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The Seeking, Serving, Spirit-Filled
Second Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
2015 Schedule of
Annual Conferences
Theme:
Effective Christian Leadership
Empowered by Prayer, Praise and Proclamation
William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr.
Presiding Bishop
Dr. Pam DeVeaux
Episcopal Supervisor
Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, Western North Carolina
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The Seeking, Serving, Spirit-Filled
Second Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
2015 Schedule of Annual Conferences
Theme:
Effective Christian Leadership
Empowered by Prayer, Praise and Proclamation
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever
ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by
him.” (Colossians 3:16-17)
William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr.
Presiding Bishop
Dr. Pam DeVeaux
Episcopal Supervisor
Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, Western North Carolina
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MISSION AND PURPOSE
of the
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
The mission of the AME Church is to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical,
emotional, and environmental needs of all people by spreading Christ's liberating gospel
through word and deed. At every level of the Connection and in every local church, the
African Methodist Episcopal Church shall engage in carrying out the spirit of the
original Free African Society, out of which the AME Church evolved: that is, to seek
out and save the lost, and to serve the needy through a continuing program of
(1) preaching the gospel, (2) feeding the hungry, (3) clothing the naked, (4) housing the
homeless, (5) cheering the fallen, (6) providing jobs for the jobless, (7) administering to
the needs of those in prisons, hospitals, nursing homes, asylums and mental institutions,
senior citizen's homes; caring for the sick, the shut-in, the mentally and socially
disturbed, and (8) encouraging thrift and economic advancement.
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Contents
I. Mission of the A.M.E. Church
II. Our Episcopal Leadership
Message
III. Officers of the Church
The Bishops
General Officers
Connectional Officers
IV. Presiding Elders
V. Annual Conference Schedules
a. Baltimore Conference
b. Washington Conference
c. Virginia Conference
d. North Carolina Conference
e. Western North Carolina Conference
VI. Pre-Conference Activities
Annual Conference Schedule
VII. Conference Committees
a. Baltimore Conference
b. Washington Conference
c. Virginia Conference
d. North Carolina Conference
e. Western North Carolina Conference
e. Planning Meeting
VIII. Annuities
IX. Periodicals
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Our Episcopal
Leadership
William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr.
Bishop
Second Episcopal District
Dr. Pam DeVeaux
Episcopal Supervisor
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The Bishop’s Word
Effective Leadership Empowered by Praise, Prayer and Proclamation
To the Seeking, Serving and Spirit Filled Second Episcopal District, I greet you in the name of the
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. With grateful hearts and rejoicing spirits, we embark upon the 2015
Second Episcopal District Annual Conferences. We reflect upon the many instances that God
manifested His amazing power during the year 2014. We experienced wondrous glories across the
District. Souls came to Christ, new babies were born, marriages consecrated, new ministries
established, relationships restored and spirits revived. We were saddened by the loss of pastors and lay
persons who have given so much to the work of the Lord and have now transitioned to a celestial
home. May they rest in peace and may their families take solace in wonderful memories of joyous
times
As we enter this new year, let us each commit to seeking higher levels of excellence in all that we say
and do, after all we serve a God who provided us with an excellent role model in His son Jesus. I
encourage you to carry on with the District’s scriptural theme, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” (Colossians 3:16-17). Let us
move forward singing God’s praises with thanksgiving and joy as we continue providing ministries
that are practical services to help disadvantaged brothers and sisters. In all that we do during this
Annual Conference year, I challenge each of you to be empowered by Praise, Prayer and Proclamation.
Words of Encouragement for 2015
Looking back from today to days of old
Our God is, was, and remains in control
Enemies may come and go
But God’s grace continues to flow
Every time Satan seems to have us down and out
The Lord sends a blessing that makes us shout
When you fall down and can’t get up
Just think on Jesus and drink from His cup
He offers living water to those in need
And provides spiritual food on which to feed.
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Current Bishops
of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishops
John Richard Bryant
McKinley Young
William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr.
Theodore Larry Kirkland
Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr.
Richard Franklin Norris
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Gregory Gerald McKinley Ingram
Preston Warren Williams II
Wilfred Jacobus Messiah
Paul Jones Mulenga Kawimbe
James Lavert Davis
David Rwhynica Daniels, Jr.
Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr.
Sarah Frances Davis*
E. Earl McCloud, Jr.
Jeffrey Nathaniel Leath
Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr.
John Franklin White, Sr.
Clement W. Fugh
Reginald T. Jackson
Elected
No.
District
1988
1992
1996
1996
1996
2000
2000
2000
2000
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2008
2008
2008
2012
2012
106
109
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
4th
3rd
2nd
5th
11th
7th
10th
1st
6th
17th
19th
9th
15th
12th
16th
Located
13th
8th
18th & 16th
14th
20th and Ecumenical Office
Retired Bishops
John Hurst Adams
Frederick Hilborn Talbot
Vinton Randolph Anderson
Frederick Calhoun James
Frank Curtis Cummings
Philip Robert Cousin, Sr.
Henry Allen Belin, Jr.
Robert Vaughn Webster
Zedekiah LaZett Grady
Cornal Garnett Henning, Sr.
Carolyn Tyler Guidry
87th
90th
92nd
93rd
95th
96th
104th
110th
111th
112 th
122 nd
1972
1972
1972
1972
1976
1976
1984
1992
1992
1992
2004
* Deceased
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Bishops who have served the Second District
(1816 – Present)
In Retrospect and Respect
Bishops
No. Elected
Assigned
Richard Allen
Morris Brown
William Paul Quinn
Willis Nazrey
Daniel Alexander Payne
Alexander Washington Wayman
Jabez Pitt Campbell
John Mifflin Brown
Daniel Alexander Payne
William Fisher Dickerson
Jabez Pitt Campbell
Wesley John Gaines
James Anderson Handy
Benjamin Franklin Lee
Wesley John Gaines
Levi Jenkins Coppin
John Albert Johnson
Abraham Lincoln Gaines
Monroe Hortensius Davis
George Wilbur Baber
Lawrence Henry Hemingway
Decatur Ward Nichols**
Frank Madison Reid, Sr. ***
Frank Madison Reid, Sr.
Sherman Lawrence Greene, Sr.
George Wilbur Baber
Henry Wendell Murph
John Hurst Adams
Hamel Hartford Brookins
Frederick Calhoun James
Vinton Randolph Anderson
Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr.
1st
2nd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
11th
6th
13th
8th
16th
22nd
20th
16th
30th
34th
47th
53rd
63rd
65th
59th
61st
61st
51st
63rd
86th
87th
91st
93rd
92nd
115th
1816 – 1831
1831 – 1849
1849 – 1852
1852 – 1856 *
1856 – 1868
1868 – 1872
1872 – 1876
1876 – 1880
1880 – 1884
1884 – 1884
1888 – 1892
1892 – 1896
1896 – 1900
1900 – 1904
1904 – 1908
1908 – 1916
1916 – 1928
1928 – 1931
1931 – 1946
1946 – 1948
1948 – 1954
1954 – 1956
1954 – 1956
1956 – 1962
1962 – 1964
1964 – 1970
1970 – 1980
1980 – 1988
1988 – 1994
1994 – 1996
1996 – 2004
2004 – 2012
William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr.
113 th 1996
1816
1831
1844
1852
1852
1864
1864
1868
1852
1880
1864
1888
1892
1892
1888
1900
1908
1924
1928
1944
1948
1940
1940
1940
1928
1944
1968
1972
1972
1972
1972
1996
* General Conference established Episcopal Districts
** Baltimore, Washington and Virginia Conferences
*** North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences
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2012 –
General Officers
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. George F. Flowers
Secretary-Treasurer, Global Witness and Ministry
The Reverend Dr. James C. Wade
Executive Director, Department of Church Growth and Development
The Reverend Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown
Historiographer and Executive Director, Department of Research and Scholarship
Dr. Johnny Barbour, Jr.
Secretary –Treasurer, Sunday School Union
The Reverend Dr. Daryl Ingram
Secretary-Treasurer, Department of Christian Education
Dr. Jerome V. Harris
Executive Director, Department of Annuity Investments and Insurance
Dr. Jeffery Cooper
General Secretary, Chief Information Officer
Dr. Richard Allen Lewis, Sr.
Treasurer – Chief Financial Officer, AME Church Finance Department
The Reverend Calvin H. Sydnor III,
Editor, AME Church Christian Recorder
Retired General Officers
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams
Editor, AME Review
The Reverend Dr. Anderson Todd, Jr.*
Executive Director, Department of Ministerial Annuities
The Reverend Hercules Miles, Jr.
Secretary-Treasurer, Church Extension
Dr. Paulette Coleman
Editor, AME Review
The Reverend Dr. Kenneth H. Hill
Executive Director, Christian Education
The Reverend Dr. Ricky Spain*
Editor, AME Christian Recorder
* Deceased
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Connectional Officers
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Shirley Cason-Reed (2nd District)
President, Connectional Women’s Missionary Society (WMS)
Dr. Sherell Vicks Crawford
Director, Connectional Young People’s Division
Mr. Jon Ingraham
President, Connectional Young People’s Division
Mr. Willie C. Glover, PhD
President, Connectional Lay Organization
Mrs. Corrine W. Thomas (2nd District)
Promotion and Missionary Education (PME) Director, Connectional WMS
Mr. Derek Anderson
President, Richard Allen Young Adult Council
Attorney Patricia M. Mayberry
President, Judicial Council
Attorney William A. Marsh, Jr.
AME Church Special General Counsel
Attorney Douglass P. Selby
AME Church General Counsel
The Reverend Dr. Glenda F. Hodges, Esq. (2nd District)
Member, Judicial Counsel
The Reverend Gregory V. Eason, Sr.
President, Connectional Council
The Reverend Earl Ifill
President, Presiding Elders' Council
Dr. Richard Allen Lewis
President, General Officers’ Council
Mr. George Brown
President, Sons of Allen
The Reverend Kimberly L. Detherage, Esquire
President, Women in Ministry (WIM)
The Reverend Dr. Monica Spencer (2nd District)
Corresponding Secretary, Women in Ministry
The Reverend Cynthia S. Harvin (2nd District)
Treasurer, Women in Ministry
The Reverend Barbara J. Barbour (2nd District)
Herstoriographer, Women in Ministry
Mrs. Gloria Massey Ward
Administrator, Debutantes and Masters Commission
Mrs. Jacquelyn DuPont Walker
Director, Social Action
Lt. Col. Oledia Bell (U. S. Air Force)
President, AME Chaplains Association
The Reverend Natalie Mitchem, M.Div,R.D.
