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V. THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCEThe Minutes of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference, held in George R. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, from June 11, 2010, through June 13, 2010, Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, Presiding. Date When Organized: 1890 (1968). Number of This Session: 121th, the 43nd since the founding of The United Methodist Church.

PART I. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 618): Secretary? Rev. Kimberly T. Ingram Mailing Address: PO Box 18005, Charlotte, NC 28218 Telephone: (704)535-2260 (800-562-7929) Statistician? Rev. Kimberly T. Ingram Mailing Address: PO Box 18005, Charlotte, NC 28218 Telephone: (704)535-2260 (800-562-7929) Treasurer? Rev. William C. Wyman, Jr. Mailing Address: PO Box 18005, Charlotte, NC 28218 Telephone: (704)535-2260 (800-562-7929)

2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? NO

3. Bonding and auditing: What offi cers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)?Employee dishonesty coverage for any natural person, whether or not compensated, who is an annual conference treasurer or trustee or a member of their staffs who reports and is accountable to a conference treasurer or trustee and who receives or disburses or handles funds which are the responsibility of such conference treasurer or trustee, is provided within the limits of a commercial blanket bond of $1,000,000 through Kemper Insurance Company. The conference Council on Finance and

Administration has a blanket bond in the amount of $25,000 each for all other treasurers handling conference and district funds.

Have the books of said offi cers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? YES (See report, Section XII of Journal.)

4. What agencies have been appointed or elected?a) Answer Yes or No for each of the councils, boards, commissions, or committees listed:

(1) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)? YES (2) Board of Pensions (¶639)? YES (3) Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512)? YES (4) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637)? YES (5) Committees on Investigation (¶2703.2, .3)? YES (6) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? YES

b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1):(1) General Council on Finance and Administration? Council on Finance and Administration (2) General Board of Church and Society? Committee on Church and Society; Justice and Reconciliation Team (3) General Board of Discipleship? Congregational Excellence Team and Leadership Development Team (4) General Board of Global Ministries? Congregational Excellence Team; Consortium on Health and Human Service Institutions (5) Higher Education and Campus Ministry? Board of Ordained Ministry; Council on Higher Education; Council on Campus Ministry (6) General Commission on Archives and History? Commission on Archives and History (7) General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns? Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious

Concerns (8) General Commission on Religion and Race? Commission on Religion and Race (9) General Commission on the Status and Role of Women? Commission on the Status and Role of Women (10) United Methodist Communications? Commission on Communications

c) Indicate the conference agencies which have responsibilities for the following functions:(1) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶655)? Justice and Reconciliation Team (2) Disability Concerns (¶653)? Justice and Reconciliation Team; Joint Committee on Incapacity (3) Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Commission on Equitable Compensation (4) Laity (¶631)? Board of Laity (5) Native American Ministry (¶654)? Committee on Native American Ministries (6) Small Membership Church (¶645)? Congregational Excellence Team

2010 journal 137d) Answer Yes or No for each of the following conference or district organizations:

(1) Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)? YES (2) Conference United Methodist Men (¶648)? YES (3) Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)? YES (4) Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? YES (5) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518)? YES (6) Committees on District Superintendency (¶668)? YES (7) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶665)? YES

e) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? Board of Congregational Development; Committee on the Annual Conference Meeting; Committee on Appeals; Committee on Conference Staff Relations; Committee on Nominations; Episcopal Residence Committee; Committee on African American Ministries: Committee on Asian American Ministries; Committee on Hispanic Ministries; Administrative Council

5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept their respective records according to the prescribed forms (¶606.8)? YES

6. What is the report of the statistician? (See report, Section XIII of Journal.)

7. What is the report of the treasurer? (See report, Sections VIII and XII of Journal.)

8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? (See report, Sections II.E., VI. A., X.D. and XIII of Journal.)

9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for pastors for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? Persons in existing appointmentsElders and Deacons in Full Connection 40,101Provisional/Asssociate Members 35,935Local Pastors who have completed the Course of Study/M.Div 33,691Local Pastors before completion of Course of Study 32,086Students Appointed as Local Pastors 25,271

Persons in new appointmentsElders and Deacons in Full Connection 38,095Provisional/Asssociate Members 34,138Local Pastors who have completed the Course of Study/M.Div 32,006Local Pastors before completion of Course of Study 30,481Students Appointed as Local Pastors 25,271

10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? $1,794,117

11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the pension and benefi t programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? The conference bills each pastoral charge for the actual cost of its pastor’s pension. It is expected that Pension Benefi t Cost for 2011 = $9,030,277 and Health Benefi t Costs for 2011 = $10,293,000 for a total of $19, 323, 277 for these costs for 2011. b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year:

(1) For the World Service Fund? $3,219,861(2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? $1,087,747(3) For the Black College Fund? $433,884(4) For the Africa University Fund? $97,107(5) For the Episcopal Fund? $903,687(6) For the General Administration Fund? $351,353(7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? $84,762

12. If the annual conference apportions to the local church a fund that combines two or more general apportioned funds with one another, or that combines one or more general apportioned funds with funds other than a general apportioned fund, list below for each combined fund: a) the name and amount of each general fund included in the apportionment; b) the percentage of the combined fund total that corresponds to each general fund apportionment (¶¶614.3d, 615.4). The conference does not combine such funds.

13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 659):a) Conference lay leader: Name: Robert D. Upchurch Mailing Address: 322 Gregg St., Archdale, NC 27263b) Associate conference lay leaders: None. c) District and associate district lay leaders:

ALBEMARLE DISTRICT Lay Leader: Tommy Stilwell, 2617 Mt. Harmony Rd., Matthews, NC 28105 Associates: Joan Sells, Dixie Tyson, Frances Williamson

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CHARLOTTE DISTRICT Lay Leader: Irma Ellwanger, 6925 Weirton Place, Charlotte NC 28226 Associates: Dwayne Campbell, Shelly Cantrell, Bobbie Denny, John Harmerling, Tom Harris,

Elizabeth Holbrooks, Tommy Pharr, Yvonne Stinson, Regina Taylor

GASTONIA DISTRICT Lay Leader: Doug Carpenter, 3701 Sugar Spring Rd.,, Gastonia, NC 28054 Associates: Pat Bess, Jerry Boyce, Jesse Caldwell III, Evelyn Elliott, George Eubanks, Martha Houser, Janet Maddox, Larry Maddox, Bobby McDaniel, Skip McPhail, Sandy Peeler, Keith Wilson, Tony Worley

GREENSBORO DISTRICT Lay Leader: Edd Bigham, 4914 Cade Rd., Climax, NC 27233 Associates: Curtis Gaulden, Karen Gilliam, John Hanner, Terry S. Howard, Alex Williamson

HIGH POINT DISTRICT Lay Leader: Peggy Woodruff, 2010 Southmont Dr., Asheboro, NC 27205 Associates: Clyde Foust, Mickey Fox, David Jarrell, Wayne Jarrett, Bill Johnson, John Matthews, Lucille Parsons, Emma Routh

LAKE NORMAN DISTRICT Lay Leader: David Stroupe, 6210 McIlwaine Rd.,, Huntersville, NC 28078-7114 Associates: Mike Bostic, Al Jones, Ryan Hermance Marie Moore, Dan Meyer, Bertie Lineberger, Dianne Beam

LEXINGTON DISTRICT Lay Leader: Kim Wright, PO Box 743, Southmont, NC 27351 Associates: Jane Baity, Jerry Banks, Sandy Blackburn, Bill Campbell, Karen Coppley, Eric Hilton,

Tonya Lanier, Shane Smith

MARION DISTRICT Lay Leader: Mary Alice Bradley, 223 Mashburn Bridge Rd.,, Old Fort, NC 28762 Associates: Rachel Burnette, Greg Conley, Willie Hall, John Henry, Martha Phillips, Murray Rhodes, Kay Webb

NORTHEAST DISTRICT Lay Leader: Etta Marcellus, 311 N. Washington Avenue, Reidsville, NC 27320 Associates: Margie Knight, Judy Jessup, Carson Oakley, Louise Flynt, Willis Overby, John Hunt,

Vicki Walker, Brady Jones, Kay Hobson, Martha Sharpe, James Morehead, Ronnie Hundley

NORTH WILKESBORO DISTRICT Lay Leader: Bobby Sharp, 295 Horseshoe Dr., Boone, NC 28607 Associates: Jane Devane, Linda Jennings, Dan Krontz, Betty McCormick, Jim Swoffford, Doretha Wagoner

SALISBURY DISTRICT Lay Leader: Kris Peurifoy, 710 Burrage Rd.,, Concord, NC 28025 Associates: Evelyn Eller, Elaine Hedrick, Diana Myers, Exie Preddy, Vicky Weant

STATESVILLE DISTRICT Lay Leader: Bill Dobbins, 1133 Fulton Dr., Statesville, NC 28677 Associates: Polly Pearson, Mary Umbarger, Dale Trivette, Bill Sharpe, Judy Foster, Rob Lee V

WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT Lay Leader: William E. Cannon, Jr., 371 Ginseng Hollow Ln., Waynesville, NC 28786 Associates: John Gaston, Fred Meeker, Callie Moore

WINSTON-SALEM DISTRICT Lay Leader: Dean Norman, 1120 Wellesley Place Dr., Lewisville, NC 27023 Associates: Larry Butler, Joyce Irby, Elizabeth Topalu, Martha Gwyn, Bob Langlais, Mary Jo Brewer,

Tom Bridges. Donna Ireland, Robbie Irvin, Mallory Oldham, Ashley White, Rick Cain, Sandy Letchworth, Steve Siler, Bob Barefoot, Franklin Johnson

14. What local churches have been (Indicate district):a) Organized or Chartered?

(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,.3) ASHEVILLE DISTRICT Asheville: Asheville Mission (formerly) now called Asheville: Haywood Street Congregation (see 14e) (289143) moved from mission status to new church start status CHARLOTTE DISTRICT Charlotte: Sanctuary (289132) (continued)

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GREENSBORO DISTRICT FaithWalk (295634) (continued) LAKE NORMAN DISTRICT Greater Vision (288946) (continued) NORTHEAST DISTRICT Greensboro: Immanuel (289052)(continued), of the Stoneville: Vida Nueva-Immanuel charge SALISBURY DISTRICT Metro Charlotte (no GCFA # yet) (fi rst clergy appointment to organize beginning 7/1/10) North Metro Charlotte (no GCFA # yet) (fi rst clergy appointment to organize beginning 7/1/10)(2) Mission Congregation (¶260.1a) CHARLOTTE DISTRICT: Charlotte: First Hmong Mission (292106) (continued) Charlotte: Morningstar Mission (291900) (continued) Charlotte: South Tryon Community Mission (291716) (continued) Charlotte: Ghana Community Mission (288957) (continued) HIGH POINT DISTRICT Asheboro: Adonai Mission (301931) (continued) High Point: Ward Street Mission (295383) (continued) (3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) (List only churches chartered this year.) None

b) Merged (¶¶2545, 2546)? (1) United Methodist with United Methodist Name of 1st church Name of 2nd church Name of merged church STATESVILLE DISTRICT Hickory: Fairgrove (299643) Christ (299778) Christ (eff. 11/22/09)(2) Other mergers Name of 1st church Name of 2nd church Name of merged church

c) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2548)? (State which for each church listed. Indicate district)(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,.3) LAKE NORMAN DISTRICT: Redeemer’s Light (300286) 2/1/2010(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) ASHEVILLE DISTRICT: Asheville: Mission (289143)(name changed to Haywood Street Congregation) and went from being a mission to a new church start (see # 14a) CHARLOTTE DISTRICT: Charlotte: Agua De Vida Mission (288981) 1/1/10 (assimilated into Memorial) Charlotte: Cambodian Mission (295667) 1/1/10 (assimilated into St. John’s) ALBEMARLE DISTRICT: Monroe: Centro Christiano Mission (289096) 2/1/10 (assimilated into Matthews [CH])(3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) HIGH POINT DISTRICT: Ebenezer (289724) (discontinued and declared abandoned June 12, 2010) MARION DISTRICT: Morganton: Oak Forest (296890) (discontinued and declared abandoned, April 15, 2010) NORTHEAST DISTRICT: Pilot Mountain: Lovell’s Chapel (968203)(discontinued and declared abandoned, March 31, 2009) WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT: John’s Creek (302296) (discontinued and declared abandoned, December 31, 2009)

d) Relocated and to what address? Nonee) Changed name of church? (Example: “First” to “Trinity”)

Former Name New Name Address ASHEVILLE DISTRICT Asheville: Asheville Mission Asheville: Haywood Street Congregation PO Box 2982 Asheville, NC 28802-2983 GREENSBORO DISTRICT Hinshaw Memorial Hinshaw 4501 High Point Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407 STATESVILLE DISTRICT Wesley’s Chapel (300218) Wesley Chapel 2613 Wesley Chapel Rd., Newton, NC 28658 NOTE: The church didn’t change its name but apparently we have reported it incorrectly for years!

f) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)? None Name Membership Conference from which transferred

g) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? ASHEVILLE DISTRICT: Fairview: Sharon now appears as Fairview Sharon (290825) See others in question 16 below.

Western North Carolina Conference14015. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶208)

a) Federated church Name of church District Other Denomination(s)b) Union Church Name of church District Other Denomination(s) Danbury Community Church Northeast Presbyterian Fellowship Church Northeast Presbyterian Pleasant Grove Asheville Baptist, Presbyterianc) Merged Church Name of church District Other Denomination(s)d) Yoked Parish Name of church District Other Denomination(s)

16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines?As noted below, • Locust (298898) from the Albemarle District is on a charge with Mill Grove (298752) in the Salisbury District under the supervision

of the Salisbury district superintendent.• Bell (290541) from the Asheville District is on a charge with Canton: First (302365) in the Waynesville District under the supervision

of the Waynesville district superintendent.• Greensboro: Holmes Grove (967128) from the Greensboro District is on a charge with Thomasville: Central (968236) in the Lexington

District under the supervision of the Lexington district superintendent.

District GCFA Charge Churches Effective date ALBEMARLE 298103 Albemarle: Central-First Street Albemarle: Central 7/1/2010 298125 Albemarle: First Street Churches formerly station are now on a charge so the associate at Central can serve as pastor at First Street. 289347 Heath Memorial Heath Memorial 7/1/2010 Heath Memorial was formerly on a charge with Mineral Springs. 292367 Mineral Springs-Pleasant Grove Mineral Springs 7/1/2010 291580 Pleasant Grove Mineral Springs was formerly on a charge with Heath Memorial and Pleasant Grove was on a charge with Union. 291591 Union Union 7/1/2010 Union was formerly on a charge with Pleasant Grove. 289360 Union County Parish Antioch 7/1/2010 298205 Bethel 292015 Victory 291614 Wesley Chapel Antioch-Bethel were formerly a charge, Wesley Chapel (Union) was formerly station; Victory was formerly in the Charlotte District. 298205 Badin Badin 7/1/2010 Formerly, Badin was on a charge with Richfi eld. 298923 Richfi eld Richfi eld 7/1/2010 Formerly, Richfi eld was on a charge with Badin. ASHEVILLE 290665 Brown’s View-Laurel Hill Brown’s View 7/1/2010 290940 Laurel Hill Brown’s View was on a charge with Elkwood; Laurel Hill was on the Hominy Charge. 290791 Davis Chapel-Piney Mountain Davis Chapel 7/1/2010 291088 Piney Mountain Davis Chapel and Piney Mountain were on the Hominy Charge; drop Laurel Hill and change name. 290803 Elkwood-Fairview Sharon Elkwood 7/1/2010 290825 Fairview Sharon Elkwood was on a charge with Brown’s View; Fairview Sharon was station.

2010 journal 141GASTONIA 293464 Clover Hill-Mt. Moriah-New Home Clover Hill 7/1/2010 293247 Mt. Moriah 293338 New Home Clover Hill and New Home were formerly on a charge; Mt. Moriah was on a charge with Rehobeth. 293646 Covenant-Trinity Covenant 7/1/2010 293624 Trinity Covenant and Trinity were formerly station churches. 293737 Double Shoals-Rehobeth-St. Paul’s Double Shoals 7/1/2010 294047 Rehobeth 294127 St. Paul’s Double Shoals and St. Paul’s were formerly station; Rehobeth was on a charge with Mt. Moriah. 293442 El Bethel-Grace El Bethel 7/1/2010 293704 Kings Mountain: Grace El Bethel and Kings Mountain: Grace were formerly station churches. GREENSBORO 295155 Brown Summit-Friendship Brown’s Summit 295020 Friendship Brown Summit and Friendship were formerly station. HIGH POINT 967072 Asheboro Circuit Mitchell 10/1/2009 966820 Cox Chapel 968065 Asheboro: St. Mark’s Formerly Mitchell-Cox Chapel were on a charge and Asheboro: St. Mark’s was station, now all 3 churches are on charge. 301884 Oakview-Spring Hill High Point: Oakview 7/1/2010 295326 Spring Hill Oakview and Spring Hill were formerly station churches. 295680 Jamestown: Oakdale-Vickrey Jamestown: Oakdale 7/1/2010 295111 Vickrey Formerly, Jamestown: Oakdale and Vickrey were each station churches. 301714 Level Cross Level Cross 6/12/2010 Formerly the Level Cross-Ebenezer charge. Level Cross is now station because Ebenezer closed. LEXINGTON 968236 Thomasville: Central-Greensboro: Holmes Grove Thomasville: Central 7/1/2010 967128 Greensboro: Holmes Grove Thomasville: Central and Greensboro: Holmes Grove were formerly station churches; Holmes Grove was in the Greensboro District. MARION 296558 Morganton: Bethel Morganton: Bethel 4/15/2010 Morganton: Bethel was formerly on a charge with Oak Forest that closed. Now it is station. NORTH WILKESBORO 297963 Asbury-Hanes Grove Asbury 11/1/2009 297928 Hanes Grove 297941 Longtown Longtown formerly Asbury-Longtown and Hanes Grove SALISBURY 298433 Mt. Carmel-Royal Oaks Mt. Carmel 1/1/2010 298650 Kannapolis: Royal Oaks 2 station churches became a charge. 298898 Locust-Mill Grove Locust 7/1/2010 298752 Mill Grove Locust was formerly a station church in the Albemarle District; Mill Grove was station in the Salisbury District. 298956 Mount Tabor-Woodleaf Mount Tabor 7/1/2010 299244 Woodleaf Formerly, Mount Tabor and Woodleaf were both station churches.

