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Jeffrey N. Leath Presiding Bishop

Susan J. Leath, MD Supervisor, Women’s Missionary Society

The Reverend William R. T. Hale Host, Presiding Elder, Commonwealth District

The Reverend Dr. William Easley, Sr. Associate Presiding Elder, Louisville District

The Reverend Kenneth Golphin Associate Presiding Elder, Bluegrass District

The Reverend Dr. Robert A. Strode Host Pastor

September 12 - 15, 2019 Host Church St. Paul Chapel AME Church 251 N. Upper St. Lexington, KY 40507

Meeting Location St. Luke United Methodist Church 2351 Alumni Drive Lexington, KY 40517

152nd Session of the Kentucky Annual Conference

Annual Conference Guide

12 September 2019

Grace to the 152nd Session of the Kentucky Annual Conference!

Thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Strode, St. Paul, and those who have

given of themselves for our comfort and productivity. We appreciate

the hospitality of the greater Lexington Area once again.

Special thanks to the presiding elders, pastors and laity for your

sacrificial service. You met the challenges of institutional life with love

and courage. Without you, we could not be what we are.

Our thematic focus this year is Economic Justice! We are also mindful of

the need to look beyond gender as we pursue justice. The gospel calls

us to this very life where the distribution of resources should not be

weighed by the bias of privilege, whether of race, class or gender. We

must always see People as People, and seek to love them.

Let us praise God who has given all things and made all of us from one

blood. Rise above selfishness and faithlessness to advocate for equity

without regard to the differences which should not matter.

Give emphasis to what is truly important: a loving heart and a faithful

life.

Supervisor Susan joins me in saying thank you for eight special years of

service. We appreciate your prayers and loving support.

Faithfully,

Jeffrey N. Leath

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA 152ND SESSION of THE KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Thursday – Day One

8:00 am - 5:00 pm WMS Annual Day

3:00 pm Literary & Action Reports

State of the Country

Social Action/State of the Church

Christian Stewardship

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPENS

7:30 pm OPENING WORSHIP

Roll Call

Friday – Day Two

8:45 am Devotions

9:00 am BUSINESS SESSION I

Organization

Board of Examiners

PE Report Pastors Reports

12:00 pm LUNCH

(Meeting for MSWAWO & WIM)

2:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION II Pastor Reports

Chaplain Reports

3:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION III Committee Reports

13th District Budget

13th District Audit

Conference Trustees

Treasurer’s Report

Missions, Circuits and Stations

Pastor & Charge Classification

Budget Committee

PE Support

4:15 pm BUSINESS SESSION IV Committee Reports

CDMC MCAM (Music)

Christian Education RAYAC

Church School Sons of Allen

M-SWAWO WIM

Evangelism WMS

Lay YPD

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5:30 pm DINNER/BREAK

7:00 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE

7:15 pm SERVICE OF RETIREMENT

7:30 pm SPIRITUAL RENEWAL SERVICE

Saturday – Day Three

9:00 am YPD/RAYAC PRESENTATION

10:00 am BUSINESS SESSION V Minutes

Ministerial Efficiency

10:30 am Health & Wellness Committee

Enrichment Moment

Delegate Election Organization

11:30 am ORDINATION/COMMUNION

Dr. Silvester Beaman, preaching

1:15 pm LUNCH

2:30 pm BUSINESS SESSION VI GC Delegate Election

13th District Reports

Camp Primm – Simmons

Believe Report & Presentation Summaries & New Organization

Finance Committee

Elect Conference Trustees

Appoint District Trustees

Believe Board Reps

Statistician’s Report

Ministerial Efficiency

Ministerial Training

Disciplinary Questions

5:30 pm BREAK

7:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION VII (if needed)

Sunday – Closing Day

9–9:45 am Church School Lesson

10:00 am RESOLUTION APPRECIATION & REMARKS

CLOSING WORSHIP SERVICE

Appointments

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KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PASTORS & DELEGATES