Executive Director, Health Commission
The Reverend Miriam J. Burnett, MD, M.Div, MPH
Medical Director, Health Commission
Mrs. Lula Shaw Cleckley
President, Conn-M-SWAWO, plus PKs
The Rev. Anthony Vinson, Sr.
Director, Music and Christian Arts Ministry
Mr. Robert E. Nicholas
Executive Director, AME Church Service and Development Agency
Mrs. Ora L. Easley
Administrator, Clergy Family Online Information Center
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The Presiding Elders
Second Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
Baltimore District
Eastern District
The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
The Reverend Cordell Hunter, Sr.
3927 Lausanne Road
1398 Willshire Drive
Randallstown, MD 21133
Aberdeen, Maryland 21001
410-496-5902
410-273-0424
410-496-5903 (Fax)
410-273-0424 (Fax)
[email protected]
[email protected]
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
Capitol District
Potomac District
The Reverend Dr. Louis-Charles Harvey
The Reverend Dr. Ronald Braxton
1520 Iris Str. NW
6805 Diploma Drive
Washington, DC 20012
Laurel, MD 20717
202-723-8731
301-725-1171
202-270-8732 (Cell)
202-744-3884 (cell)
[email protected]
[email protected]
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE
Norfolk/Eastern Shore District
Portsmouth/Richmond/Roanoke District
The Reverend Chester Wallace Morris
The Reverend Quentin J. White
Post Office Box 541
4502 Oleva Str., NW
Eastville, VA 23347
Roanoke, VA 24017
757-678-5617
540-562-2325
757-999-7014 (cell)
540-915-1366 (cell)
[email protected]
[email protected]
NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE
Southern District
Northern District
The Reverend Evelyn Gail Dunn
The Reverend Larry Stanwyk Hinton
9408 Perimeter Court
Post Office Box 335
Zebulon, NC 27597
Clayton, NC 27528
919-269-5924
919-359-0575
[email protected]
919-359-8381 (Fax and Office)
[email protected]
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE
Eastern District
Western District
The Reverend J. Bernard Wilder
The Reverend Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen
2429 Kennington Road
941 Wychshire Court
Raleigh, NC 27610
Whetsett, NC 27377
919-834-3102
336- 446-0137
919-834-3164 (Fax)
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Second Episcopal District Officers
The Reverend Evelyn Gail Dunn
Vice Chair, Presiding Elders’ Council
The Reverend Dr. Harry L. Seawright
Treasurer, Episcopal District and RED Inc. Fund
The Reverend Dr. Ann Lightner-Fuller
Treasurer, General Conference Sustentation
The Reverend Irvin W. Knight, Sr.
Accountant, Episcopal District
Mrs. Valerie Gary Bell
President, Episcopal District Lay Organization
Ms. D. Faye Conley
President, Episcopal District Women’s Missionary Society
Attorney Juanita Wills
Director, Episcopal District Young People’s Division
Mr. Eddie Scott
President, Episcopal District Young People’s Division
The Reverend Dr. Cassandra A. Sparrow
Executive Director, 2nd District RED, Inc.
The Reverend Dr. Lee P. Washington
Chair, Episcopal District Board of Examiners
The Reverend A. Offord Carmichael
Chair, Clergy Caucus
Mrs. Suzette Williams
President, Episcopal Ministers’ Spouses
The Reverend Dr. Joan L. Wharton
Coordinator, Episcopal District Women in Ministry
Mrs. Robin Porter Smith
Director, Christian Education
The Reverend Darlene James
Director, Family Life Ministry
The Reverend Dr. Wendell O. E. Christopher
Director, Social Action
The Reverend Dr. Brent La Prince Edwards
Director, Evangelism
The Reverend Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver
Director, Nehemiah Ministry
The Reverend Dr. Louis-Charles Harvey
Chair, Theological Scholarship Fund
The Reverend Richard McNair
Coordinator, Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
Mr. Alvin White
Commissioner, DMC
The Reverend Charles T. Sembly
Historiographer
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SECOND EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
2015 SCHEDULE OF ANNUAL CONFERENCES
199th Session
Wednesday, April 8 - Friday, April 10
Bethel AME, Baltimore, MD
The Reverend Dr. Frank M. Reid, III
410-523-4273 (Church)
The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
The Reverend Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Baltimore Conference
Date:
Host Church:
Host Pastor:
Host Presiding Elder:
Associate Presiding Elder:
65th Session
Wednesday, April 22 – Friday, April 25
Ebenezer AME, Fort Washington, MD
The Reverend Dr. Grainger Browning, Pastor
The Reverend JoAnn Browning, Co-Pastor
The Reverend Dr. Ronald Braxton
The Reverend Dr. Louis-Charles Harvey
Washington Conference:
Date:
Conference Site:
Host Presiding Elder
Associate Presiding Elder
Virginia Conference:
Date:
Host Church:
Conference Coordinator:
Committee:
1498h Session
Wednesday, May 6- Friday, May 8
Pastors of the Virginia Annual Conference
The Reverend Vanessa A. Copeland
Reverends Reuben Boyd, John Burton, , Jacquelyn Hardy- Harris, André P. Jefferson, Sr,
Timothy Johnson , Ronald Knight, Rufus L. Mosley, Jr., Harrilene Shackelford-Powell,
Derrell Wade, Donald White
Conference Site:
Co-Host Presiding Elder
Co-Host Presiding Elder:
North Carolina Conference:
Date:
Host District
Host Coordinator
Conference Site:
Host Presiding Elder:
Associate Presiding Elder:
Newport News Marriott and Center City Hotel
740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA – 757-873-9299
The Reverend Chester W. Morris
The Reverend Quentin J. White
146th Session
Wednesday, May 20 - Friday, May 22
The Northern District
The Reverend Christopher Haywood
The Goldsboro-Raleigh DOC Assembly Headquarters
211 West Hooks River Road, Goldsboro, NC 27530
The Reverend Larry Stanwyck Hinton
The Reverend Evelyn Gail Dunn
123st Session
Wednesday, June 3 - Friday, June 5
The Western North Carolina Conference
The Reverend Dr. Ronald L. Owens
The Sheraton Hotel
4700 Emperor Blvd. Durham, NC–1-919-941-5050
The Reverend Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen
The Reverend J. Bernard Wilder
Western North Carolina Conference:
Date:
Host:
Conference Coordinator:
Conference Site:
Host Presiding Elder:
Associate Presiding Elder:
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2nd District YPD/Youth Annual Day
Baltimore –Saturday, April 4, 2015- Camp Ramblewood, Darlington, Baltimore, MD
Washington – Saturday, April 18, 2015- Ebenezer AME Fort Washington, MD
Virginia – Saturday, May 2, 2015 –Kroc Center, Norfolk, VA
North Carolina – Saturday, May 23 2015 – Goldsboro Raleigh Assembly, Goldsboro, NC
Western North Carolina – Saturday, May 30, 2015, - Mt. Zion, Hillsborough, NC
2nd District Christian Debutantes Masters Commission Dedication Ceremonies Schedule
Baltimore –Saturday, April 11, 2015-Payne AME, Baltimore, MD
Washington – Sunday, April 19, 2015- Greater Mt. Nebo AME, Bowie, MD
Virginia – Sunday, May 3, 2015 –Bethel AME, Hampton
North Carolina – Saturday, May 15, 2015 – Goldsboro Raleigh Assembly, Goldsboro, NC
Western North Carolina – Sunday, May 31 – St. Joseph AME, Durham, NC
Thursday, March 19– Saturday, March 21, 2015
2nd District Clergy Retreat (Newport News Marriot)
2nd District Christian Education Youth & Leadership Congress
2nd District Planning Meeting (Hampton Convention Center)
2nd District Sons of Allen Retreat
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Thursday, October 8 – Saturday, October 10, 2015
2nd District Deliverance Conference 2015
2nd District Midyear (NC)
Wednesday, July 1– Friday, July 3, 2015
Thursday, October 29- Saturday, October 31, 2015
Thursday, November 12 – Saturday, November 14, 2015
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Second Episcopal District
2015 Annual Conference Program Outline
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
8:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M.
2:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
THURSDAY
8:00 A.M.
8:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
12:00 NOON
3:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
FRIDAY
8:00 A.M.
8:30 A.M.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S DIVISION (YPD) ANNUAL DAY
DEBUTANTES AND MASTERS COMMISSION (DMC)
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (WMS) ANNUAL DAY
WOMEN IN MINISTRY (WIM) NOON DAY HOUR OF EMPOWERMENT
ROLL CALL
OPENING WORSHIP SERVICE
LUNCH
THE CHURCH AT WORK
Business Organization
Presiding Elders’ Summary Reports
Organization and Election of the Delegates to the General Conference
Board of Examiners
DINNER
MEN'S NIGHT
THE CHURCH PRAISES GOD
Morning Worship and Devotionals
Conference Institute
THE CHURCH AT WORK
Opening Business Session
Pastors' Report
NOON DAY WORSHIP
Organized by Women in Ministry
Pastors' Reports
DINNER
LAY NIGHT
THE CHURCH PRAISES GOD
Morning Devotionals
THE CHURCH AT WORK
Pastors’ Report
Conference Business
Closing Business Session
12:00 noon
RETIREMENT SERVICE-MEMORIALS
1: 30 P.M.
2: 30 P.M.
5:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
LUNCH
QUALITY TIME WITH FAMILY
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP
The Closing Worship Service, Ordination and Consecration
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199th Session
Baltimore Annual Conference
Wednesday, April 8 – Friday, April 10, 2015
Bethel AME, Baltimore
1300 Druid Hill Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21217
410-523-4273
The Reverend Dr. Frank M. Reid, III, Host Pastor
The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
Host Presiding Elder
The Reverend Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Associate Presiding Elder
Tuesday, April 6, 2015
Women’s Missionary Society Convention and
Missionary Witness Night in White
Location-Empowerment Temple AME Church
4217-21 Primrose Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215
Rev. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant-Pastor
SERMONS
Annual – The Reverend Dr. Peggy E. Wall
Men’s Night (Emmaus Walk) – The Reverend Howard C. Wright
Noon Day Services – The Reverend Charlotte Clemons
Ordination and Consecration Service
Bishop McKinley Young-Presiding Prelate, 3rd Episcopal District
Administrative and Literary Reports
Conference Institute
The Reverend Charles A. Baugh
Board of Examiners
Chairman - The Rev. Dr. Frank M. Reid III; Dean - The Rev. Dr. Peggy E. Wall
The Reverends: A. Qismat Alim, Jamal Bryant, William Gray III, Colin Lambert, Ann LightnerFuller, J. Ruth Travis, Joan Wharton, Marietta Ramsey, David Young, Charles Robinson, Presiding
Elders: Ernest L. Montague, Sr., Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Class on Admissions and College of Instructors
Admissions
The Reverends: Brenda White, Dana Porter Ashton, Robert Brown, Jr., A. Qismat Alim,
First Year Studies
The Reverends: Baron Young, David Young, Angelique Mason, Monique Davis, Jamal H. Bryant
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Second Year Studies
The Reverends: J. Ruth Travis, Rae-Lynn Kingeter, George Barnes, II, Ann Lightner-Fuller
Third Year Studies
The Reverends: J. Ruth Travis, Rae-Lynn Kingeter, George Barnes, II, Ann Lightner-Fuller
Fourth Year Studies
The Reverends Joan Wharton, Bess McCallister, Charles Baugh, Frank Reid, III
Class on Local Orders
The Reverends Charles Robinson, Cynthia Harvin, Howard Wright, William Gray, III
Administrative Committees
Memoirs and Necrology
The Reverends: Robert Brown, Jr., Michael Thompson, Darryl Ford, Tony Blackstone, Enez Grubb,
Brenda Carter, Harold McFadden, William Cain; Delegates: St. James (Green Street), Trinity, Ridley,
Holy Trinity, Mt. Olive Salisbury
Ministerial Efficiency
The Reverends: Frank Reid III, Peggy Wall, Colin Lambert, Charles Baugh, A. Qismat Alim, Jamal
Bryant, Ann Lightner-Fuller, J. Ruth Travis, Rodrecus Johnson, Sr., Presiding Elders: Ernest
Montague, Sr., Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Judiciary Committee (To be elected)
Conference Trustees (To be elected)
Finance Committee (To be elected)
Conference Adjustments
The Reverends: Frank Reid III, Jamal Bryant, A. Qismat Alim, Peggy Wall, Ann Lightner-Fuller,
Colin Lambert, William Gray III, Rodrecus Johnson, Sr., Charles Baugh, J. Ruth Travis, Charles
Robinson, Kevin Brown Delegates: Bethel (Baltimore),Trinity (Baltimore)
Property and Deeds
The Reverends: Charlotte Clemons, Doretha Whittington, Cynthia Laurie, Linda Jones, Brenda
White, Deborah Wright, Tracey Victor-Butler, George Barnes II, Edwina Witherspoon
Delegates: Chestnut Grove, Bethel (Church Hill), Tyree, Mt. Zion, St. James (Snow Hill)
Abandoned Property
The Reverends: Charles Walker, Johnie Branch, Adriene Breckenridge, Rashi Pinckney, Christian
Johnson, Brenda Carter, Ellsworth Tolliver, Gregory Ball, Sr., Annette Fowler Delegates:
St. John(Bishopville), Mt. Calvary, Bethel (Centreville).
Missions, Circuits and Stations
The Reverends: Sandra Moore- Brown, Mary Cook-Johnson, William Gray III, Michael Thompson,
David Young, Edward Donnley, Presiding Elders: Ernest L. Montague, Sr., Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Delegates: Shiloh, Mt. Joy
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Church Growth and Development
The Reverends: Jamal Bryant, Ann Lightner-Fuller, William A. Gray III, Peggy Wall, Bess
McCallister, R. Kevin Brown, Isaac Wilson, Cynthia Harvin Delegates: Evergreen, Mt. Olive
(Worton), Allen, Bethel (Denton)
Annuity Investments and Insurance
The Reverends: Angelique Mason, Terry Gaddy, Marietta Ramsey, Alfred Barnes, Jr., Angelia
Bullock, Betty Smith, Nancy Dennis, Dana Ashton, Candace Gray, Monique Upshur Davis Delegates:
Collins Temple, Empowerment Temple, Ebenezer (Baltimore), Waters
Legislative Task Force
The Reverends: Harriet McCombs, Gary Steward, Charles Robinson, Marguerite Savage, Jay Young,
William Wingo Delegates: New Queen Esther, Bethel (Cambridge), Port Deposit, Bells Chapel
Church School
Conference Supt.: Rebecca Turner; Caldonia Henry, Carolyn Brooks, Shawan Burke; The
Reverends: Gail Kilgore, Diana Wailes, Ellsworth Tolliver, Lori Hines, Daniel Washington, Deborah
Wright, Christopher Kirkland, Pamela Christian Delegates: Payne, Bethel(Centreville), Bethlehem, St.
Stephens (Unionville)
Resolutions
The Reverends: Marguerite Savage, Harold McFadden, Peggy Wall, Howard Wright, Tamitha
Walker, Dana Porter Ashton, Edwina Witherspoon Delegates: Hemingway Temple, Robinson, Bethel
(Chesapeake City), Mt. Joy, Elevation Chapel
Literary Reports
State of the Church
The Reverends: Jay Young, Charles Baugh, Jamal Byrant, Pearl Geter, Linda Jones, Johnie Branch,
Lorraine Huff-Castain, Marcia Clinkscale, Sharon Derricks Delegates: Hemingway, Mt. Zoar,
Elevation Chapel, Bethlehem
State of the Country
The Reverends: David Young, Myron Howe, Richard Greene, Benita Keene, Jacqueline Zimmerman,
William Wingo, Joan Wharton Delegates: Hosanna, Oak Street, Bethel (Easton), Chestnut Grove
Social, Civic and Political Action
The Reverends: Nancy Dennis, Ruth Travis, Michael Thompson, Howard Wright, Augustus
Gusserer, Myisha Cherry, Helen Holton, Charles Walker, Barry Wilson Delegates: Wrights, Bethel
(Chestertown), Grace, Trinity (Baltimore), Waters, St. Stephens (Essex), St. James (Green Street)
Ecology, Temperance and Health
The Reverends: Marguerite Savage, Tracey Victor-Butler, A. Qismat Alim, Stephanie Handy,
Cynthia Harvin, Richard Greene, Marietta Ramsey, Regina Hardy, Emma Dorsey-Barnes Delegates:
Oak Street, Adams Chapel, Williams, Fairview, Union Chapel, Preston Circuit.
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Christian Education
The Reverends: Christopher Kirkland, Howard Wright, Doretha Whittington, Linda Jones, Marietta
Ramsey, Robert Brown, Jr., Dana Ashton, Cynthia Laurie, J. Ruth Travis, Rosalyn Crosby Delegates:
St. John ( Pocomoke City), St. Paul, St. James, (Gravel Hill), Union Bethel (Cecilton), Bazil
Economic Development
The Reverends: George Barnes II, Colin Lambert, Ann Lightner-Fuller, Myron Howie, Frank Reid,
Jamal Bryant, Presiding Elder Cordell Hunter Delegates: Grace, Gethsemane, St. Paul, Empowerment
Temple
Evangelism
The Reverends: Terry Gaddy, Joan Wharton, Rashi Pinckney, Johnie Branch, Naomi Brown, Robin
Manning, Mankekola M. Ngoeo Delegates: Preston Circuit, Payne, Bethel (Chesapeake City), Tyree
Christian Stewardship
The Reverends: Randolph Fitchett, Linda Jones, Heidi Stevens, Brenda Carter, Gregory Ball, Sr.,
Sandra Brown, William Cain, J. Ruth Travis, Dolly Trusdale, Wanda Duckett, Brandi WilliamsBlocker Delegates: Holy Trinity, St. John(Baltimore), Oak Street, Fairview
The Church and Technology
The Reverends: William Gray III, William Wingo, Bess McCallister, Darryl Ford, Charles Robinson,
Isaac Wilson III, Naima Rashida Kenyatta-Hinton, Betty Smith, Mankekola Mahiangu Ngobo;
Delegates: Bethel, (Baltimore), St. John (Baltimore), Collins Temple, Allen
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Mary Fisher, Phyllis Gray-Wonson, Geraldine Carpenter, Irene Montague, Alfreda Dennis-Bowyer,
Roberta Dunsen, Virginia Hayman, Iris Mapp, Vontina Collick, Cynthia Berry, Joan Walker-Hunter
Lay Activities
Jean Richie, Leotha Hull, Ronald Flamer, Daisy Matthews, Stephanie Kellum, Alfreda DennisBowyer, Delaphine Green, Mackie Saddler, Melbourne Tillis, William Chapman, Cynthia BryantPitts, Pauline Watson, Sonora Johnson, Mack Simpson, Jr.
Ministries to Youth
The Reverends: Wendell Gary, Bedelia Commodore, Howard Wright, Diana Wailes, Robert Brown,
Jr., Gail Kilgore, Tracey Victor-Bulter, Christopher Kirkland, Pamela Christian, Michael Hudson Lay
Members: Christian Savage, Kirsten Spence, Rebecca Turner, Wanda Wilson, Delegates: Preston
Circuit, New Queen Esther
Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
The Reverends: Baron Young, Charles Baugh, Robert Brown, Jr., Charles Robinson, Randolph
Fitchett, Samuel Johnson, R. Kevin Brown, Elmer Miller, Charles Walker, Gary Stewart
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Alvin White, Carolyn White, Dee Boyd Yates, Faith Freeman, Wanda Ragster-Wilson, Dawn Phillips,
Shawan Burke, Charles Jones, Byron Matthews, Daisy Matthews, Betty Scott, Tracey Dunn, Debra
Jones, S. Rochester, S. Smith
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65th Session
Washington Annual Conference
Wednesday, April 22 – Friday, April 24, 2015
Hosted by the
Washington Annual Conference
Convening With
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church
7700 Allentown Road
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744
The Reverend Dr. Grainger Browning, Pastor
The Reverend Dr. JoAnn Browning, Co-Pastor
The Reverend Dr. Ronald Braxton
Host Presiding Elder
The Reverend Dr. Louis-Charles Harvey
Associate Presiding Elder
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Women’s Missionary Society Convention and
Missionary Witness Night in White
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Women in Ministry (WIM) Noon Day Hour
SERMONS
Annual – The Reverend Harold B. Hayes, Jr.
