowery, Ronald D. 09/01/2015 Jones, Shirley Majors 07/01/2009 Martin, Harold 07/01/2012 Matthews, Graham Park 07/01/2017 Mayo, Jerry Hilton 07/01/2005 Mayo, Jonathan Maxwell 7/1/2018 McBay, Emerson Esco 07/01/2001 McClellan, Joseph Edward 07/01/2010 McGee, Elijah E. 07/01/2015 McGranahan, Larry Max 07/01/2009 McIntyre, David E. 07/01/2007 Meaker, Dennis J. 7/1/2017
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Name Date Effective Meggs, Wendell 07/01/1986 Miles, Rodolphus Hughes 07/01/2000 Miller, Sr., James David 07/01/1998 Miller, William J. 07/01/2001 Moore, Hugh Edwin 01/01/2002 Moore, Joe H. 07/01/1992 Moore, Maurice Brown 06/01/1995 Morgan, Helen T. 07/01/2014 Morgan, Richard 9/30/3017 Mulroy, William A. 07/01/2016 Newell, Ray R. 07/01/2013 Noffsinger, Gerald 07/01/2000 Nolen, Robert Guinn 07/01/1977 O’Bannon, Michael D. 07/01/2017 Panter, Billy Ray 07/01/1994 Parkison, Lee Moyne 07/01/2000 Patterson, Ronald Paul 07/01/2009 Patton, Robert Malcolm 07/01/2003 Pepper, Arthur Barton 07/01/1997 Poole, Charles Harold 07/01/1992 Potts, R. Michael 10/1/2017 Pugh, Raymond Edward 07/01/1999 Pulley, William Ronald 07/01/1991 Pusateri, Richard Anthony 03/01/2017 Rainey, David Emory 07/01/2012 Rayford, Shirley A. 07/01/2016 Reding, Jr., William L. 07/01/2017 Ripski, J. Michael 07/01/2015 Robinson, James M. 07/01/2017 Ross, D. Phillip 07/01/2015 Sadler, Robert 07/01/2004 Schlesinger, Arden Brian 07/01/2003 Sewell, James Harold 07/01/1998 Shaffer, P.J. 07/01/2017 Shawhan, Sandra Parrish 07/01/2012 Shelton, Sr., Joe K. 07/01/2006 Shriver, Richard Vernon 07/01/2003 Sills, Jack P. 07/01/2016 Smith, Patricia L. 07/01/2015 Smith, Robert Frank 07/01/1998 Smith, Thomas Hiram 07/01/2003 Sojourner, Jacqueline Anne 08/01/2010 Speich, Garry Duane 07/01/2007 Spencer, David N. 07/01/2015 Stewart, James Charles 07/01/2003 Sullins, Harvey Lee 07/01/2007 Taylor, William Garie 07/01/2001 Templeton, William Edward 07/01/2006 Thackston, Carleton 07/01/2009 Tramel, James Paul 07/01/2010 Troutt, Lytle Carter 07/01/1994 Underwood, Joel Clayton 06/01/2001 Unruh, Von W. 7/1/2018 Vann, E. Thomas 01/01/1999 Waldrop, J. Michael 07/01/2014 Walkup, Vincent 07/01/2013 Watson, David Lowes 07/01/2005 Watson, Gayle Turner 07/01/2005
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Name Date Effective Weber, Norman Frank 07/01/2000 Weller, III, William Allen 07/01/2013 Wheeler, Jackie Wayne 07/01/2005 White, Vernon T. 07/01/1997 Williams, John Paul 07/01/2005 Wolf, Janet L. 7/1/2018 Womack, Stephen Edward 07/01/2002 Wright, Hugh Elliott 07/01/2002 Wright, Phillip B. 07/01/2016
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? Name Date Effective Bowles, Kathryn J. 7/1/2019 Smotherman, Eddie C. 7/1/2019
b) Previously?
Name Date Effective Allegood, Billy 07/01/1998 Allen, Frank 07/01/2003 Anderson John W. 07/01/2000 Baker, Vincent 07/01/2003 Bennett, T.J. 07/01/1997 Clark, James Ronald 01/01/2013 Cowan, James Duane 07/01/2005 Davis, Jr., Earl E. 07/01/2016 Ervin, Joseph Kenneth 07/01/2011 Fields, James H. 1/1/2018 Gobble, Bobby 07/01/1996 Gran, Bradford A. 07/01/2010 Haynes, Howard 07/01/1999 Johnson, Dickie Wayland 07/01/2008 Kelley, Steven 07/01/2014 Kelley, Louis Wayne 03/01/2002 Pennington, Jr., John Ashby 07/01/2008 Rascoe, Thomas C. 07/01/2010 Scruggs, Roland 07/01/2004 Spencer, J.D. 07/01/1993 Tidrow, Linda 03/01/2006 Walters, William Bruce 07/01/2003 Williams, James Lee 01/01/2008
55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)?