Western North Carolina Conference142STATESVILLE 300231 Moss Chapel Moss Chapel 7/1/2010 Formerly, Moss Chapel was on a charge with Snow Creek and Midway. 300253 Snow Creek-Midway Snow Creek 7/1/2010 300390 Midway Formerly, Snow Creek and Midway also had Moss Chapel on the charge. WAYNESVILLE 302398 Love’s Chapel-Webster Love’s Chapel 7/1/2010 302924 Webster Love’s Chapel was formerly on a charge with Wesleyanna; Webster was formerly on the Webster Circuit. 301975 Speedwell-Wesleyanna Speedwell 7/1/2010 302252 Wesleyanna Speedwell was formerly on the Webster Circuit; Wesleyanna was formerly on a charge with Love’s Chapel. 302365 Canton: First-Bell Canton: First 7/1/2010 290541 Bell Both churches were formerly station; Bell was in the Asheville District.

PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED MINISTERS AND LOCAL PASTORS(Note: A (v) notation following a question in this Section signifi es 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) signifi es 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 offi cial administration (¶¶604.4, 605.6)?

The character and conference relations of all clergy members have been reviewed by the Cabinet and Board of Ordained Ministry, and those clergy found to be in good standing are approved for annual appointment. Any clergy whose character or conference relations are in question are being reviewed by appropriate bodies as defi ned by the Discipline.

18. Who constitute:a) The Committee on Investigation (¶2703.2)? (v)

Clergy: Andrew W. Brown, Jr., Matthew Burton, Patricia Lewis, David Melton; Professing Members: Richard Boner, Jesse Caldwell III, Nathan Poovey; Alt Clergy: Ed Briggs, Michelle Chappell, Brenda Newman; Alt Professing Members: Lucy Bolden, Coley Hooker, Dixie Tyson

b) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v)Miller C. Carter, Jr., R. Naomi King, H. Kyle Thompson. Alternate: Cynthia Sloan, TBD

19. Who are the certifi ed candidates (¶¶311, 312)a) Who have been certifi ed as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry since the last session of the annual conference? (List

the names of all those who have been certifi ed, including those who are also listed in questions 20 and 21.) LN Laura Michelle Beach 1/15/10 ST James Randolph Perdue 3/23/10NW Barbara Dees Bellamy 4/21/10 ST Michael Joseph Pezzimenti 3/23/10LX Allison Tyson Brown 5/26/10 CH Ellen Robison 7/6/09ST Derek Coburn Cline 3/23/10 CH Tracie Christian Rose 1/28/10NE Kimberly Jerrell Collins 4/29/10 AL Jack Amour Rouviere 5/13/10ST Charles Hicks Curtis 3/23/10 GR Jenifer Anne Root Schronce 6/1/10WS Ashley Christopher Cyre 1/26/10 GA Carolyn Donahue Sears 5/26/10LN Preston Andrews Davis 5/4/10 HP William Clay Showalter 4/22/10WS Sarah Laurel Dull 12/17/09 CH Lauren Rae Sims 7/6/09ST Ronald David Felts 3/23/10 CH Jessie Marilyn Smith 1/28/10HP James Irvin Groome III 4/22/10 WA Ryan Christopher Snider 4/19/10LN Donald Lee Handlang Jr. 12/15/09 GR Patricia Black Spicer 4/26/10LN Susan Haynes Harrison 5/4/10 MA Winston Edward Stephenson 8/1/09CH Eric Jay Hillestad 3/22/10 GR Debra Chrismon Swing 4/26/10LX Shannon Milea LeMaster-Smith 4/20/10 AL Morgan Danielle Terry 12/16/09GR William Gregory Light 12/7/09 (reinstated as a candidate)LX Eric Wayne Lineberry 4/26/10 HP Donald Ray Thomas Jr. 4/22/10SA Bobby Reeves Linker 12/7/09 WA Julia Scarlett Trantham 4/19/10HP Justin Hunter Lowe 9/24/09 CH Elaine McNeill Treece 3/22/10CH Wayne Clark Lynch 3/22/10 LN Kevin Allan Turner 12/16/09GR Tony Joseph McDonald 4/26/10 LN Amy Rutledge Vaughan 12/22/09SA Kevin Christian Miller 12/14/09 AS Victor Alan Wilfong 2/4/10LN Donnie Shumate Mitchem 5/5/10 LN Erin Michele Weaver 11/23/09WA Dwight Rudell Moss 12/15/09 GA Grady Lee Withers 5/10/10MA Cynthia Marie Nanney 4/16/10 SA Jonathan Len Wright 12/14/09GR Innocent Ndagijimana 4/26/10 HP Matthew Joseph Youngblood 4/22/10

2010 journal 143b) Who are continued as certifi ed candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? (Do not list as continued those licensed as local

pastors in Question 21 or those listed as provisional members in question 28.) Name (District) Cert Date–Cont Date Name (District) Cert Date–Cont DateRobert Ervin Ashley (CH) 1/12/2004–1/28/2010 Meredith Poe Martin (WS) 5/8/2008–12/17/2009Susannah Rose Bales (AL) 6/1/2009–12/16/2009 Wendy Mars Medlin (GR) 3/11/2007–12/1/2008Jennifer Dianne Bingham (MA) 4/18/2008–1/4/2010 Brandon Kewan Miles (GA) 05/07/2009–12/14/2009Edward Richard Blount III (CH) 12/11/2008–1/28/2010 Jeremy Scott Morris (AL) 6/1/2009–12/16/2009Kevin Robert Brenner (GR) 1/19/2007–3/1/2010 Matthew Craig Morris (GA) 2/21/2008–12/21/2009Charles Taylor Brown (CH) 5/8/2008–12/16/2009 Kimberly Leigh Morton (GA) 2/21/2008–5/10/2010John Thomas Bryant (LN) 12/15/2008–12/15/2009 Eddie Jewel Moser (WS) 5/8/2008–12/17/2009 (received from North Alabama on 7/15/09) Michael Dale Murray (GA) 6/1/1994–12/21/2009Monica Curtis Childers (NW) 4/17/2008–12/14/2009 Cheryl Willard Nehnevajsa (WS) 5/3/2007–12/17/2009Robert Wesley Combs (GA) 5/23/2007–12/21/2009 Jeremiah Patton Pegram (WS) 1/3/2008–12/17/2009Daniel McEwen Corpening (CH) 12/11/2008–1/28/2010 Bobby Lynn Rackley (ST) 6/2/1008–3/23/2010Barbara Bitler Coughlin (HP) 12/4/2008–10/22/2009 Laura Katherine Randall (LN) 5/1/08–5/6/10Patrick Daniel Faulhaber (AL) 6/1/2009–12/16/2009 (received from South Georgia on 5/6/10)Donna Friddle (NE) 11/14/2008–4/19/2010 Rachel Rose Randall (SA) 1/2/2008–04/24/2010Laura Jo Gann (LN) 5/13/2005–12/16/2009 Lucy Brent Robbins (GR) 4/27/2009–4/26/2010Laura Honeycutt Garrett (CH) 1/24/2008–1/28/2010 Craig Joseph Sefa (ST) 2/23/2009-3/4/2010M. Elizabeth Strange Gibson (GA) 5/7/2009–12/14/2009 (received from Kentucky on 3/4/10)Gerald Clell Hagler, Jr. (SA) 3/27/03–4/26/2010 McKenzie Morgan Sefa (ST) 2/23/2009 -3/4/2010Jeffery Mark Hamrick (MA) 4/15/2008–12/7/2009 (received from Kentucky on 3/4/10)Yvonne Cody Hechler (AL) 5/29/2001–12/16/2009 Stephen Loren Shytle (GA) 8/12/2008–12/21/2009Jennifer Epley Hiatt (MA) 7/22/2008–1/4/2010 Richard Standish Smith (CH) 3/23/2007–1/28/2010Lauren Elizabeth Hill (LX) 3/1/2008–12/2/2009 Tara Shellhammer Snow WS 12/16/2008–12/17/2009Bradley Thomas Hinton (NW) 11/20/2008–12/14/2009 Kenneth Bryan Spencer (LN) 1/12/2004–12/16/200Drew Samuel Holland (CH) 12/11/2008-11/5/2009 Clarence Oran Stafford III (WA) 12/7/2004–5/19/2010 (serving as a LP in North Alabama, but pursuing ordination with us) Melanie Lynn Swofford (CH) 4/2/2009 – 11/16/2009Troy Edward Howard (ST) 4/23/2009–3/4/2010 William Van Wieren (SA) 4/21/2008–04/26/2010Bahekelwa S. Imatha (GR) 12/5/2005–12/1/2008 Clifford Wayne Wall (NE) 3/10/2008–4/19/2010B. Lynn Gammons Jordan (LX) 12/17/2008-10/28/2009 Kevin Ward (SA) 6/4/2009–4/26/2010Denise Sarah Kilgo-Martin (WA) 1/1/2006–12/14/2009 Shawn Orlando Williams (CH) 1/25/2005–11/16/2009Eun Sung Kim (SA) 12/15/2008–4/26/2010 Victor Anthony Williams (LN) 12/17/2008–12/16/2009Paige Singleton Krotchko (SA) 12/6/2007–4/26/2010 David Harrison Wright (MA) 4/21/2008–1/4/2010 Matthew Rick Lawing (GA) 5/2/2007–12/21/2009 Doris Kay Levan (SA) 4/21/2008–12/7/2009