Men’s Night (Emmaus Walk) The Reverend Donald Smedley
Noon Day Service-The Reverend Dr. Marie P. Braxton
Ordination and Consecration Service
Retired Bishop Philip Robert Cousin, Sr.,
Administrative and Literary Reports
Conference Institute
The Reverend Lois Poag-Ray
Board of Examiners
Chairman – The Rev. Dr. Lee P. Washington; Dean – The Rev. Dr. Lois Poag-Ray
The Reverends: Michael Bell, Grainger Browning, Alicia Byrd, Carrington Carter, Johnny Calhoun,
Constance Wheeler-Evans, Barbara Glenn, Harold Hayes, Samuel Hayward, III, Edna Jenkins,
Marlene Jefferson, Diane Johnson, Daryl Kearney, William Lamar IV, Tony Lee, Harry L. Seawright,
Charles Sembly, Michael O. Thomas, Jonathan Weaver, Henry White Presiding Elders: LouisCharles Harvey, Ronald E. Braxton
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Admissions and College of Instructors
Admissions
The Reverends: Harry Seawright, Jonathan Weaver, Barbara Glenn, Johnny Calhoun, Marlene
Jefferson, Michael Bell, Samuel Hayward, Marie Braxton, C. Michele Langston, E. Gail Holness,
Frances Sparkman, Jonathan Davis, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald E. Braxton
First Year Studies
The Reverends: Grainger Browning, Tony Boone, Ronald Boykin, Vanetta Brice, Derrick Brown,
Wendell O. E. Christopher, Alan Gould, Diane Johnson, Will Kenlaw, Tony Lee, Mary C. Newton,
Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald E. Braxton
Second Year Studies
The Reverends: Alicia Byrd, Wayne Bennett, JoAnn Browning, Jonathan Davis, Raymond Edmonds,
Harold Hayes, Christine Moore, Sterlin Powell, Charles Sembly, Valdes Snipes-Bennett, Thann
Young, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald E. Braxton
Third Year Studies
The Reverends: Henry Y. White, Etoria Goggins, Anita Gould, Samuel Hayward, Marlene Jefferson,
Edna Jenkins, Wanda London, Donald Marbury, Abraham Smith, Kelechi-Mpyho Nqozi Sumes, Dana
Swann, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald E. Braxton
Fourth Year Studies
The Reverends: Michael Bell, Carrington Carter, Constance Evans, Daryl Kearney, William H. Lamar
IV, Richard McNair, Lois Poag-Ray, Michael O. Thomas, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey,
Ronald E. Braxton
Class on Local Orders
The Reverends: Ronald Boykin, Marie Braxton, Wendell O.E. Christopher, Jonathan Davis, S. Isaiah
Harvin, Louis Kelly, Donald Marbury, Anna E. Mosby, Lois Poag-Ray, Ronald Simmons, Peter
Taylor, Lee P. Washington, Anthony Young, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald E.
Braxton
Administrative Committees
Memoirs and Necrology
The Reverends: Donald Smedley, Hedy Drummond, Donald Marbury, Sterlin Powell Lay Delegates:
Barbara Holton, Michael McCallum, Marshelle Taylor, Isadora Wilson
Ministerial Efficiency
The Reverends: Michael Bell, , Grainger Browning, Barbara Glenn, C. Michele Langston, William H.
Lamar, IV, Harry Seawright, Lee P. Washington, Jonathan Weaver, Henry White, Anna Mosby
Judiciary Committee
To be elected
Conference Trustees
To be elected
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Finance Committee
To be elected
Conference Adjustments
The Reverends: Lee P. Washington, Tony Boone, Grainger Browning, Johnny Calhoun, Raymond
Edmonds, Harold Hayes, Harry L. Seawright, Clifton Sparrow, Jonathan Weaver, Henry Y. White
Delegates: Melvin Clay, Arnold Fortune, Patricia Pinnix, James Robinson
Property and Deeds
The Reverends: Alan Gould, Wayne Bennett, Melynda Clarke, Diane D. Coles, Jonathan Davis,
James Harrell, Patrick Hipkins, Kim Hutchinson, Leroy Jackson, Brenda McClain, Christine Moore,
Jon Robinson, Jerome Singletary Delegates: Phillip Bowie, Louise Murill-Graves, Delarse
Montgomery, Mark Savoy, Renee White
Abandoned Property
The Reverends: Jonathan Davis, Rodney Barnes, Joseph Chandler, Diane D. Coles, Alfred Deas,
Jacqueline Hollingsworth, Will Kenlaw, James Harrell, Patrick Hipkins, Leroy Jackson, Brenda
McClain, Christine Moore, Roland Patterson, Kendra Smith Delegates: Paul Beasley, Brenda Brown,
Michelle Bullock, Isabella Washington
Missions, Circuits and Stations
The Reverends: Wendell O. E. Christopher, Etoria Goggins, Andra Hoxie, R. Phillip Jackson, Will
Kenlaw, Joan King, Tony Lee, C. Michelle Langston, Wanda London, Peter Taylor, Rita Williams,
Thann Young Delegates: John Bradham, Lianne Cofield, Eldora Jones, Mary Johnson-MacIntyre,
Allen Wharton
Church Growth and Development
The Reverends: Charles Sembly, Ronald Boykin, Jay Gamble, S. Isaiah Harvin, Andra D. Hoxie,
Diane Johnson, Will Kenlaw, Tony Lee, Kathy Montgomery, David Robinson, Luke Robinson, Larry
Rodgers, Robert Ray, Kendra Smith, Valdes Snipes Bennett Delegates: Melva Gilchrist, Alfred
Jacobs, Louis Joseph, Michelle Robinson
Annuity Investments and Insurance
The Reverends: Raymond Edmonds, Derrick Brown, Patrick Hipkins, Richard McNair, Karen Myers,
Dededrick Rivers, Carol Rodgers, Abraham Smith, Clifton Sparrow, Rita Williams Delegates: James
Brown, Earl Gray, Carolyn Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia Pinnix
Legislative Task Force
The Reverends: Constance Evans, Wendell O. E. Christopher, Melynda Clarke, Diane Johnson, Daryl
Kearney, Will S. Kenlaw, Kimberly Lewis, Anna Mosby, Linda Mouzon, Karen Myers, Sterlin
Powell, Charles Sembly, Clifton Sparrow Delegates: Retha Fulmore, Clay Gloster, Jeannette Hite,
Yvonne McKinney
Christian Education
The Reverends: Reverends Karen Myers, Kimberly Barnes, JoAnn Browning, Gwendolyn Coleman,
Alfred Deas, Jay Gamble, Etoria Goggins, S. Isaiah Harvin, Edna C. Jenkins, Louis Kelly, Will
Kenlaw, Don Marbury, Christine Moore, Roxanne Parson, Carole Rodgers, Dana Swann, Rochelle
Toyer, Beverly Wilson, Kimberly Young Delegates: Nettie Dixon, Rhatia Mays, Sylvia Moore, Leona
Wattie-Phillips Consultants: Ms. Robin Porter-Smith, Rev. Darlene James, Rev. Anita Gould
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Church School
The Reverends: Sterlin Powell, Courtney Canty, Jonathan Davis, Herman Gladney, Kellie Hayes,
Meredith Hudson, Louis Kelly, C. Michelle Langston, Brenda McClain, Ayana Newton, Barbara
Ridley, Rita Williams Delegates: Jerry Butler, Gwendolyn Jackson, William Murphy, Wanda Naylor,
Anne Pair, Pamela Welcome Consultants: Arlene Foote-Johnson, Kenneth Lindsey
Resolutions
The Reverends: Donald Marbury, Howard Boyd, Melynda Clarke, Hedy Jamison-Drummond,
Jacqueline Hollingsworth, Sherita Seawright, Donald Smedley, Rita Williams Delegates: Dorothy
Boddie, Ethel Collic, Carolyn Holiday, Theresa Jenkins, Gloria Jones, Patricia Waller, Ruth WeeksMarshall
Literary Reports
State of the Church
The Reverends: Samuel E. Hayward, Marlene Jefferson, Diane Johnson, Perdita Johnson, Darryl
Kearney, Tony Lee, Wanda London, Forestine Robinson, Donald Smedley, Michael Thomas, Rita
Williams, Curtis White Delegates: Jerry Butler, Colette Carl, Vera Dillard, Ventris Gibson, Yvonne
McKinney
State of the Country
The Reverends: Henry Y. White, Leroy Anderson, Jr., Marie Braxton, Richard Crooks, Robert
Hodges, Deborah Inyamah, Edna C. Jenkins, Diane Johnson, Caroline Jones, Joan King, C. Michelle
Langston, Donald Marbury, Roland Patterson, Collette Robinson, Luke Robinson, Abraham Smith,
Anthony Young Delegates: Phillip Bowie, Patricia Brown, Andre Cornelius, Kathleen Kennedy,
Romeda Omeir, Vanessa Scott
Social, Civic and Political Action
The Reverends: Wendell O. E. Christopher, Leroy Anderson, Johnny Calhoun, Herman Gladney,
Alan Gould, Jr., Richard Henderson, Daryl Kearney, Joan King, C. Michelle Langston, Tony Lee,
Richard McNair, Linda Mouzon, LaTashia S. Ogunlana, Charles Sembly, Ronald Simmons, Peter
Taylor, Jonathan Weaver, Adrienne Young Delegates: Janie Barnes, Dorothy Boddie, Phillip Bowie,
Joseph Melton, Denise Vauls
Ecology, Temperance and Health
The Reverends: Lubrina Bryant, Mildred Clark, Melissa Edwards-Brown, James Harrell, Althea
Hayward, Glenda Hodges, Evelyn Horn, Perdita Johnson-Abercrombie, Brenda McClain, Jacob
Oliver, David Robinson, Frances Sparkman, Curtis White, Anthony Young Delegates: Laticia Bowen,
James Brown, Andrea Darden, Barbara Holton, Alfred Jones, Doris Kelly
Economic Development
The Reverends: Jonathan Weaver, Sherry Austin, Tony Boone, Grainger Browning, Joseph Chandler,
Wendell O. E. Christopher, Jacqueline Hollingsworth, Diane Johnson, Harry L. Seawright, Valdes
Snipes-Bennett, Henry Y. White, Presiding Elders: Louis-Charles Harvey, Ronald Braxton
Delegates: Melvin Clay, Arnold Fortune, Carolyn Holiday, Kathleen Kennedy, Romeda Omeir
Consultants: Frank Wilds, Carla Ray, Andre Christian
Evangelism
The Reverends: Barbara Glenn, Arleen Crawford, Jerri Edmonds, Jay Gamble, Melanie Gamble,
Robert Hodges, Diane Johnson, Joan King, Tony Lee, Anna Mosby, Sterlin Powell, Jon Robinson,
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Frances Sparkman, Michael O. Thomas, Rochelle Toyer, Kenneth Young, Thann Young Delegates:
Maurice Boyd, Michelle Bullock, Janeice Green, Sheena Harper, Vanessa Scott
Christian Stewardship
The Reverends: Mary C. Newton, Patricia Calhoun, Sheleta Fomby, Leroy Jackson, Hedy Jamison
Drummond, Marlene Jefferson, Richard McNair, Robbie Morton, Karen Myers, Ronald Simmons, J.