Name Date Effective Janes, Carol Frances 2015 Long, Elizabeth Barstow 2004
56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year?
Name Date Effective Cross, Rickey L 12/31/2018 Hynson, Laurie Mussman 7/1/2019 Martin, Jacqueline 7/1/2019 Sorrells, James Holman 7/1/2019 Sweet, Daniel E. 7/1/2019
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b) Previously? Name Date Effective Augustine, Patricia “Peg” L 7/1/2015 Adair, George M. 07/01/2013 Ashby, Thaddeus Clay 07/01/2013 Barger, William Thomas 07/01/2002 Batson, Winton Durrett 07/02/2015 Bingnear, Ronald Corbet 07/01/2014 *Brown, Samuel Ernest 7/1/2017 Bryant, James Howard 07/01/2011 Carney, John Vernon 07/01/2013 Cartwright, Clarence 07/01/2015 Chandler, Thomas Earl 7/1/2018 Clayton, Kenneth Lester 07/01/2012 Clayton, Perry Talmadge 06/09/1999 Cowan, Billy Brad 07/01/2012 Dailey, Hobart Isaac 01/01/1990 Day, Phillip Stephen 06/30/2005 Decker, David L. 07/01/2015 Dodson, Robert Ervin 07/01/2010 DuToit, Pieter A. 07/01/2016 Edmondson, Beulah Mae 07/01/2015 Fletcher, Larry Cook 07/01/2015 French, Dorris Nelson 07/01/2008 Gaines, Phyllis Kathleen 07/01/2016 Gillstrap, Michael H. 07/01/2010 Green, Douglas Eugene 06/01/2012 Greer, John E. 07/01/2016 Gruber, James W. 07/01/2014 Gupton, Paul R. 07/01/1995 Hagan, Francis “Frank” J. 07/01/2011 Hale, Martha Kemmer 7/1/2016 Hand, Jon Austin 7/1/2018 Hardy, Jr., Arthur Allen 07/01/2009 Hartman, Ray 07/01/2014 Herring, Joel Thomas 7/1/2018 Higginbotham, Donna J. 07/01/2016 Hilton, Robert A. 06/30/2014 Hitz, John R. 07/01/2013 Howard, Sr., Michael Aaron 07/01/2012 Hubbard, Joan D. 07/01/2015 Hubbard, Carl F. 07/01/2006 Ives, John Clark 07/01/2011 Jernigan, Jr., Robert “Bob” Leon 07/01/2015 Jones, Ron 7/1/2015 Jones, William Clayton 7/3/2009 Jordan, Robert 7/1/2018 Lamb, Thomas William 6/30/2006 Lampley, Ernest Hilton 7/1/2005 Looper, Att James 7/1/2004 Lunsford, David H. 7/1/2018 Lyon, Allen R. 7/1/2010 Madron, Thomas William 7/1/2008 Martin, Bobby Charles, Sr. 7/2/2002 Martin, Royce 7/1/2012 Mason, Joseph G. 07/12/2001 McDonald, Ray Bonner 06/30/2014 McMurry, Jackie Anne 06/30/2012 Modlin, Carole 07/01/2009
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Name Date Effective Nobling, Carolyn B. 07/01/2015 Moss, Jr., William Henry 06/30/2015 O’Rear, William Douglas 07/01/2015 Parker, Murry E. 07/01/2007 Pedigo, Larry 7/1/2018 Poellnitz, Wesley 07/01/2007 Rash, David 07/01/2014 Reed, George Edward 07/01/2012 Rogers, Jimmy Dee 07/01/2006 Royston, Jr., Lawrence E. 07/01/2013 Scott, Gloria 7/1/2018 Shoup, Jay 07/01/2004 Simmons, Wayne Gerald 07/01/2001 Stricklin, Ted Allen 07/01/2016 Smith, Dewey 7/1/2018 Tague, Vance 07/01/2013 Taylor, Gerald Lee 07/01/2014 Thompson, Linda L. 07/01/2015 Towry, Chester Arthur 07/01/2006 Tucker, Jesse Bratton 05/31/2008 Tucker, Norma Fay Underhill 07/01/2001 Tuttle, Robert M. 07/01/2007 Walker, R. Frank 07/01/2013
57. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference: a) By appointment category and conference relationship? (NOTES:
(1) Where applicable, the question numbers on this report form corresponding to each category have been placed in parenthesis following 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.