BLUEGRASS DISTRICT Pastors and Annual Conference Delegates

Church Pastors (The Reverend) Delegates

St. John, Frankfort Jermaine Wilson Myrna Herron

St. Paul, Versailles William R.T. Hale Susan Johnson

St. Peter, Harrodsburg Kenneth Golphin Ruth Ann Bryant

St. James, Danville Ralph Boyd Smith Joe Thompson

Bethel, Boneyville Reginald Pullums Daniel Gooch

Bethel, Campbellsville Laurice Martin Veronica Tyler

Davis Chapel, Somerset Kelly Roberts Betty Barnes Cook

Mt. Zion, Frazier Ralph T. Johnson Lemuel Coffey

St. James, Ashland Tony A. Gooch Angela Farrow

St. James, Ashland Marcus Smith (YA)

St. John, Monticello Donzella M. Lee Robert L. Allen

St. Paul, Manchester Sherry Green Darnell Hipsher

St. John, Greenup Damien Nichols Sunshine Nichols

Wayman Ch., Barbourville Louise Spencer Michelle Johnson

Craig Chapel, Salvisa Percy Spencer William “Sam” Green

Allen Chapel, Moreland Revonda Bright Gladys Faulkner

(YA) - Young Adult Delegate

Electoral College Delegates and Young Adult Delegates

Church Delegates Young Adult Del.

St. John, Frankfort Myrna Herron

St. Paul, Versailles Susan Johnson

St. Peter, Harrodsburg Ruth Ann Bryant

St. James, Danville Joe Thompson

Bethel, Boneyville Daniel Gooch

Bethel, Campbellsville Amelia Spurling

Davis Chapel, Somerset

Mt. Zion, Frazier

St. James, Ashland Angela Farrow Marcus Smith

St. John, Monticello

St. Paul, Manchester Darnell Hipsher

St. John, Greenup

Wayman Chapel, Barbourville Michelle Johnson

Craig Chapel, Salvisa William “Sam” Green

Allen Chapel, Moreland Gladys Faulkner

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PASTORS & DELEGATES

COMMONWEALTH DISTRICT Pastors and Annual Conference Delegates


St. Paul, Lexington Dr. Robert A. Strode Carrie Newton

Quinn Chapel, Lexington William Jenkins Carol P. Barbour

Quinn Chapel, Lexington Keneyetta Mitchell (YA)

St. Paul, Richmond LaVeeshia S. Pryor Robin Harris

St. James, Cynthiana Antonio Q. Stuckey Diane Woods

St. James, Cynthiana McKenzie Stanfield (YA)

St. Matthew, Midway Joshua Hale Anna Johnson

St. Matthew, Midway Dynasty Dawson (YA)

Shorter Chapel, Paris Kent Burley Cordia Parker

St. James, Covington Linda Murray Maurice Golsby

Barnes Temple, Elsmere Veda Stewart Rose Embry

Wayman Ch. Georgetown Sherry Miller Virginia Thompson

Wayman Ch. Georgetown James Jenkins (YA)




St. Paul, Lexington Priscilla Sullivan

Quinn Chapel, Lexington Carol P. Barbour Keneyetta Mitchell

St. Paul, Richmond Robin Harris

St. James, Cynthiana Terry Harris

St. Matthew, Midway Mary Raglin Dynasty Dawson

Shorter Chapel, Paris Katherine Parker

St. James, Covington Theresa Huddleston

Barnes Temple, Elsmere Gwen Page

Wayman Ch., Georgetown Virginia Thompson

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PASTORS & DELEGATES

LOUISVILLE DISTRICT Pastors and Annual Conference Delegates


Quinn Chapel, Louisville Troy I. Thomas Pamela Oliver Wilson

Ralph Avenue, Louisville June Anderson-Dorsey Gloria Luter

Asbury Chapel, Louisville Wallace L. Gunn, Sr. Terri McIntosh

Saint Mark, Louisville Linda R. Jackson Roy Bowens

Embry Ch., Elizabethtown Stephanie M. Raglin Annette Hayden

Embry Ch., Elizabethtown Melanie Raglin (YA)