Maria Watson, Anthony Young Delegates: Janie Barnes, Rochelle Brackett, Andrea Darden, Vera
Dillard, Gwendolyn Felder, Louise Murill-Graves, Anne Pair, Debbie Williams
The Church and Technology
The Reverends: Donald Marbury, Erica Bennett, Kay Coates, Jerri Edmonds, Anita Gould, Anna
Mosby, David Robinson, Dana Swann, Keithlyn Warner, Adrian K. Young Delegates: Jerry Butler,
Kevin Jones, Donald Upson Consultants: Doretha Ficklin, Terry Johnson, Courtney Lamar, Barbara
Patterson
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Consultants: Oveta Watkins, Betty Adams, Anna Gibson, Claudette Hipkins, Donice Jeter, Lelia
Kendricks, Gail Radcliff, Essie Thompson, Juanita Wills Delegates: Brenda Brown, Vera Dillard,
Sheena Harper, Barbara Holton, Rhatia Mays, Chandelle Ivy
Lay Activities
Consultants: Matthew Douglas, Latrice Bowling, Linda Butler, Alma Cropper, Juanita HartsfieldHazel, Jeanette Hite, Therald Johns, Martha Laos, Patricia Matthews, Gail Reed, Cheryl Vaughn
Delegates: Ethel Collic, Clay Gloster, Eldora Jones, Yvonne McKinney
Ministries to Youth
The Reverends: S. Isaiah Harvin, Aisha Clark, Russell St. Bernard, Melanie Gamble, Christine
Hayward, Renae Jackson, Edna Jenkins, Lyvette Johnson, Yolandra Johnson, Jeremy Keys, Lidia
Kenlaw, William Lee, Ayana Newton, Carlos Perkins, Sterlin Powell, Marquis Wheeler, Akil Dickens
Delegates: Maurice Boyd, Colette Carl, Janice Green
Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
The Reverends: Richard McNair, Joseph Chandler, Jonathan Davis, Alan Gould, Louis Kelly, Donald
Marbury, Dededrick Rivers, John Robinson Delegates: Maurice Boyd, Arnold Fortune, Earl Gray,
Louis Joseph, William Murphy, Mark Savoy
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Consultants: Cheryl Graham, Shermaine Bowden, Rev. S. Isaiah Harvin, Lubrina E. Louis-Jacquies,
Cheryl White
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149th Session
Virginia Annual Conference
Wednesday, May 6 – Friday, May 8, 2015
Virginia Conference
Chesapeake, Virginia
The Reverend Vanessa A. Copeland, Conference Coordinator
The Reverend Chester W. Morris
Co-Host Presiding Elder
The Reverend Dr. Quentin White
Co-Host Presiding Elder
Saturday, May 2, 2015
YPD Day—Kroc Center in Norfolk, VA
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Christian Debutante and Masters Commission
Bethel AMEC- Hampton, VA
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Women’s Missionary Society Convention and
Missionary Witness Night in White
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Women in Ministry (noonday)
SERMONS
Annual – The Reverend Gloria Skinner-Pettiford
Men’s Night (Emmaus Walk) – The Reverend Timothy W. Johnson
Noon Day Services –The Reverend Phyllis Whichard
LAY Witness Night – Cynthia Payton Morrison, Clerk of Circuit Court, Portsmouth
Ordination and Consecration Service
The Reverend Dr. Renita J. Weems- Co-Pastor, Ray of Hope Community Church, Nashville, TN
Administrative and Literary Reports
Conference Institute
The Reverend Reuben Boyd
Board of Examiners
Chairman - The Reverend Timothy Smith, Sr.; Dean – The Reverend Andrea C. Scott
The Reverends: John Burton, André Jefferson, Sr., Vanessa Copeland, Rueben Boyd, Gilbert
Harper, Edward Scott, Orin Gill, Edward Scott Presiding Elders: Chester Morris, Quentin White
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Class on Admissions and College of Instructions
Admissions
The Reverends: Orin Gill, Granger Flythe, Vanessa Copeland, Vernon Ricks, Donald White
First Year Studies
The Reverends: André Jefferson, Sr., Rueben Boyd, Gilbert Harper, Linwood Daughtry, Ira
McMillan, Ronald Knight, Amy Hodge-Ziglar
Second Year Studies
The Reverends: Andrea Scott, Rueben Boyd, André Jefferson, Sr., John Burton, Vanessa Copeland
Presiding Elders: Quentin White, Chester Morris
Third Year Studies
The Reverends: John Burton, Oretha Cross, Sherri Brooks, Willie White, Herbert Gibbs, Gilbert
Harper
Fourth Year Studies
The Reverends: Edward Scott, John Burton, Rueben Boyd, André Jefferson, Sr., Rufus Mosley, Jr.,
Timothy Smith, Orin Gill, Presiding Elders: Chester Morris, Quentin White
Administrative Committees
Ministerial Efficiency
The Reverends: Oretha Cross, Rueben Boyd, John Burton, Ronald Knight, Andre’ Jefferson Sr.,
Orin Gill, Horace Cross, Donald White, Eugenia Bowser, Andrea Scott, Jacquelyn Hardy-Harris,
Vernon Ricks, Sr.
Judiciary Committee
To be elected
Conference Trustees
To be elected
Finance Committee
To be elected
Memoirs and Necrology
The Reverends: Amy Hodge-Ziglar, Janette Phelps, Abraham Mackey, Matthew Shannon,
Gwendolyn Minor, Kenneth Ruff, Ruby Brown-White, Timothy Johnson, Harrilene Powell, Sherri
Brooks, Myra Burton, Welton Williams Delegates: Caroline Harvey, Julie Williams, Robert Perry,
Margaret Fosque, Barbara J. Ford, Sharon Johnson
Conference Adjustments
The Reverends: Reuben Boyd, John Burton, André Jefferson, Sr., Orin Gill, Jr., Vernon Ricks, Sr.,
Vanessa Copeland, Granger Flythe, Edward Scott, Derrell Wade, Donald White, Ronald Knight,
Delphoney Kargbo, Willie Boothe, Jeanette Phelphs Delegates: Mary Roberts, Jennifer Brown,
Robert Perry, Eulah Price, Wynola Wyatt, Karen Wiles, Jean Weston Langston, Arthena Faith Shuler,
Joanne Roberts, Sharon Johnson.
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Property and Deeds
The Reverends: Donald White, Deborah Bryant, Horace Cross, Leonard Davis, Harrilene Powell,
Evelyn Johnson, Isaac Jackson, Eboni Brickhouse, Valerie Knight, Chaplain David Brown Delegates:
Gloria Singleton, Betty Sims-Bell, Douglas Strand, Mary Terry, Karen Holloway
Abandoned Property
The Reverends: Bernard Holmes, Timothy Johnson, Jeanette Phelps, Carl Melvin, Herbert Gibbs,
Sherri Brooks, Stephanie Webber, Jack Munford, Derrell Wade, Kenneth Ruff, Frank Hill, Anthony
Sanders Delegates: Margaret Fosque, Gregory Porter, Bettye Moore, Curtis Chapman, Sylvia Frazier
Missions, Circuits and Stations
The Reverends: Anthony Sanders, Otelia Barksdale, Alfred Vann, II, Kevin Wilson, Olivia Collins,
Timothy Smith, Willie Boothe, , Frank Hill, Abraham Mackey, Carl Melvin, Matthew Shannon, Frank
Hill, Sydia Bailey Delegates: Arthena Faith Shuler, Sylvia Dildy, Randy Bell, Paulette Smith,
Francisco Newman, Mable Holbrook, Johnetta Sylvia Dowdy,
Church Growth and Development
The Reverends André Jefferson, Sr., Ronald Freeman, Sr., David Holliday, Herbert Gibbs, Ira
McMillan, Amy Hodge-Ziglar, David Brown, Donald White, Linwood Daughtry, Queen Esther Snell,
Willie Boothe, Gilbert Harper Delegates: Valerie Terry, Tracee McMillan, Julie Williams, Matilda
Watson, Karen Wiles, Jean Weston Langston, Michael Wright, Charles R. Hamilton
Legislative Task Force
The Reverends: Linwood Daughtry, Ira McMillan, Joel Tomlin, Delphoney Kargbo, Timothy
Johnson, Phyllis Whichard, Eugenia Bowser, Sherri Garrett, Alfred Vann, II, David Brown, Harrilene
S. Powell, Oretha Cross Delegates: Jean Weston Langston, Marian Ames, Nicole Hunt, Joanne
Roberts, Mary Roberts, Charles R. Hamilton
Annuity Investments and Insurance
The Reverends: Granger Flythe, Isaac Jackson, Ronald Knight, Jacqueline Hardy-Harris, Derrell
Wade, Andrea Scott, Joel Tomlin, Willie White, Welton Williams, David Holliday, Percy McIntire,
Jack Mumford Delegates: Mary Roberts, Robert Perry, Valerie Terry
Literary Reports
State of the Church
The Reverends: Donald White, Reuben Boyd, Kenneth Ruff, Timothy Smith, Otelia Barksdale,
Evelyn Johnson, Gilbert Harper, Jeanette Phelps, Frank Hill, Jack Mumford, Sydia Bailey
Delegates: Margaret Fosque, Eulah Price, Helen Elliott, Nicole Hunt, Sylvia Dildy, Debra Ricks, Rose
Brabble, Randy Bell
State of the Country
The Reverends: Edward Scott, Deborah Bryant, John Swann, Willie Boothe, Percy McIntire, Billy
Hunter, Willie White, David Brown, Ruby Brown-White Delegates: Tracee McMillian, Joanne
Roberts, Curtis Chapman, Mae Mattox, Elizabeth Spradley, Barbara Hubbard, Matilda Watson,
Caroline Harvey, James Sample
Social, Civic and Political Action
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The Reverends: Derrell Wade, Debbie Bryant, Bernard Holmes, Abraham Mackey, Delphoney
Kargboo, David Holliday, Percy McIntire, Granger Flythe, Willie Boothe, Leonard Davis Delegates:
Marian Ames, Kiera Kimp, Gregory Porter, Marcia Whitley, Robert Perry, Lisa Smith, Joanne
Roberts, Tracee McMillian, Willie Dupree, Sharon Johnson, Barbara J. Ford.