c) 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.) None

d) Who have been discontinued as certifi ed candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?NW James Ray Anders II 2008 discontinued 12/14/09SA Carl Lee Barshinger 2008 discontinued 12/7/09WS Kelly Dean Billings 2003 discontinued 12/17/09WA Rachel Marie Brock 2008 discontinued 4/19/10, at her requestNW Brian Gray Chilton 2009 discontinued 4/21/10WA Elizabeth Reynolds McGuire 2010 discontinued 4/19/10 ST Andra Campbell Williams 2009 discontinued 3/4/10

Note: Cynthia Shepard Wechter CH transferred into the conference on 7/6/09. She then was approved for provisional membership and appears on question 28 below.

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.):

GA Stephen Andrew Beatty LP 2004 Local license studies 2004 GA Harold Edwin Benfi eld LP 1996 COS graduate 2002SA Stanley Lamar Champion LP 2001 M.Div., Hood SeminaryST Talmadge Clingman Cheek, Jr. LP 2008 COS 1st year 2009 ST Derek Coburn Cline LP 2010 Local license studies 2010HP Andrew Norman Coward LP 2008 COS 1st year 2010LX Darren Lee Crotts LP 2009 Local license studies 2009ST Ronald David Felts LP 2010 Local license studies 2010GA Elizabeth Strange Gibson LP 2010 Local license studies 2010MA Tonya Dale Hill LP 2003 C)S graduate 2003GR William Gregory Light LP 2010 Local license studies 2010LN Alexander McCorkle LP 2006 COS 10 courses 2010 AS Allison Leah McCurley LP 2005 M.Div., Emory UniversityLN Lisa Diana Moore LP 2008 Local license studies 2008 SA Julie Elliott O’Neal LP 2000 COS graduate 2005LX Lenore Carmen Renfro LP 2002 M.Div, Hood SeminaryMA Mike Daniel Roseman LP 1992 COS graduate 1997

Western North Carolina Conference144GR Selena Levens Scott LP 2010 Local license studies 2010HP Donald Ray Thomas, Jr. LP 2010 Local license studies 2010NE April Yow Travis LP 2007 M.Div., Emory UniversityAS Joseph Brent Willis LP 2006 Attending Hood Seminary

21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the fi rst 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 fi ve year course of study or the M.Div. (¶319.4)? (v)a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1)

GR Michael Ward Adams, Sr. * 2003 M. Div. Hood SeminaryMA Kenneth Richard Anderson * 2002 COS graduate 2008LN Alexis Wendell Anthony * 1996 COS graduate 2002LN David Carter Arledge * 2009 M. Div. Emory UniversityLX Edgar Lee Armfi eld, Jr. * 1998 COS graduate 2003WA Michael Fred Austin* 2003 COS graduate 2009AS Kenneth Darrel Bowles 2003 Local license studies 2003MA David LaRay Bradley 2004 attending Erskine SeminaryAL Earl Franklin Bradshaw 1994 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNE Glenda McShane Bramlet * 1999 COS graduate 2004WS Karen McAdams Branch 2002 attending Hood SeminaryNW Jackie Carroll Bridges, Jr. 1996 COS graduate 2009SA James Brevard Brookshire 2008 attending Hood SeminaryHP Robert Perry Brown * 1999 M. Div. Emory UniversityHP Russell Jay Brownworth * 2008 COS graduate 2006WA Melvin Keith Burton * 2003 COS graduate 2007HP Lee Edward Bynum * 2000 M. Div. Hood SeminaryAS Michael Steven Byrum 2004 COS 4th year 2009NW Gary Link Camp 2007 attending Hood SeminaryHP Edward Kern Carter * 2000 M. Div. Hood SeminaryLX Jesse James Clubb, Jr. 1999 COS 11 courses 2009WA Donalee Coon Cobb* 1996 COS graduate 2010GA Richard Lee Cloninger 2007 COS 5 courses 2010HP Jonathan Neil Crowell 2010 Local license studies 2010AS Marcus Lawrence Dodson * 2007 M. Div. Southeastern Baptist SeminaryHP Robert Edward Dowling * 1998 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNE Larry Earl Durham * 1999 COS graduate 2005NE Lee Arnold Eggers* 2004 COS graduate 2009WS Gary Lyon Elrod* 2003 COS graduate 2009NW Pete Dean Fender 2008 COS 2 courses 2009WA Nathan David Finsel * 2007 M. Div. Hood SeminarNE Joseph Marion Fulk III* 2010 M. Div. Wesley SeminaryGR Karen Crowell Gobel* 2003 M. Div. Hood SeminaryAS Grover Tony Griffi n * 2000 COS graduate 2006WS Jeffrey Scott Harlow * 2005 M. Div. Hood Seminary ST Michael Bryan Harrill, Jr.* 2000 COS graduate 2009 AS Ronald Eugene Hartman 2004 COS16 courses 2009SA Mary Tucker Hatley 2004 COS 17 courses 2009 ST Robert Earl Herron * 2001 COS graduate 2006CH Judith Fitzgerald Hunt 2006 attending Gordon-Conwell SeminaryHP Sandra Waddell Ireson* 2006 attending Hood Seminary AS Bruce Edward Johnson * 1999 M. Div. Asbury SeminaryGA Thomas Gene Jolly, Jr.* 2004 M. Div. Duke Divinity SchoolST Ronnie William Karriker * 1997 M. Div. Hood SeminaryWS Steven Shawn Keaton 1999 Wesley Seminary CreditsSA James Calvin King 1996 attending Hood SeminaryAL Larry Scott King 2008 Local license studies 2008AL Emily Danahey Kroeger* 2009 M. Div. Duke UniversityGR Karen Christy Kurtz * 2001 COS graduate 2006NE Wanda Helms Lancaster* 2004 COS graduate 2009LX Michael Scott Lee * 2007 M. Div. Southeastern Baptist SeminaryAS Luther Eugene Lingle III* 2010 M. Div. Duke UniversityST David Alan Locke * 2008 M. Div. Hood SeminaryGR Joel Garth Locklear * 2009 M. Div. Claremont SeminaryCH Johnny Donald Lord, Jr. 2003 attending Gordon-Conwell SeminaryNW Charles David Marbry, Jr. 1992 attending Gordon-Conwell SeminaryMA Wayne Allen Marsh, Jr. 2004 COS 16 courses 2010SA Kevin Parker McCormac * 2006 M. Div. Hood SeminaryST John Kendall McGill * 2003 M. Div. Asbury SeminaryLX Roy Lee Miller 2006 attending Hood Seminary

2010 journal 145WA Stephen Walter Miller * 2001 COS graduate 2007NW Rickey Dale Mitchell * 2001 COS graduate 2006SA Anthony Eugene Moore 1999 attending Hood SeminaryNE Sue Anne Barrett Morris* 2004 COS graduate 2009HP Ana Cubias Morrison * 2001 COS graduate 2006NW Peter Robert Parish * 1986 COS graduate 1994CH Ronald Donall Perry* 2002 M. Div. Hood SeminaryST Robert Edward Petree * 2005 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNW John Charles Pillsbury* 2004 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNW Timothy Gregg Plott * 2006 M. Div. Hood SeminarySA James Oakley Prichard, Jr. * 2001 COS graduate 2006LN Paul Barry Lloyd Revere 2005 Local license studies 2005GA Vera Mae Rivens* 1998 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNW Philip Hugh Setzer * 2007 M. Div. Hood SeminaryAL Frederick Davis Sibley 2008 attending Hood SeminaryST Jesse Ray Smith 2009 attending Asbury SeminaryLN Andrea Fare Smith (FD) * 2007 Ordained Deacon 2002NE Rickey Lewis Spencer * 2000 M. Div. Hood SeminaryGR Morgan Danielle Terry* 2010 M. Div. Gordon ConwellMA Bradley Allen Thompson 2008 equivalent of 14 COS coursesNE Craig Matthew Toth * 2008 M. Div. Duke UniversityNE Mary Catherine Haynes Turman* 2005 M. Div. Hood SeminaryNE Theodore Clinton Turman * 1999 M. Div. equivalentHP Adam Christopher Vernon 2004 attending Asbury SeminaryGA W. Priscilla Brooks Walker 1999 COS 2nd year 2001LN Gail Nichols Werstlein 2005 COS 4th year 2009LN Victor Anthony Williams 2010 Local licensing studies 2010AL Marilyn Blythe Wooten 2002 COS 3rd year 2009