Taylor Ch., Bowling Green Babydoll Kennedy Marsha Ingram

Bethel, Shelbyville MacArthur Pendleton Cecelia Tinsley

Gr. Taylor Chap, Franklin Erika R. Taylor Tonya Clay

St. Paul, Woodburn Melanie Samuels-Black James Stanley

St. Paul, Woodburn Tashawn Hassell (YA)

Wards Chapel, Scottsville Louis Haynes Shirley Bunton




Quinn Chapel, Louisville Pamela Oliver Wilson

Ralph Avenue, Louisville Latanya Germany

Asbury Chapel, Louisville Donna M. Taylor

Saint Mark, Louisville Roy Bowens

Embry Chapel, Elizabethtown Annette Hayden Melinda Robinson

Taylor Chapel, Bowling Green Marsha Ingram

Bethel, Shelbyville Cecelia Tinsley

Greater Taylor Chap, Franklin Tonya Clay

St. Paul, Woodburn James Stanley

Wards Chapel, Scottsville Shirley Bunton

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Kentucky Annual Conference Committees

PUBLIC WORSHIP

Bishop Jeffrey Leath, Presiding Elders William W. Easley, Jr., Kenneth J.

Golphin, and William R.T. Hale, and Rev. Dr. Robert A. Strode

MEMORIAL

The Reverends Melanie Samuels-Black, MacArthur Pendleton, Ralph B.

Smith, Reginald Pullums, and Sherry Miller, Sister Susan McConnell,

Brothers James Stanley and Tony Frye

MEDIA/PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Reverends Kelly Roberts, Louise Spencer, Laurice Martin, and Linda

Murray, Sisters Veronica Tyler, and Virginia Thompson

MISSIONS, CIRCUITS AND STATIONS

The Reverends June Anderson-Dorsey, Ralph B. Smith, Melanie Samuels-

Black, Kent Burley, and Laurice Martin, Sisters Ruth Ann Bryant, Gladys

Faulkner, and Carol Barbour, Brother Roy Bowens

CLASSIFICATION OF PASTORS AND CHARGES

The Reverends Robert A. Strode, Babydoll Kennedy, MacArthur

Pendleton, Wallace Gunn, William Jenkins, and Percy Spencer, Sisters

Robin Harris, Anna Johnson, Terri McIntosh, and Michelle Johnson

BUDGET

The Reverends Jermaine Wilson, LaVeeshia Pryor, Sherry Green, Erika

Taylor, and June Anderson-Dorsey, Sisters Marsha Ingram, Gloria Luter,

Pamela Oliver Wilson, Carrie Newton, Shirley Bunton, and Myrna Herron,

Brother Joe Thompson

PRESIDING ELDERS’ SUPPORT

The Reverends Troy I. Thomas, Jermaine Wilson, William Jenkins, Wallace

Gunn, and Stephanie Raglin, Sisters Angela H. Jones, Cecelia Tinsley,

and Carol Barbour, Brother Leon Allen

SOCIAL ACTION & STATE OF THE COUNTRY

The Reverends Babydoll Kennedy, Erika Taylor, Revonda Bright, Tony

Gooch, Louis Haynes, Sherry Miller, and Antonio Stuckey, Brothers

Lemuel Coffey, William “Sam” Green, and Darnell Hipsher, Sisters Shirley

Bunton, Tonya Clay, Angela Farrow, Robin Harris, Anna Johnson, Angela

H. Jones, and Diane Woods

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COMMITTEE ON STEWARDSHIP AND TITHING

The Reverends Sherry Green, Deidra Ellis, Veda Stewart, Donzella Lee,

Ralph Johnson and Louis Haynes, Sisters Rose Emery and Myrna Herron,

Brother James Stanley

RESOLUTIONS

The Reverends William R. T. Hale, Linda R. Jackson, Joshua Hale, Linda

Murray, and Percy Spencer, Sisters Terri McIntosh, Susan Johnson, Carrie

Newton and Betty Cook, Brother Lemuel Coffey

STATE OF THE CHURCH

The Reverends Louise Spencer, Veda Stewart, Joshua Hale, Kent Burley,

and Linda R. Jackson, Sisters Michelle Johnson, Betty Cook, Donna Harris

and Rose Embry, Brothers Tony Frye and Daniel Gooch

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Celebrate the Active Ministry

of

Rev. Wallace Gunn

The Reverend Wallace Gunn was ordained an Itinerant

Deacon in the AME church in 1982, and ordained an

Itinerant Elder in the AME church in 1984. Rev. Gunn

graduated from American College in 1988 and has a

honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from American

College.