Ecology, Temperance and Health
The Reverends: Myra Burton, Ira McMillan, Queen Esther Snell, Phyllis Whichard, Gloria SkinnerPettiford, Gwendolyn Minor, Linwood Daughtry, Olivia Collins Delegates: Shelia Anderson, Tracee
McMillan, Karen Wiles, Betty Sims-Bell, Kiera Kimp, Wynola Wyatt, Mable Holbrook, Michael
Wright
Christian Education
The Reverends: Sherri Brooks, Andrea Scott, Kevin Wilson, Orin Gill, Isaac Jackson, Jacqueline
Hardy-Harris, Vanessa Copeland, Sydia Bailey, Eugenia Bowser, John Swann, Michael Dunn, Sherri
Garnett Delegates: Mary Roberts, Wynola Wyatt, Marion Edwards, Myrtis Ames, Lisa Smith
Church School
The Reverends: Vanessa Copeland, Herbert Gibbs, Joel Tomlin, Anthony Sanders, Frank Hill, Kevin
Wilson, Queen Esther Snell, Andrea Scott, Otelia Barksdale, Timothy Johnson, Valeria Knight,
Delphoney Kargbo, Eugenia Bowser, Matthew Shannon Delegates: Shelia Anderson, James Sample,
Valerie Terry, Dottie Wise, Arthena Faith Shuler, Jean Weston Langston, Inetha Holmes, Jacqueline
Robinson
The Church and Technology
The Reverends: Oretha Cross, Edward Scott, Billy Hunter, André Jefferson, Sr., Rufus Mosley, Jr.,
Myra Burton, Ronald Freeman, Sr., Stephanie Webber, Willie Boothe, Gloria Skinner-Pettiford,
Kenneth Ruff, Vanessa Copeland Delegates: St. James, Prospect, Gloria Singleton, Arthena Faith
Shuler, Nicole Hunt, Matilda Watson, Elizabeth Spradley, Sylvia Frazier, Hortensia Washington
Economic Development
The Reverends: John Burton, Rueben Boyd, Vernon Ricks, André Jefferson, Sr., Oretha Cross,
Sherri Brooks, John Swann, Stephanie Webber, Ronald Knight, Debbie Bryant, Temera Tatum, Orin
Gill Delegates: Johnetta Sylvia Dowdy, Nicole Hunt, Willie Dupree, Linda Moseley, Francisco
Newman, Myrtis Ames, Meadowview, Randy Bell, Jacqueline Robinson
Resolutions
The Reverends: Rufus Mosley, Jr., Harrilene Powell, Billy Hunter, Eugenia Bowser, Olivia Collins,
Gloria Skinner-Pettiford, Sherri Garrett Delegates: Betty Sims-Bell, Barbara Hubbard, Helen Elliott,
Eulah Price, Karen Holloway, Marcia Whitley, Sonya Alexander
Christian Stewardship
The Reverends: Horace Cross, Ronald Knight, Bernard Holmes, Leonard Davis, Gilbert Harper,
Jacqueline Hardy Harris, Phyllis Whichard, Carl Melvin, Abraham Mackey Delegates: Gregory
Porter, Debra Ricks, Inetha Holmes, Bettye Moore, Margaret Fosque, Helen Elliott, Paulette Smith,
Dottie Wise, Mary Terry, Marshall Chapel
Evangelism
The Reverends: Vernon Ricks, Sr., Billy Hunter, Ronald Freeman, Kevin Wilson, Matthew Shannon,
Gilbert Harper, Ronald Freeman, Olivia Collins, Temera Tatum, Joel Tomlin, Carl Melvin, Welton
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Williams Delegates: Wynola Wyatt, Curtis Chapman, Douglas Strand, Sonya Alexander, Hortensia
Washington
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Peggy Ricks, Mary Vick, Yvonne Davis, Rita Turner, Debra DeMills, Terri Christian, Irene Coefield,
Lynada Pender, Adrienne Buckner, Veronica Carter, Eleanor Butts, Helen Hill, Rita Willis, Vaughnie
Witcher, Gail Berry, Terri Butts, Tashara Void, Constance Cooke, Melvine Norman, Valerie
Fauntleroy, Pamela Jones-Watford, Gloria Mitchell, Geraldine Cox
Ministries to Youth
The Reverends: Sherry Brooks, David Holliday, Timothy Smith, Vanessa Copeland, Alfred Vann, II,
Jacqueline Harris, Welton Williams, Michael Dunn, Gwendolyn Minor, Ronald Freeman, Sr., Evelyn
Johnson Delegates: Douglas Strand, Sonya McCoy Alexander, Rose Brabble, Joseph Harris, III, Lind
Moseley
Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
The Reverends: Andre’ Jefferson, Sr., Reuben Boyd, Ira McMillian, Orin Gill, Brothers: Willie
Dupree, Douglas Strand, Vince Wright, William Floyd
Lay Activities
Joan C. Wilson, Melvine Wyatt-Norman, Lawrence A. Buckner, Jr., Sharon Johnson, III, Cassandra G.
Favor, Rosa Hayward-Lightfoot, Gail Berry, Lillian J. Galloway, Howard Williams, Carolyn Morris,
James A. White, Subrina Parker, Adrienne June-Buckner, Ruby Greer
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Rita Willis, Edith Johnson, Janice Ellicott, Mary Daughtrey
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146th Session
North Carolina Annual Conference
Wednesday, May 20 – Friday, May 22, 2015
The Northern District Hosting
The Reverend Christopher Haywood, Host Committee Coordinator
The Goldsboro-Raleigh DOC Assembly Headquarters
211 West Hooks River Road
Goldsboro, North Carolina 27530
The Reverend Larry Stanwyck Hinton
Host Presiding Elder
The Reverend Evelyn Gail Dunn
Associate Presiding Elder
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Women’s Missionary Society Convention and
Missionary Witness Night in White
Thursday Noonday, May 21, 2015
Women in Ministry
SERMONS
Annual – The Reverend David L. Morrison, Sr.