(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 superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency. ¶344.1b): the number of clergy members appointed to extension ministries, under endorsement by
the Division of Chaplains and Related 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.
Note: Report those in extension ministry in one category only. See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories.) Note: Those approved to serve as a local pastor, but not currently under appointment, are not counted as
clergy members of the conference.
Categories
Deacons in Full Connection
Elders in Full Connection
Provisional Deacons
Provisional Elders
Associate Members & Affiliate Members With Vote
Full–time Local Pastors
Part–time Local Pastors
Pastors and deacons whose primary appointment is to a Local Church (¶¶331.1c, 339) (74)
Deacons (in full connection and provisional) serving Beyond the Local Church (¶331.1a, b) (77a,b)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (76a)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1b) (76b)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
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Appointments to Extension Ministries (¶316.1; 344.1d) (76c)
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Appointments to Attend School (¶331.3) (79)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Appointed to Other Annual Conferences (49)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Leave of Absence (50a1, a2) xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Family Leave (50a3, a4)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Sabbatical Leave (51)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
On Medical Leave (52)
On Transitional Leave (50a5) xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Retired (53, 54, 55)
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
Total Number, Clergy Members
Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members
b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)
Clergy Demographics
Categories
Deacons in Full
Connection Elders in Full Connection
Provisional Deacons
Provisional Elders
Associate Members &
Affiliate Members with Vote
Full–time Local Pastors
Part–time Local Pastors
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Asian Black Hispanic Native American
Pacific Islander
White Multi-Racial Grand Total, All Conference Clergy Members*
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?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry
59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry.
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Blume, Diane Luton FE Spiritual Formation Carty, Terry B. RE Youth Ministry Morris, Beth Lay Youth Ministry
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Reynolds, Lori Lay Christian Education Tyree, Debra R. FD Music Ministry
60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Sending Conference
61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Receiving Conference
62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?
Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry
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 Brewer, James Harpeth River Dycus, Beverly Red River Heilman, Nita Red River Mathews, Patricia Red River Neal, Holly Caney Fork River Patient, Ruthan Stones River Butler, Monica Smith Stones River Meriwether, Betty Ann Red River Hatcher, Linda Red River Whipple, Carl Jr. Stones River Wallace, Jamie Shelby Cumberland River Holland, Dianne D Harpeth River Watts-Jones, Gloria Harpeth River Reynolds, Carol Stones River Brown, Matthew Stones River Linder, Maureen Cumberland River Boone, Melvin Cumberland River Hill, David Caney Fork River Overton, Carol Cumberland River Caldwell, Wallace Dale Caney Fork River
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)?
Name Previous Annual Conference Date
65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)?
Name Previous Annual Conference Date
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)
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Name Date Effective
67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective:
Name Date of Birth Date of Death
b) Retired: Name Date of Birth Date of Death
68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical,
or personal leave): (v) Name Type of Leave Date Originally Granted
69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):
Name Date Originally Granted
70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)?
Name Date Originally Granted
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
b) Previously? Name Date Effective
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-quarter, 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 Fraction of Full-Time Service Austin, Thad Stephen Duke Divinity School ½ Christopher, Steven J. Barth Vernon ¼ Kelley, Matthew L. Family Scholar House ¾ Kimbrough, Robin H. Lloyd Elam Center-Meharry
Medical College ¼
Voorhees, Kay Hereford Ruth Ensor Memorial ¾ b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-
time service (¶331.7)? Name Appointment Fraction of Full-Time Service
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Dugan, Gracie Nicole Belle Meade ¾ Hanes, Jedediah Wilson Dickson First ¾ Hays, Rita Matthews Memorial ¼
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? Name Appointment Start Date End Date
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? (Attach a list.) 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list. Include
and identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.)
76. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to extension
ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list) a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Austin, Thad Stephen
FE 7/1/2019 Duke Divinisty School Mufressboro
Britt, Melinda G. FE 3/1/2017 CCOCM Columbia Forrester, Mark FE 9/1/2012 GBHEM Jamieson, Philip FE 7/1/2013 United Methodist Foundation for
the Memphis & Tennessee Annual Conferences
Brentwood
Kim, Hong Duk FE 7/1/1992 General Board of Global Ministries Kimbrough, Robin H.