b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) CH Candido Albino 2009 COS 2nd and 3rd year 2003 1/2HP Gladys Frances Adams * 2003 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/2MA Ronald Clarence Allcorn 2006 attending Hood Seminary 1/2SA George Craig Allen, Jr. 2009 attending Hood Seminary 1/2SA Roxane Kiker Almond * 2004 COS graduate 2008 1/2ST Trevor Dewayne Batchelor 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/2NE Paul Anthony Bethel * 1985 COS graduate 2000 3/4AL Coy Daniel Blackman 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/2GA Teresa Ramsey Blanton 2007 COS 3rd year 2010 3/4LX Perry James Bradshaw* 2001 COS graduate 2009 1/2ST Brenda Kay Brashear* 2005 COS graduate 2008 3/4LX Robert Dean Briggs 2008 COS 7 courses 2010 1/4NW Mark Steven Brooks 1998 COS 16 courses 2010 1/4NW Robert Dean Brooks 2002 COS 16 course 2009 1/2GA Betty Black Brown * 1996 attending Hood Seminary 1/2MA Dennis Odell Burleson 2006 COS 3rd year 2010 1/2AL Kristy Hardin Burnette 2007 attending Hood Seminary 1/4AL Robert Dale Burr, Sr. 2003 attending Hood Seminary 1/2GA Patricia Tiffany Byers * 2003 COS graduate 2008 1/4CH Augusto Orlando Caldera * 2004 COS graduate 2008 3/4NE Dennis Wayne Cameron * 1986 COS graduate 1998 1/2MA Jody Boone Campbell 2009 COS 4 years complete 3/4AL Michael Steven Capps * 2004 COS graduate 1999 1/2LX Harrison Marion Carlton 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4WS Harold Todd Cartner 2003 COS 8 courses 2008 1/4AL Robert Lynden Cauble 2003 COS 19 courses 2009 1/4HP Angel Jackson Christ 2009 attending Hood Seminary 1/4AS Walter Bates Christian 2007 attending Hood Seminary 1/2ST Mark Wayne Clark 2004 COS 138 course 2010 3/4AS John William Clements 2005 COS 13 courses 2010 1/4GR George Melvin Coates 2006 attending Hood Seminary 1/2AL Gregory Keith Collins 2007 Local license studies 2007 1/4AS Beverly Wolfe Colombo 1999 attending Erskine Seminary 1/2CH Marcia Kay Lyles Conston 2008 attending Hood Seminary 1/4GR Ronnie Davis Cooper * 2003 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/2WA Thomas Michael Coss 2006 COS 6 courses 2009 1/2WA Katherine Kindred Crain (FD) 2001 M. A. R. Memphis Theological 1/2NW Kenneth Rex Cranfi ll* 2004 COS graduate 2009 3/4LX Kelly Anthony Creekmur 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/2WA David Leslie Crunkleton 1996 COS 11 courses 2009 1/2

Western North Carolina Conference146NE Charles Hicks Curtis 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/2AS George Michael Davis 2004 COS 4th year 2008 1/2WA Wayne Lewis Dickert 2010 attending Gordon Conwell 1/4AS Glenda Deneen Edney 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/2LX Clyde Darrin Everhart * 1995 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/2HP Timothy Edward Fitzgerald 2004 Local license studies 2004 1/4AL Sherry June Breedlove Frerichs 2001 attending Gordon-Conwell 1/4GR George Hobart Friddle, Jr. 2005 COS 3rd year 2008 1/2GR Kaye Hedrick Fry * 2001 COS graduate 2009 3/4LN Gary Ray Fulker 2002 attending Asbury Seminary 1/2HP Douglas William Gager 2008 COS 3 courses 2009 1/2GR David Scott Garvin 2007 attending Duke Seminary 3/4WA Sherron Orlean Geiger 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4HP Kendall Cecil Glover * 1997 COS graduate 2003 1/4GR Thomas Roy Goode II 2006 COS 9 courses 2010 1/4AS Mary Byrd Gordon 2002 COS 15 courses 2009 1/4GA Shelia Mills Gould * 2003 COS graduate 2007 1/2LN Mae Purvis Graves 2008 COS 1st year 2009 1/4GA David Anthony Green 2005 COS 5 courses 2009 1/2GR Roger Lynn Green * 1993 COS graduate1999 1/4HP James Irvin Groome III 2010 Local license studies 1/4AL Raymond Britton Hadley, Jr. * 2003 M. Div. Emory University 1/2MA Michael Leonard Haire 2007 Local license studies 2007 1/4NE Gaetona Danielle Hammett 2001 COS 6 courses 2009 3/4LN Donald Lee Handlang 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4SA Bruce Howard Handy, Jr. 2007 Local license studies 2007 3/4HP Alanda Ballard Harris * 2002 COS graduate 2007 1/2LN Teresa Michelle Harris 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4WS Terry Harris 2005 COS 15 courses 2009 1/4AL David Bruce Hatley 2001 COS 1st year and 3rd year 2009 1/4GR Jeanette Tatum Hayes * 1994 M. Div. Hood Seminary 3/4AL Mark Wilson Helms * 1994 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/4MA Betty Hagaman Henson * 2001 COS graduate 2005 1/4CH Tou-Chao Her* 2006 COS graduate 2010 1/4MA Robert Houston Hodgens 1994 COS 17 courses 1993 1/2WS Kari Lewis Howard 2007 attending Asbury Seminary 1/2WA Guinnell Carroll Hunter 2003 COS 18 courses 2009 1/4WS Golethia Brown Irving 2007 COS 5 courses 2008 1/4WA Dustin Drew James * 2009 M. Div. Hood Seminary 3/4AS Dianne Rudd Johnston 2006 COS 2nd year 2009 1/4ST Thomas Herman Jones 2006 COS 4 courses 2010 1/2ST Marsha Eades Joyner 2000 COS 17 courses 2010 1/2NW Tracey Edwards Karcher 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4AS Marjory Wilson Kiess 2003 attending Gordon-Conwell 1/2AS Raymond Brian Kiess * 2003 M. Div. Gordon Conwell Seminary 1/4LN Timothy Scott Killian * 2003 COS graduate 2007 1/2NW Martha McLaurin Kincaid 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/4CH Eric Earl Lanier, Jr. * 2007 M. Div. Gordon Conwell Seminary 1/4LX Eric Wayne Lineberry 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4AS William Israel Mandelstamm * 2007 M. Div. Iliff School of Theology 3/4NW Randall Scott Manser 2004 attending Hood Seminary 3/4ST Donald Sil Margarita 2004 COS 7 courses 2007 1/4LX Patrick Anthony Marion* 2005 COS graduate 2010 1/2GR Edward Lyndsey Marsh 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/2HP Robert Monroe McCain, Sr. * 2006 M. Div. Hood Seminary 3/4MA James Phillip McCall 2003 COS 1 course 2005 1/4NE Herbert Emerson McClintick 2003 COS 19 courses 2010 1/2WA John Timothy McConnell* 2001 COS graduate 2009 1/2GA James Stanley McCrary * 1999 COS graduate 2004 1/2ST Nelson Gregory McLaughlin 2002 COS 10 courses 2010 1/2HP Sandra Lee Schultz McNiel 2007 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/2WA Nancy Segersten Meeker * 2002 COS graduate 2007 1/2SA Duane Everette Melton 2006 COS 3rd year 2010 1/2AL Ruth Fowler Mercer 2006 Local license studies 2006 1/4GR William Alexander Miles * 2001 COS graduate 2006 1/2HP Jeffery Douglass Moran * 2000 COS graduate 2004 1/4LX Bruce Edward Morasco 2009 COS 1 course 2010 1/2NE Frederico Boyd Moretz * 2007 Honorable Location, Holston 1/4CH Emmanuel Shanka Morris 2001 attending Gordon-Conwell 1/2