Men’s Night (Emmaus Walk) – The Reverend Howard Johnson
WIM Noon Day Services –The Reverend Daphne Solomon
Ordination and Consecration Service
The Reverend Ronald Slaughter, Senior Pastor, St. James, AME, Newark, NJ
Administrative and Literary Reports
Conference Institute
The Reverend Anthony Watson
Board of Examiners
Chairman – The Reverend Artie Odom, Jr.; Dean – The Reverend Mary Faircloth
The Reverends: Wayne Johnson, David Morrison, Sr., Anthony Watson, Howard Johnson, Theresa
Holmes, Judy Johnson, Gloria Fields, Patricia Freeman, Philip Blair, Jesse Peacock, Sr., Freda
Humphrey Presiding Elders: Evelyn Dunn, Larry Hinton
College of Instructors of Admissions
Admissions
The Reverends: Artie Odom, Jr., Mary Faircloth, Philip Blair, Wayne Johnson, Harold Sidbury, Jesse
Peacock
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First Year Studies
The Reverends: Gloria Fields, Harold Sidbury, David Morrison, Patricia Freeman, Anthony Watson
Second Year Studies
The Reverends: Howard Johnson, Phillip Blair, Jesse Peacock, Gloria Fields, Theresa Holmes,
Gwendolyn McNeil Presiding Elders: Larry Hinton, Evelyn Dunn
Third Year Studies
The Reverends: Wayne Johnson, Judy Johnson, Howard Johnson, Patricia Freeman, Freda Humphrey
Fourth Year Studies
The Reverends: Theresa Holmes, Wayne Johnson, Judy Johnson, Anthony Watson, Patricia Freeman,
David Morrison, Presiding Elders: Larry Hinton, Evelyn Dunn
Class on Local Orders
The Reverends: David L. Morrison, Jesse Peacock, Harold Sidbury, Gwendolyn McNeil, Freda
Humphrey
Administrative Committee
Memoirs and Necrology
The Reverends: Edward Hansley, Tony Mills, Horace Lawrence, Sandra David, Wayne Lofton,
Richard Smith, Joanne Bedford-Boyd Delegates: Ella Scarborough, Linda Harris, Rachel HenryBeatty, Cynthia Williamson
Ministerial Efficiency
The Reverends Anthony Watson, Edward Sloan, Wilma Hansley, Millard Davis, Tanya Lowe
Judiciary Committee
To be elected
Conference Trustees
To be elected
Finance Committee
To be elected
Conference Adjustments
The Reverends: Edward Sloan, David Morrison, Wayne Johnson, Artie Odom, Jr., Mildred Brown,
Ruth Pugh, Patricia Freeman, Christopher Haywood, Willie Sanders, Delegates: Cathy Ingram, Elbert
Davis, Ollie Williams, Robin Boddie-Haggins, Wendell Boykins , Levi Daniels
Property and Deeds
Presiding Elders: Evelyn Dunn, Larry Hinton The Reverends Artie Odom, Jr., Wayne Johnson,
Jerould Richburg, Robert McKoy, Jr., Ronald Davis, Janice Harris, Doris Lindsey Delegates: Linda
Moore, Arlene Lawson, Leon DeLoatch, Helen Johnson, Bobby Usher, Eugene Murphy, Patricia
Cooper
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Abandoned Property
Presiding Elders Larry Hinton, Evelyn Dunn The Reverends Larry Stanwyck Hinton, Evelyn Dunn
The Reverends Jerould Richburg, Dewey Farmer, Pamela Faison, Patricia Freeman, Charles Corbett,
Joseph Batts, Robert Bland, Tracy Tann Delegates: Ollie Mae Williams, Larry Rhodes, Joseph Nixon,
Sr., Frances Hood, Mary K. Hill
Missions, Circuits and Stations
The Reverends Howard Johnson, Arthur Jenkins, Millard Davis, Gloria Fields, Freda Humphrey,
Onita Dupree, James Sheares, Horace Lawrence, Robert Yarbrough, Germain Robinson Delegates:
Elizabeth Bryant, Levi Daniels, Roosevelt Monroe, Desiree Smith, Soisette Word, Vanessa Howell,
Phillip Mills
Church Growth and Development
The Reverends: Michael Redd, Doris Lindsey, Patricia Freeman, Glenn Orr, James Knox, Philip
Blair, Kathy Alston-Kearney, Hannah Green, Gwendolyn McNeill, Theresa Holmes Delegates:
Terrence Sykes, Lucille Fleming, Willie Lee Saunders, Guy Sidbury, Monica Davis, Eva Samuels,
Henry Gibson
Annuity Investments and Insurance
The Reverends: Christopher Haywood, Philip Blair, James Baker, Jeffery Gainey, Janice Harris,
George Cockrell, Timothy Boone, Cassandra Maultsby Delegates: Ruth King, Pamela Brooks, Jerome
Brown, Gwendolyn Keith, Randy Mebane, Dorothy Russell
Legislative Task Force
The Reverends: Cassandra Sparrow, James Knox, Geraldine Dereef, Kathy Alston-Kearney, Jerry
Pearson, Sebrenia S. Moore, Libby Kisseih, Christopher Haywood Delegates: Kenneth Keith, Wesley
Alston, Arnetta Graham, Gwen Whitley, Robin Scott
Christian Education
The Reverends: Philip Blair, Mary Faircloth, Jesse Peacock, Annette Joyner-Moore, Elberta Hudson,
Tanya Lowe, Stephanie Murserow, Charles Corbett, Cassandra Maultsby, Derrick Farmer Delegates:
Pamela Brooks, Ella Scarborough, Linda Harris, Jerome Brown, Carolyn Mainor, Alex D. Carlos,
Dianne Hampton, Connie Crate
Church School
The Reverends: Daphne Solomon, Joan Hopton, Pamela Faison, Richard Smith, Millard Davis, Erica
Price-Pollock, Robert Yarbrough, Veronica Murphy, Freda Humphrey Delegates: Bernice Ford,
Phillip Mills, Sonja Brown, Mary Harvey, Holloway Adair, Bobby Revell, Jr., Desiree Smith
Resolutions
The Reverends: Pamela Faison, Ruth Pugh, James Sheares, Germain Robinson, Janice Harris, Betty
Strickland Delegates: Cathy Greggs, Ella Mae Gatling, Carrie Mae Champion, Dorothy Russell, Toni
Smith, Arlean Brooks,
Literary Reports
State of the Church
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The Reverends: Harold Sidbury, Jerould Richburg, Joseph Nixon, Jr., Annette Joyner-Moore, Jerry
Powers, Tanya Lowe, Veronica Murphy, Joanne Bedford- Boyd, Delegates: Arnetta Graham, Phillip
Mills, Stanley Pollock, Michelle Graham, Robbie Paisley, William Hopton, Nicole Williams, Howard
McLean
State of the Country
The Reverends: Tony Mills, Joseph Batts, Tonya Lowe, Dewey Farmer, Jonathan Ford, Edward
Hansley, Tracy Tann Delegates: Larry Rhodes, Robert Lewis. Shirley Sherald, Henry Gibson, Eunice
King, Elizabeth Bryant, Mercedes Spicer, Napoleon Spencer,
Social, Civic and Political Action
The Reverends: James Knox, Geraldine Dereef, Wayne Lofton, Janice Harris, Ronald Davis, George
Cockrell Delegates: Bernice Ford, Elbert Davis, Roosevelt Monroe, Sandra Turner, Emelie Todd,
Thomas Hudson, Willie Lee Saunders
Ecology, Temperance and Health
The Reverends: Gloria Fields, Serena Lofton, Robert McKoy, Jr., Gaylian Barbour, Wilma Hansley,
Tony Mills, Sandra David, Angela Clark, Delegates: Lucille Fleming, Angela Matthews, Eddie
Smith, Jr., Hessie Ward, Sonja Brown, Carrie Joyner, Wesley Brown, Jr., Carolyn Everettte
Economic Development
Presiding Elder Larry Stanwyck Hinton The Reverends: Cassandra Sparrow, Dewey Farmer,
Wayne Johnson, Michael Redd, Wayne Lofton, Jerry Pearson, Timothy Boone, Ruth Pugh Delegates:
Ollie Mae Williams, Robin Boddie-Haggins, Toni Smith, Linda Moore, Wesley Brown Jr., Elbert
Davis, Valerie Watson
Evangelism
The Reverends: Doris Lindsey, Ronald Davis, Robert Yarbrough, Elberta Pugh-Hudson, Daphne
Solomon, Joseph Nixon, Jr., Tammy McDonald Delegates: Donnie Joyner, Pamela Brooks, Monica
Simpson, Monica Davis, Shelia Brooks, Phillip Mills, William Hand, William Hopton, Eva Samuel
Christian Stewardship
The Reverends: Theresa Holmes, Mildred Brown, Arthur Jenkins, James Baker, Richard Smith,
Phillip Lynch, George Cockrell, Willie Sanders, Hannah Green, Joseph Batts Delegates: Bobby
Revell, Jr., Bernice Ford, Michelle Graham, Mary K. Hill, Levi Daniels, William Hand, Pherbia Smith,
The Church and Technology
The Reverends: Christopher Haywood, Robert Bland, Germain Robinson, Timothy Boone, Libby
Kisseih, Janice Harris, Tammy McDonald Delegates: Cathy Greggs, Robin Boddie-Hagin, Linda
Bannerman, Carrie Mae Champion, Wendell Boykins, Linda Moore,
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Dianne Graham, Mae Ellerbe, Edna Watson, Arnetta Graham, Monica Simpson, Ella Scarborough
Consultants: Faye Shipman-Hinton, Barbara Vaught, Phyllis Morrison, Paulette Bryant
Lay Activities
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Joseph Nixon, Sr., Elbert Davis, Arlene Lawson, Larry Rhodes, Randy Mebane, Bobby Revell Jr., Dr.
Getty Cohen, Gwendolyn Keith, Napoleon Spencer Consultants: Edna Watson, Florence Warren,
Reverend Geraldine Dereef, Bernetta Ghist
Ministries to Youth
The Reverends: Robert Yarbrough, Judy Johnson, Doris Lindsey, Betty Strickland, Jonathan Ford,
Michael Redd, James Sheares, Erica Price-Pollock, Wayne Lofton, Elberta Hudson Delegates:
PamelaBrooks, Eugene Murphy, Pherbia Smith, Stanley Pollock, Carrie Mae Champion, Mary K. Hill
Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
The Reverends: Christopher Haywood, Jerry Pearson, Arthur Jenkins, Timothy Boone, Ronald Davis,
Jonathan Ford, Robert Bland, Michael Redd Delegates: William Hand, Phillip Mills, Joseph Nixon,
Sr., Terrence Sykes, Alex Carlos, Leon DeLoatch, Richard Watson
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Edna Watson, Arlene Lawson, Vivian Crosby, Cathy Ingram, Krisheda Johnson, Robin Scott
Consultant Phyllis Morrison
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123rd Session
Western North Carolina Annual Conference
Wednesday, June 3 – Friday, June 5, 2015
Hosted by
The Western North Carolina Conference
Sheraton Hotel
4700 Emperor Blvd
Durham, NC 27703
The Reverend Dr. Ronald L. Owens, Coordinating Pastor
The Reverend Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen
Host Presiding Elder
The Reverend J. Bernard Wilder
Associate Presiding Elder
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Women’s Missionary Society Convention and
Missionary Witness Night in White
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Women in Ministry (noonday empowerment)
SERMONS
Annual – The Reverend Vernell McAdoo
Men’s Night (Emmaus Walk) – The Reverend Dr. Byron Grayson
Noon Day Service – The Reverend Dr. Allonia Holmes
Ordination and Consecration Service
The Reverend Kenneth Marcus, Pastor, Turner Chapel AME, Marietta, GA
Administrative and Literary Reports
Board of Examiners
Chairman – The Rev. Ronald Owens; Dean – The Rev. Gregory L. Edmond
The Reverends Saundra Hunter-Bullock, Marion Robinson, Mattie Smith, Thomas Nixon, Shelton
Miles, Lisa Marshall, Barbareta McGill, Patrice Fields, Clay Barrow, Bryon Grayson, Sr., Debra
Lawson, Jas Hemby, Robert Goode, A.O. Carmichael Presiding Elders J. Bernard Wilder, Conrad
Pridgen
Class on Admissions and College of Instructors
The Reverends Jas Hemby, Larry McDonald
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Admissions
The Reverends Gregory Edmond, Thomas Nixon, Shelton Miles, Barbareta McGill
First Year Studies
The Reverends Marion Robinson, Saundra Hunter-Bullock
Second Year Studies
The Reverends Patrice Fields, Mattie Smith, Shelton Miles, Jas Hemby, Presiding Elders J. Bernard
Wilder, Conrad K. Pridgen
Third Year Studies
The Reverends Thomas Nixon, Marion Robinson, Gregory Edmond. A.O. Csarmichael
Fourth Year Studies
The Reverends Ronald Owens, Jr., Gregory Edmond, Thomas Nixon, Patrice Fields Presiding Elders
J. Bernard Wilder, Conrad Pridgen
Administrative Committees
Necrology and Memoirs
The Reverends Barrington Ross, Linda Norflett, Willie Sellars, Daisy Long, Theodora Moss, Marcia
Isley, Kim Moss, Phyllis Caldwell Delegates Ms. Fox, Marlene Montague, Thomas Jackson, Janice
Russell, Diane Haith, Kathy Hackney, Gloria Pierce
Ministerial Efficiency
The Reverends Ronald Owens, Gregory Edmond, Shelton Miles, Gwendolyn Benjamin, Wanda
Howell, Thomas Nixon, Anita Thompson Presiding Elders J. Bernard Wilder, Conrad Pridgen
Judiciary Committee (To be elected)
Conference Trustees (To be elected)
Finance Committee (To be elected)
Conference Adjustments
The Reverends Larry McDonald, Thomas Nixon, Alphonso McGlen, Ronald Owens, Gregory
Edmond, Jas Hemby, Morris Reddon, Jr., Shelton Miles Delegates Stephanie Moore, Linda Lee, Kathy
Hackney, Penny Oliver
Property and Deeds
The Reverends Ronald Owens, Shelton Miles, Deborah Brown, Barbareta McGill, Leroy Mitchell,
Diane Conley, Bobby Baker, Linda Norflett, Wanda Howell, Phyllis Royal, Saundra Hunter-Bullock,
Jonathan Richardson Delegates Gerald Logan, Annie Gardin, Bobby Shoffner, Dorothy Jefferys,
Pauline Degraffenreid, Sadie Sheffield, Janie Wilson, Maria Thompson, Stephanie Moore
Abandoned Property
The Reverends Harry Simpson, Willard Rogers, John Capers, Renee Shade, Larry McDonald, George
Pass, Willie Sellars, Kevin Odom, Mildred Conley, Anthony Radcliff, Christopher Robinson
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Delegates Janie Wilson, Rose Palmer, Ralph Conley, Marie McClary, Marlene Montague, Dorothy
Jefferys, Michael Robertson, Melinda Mclean, Phylis Burt, Sidney Rutherford
Missions, Circuits and Stations
The Reverends Steven Lyons, Kerry Rigsbee, Sarah Springs, Maye Riddick, Barbareta McGill,
Marion Robinson, Daisy Long, James Acolatse, Brenda Prince, Camelia Eaves, Robert Brown, Robert
Goode, Johnnie Bolden Delegates Patricia Riley, Doris Bridges, Eric Day, Damon Smith, Shelia
Carver, Sandra Jackson, Deborah Marrow, Gloria Pierce, Theresa Parker, John McElrath. Lee Lyles,
Louise Brown, Stephen T. Peoples, Jr.