Rev. Gunn has previously pastored St. Paul (Irvington, KY), Trinity

(Louisville, KY), Bethel (Campbellsville, KY), St. James (Louisville, KY), St.

Paul (Louisville, KY), Bethel (Shelbyville, KY), St. John (Louisville, KY), St.

James (Mayfield, KY), Burks Chapel (Paducah, KY), and St. James AME

Church, (Covington, KY). He is currently the proud Pastor of Asbury

Chapel AME Church Louisville, KY and a past President of AME

Ministerial Fellowship of Louisville.

Rev. Gunn served 10 years in the military, serving in Germany, Vietnam,

and Alaska. He retired from CSX Railroad after 34 years as an Engineer,

he also served as the chaplain for CSX for 25 years.

Rev. Gunn is the former NAACP President for New Albany, Floyd County,

Indiana. He is a former President of West Louisville Communities

Ministries, a organization that helps people to buy food, pay rent and

get their medicine. Rev. Gunn also volunteers to deliver meals on

wheels. Above all things, Rev. Gunn loves the Lord!!!

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The Reverend LaVeeshia Pryor St. Paul AME Church, Richmond, Kentucky

Opening Worship Preacher

The Reverend LaVeeshia Pryor is the pastor of St.

Paul AME Church in Richmond, Kentucky. Prior to her

ordination, Rev. Pryor had a fervor for ministry would

lead her to join an evangelism street ministry in the

heart of the most crime-ridden neighborhoods

offering Jesus Christ to those in need of salvation and deliverance. She

then joined the prayer warrior’s ministry who met regularly to intercede

on behalf of the community, the sick, and the nation.

Reverend Pryor was ordained an itinerate deacon in 2006, and an

itinerate elder in 2011. She received her first pastoral assignment in 2009

and served the congregation of St. James AME Church in Ashland,

Kentucky. In 2014, she would receive a simultaneous pastoral

assignment to both St. Paul AMEC in Ashland and St. John AME Church

in Greenup, Kentucky. In January 2015, she received a pastoral

assignment to her current church, St. Paul AME Church in Richmond,

Kentucky,

Pastor Pryor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barry University with a

Bachelor’s of Science in Business, and a Master of Divinity from

Lexington Theological Seminary. She currently serves as Dean of the

Kentucky Conference Board of Examiners.

Pastor Pryor’s favorite Scripture can be found in Philippians 4:13, “I can

do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” She is humbled to be

a servant in the Kingdom of God.


PREACHERS

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The Reverend Sherry Green St. Paul AME Church, Manchester, Kentucky

Spiritual Renewal Revival Preacher

The Reverend Sherry Green is an Itinerant Elder who is

currently pastoring at St. Paul AME Church in Manchester

Kentucky. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky

Lexington, University of Louisville, Louisville Theological Seminary. She

has been accepted into the D. Min program at Asbury Theological

Seminary and plans to continue her education there.

Rev. Green pastored at Craig Chapel AMEC in Salvisa, KY in 2010 and

was appointed to St. Paul AMEC, Manchester in 2013.

In 2005, Rev. Green retired from the Department of Agriculture in

Lexington, Kentucky with 29.5 years as a Program Analyst. After retiring

she worked as a Mental Health Coordinator; a Substitute Instructor in

Fayette and Garrard Counties and a Case-manager at the Garrard

County Senior Citizens Center in Lancaster, Kentucky.

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The Reverend Dr. Silvester S. Beaman Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware

Ordination/Communion Preacher

Rev. Dr. Silvester S. Beaman, Pastor of Bethel AME

Church in Wilmington Delaware, is a graduate of

Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, Boston

University (M. Div.) and Payne Theological Seminary (D. Min.).