FE 7/1/2019 Lloyd Elam Center-Meharry Medical College
Scott’s Chapel
Lee, Ricky AM 1/1/2019 District Leadership Strategist, Caney Fork River District
Smithville
Lewis, Tamara FE 6/10/2014 Perkins School of Theology Patterson Memorial McDonald, William P
FE 7/1/1997 Tennessee Wesleyan College
McIntyre, Ingrid FL 7/1/2017 Cumberland River District Glencliff Mitchell, Whitney FE 7/1/2019 Stones River District Strategist Tullahoma Morton, Michele FE 7/1/2009 TSU Wesley Foundation TSU Wesley Nigrelli, Domenico
FE 10/1/2000 Martin Methodist College Brentwood
Owens, Deborah S.
FE 10/15/2018 Director, Nashville Area Office of Leadership Formation & Development
Wesley Chapel
Parker, Nancy Hawthorne
FE 7/1/2016 Vanderbilt Wesley Foundation West End
Shock, Addison FL 7/1/2014 Wesley Foundation, Tennessee Tech
Cookeville First
Slentz, Paul FE 7/1/2017 Creation Care Edgehill Stevenson, Judy FE 9/1/2018 Harpeth River District Leadership
Strategist Columbia First
Thornton, Marilyn FE 7/1/2004/ 8/1/2010
UM Publishing House/Fisk Wesley
Fisk Wesley
b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (344.1b)?
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment
Charge Conference
Blackwell, Steve FE 12/4/2007 US Army Chaplain
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Name Clergy Status Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment
Charge Conference
Dunbar, Robert FE 7/12013 US Air Force Kedron Lee, Stephen Michael
FE 6/30/1997 US Navy Chaplain
Peavyhouse-Fay, Rachel
PL 7/1/2013 Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee
Brentwood
c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)
Name Clergy Status Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment
Charge Conference
Borchik, Amanda FL 7/1/2017 Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Providence
Brock, Jason T. FE 7/1/2019 ACD Guatemala Fisher, Amy FE 6/19/2001 University of
Suffolk
Frohock, Kyle FE 7/1/2017 Barefoot Republic Camp and Retreat Center
Brentwood
Kelley, Matthew L.
FE 7/1/2018 Family Scholar House
Christ
Laney, Tom FE 4/1/2009 Turner Center West End McIntyre, Ingrid FL 7/1/2015 Open Table
Nashville Glencliff
Merritt, Frances Frierson
FL 7/1/2018 United Methodist Publishing House
South End
Miller, Dustin PL 7/1/2012 Brentwood Police Department Chaplain
College Grove
Stringer, Trudy Hawkins
FE 7/24/2000 Vanderbilt Divinity School
77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.) a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?
Name Clergy Status
Date Effective Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Bridges, Jessica PD 7/1/2019 L’Arche Portland Edgehill Hicks, Neeley FD Harper Hill Global Glencliff Holliman, Lori FD 7/1/2019 Wilson County Schools Gladeville Maul, Kathy K. FD 7/1/2012 Woodcrest at Blakeford Belmont McWhirt-Toler, Sarah
PD 7/1/2017 Oak Hill School Belmont
Thomas-Parker, Velma
PD 7/1/2019 Riverbend Maximum Security Prison
Christ
Wineinger, Merrilee FD 7/1/2017 Faith that Heals Edgehill b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The
United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? Name Clergy
Status Date Effective
Extension Ministry Assignment Charge Conference
Armistead, M. Kathryn FD 3/21/2016 GBHEM Brentwood Crawford, Kevin FD 7/1/2015 Emory University Christ Fasig, Allison FD 11/2/2018 Project Transformation Hermitage King, Marie FD 7/1/2019 Faith Community Nurse with the
Tennessee Conference Health and Welfare Committee
Belmont
Martin, Lisa Travis FD 7/1/2018 District Leadership Strategist Madison Street McMasters, Laura K. FD 7/1/2005 Martin Methodist College Chaplain Saint Andrew
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Memorial Speas-Hill, Nancy FD 1/3/2017 United Methodist Publishing House West End Woodard, Katie Stubblefield
FD 7/1/2015 APSU Wesley Foundation Hilldale
78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to
attend school.) Name Clergy Status School Davis, Lane FE Southern Methodist University Talley, Cynthia A. FE Asbury
79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? (Attach list) 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.)
81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)?