2010 journal 147MA Donald Grady Morrison 1992 Local license studies 1992 1/2WA Dwight Rudell Moss 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4MA Keith Alan Nichols 2006 COS 3rd year 2009 3/4SA Kelly Bryan Ottinger 2001 attending Hood Seminary 3/4NW Duncan Andrew Overrein 2008 COS 1st year 2010 1/4MA Clarence Earl Osborne, Jr. 2006 COS 3rd year 2009 3/4LX Tony Glenn Owens 2006 COS 3rd year 2010 1/2NE Wayne Bloodworth Parleir * 1987 COS graduate 1999 1/4AS Deborah Demorest Patterson 2005 attending Erskine Seminary 1/2NW L’Tanya Chablis Perry 2009 attending Hood Seminary 1/4NW Virginia Byrd Peurifoy 2003 COS 2nd year 2009 3/4HP Gregory Martin Poole 2010 attending Gordon Conwell 3/4SA Gaylen Arlis Presley 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4NE Sharon Eaken Quate 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4MA Carl Martin Ramsey, Jr. 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/4NW Mark Edward Reavill 2007 COS 9 courses 2010 1/4NW Jerry Lee Reid 2003 COS 4th year 2009 1/2LN Gregory Lee Richard 2007 Local license studies 2007 1/2SA Jesse Franklin Rogers 2009 M. Div. Gordon Conwell 1/2CH Tracie Christian Rose 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4LX Kenneth Douglas Rowe* 2004 COS graduate 2010 1/2WA Paul Arthur Sears * 2008 M. Div. Iliff Seminary 1/2WA Jackie Sellers * 1999 COS graduate 2004 1/2LX Christopher Lee Sheffi eld 2002 COS 1st year and 3rd year 2010 1/2NW Cynthia Kallam Shelton 2006 attending Hood Seminary 1/4SA William Clay Showalter 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/4AS Carolyn Wyllene Skipper * 1986 COS graduate 2007 1/4NW Dwight Leonard Smith 2008 COS 1st year 2010 1/4NW Marietta Teague Smith * 1999 COS graduate 2004 1/4NW Mark Alexander Smith 2008 COS 1st year 2010 1/4LN Tony Ray Smith * 2000 COS graduate 2006 1/4GR Patricia Black Spicer 2010 Local licensing studies 2010 1/4GR Ellen LaJune Spruill 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/4MA Winston Edward Stephenson 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/2NE Dorothy Lankford Sullivan * 2003 COS graduate 2008 1/4GR Elizabeth Allred Sutton * 2008 M. Div. Duke University 1/2GR Lisa Laign Tanico 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4MA Daniel Dewayne Tapp 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/4LN Kevin Lee Tesh* 2007 M. Div. Hood Seminary 1/2MA Willard Preston Thomas III 1991 Local license studies 1991 1/2SA David Alan Thompson 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/2NW James Wallace Thompson 2008 Local license studies 2008 1/4MA Dennis Wayne Tomlinson 2006 COS 3rd year 2009 3/4CH Elaine McNeill Treece 2010 M.Div. Gordon Conwell 1/4GR Nancy McBee Vaughn 2010 attending Duke Divinity School 3/4NW Raymundo Villanueva 2003 COS 1st year 2004 1/4ST Margaret Russell Wannemacher 2006 COS 13 courses 2009 1/2NW Charles Mac Warren 2005 COS 17 courses 2009 1/4AS David Lee Warren 1997 attending Erskine Seminary 3/4AS Jerry Dale Warren 2003 COS 17 courses 2009 1/2ST Sharon Denise Warren 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4AS Victor Alan Wilfong 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/2AL Daniel Howard Wilson 2005 attending Hood Seminary 3/4SA Daniel Robert Wilson 2010 Local license studies 2010 1/2ST Stephanie Johnson Wilson 2002 attending Hood Seminary 3/4AL Vickie McFalls Wilson 2009 Local license studies 2009 1/4NE Laura Wyant Wittman 2007 attending Duke Divinity School 3/4AS Randy Patrick Wood 2003 COS 11 courses 2010 1/4LN Charles Alexander Young 2004 COS 1 course 2009 1/2LX Jonathan Shane Young 2005 COS 9 courses 2007 1/2LX Charles Samuel Young III* 1998 COS graduate 2010 1/2HP Matthew J. Youngblood 2010 attending Hood seminary 1/4

c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.4)?

David Scott Garvin (GR) (licensed 2007) Kentucky Conference, Duke Divinity Nancy McBee Vaughn (GR) (licensed 2010) Virginia Conference, Duke Divinityd) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 366, 368.3)? (If not in this

conference indicate name of conference where serving.) None

Western North Carolina Conference14822. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?

GA Renee Grigg Bingham (LP), 5/10/10, at her own requestHP Jesse James Carswell (LP not appointed), 8/26/09, at his own requestSA Gerald Clell Hagler, Jr. (LP not appointed), 4/26/10, full time seminary student not available for appointmentGR Nicholas Ray Holman (LP), 1/25/10, under complaintCH Benjamin Kwang Lee (LP not appointed), 4/29/10CH Sammie O’Neal Listenbee (LP not appointed) 3/22/10HP James Carlton Lucas (LP not appointed), 6/29/09CH Francis Faust McCorkle (LP not appointed), 5/20/10, at her own request ST Bobby Lynn Rackley (LP not appointed), 3/23/10, full time seminary student not available for appointmentNW Rush Timothy Rivens (LP not appointed), 12/14/09, by the action of the dCOMGR Steven Patrick Roberts (LP), 04/26/10LX Thomas Richard Roberts (LP not appointed), 4/26/10, at his own requestST Ronald Eugene Sinclair (LP not appointed), 3/23/10

23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4)? None24. What ordained ministers or provisional elders 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

CH David Ewell Carl, Jr. (OE) (UMC, Virginia) (appointed 1/4 to local church and full-time to extension ministry)CH Myer Dahn (OP) (UMC, Liberia) (part-time)WA Margaret Davis Freeman (OD) (UMC, North Georgia) (part-time)WA Mary Martha Hatch (OE) (UMC, North Carolina)SA Preston Lonnie Pittman (OE) (UMC, Alabama-West Florida)SA Susannah Baskervill Pittman (OE) (UMC, Alabama-West Florida)WA Sherrie Burford Schork (OD) (UMC, Kentucky) (part-time)MA Kent Christopher Smith (OE) (UMC, North Carolina)

b) Other Methodist Denominations WS Peter Charles Graves (OE) (British Methodist Church)CH Timothy Dale Taylor (OE) (Wesleyan) (part-time)GA Sean Colin Turner (OE) (British Methodist Church)LX Christopher Cameron Uren (OE) (Wesleyan)

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 affi liation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.)

WA Billy David Feathers (OF) (Southern Baptist) (part-time)WA Janet Jacobs Greene (OF) (Southern Baptist) (part-time) GR Tae Wan (Joseph) Kim (OF) (World Evangelical Mission Alliance)NE Mary Lynn Rhoades (OF) (Alliance Baptist) (part-time) NE Bruce David Updyke (OF) (Southern Baptist) (part-time)

26. Who are affi liate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.)a) With vote (¶586.4 [v])? None b) Without vote (¶¶334.4, 344.4)? (v 2/3) None

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 (v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27):Perry David Hawkins ......................... Marion District, 2007 Course of Study graduate

28. Who are elected as provisional members? (under ¶¶322, 324, 325)a) Provisional Deacons:

(1) Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c? (v) Bartoli, Leigh Jones .................... Lexington District; born 12-06-1971, Rome, Georgia; B.S., Slippery Rock 1994; M.S., Slippery

Rock 1996; BGTS Hood Theological Seminary 2009.Brown, Rebecca Bowers ............ Waynesville District; born 05-23-1983, Durham; B.M., Appalachian State University 2005;

M.Div., Duke University 2009.Finley, Jennifer Irene Elaine ....... North Wilkesboro District; born 04-25-1982, Columbia, Missouri; B.A., Truman State University

2005; M.Div., Duke University 2008.Hepler, Lynda Crisco .................. Lexington District; born 07-03-1973, Asheville; B.F.A., UNC-Greensboro 1995; M.C.E., Pfeiffer

University 2008; BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary 2008.Miller, Lauren Clawson............... Asheville District; born 10-10-1961, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; B.S., Delaware Valley College

of Science & Agriculture 1983; M.C.E., Pfeiffer University 2003; BGTS Wesley Theological Seminary/Methodist Theological School of Ohio 2009.

(2) Under the provisions of ¶324.5? (v) None

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b) Provisional Elders: (1) Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b? (v)

Belk, James Herschel ................. Lexington District; born 12-14-1959, Charlotte; B.S., NC State University 1983; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary 2009.

Bost, Dale Wayne ........................ Salisbury District; born 09-20-1954, Cabarrus County; B.S., NC State University 1976; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary 2008.

Brown, Mary Wood...................... Waynesville District; born 04-25-1978, St. Petersburg, Florida; B.A., Emory University 2000; M.Div., Iliff School of Theology 2003.

Brown, Paul David ....................... Greensboro District; born 08-15-1985, Knoxville, Tennessee; B.A., Grove City College 2007; M.Div., Duke University 2010.

Buffkin, Richard William ............. Northeast District; born 11-21-1955, Wilmington; B.S., Stetson University 1976; M.B.A., University of Central Florida 1987; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary 2009.

Corle, Duane Phillip .................... High Point District; born 02-23-1968, Winston-Salem; B.A., Wake Forest University, 1986; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary 2010.

Drum, Timothy Carroll II .............. Waynesville District; born 09-04-1982, Hickory; B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill 2004; M.Div., Duke University 2007.

Gosnell, Arnold Parks ................. Lexington District; born 12-02-1962, Charlotte; B.A., Gardner-Webb University 1985; M.R.E., New Orleans Baptist Seminary 1989; M.Div., Hood Seminary 2007.