Dr. Beaman's pastoral career began at Bethel AME Church in

Lackawanna, New York in 1985. In 1986, he was appointed to the

historic St. Paul AME Church in Hamilton, Bermuda. During his

administration at St. Paul, the church’s 1.3 million-dollar debt was

reduced significantly, new ministries were created and youth

programming was further developed. The church created the Fair

Havens Christian Care Drug Rehabilitation Center, a fully staffed

residential rehabilitation and treatment facility for women.

Dr. Beaman has lead Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware since

1993. Since that time, he has taken in over 2,700 new members. Under

his administration, renovations to the church were completed,

consisting of a New South Wing with office space, full capacity

elevator, newly equipped industrial size kitchen, the church balcony,

installation of air conditioning in the Fellowship Hall and Sanctuary and

the indebtedness of the church was paid off. At Bethel, Dr. Beaman’s

commitment to ministry is evident in the creating of over 50 new

ministries, such AIDS Task Force, men’s & women’s ministries, mentoring

programs for youth, senior citizen ministries, youth suicide crisis and a

community evangelism outreach program. In 2000, the church

incorporated the Beautiful Gate Outreach Center Ministries, a full

service onsite outreach, testing and treatment provider to the

community and individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS and their

families.

Rev. Beaman’s theme in the Ministry is Hebrews 6:10, “For God is not

unrighteous to forget your labor of love, which ye have showed toward

his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints and do minister.” He

believes that “The work is all divine.”

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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS

1. Who are the preachers admitted on trial?

2. Who remain on trial?

3. Who are admitted or readmitted to full connection?

4. Who have been elected and ordained deacons?

5. Who have been elected and ordained elders?

6. Who have been located this year?

7. Who have been elected by the General Conference to exercise

the Episcopal Office and to superintend the African Methodist

Episcopal Church?

8. Who are the supernumerary preachers?

9. Who are the superannuated preachers?

10. Who have been expelled from the Connection by this

Conference?

11. Who have withdrawn this year from this Conference and the

Connection?

12. Are all the preachers blameless in life and conversation?

13. What members of the Conference have died this year?

14. Have all the preachers properly subscribed to the periodicals?

15. What preachers are indebted to any of the departments?

16. Lay Organization:

a. Does each station, circuit or mission in this Annual

Conference have a Lay Organization?

b. If not, which?

17. Women’s Missionary Society:

a. Does each station, circuit or mission in this Annual

Conference have a Women’s Missionary

Society?

b. If not, which?

18. When shall this Annual Conference next meet?

19. Where shall your next Annual Conference be held?

20. Where are the preachers stationed this year?

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PASTOR APPOINTMENTS

Bluegrass District

St. John, Frankfort ________________________________

St. Paul, Versailles ________________________________

St. Peter, Harrodsburg ________________________________

St. James, Danville ________________________________

Bethel, Boneyville ________________________________

Bethel, Campbellsville ________________________________

Davis Chapel, Somerset ________________________________

Mt. Zion, Frazier ________________________________

St. James, Ashland ________________________________

St. John, Monticello ________________________________

St. Paul, Manchester ________________________________

St. John, Greenup ________________________________

Wayman Chapel, Barbourville ________________________________

Craig Chapel, Salvisa ________________________________

Allen Chapel, Moreland ________________________________

Commonwealth District

St. Paul, Lexington ________________________________

Quinn Chapel, Lexington ________________________________

St. Paul, Richmond ________________________________

St. James, Cynthiana ________________________________

St. Matthew, Midway ________________________________

Shorter Chapel, Paris ________________________________

St. James, Covington ________________________________

Barnes Temple, Elsmere ________________________________

Wayman Chapel, Georgetown ________________________________

Louisville District

Quinn Chapel, Louisville ________________________________

Ralph Avenue, Louisville ________________________________

Asbury Chapel, Louisville ________________________________

Saint Mark, Louisville ________________________________

Embry Chapel, Elizabethtown ________________________________

Bethel, Shelbyville ________________________________

Taylor Chapel, Bowling Green ________________________________

St. Paul, Louisville ________________________________

Greater Taylor Chapel, Franklin ________________________________

St. Paul, Woodburn ________________________________

Ward Chapel, Scottsville ________________________________

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