Church Growth and Development
The Reverends Allen Warren, Kathy Merritt, Harry Simpson, Theodora Moss, Lee Williamson,
Morris Reddon, Jr., Diane Conley, Shirley DeCoster, Ronald Owens, Gregory Edmond, Kerry
Rigsbee, William Alston, Archie Evans, Henry Davis, David Lowe, Samuel Patterson Delegates
Robert Trotter, Lenora Woods, JoAnn Doggett, Kathy Hackney, Margaret Carson, Sheryl Perry,
Earnest Dark, Walter Witherspoon, Marie McClairy, Emma Devine
Annuity Investments and Insurance
The Reverends Marion Robinson, Gregory Edmond, Allen Terrell, Benjamin Clay, Shelton Miles,
Casimir Brown, Milton Battle, Gwendolyn Benjamin Delegates Robert Trotter, Margie Alston, Mattie
Loftin, Margaret Smith, Tracy McCaden, Allyson Alston, Danita Thompson, Jackie Williams, Sarah
Tate, Jessie Cardwell, Carolyn Wade, Margie Watkins
Legislative Task Force
The Reverends Marion Robinson, Vernell McAdoo, Morris Reddon, Jr., Saundra Hunter, Larry
McDonald, Anita Thompson Delegates Stephanie Moore, Trisha Baynes, Sherry Mayo, JoAnn
Larkins, Richard Largent, Patricia Jeffers, Ruth Youngblood, John McElrath, Emma Devine, Allen
Fullwood, Jessie Cardwell, Tamera Irving, Ernest Dark, Margaret Carson, Sheila Pankey
Christian Education
The Reverends Robert Brown, Casimir Brown, Delegates Ronald Ivey, Marla Thompson, Janie
Wilson, Barbara Myers, Helen Trotter, David Turner, Augusta McPhatter, Jessie Cardwell, Loretta
Whiteside, Sandra Jackson, Louise Butler, Darian Jones, Sarah Corpening Consultants Carlene
Timmons, Beverly Hester-Stephens, Rev. Diane McGlen, Dr. Alice Garrett, Richard Hunter, Bobbie
Hague
Resolutions
The Reverends Gwendolyn Benjamin, Christopher Robinson, Allen Terrell, Archie Evans, Michael
Bowden, Vernell McAdoo, Sara Springs, Saundra Hunter-Bullock, Myretta Pearson, Samuel Patterson
Delegates Ressie Steele, Mary Alston, James Jefferson, Melinda McClean, Anita Parks, Richard
McNeil, Dreama Caldwell
Literary Reports
State of the Church
The Reverends Anita Thompson, Vernon Burns, Diane Conley, Barbareta McGill, Myraetta Pearson,
Phyllis Caldwell, Wayne Beatty, Toma Shaw , Bridgette Gloster Delegates Ralph Conley, Adrian
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Lightbourne, Stella Carver, Bobbie Baker, Janice Russell, Ruby Williams, Sarah Cate, Laura Gilliam,
Elsie Dark, Gidgett Watson
State of the Country
The Reverends Christopher Robinson, Jacqueline Robertson, Michael Bowden, Archie Evans, Terry
Connelly, Benjamin Clay, Kathy Merritt, Henry Davis Delegates Jimmie Graves, Rose Palmer,
Thomas Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Monique Washington, Maxine Jones, Bobby Cross, James Reed
Social, Civic and Political Action
The Reverends Jas Hemby, Patrice Fields, George Pass, Robert Goode, Wayne Beatty, Kim Moss,
Michael Bowden, Donald Holman, Kevin Royster, Henry Davis, Willard Rogers, Leroy Mitchell
Delegates Maxine Jones, Sheila DeGraffenreid, Thomas Jackson, Veronica Dixon, Mary Tate, John
Timmons, Synthia Vaughn, Hubert Corpening, Jackie Williams
Ecology, Temperance and Health
The Reverends Shirley DeCoster, Vernell McAdoo, Mae Riddick, Allonia Holmes, Milton Battle,
Barbareta McGill, Mattie Smith, Myraetta Pearson, Deborah Odom Delegates Robert Trotter, Dorothy
Jefferys, Carlene Lundy, Lee Liles, Linda Brooks, Richard McNeill, Danita Thompson, Anita Parks,
Tamera Irving
Economic Development
The Reverends Alphonso McGlen, Thomas Nixon, Shelton Miles, Gwen Benjamin, Ronald Owens,
Gregory Edmond, Kathy Merritt, David Lowe, Marion B. Robinson, Kevin Odom, Robert Brown
Delegates Patricia Bumpass, Kizzie Simmons, Evon Anderson, Margaret Russell, Michael Williams,
Michael White, Linda Lee, Crystal Taylor-Kent, Margie Watkins, Archie McLean
Ministry Beyond The Sanctuary
The Reverends Sarah Springs, Steven Lyons, Daisy Long, Clay Barrow, Gwendolyn Benjamin, Kevin
Odom, John Capers, Morris Reddon, Jr., Christopher Robinson, Marcia Isley, Renee Shade, Camelia
Eaves, Patrice Fields, Jasper Hemphill Delegates Crystal Taylor-Kent, Lee Liles, Debra Parrish,
Sharon Carter, Hazel McClure, Shirley Williams, Nannie Paige, Janice Russell, Sarah Carpening,
Carol Hart, James Jefferson, Maria Thompson, Earl Bynum
Christian Stewardship
The Reverends Allonia Holmes, Willie Sellars, Phyllis Royal, Marion Robinson, Jas Hemby, Allen
Terrell, James Taylor, Willard Rogers, Debra Odom Delegates Betty Smith, Michael White, Dorothy
Bynes, Ricky Williams, Sam Hill, Leo Allison, Jerome Wilson, Danita Thompson, Terry Connelly,
Roxy Turner, Walter Witherspoon, Cheryl Perry, Alton Jackson
Component Reports
Women’s Missionary Society
Nikki Lyons, Frances Hope, Gertrude Foust, Everlena Diggs, Shirley Sheares, Willa George, Alice
Hillman, Pauline Irving, Elizabeth Hall, Katrina Cheek, Linda Kaye Given, Louise Butler, Linda
Glover, Wayne Beatty, Jr., Linda Sloan
Lay Activities
Penny Oliver, Lenora Woods, Florence Avery, Mary Locklear, Emma Devine, Barbara Smith, Kenneth
Woods, Velma Chapman, Betty Duell, Mae McLendon, Maxine Jones, John Timmons, Connie
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Jefferson, John Smith, Starr Battle, Barbara Myers, Phyllis Curtis, Wilbert Hooker, Jr., Audrey
Donnell, Dwight Patterson
Ministries to Youth
The Reverends Brent Edwards, Alphonso McGlen, Kim E. Moss, Michael Bowden, James Taylor,
Willis Camp III, Anthony Radcliff Delegates Lenora Woods, LeAndrea Thompson, Alice Hillman,
Jessie Cardwell, Patty Baynes, Wayne Beatty, Jr., Sarah Tate, Teresa Parker, Jackie Williams
Sons of Allen Men’s Ministry
The Reverends Harry Simpson, Allen Warren Delegates Willie Reid, Michael Woods, Eddie Leach,
Leo Allison, John McElrath, Michael White
Debutantes and Masters Commission
Consultants Paulette Motley, Monique Washington, Beverly Hester-Stephens, Stephanie Moore,
Bobbi Hague, Terri McLeod, Stella Carver The Reverends Kim Moss, Dianne McGlen
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Annuities
The church is to pay twelve percent (12%) or more of the basic salary of the pastors' and presiding
elders' annuity payments (one-half (6%) at the Annual Conference and one-half (6%) at the Mid-Year
Conference).
The presiding elders' and pastors' premiums should both be made payable to the AME Church
Department of Employee Security.
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