Jones, Nicole Helene .................. North Wilkesboro District; born 10-08-1982, Charlotte; B.S., Appalachian State University 2004; M.Div., Duke University 2010.

Magnuson, Richard Allen ........... Statesville District; born 09-04-1956, Minneapolis, Minnesota; B.A., Belmont Abbey 2005; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary 2010.

McIntyre, Andrew Byron ............. High Point District; born 09-06-1982, Dunn; B.A., High Point University 2005; M.Div., Duke University 2009.

Moreau, Anthony Lance ............. Asheville District; born 12-03-1964, Blytheville, Arkansas; B.S., Montreat College 2005; M.Div., Duke University 2008.

Overcash, Peter Andreas ............ Marion District; born 06-03-1976, Washington, District of Columbia; B.A., UNC-Charlotte 2001; M.Div., Duke University 2005.

Roseboro, Ronnie Eugene .......... Lake Norman District; born 05-03-1956, Lincoln County; A.A.S., Chowan College 1976; B.A., UNC Charlotte 1978; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary 2009.

Toth, Angela Paulette.................. Northeast District; born 10-26-1965, Lakeland, Florida; A.S., Polk Community College 1985; A.A., Polk Community College 2000; B.S., Florida Southern College 2002; M.Div., Duke University 2008.

Wechter, Cynthia Shepard .......... Charlotte District; born 11-15-1958, Wilmington; B.A., Simpson University 2006; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary 2010.

White, Avery Elizabeth ............... Charlotte District; born 07-18-1985, Charlotte; B.A., Wake Forest University 2007; M.Div., Duke University 2010.

(2) Under the provisions of ¶324.6? (v)Auman, Joel Keith ......................... High Point District; born 12-27-1955, High Point; B.A., High Point University 2001; 2006 Course of

Study graduate. Advanced Course of Study completed 2009.Ayuso, Eileen Bossert ................... Winston-Salem District; born 08-23-1960, Staten Island, New York; B.A., Plattsburg University

1982; M.Div., Wake Forest University 2008; ACOS., attending Hood Theological Seminary.Lindquist, Charles Arthur Jr. ......... High Point District; born 08-18-1952, Highland Park, Michigan; B.S., Mount Olive College 2009;

2005 Course of Study graduate. Advanced Course of Study completed 2008.(3) Under the provisions of ¶322.4? (v 3/4) None

29. Who are continued as provisional members, and in what year were they admitted to provisional membership (¶326)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon? (PD) (¶326.1)

CH Rosa Maria Caldera 2008 NW Christopher Neil Lakey .......................................... 2007NW Anne Collins Conover 2008 NW Nancy Griswold McDow ........................................2009 CH Teresa Briggs Dunn 2008 AL Johanna Chavles Miller ........................................2008CH Stephanie Moore Hand 2008 CH Mary Margaret Miller Nunez ................................2009WS Abigail Whitley Hedgecock 2008 CH Patricia Greene Pegram .......................................2008CH Rhonda Yancey Hermann 2009 LN Melissa Finlay Swofford .......................................2009 WA Lori Bozeman Holliman 2007 WS Monica Lide Swofford ..........................................2002 AS John Joseph Isley 2009 WS Douglas Lee Watts ...............................................2006 HP Gloria Gunn Hughes 2008

b) In preparation for ordination as an elder? (PE) (¶326.2)

Western North Carolina Conference150c) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (Indicate year) None

d) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (Indicate year) None e) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347) None

30. Who have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically–see note preceding Question 27):a) As provisional members (¶347.3a,b)? (v) (date received) None b) As local pastors (¶347.3a)? (v) (date received) None

31. 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 32-33 or 35, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 39 in a previous year.):a) Deacons

WS Laura Alexander Elliott CH Robert Rives Webb III b) Elders

WA Michael Allen Binger LN David Jong-Hyun Lee LX Lori Anne Bowen LX Sharon Elizabeth Thompson Lee AL Beverly Tracy Carroll CH Barbara Gayle Gibson Montgomery LX Jason Michael Constantine NW William Leon Morrow CH Paul Alexander Craig Jr. AS David Edmundson Peeler NW H. Renee Koontz Easter SA David Gordon Raiford Sr. NW Judy Diane Hilton Eurey ST Jill Michele Brooks Rhinehart CH Angela Dawn Barr Hollar ST Robert Christian Silber HP Karen Sue Richards Hudson

SA Flora Annalee Crawford Allen 2009 WA Martha Johnson Ballard 2005 AL Lucille Kauffman Blizzard 2006MA Cornelius Francis Brantley, Jr. 2006MA Daniel Leonard Brubaker 2008HP Bradley Van Bruce 2009WS Katherine Boutwell Bryant 2004AL Michael Franklin Burris 2007LN Jaylynn Warren Byassee 2003ST Michael Andrew Carr 2007GR Benjamin Goforth Carson 2008WS Richard Lee Carter, Jr. 2007SA Diron Cornelius Chloe 2009AL Jimmy Randall Chrisawn 2006LN Alexis Smith Coleman 2009LN Andrea Redard Conder 2009HP Howard Joseph Conley, Jr. 2005NW Katherine Vickers Cornell 2007WA Billie Wade Cranfi eld 2005WA Gerald Thomas Denham 2003WS Janet Fisher Dixon 2007GA William Monroe Draughn 2008LX Joe Keith Edwards 2007 ST Matthew Jay Emory 2008AS John Daniel Erwin 2008SA Michael Fernand Fongemy 2008LX William Nelson Foust 2007GR William Dee Gibson 2008NE Kelly Lynn Whiting Giese 2007WA Susan Slye Giles 2009SA John Curtis Goforth 2008CH Lauren Elaine Baker Hall 2009GR Otto Delano Harris III 2007CH Vincent Allan Harris 2007GA Jennifer Allen Hege 2007GA James David Hiatt 2009SA James Alan Hood 2008LN James Corbitt Howard III 2009HP Carol Rogers Hunter 2009ST Robert Allen Ingram, Jr. 2008NE Rodvegas Marc Ingram, Sr. 2005GR Timothy MacGregor James 2008AL Rickey Clay Johnson 2006ST Mandy Michelle Neill Jones 2006ST Neal Christopher Jones 2008AL Norman Ernest Jones, Jr. 2007LN Stephen Gene Knopp II 2007

NE Richard Edward LeBaube 2007HP Teresa Howard Lindquist 2008AS Luther Eugene Lingle III 2007MA Cynthia Frisch Lunsford 2008WS Gary Cecil Mahathey 2009AS Anna Victoria Mandelstamm 2009WS Duncan Gray Martin 2009GR Jeffery Lawrence Martin 2007GA Donald Wayne Mason 2007GA Kathleen Monahan McAbee 2005MA Todd Herbert McCullough 2009WA Leyton Alan Mears 2008HP Susan Davis Mitchell 2009AS Alfred John Moore 2009NW Clyde Andrew Moore, Jr. 2009GR Tiajuana Felton Mosby 2008CH Mark Trask Muckler 2008LN Friday Mba Okocha 2006CH Christie Ann Page 2004LN Debra Malcom Paulsen 2003LX Melinda Suzanne Penry 2007LN Ashley Garlyn Pickerel 2007NE Julie Ann Roberts 2008GA Katie Ann Roberts 2009NW Robert Dean Roten 2009SA Anita Walker Sain 2009MA Richelle Wagner Sampl 2008CH Thomas Harry Schnitzlein 2008GR Larry William Scott 2007AL Ronald Dean Setzer 2006WA Matthew Steven Smith 2008GR Thomas Cayce Stapp 2009NW Dale Martin Swofford 2004GA James Preston Tate 2007NW Jacquelyn Hovis Taylor 2008AS Molly Tyson Templeton 2008AL Jack Donald Tookey 2007LN Richard Bowden Tuttle 2008CH TeresaMarie Tidaback Vilagos 2008NE Catherine Anne Vlastakis 2008LX Horace Wellington Walker 2007WA Jeane Sumpter Walker 2005GR Ronald Jeffery Weatherford 2005CH Timothy Ardell Webster 2008MA Chester Ray West 2008AL Erin Grot Yow (2007

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32. Who are elected for ordination as deacons in full connection: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27)a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 2/3)

Laura Alexander Elliott Robert Rives Webb III b) Transfer from elder in full connection (¶ 309.3)? (v 2/3) None

33. Who are elected for ordination as elders?a) After provisional membership (¶335)? (v 2/3)

Michael Allen Binger David Jong-Hyun Lee Lori Anne Bowen Sharon Elizabeth Thompson Lee Beverly Tracy Carroll Barbara Gayle Gibson Montgomery Jason Michael Constantine William Leon Morrow Paul Alexander Craig, Jr. David Edmundson Peeler H. Renee Koontz Easter David Gordon Raiford, Sr. Judy Diane Hilton Eurey Jill Michele Brooks Rhinehart Angela Dawn Barr Hollar Robert Christian Silber Karen Sue Richards Hudson

b) Transfer from deacon in full connection? (¶ 309.3) (v 2/3) None

34. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v) None

35. Who are readmitted (¶¶365–367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):a) As associate members? None b) As members in full connection? None

36. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶358.7): (v)a) As associate members? Noneb) As provisional members? (Indicate credential) Nonec) As members in full connection? (Indicate credential) None

37. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2m)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.)

Name Conference DateLarry Vertice Jones South Carolina 06/11/10

38. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.) None

39. What clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶348): (v)a) As deacons? None b) As elders? None

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 in full connection? None

b) Elders in full connection? None 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 Conference DateNone

42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327.6)? (Indicate credential) (v).Kristan Dale Bryant (PE) 7/1/10, at his own request Vera Mae Rivens (PE), 7/1/10

43. Who are on location?a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶359.1)? (Give date when this action became effective. Record Charge Conference

where membership is held. Indicate credential and year of most recent report.):(1) This year? (v) None(2) Previously?Robert Malon Baucom (E) 1987 High Point: Covenant HP 2009Andrew David Baxter (E) 2005 Charlotte: Myers Park CH 2009Thomas Edmund Blanton, Jr. (E) 1993 Granite Falls: First NW 2007Linwood Cohn Brooks (E) 2003 Charlotte: Cokesbury CH 2005William Kenneth Brown (E) 1977 Mount Holly: First LN 2009Pamela Barrow Carter (E) 1997 Charlotte: Providence CH 2009Philip Keith Cates (E) 2000 Raleigh: Soapstone North Carolina 2009Randall Jay Cirksena, Jr. (E) 1998 Owatonna Minnesota 2009 Linda Holder Clark (E) 1985 Durham: Epworth North Carolina 2009

Western North Carolina Conference152Kathy Watson Conner (E) 1998 Durham: Calvary North Carolina 2009Debbie Gail Lewis Fox (E) 2000 Winston-Salem: Centenary WS 2009David James Fussell (E) 1989 Raleigh: Asbury North Carolina 2009Robert Lester Greenawalt (E) 1986 Tabernacle GR 2009Deborah Gates Hemenway (E) 2000 Charlotte: St. Andrew’s CH 2009Geoffrey Clyde Hemenway (E) 1989 Charlotte: St. Andrew’s CH 2009Walter Summersett Hill (E) 1994 Alexandria: Washington St Virginia 2009Kevin Lyle Honbarger (E) 2008 Providence SA 2009Lonnie Myron Kendall (E) 1994 Dobson NE 2009Charles Edward Medlin (E) 1999 Charlotte: St. Andrew’s CH 2007Adele Byrum Novotney (E) 2002 Waynesville: First WA 2009Ancil Overbey III (E) 1997 Cramerton: Cramer Memorial GA 2009Thomas Earl Eugene Simpson (E) 1999 GA: Epworth-Mt. Pleasant GA 2009Gregory Scott Smith (E) 2001 Kannapolis: Trinity SA 2007Mark Richard Smith (E) 2009 Greensboro: Christ GR 2009Mark Madison Norman Vickers (E) 1996 Greensboro: Christ GR 2009

b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶359.2) (Indicate date and appointment.) None from Western North Carolina; however, Fred Boyd Moretz, honorably located from Holston, is appointed in the Northeast District (see Question 21b).

c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶363.1? (Give date when this action became effective. Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.):(1) This year? (v) Todd Allen Struble (FE), effective 7/1/10 (2) Previously? None

44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶359.3)? (Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.):a) This year? (v) Noneb) Previously?

Karen Lynn Carter (E) 1993 Gastonia: First GA (Retired 2006)Clyde Wheeler Faulkner, Jr. (E) 1977 Martin’s Creek-Peachtree WA (Retired 2007)William David Haire (E) 1991 Nashville: Belmont Tennessee (Retired 2009)Elmer Odell Hall (E) 1977 Asheville: Central AS (Retired 2002)Paul Wilson Matthias (E) 1977 St. Matthew’s Virginia (Retired 2008)Edward Lee Moore (E) 1983 N. Wilkesboro: First NW (Retired 2000)Thomas Edward Redmon (E) 1987 Charlotte: First CH (Retired 2008)Michael Lineback Reynolds (E) 1983 Rome: First N.Georgia (Retired 2005)Reginald Lowell Smith (E) 1977 None: No CC (Savannah Christian Church) (Retired 2000)Royce Eugene Smith (E) 1994 Brevard: St. Timothy AS (Retired 2005)Joseph Louis Williams (E) 1978 No CC (non-denom.) North Carolina (Retired 1996)

45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶359.2)? (v) (Give date when this action became effective. Indicate credential.) None

46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? (Give date when this action became effective. Indicate credential.)a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v) None b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial offi ce (¶360.2, .4)? (v) None c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)? (v)

David Frederick Cunha (FE), 5/3/10, under complaintd) B y termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶354.12 )? (v) Nonee) By trial (¶2713)? (v) None

47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶361.1c, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.) David Frederick Cunha (FE) February 5, 2010-May 3, 2010Jerry Thomas Evans (FE) July 9, 2009-September 1, 2009Todd Allen Struble (FE) October 26, 2009-January 9, 2010

48. Deceased (List alphabetically in the spaces provided)a) What associate members have died during the year? Effective: None Retired:

Name Date of Birth Date of DeathKenneth Gray Fansler February 26, 1926 January 26, 2010Willie Lorenza Napper July 24, 1911 December 20, 2009

b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Effective: None Retired: None

2010 journal 153c) What elders in full connection have died during the year? Effective: None

Retired:Name Date of Birth Date of DeathGarland Howard Allred May 28, 1922 October 12, 2009Herman Calvin Beck May 30, 1927 November 5, 2009Collins Menzie Benfi eld May 26, 1916 June 6, 2010Hugh Lawrence Bond October 7, 1936 November 17, 2009Claude Lee Campbell, Jr. May 28, 1925 February 16, 2010John Wesley Cole December 10, 1924 January 20, 2010Harlan Longstreet Creech, Jr. September 21, 1912 June 15, 2009Hugh Vincent Ferguson May 23, 1920 December 25, 2009Robert Allen Foster April 21, 1928 May 18, 2010Floyd Lee Heckard January 24, 1923 June 28, 2009Muriel Climax Hickman March 5, 1921 July 10, 2009J Edwin Houk December 8, 1931 August 25, 2009Harold Norman Smisor December 18, 1933 November 23, 2009Robert Henry Stamey November 3, 1915 January 22, 2010Joseph Marion Taylor, Jr. June 21, 1921 January 24, 2010Billy Mac Whiteside July 6, 1933 February 1, 2010Zeno Cletus Wright April 1, 1928 September 16, 2009

d) What deacons in full connection have died during the year? Effective: None Retired: None

Name Date of Birth Date of Deathe) What local pastors have died during the year?

Active:Name Date of Birth Date of DeathGary Glennell Watlington December 29, 1966 July 12, 2009

Retired:Name Date of Birth Date of DeathAlvin Garnet Jones August 13, 1923 September 23, 2009Ralph Alexander Shipp September 17, 1940 February 4, 2010

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)? (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference where appointed. Indicate credential.)

Name Conference DateJane Dru Brannock (FD) North Carolina 1st yearJaylynn Warren Byassee (PE) North Carolina 2nd yearLynne Blankenship Caldwell (FE) Virginia 3rd yearLauren Elaine Hall (PE) Virginia 2nd yearBradford Hugh Holliman (FE) Tennessee 4th yearSherry Ward Jackson (FD) South Carolina 1st/2nd yearUiyeon Kim (FE) North Carolina 1st yearAbigail Williford Kocher (FE) Virginia 1st yearAlisa Linn Lasater (FE) Baltimore-Washington 3rd yearKristin Davis Lassiter (FD) North Carolina 9th yearDebra Diane Malcom (PE) South Carolina 1st yearEffi e McClain (FE) New England 1st yearLauren Clawson Miller (PD) North Georgia 1st yearMary Lynne Peterson (FD) South Carolina 5th yearJames Lee Powell (FE) North Georgia 14th yearLarry Gene Puryear (FE) Kentucky 3rd/4th yearGayle Jordan Quay (FD) South Carolina 14th yearWalter Mark Ralls (FE) Western New York 4th yearMartha Elizabeth Slater (FE) Alaska Missionary Conference 3rd yearThomas Cayce Stapp (PE) Kansas East 1st /2nd yearNorman Maxwell Stott, Jr. (FE) Rocky Mountain 6th yearElizabeth Grady Taylor (FD) North Carolina 3rd yearCarrie Smith Wright (FD) South Carolina 3rd/4th year

Western North Carolina Conference15450. Who are the provisional or ordained members on leave of absence and for what number of years consecutively has each held this

relation (¶354)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.)a) Voluntary? (v; v 2/3 after 5 years)

(1) Personal (¶354.2a)Martha Johnson Ballard (PE) Waynesville: First (WA) (1st year)Charlotte Grill Brendel (FD) Hickory: St. Luke’s (ST) (1st/2nd year) Beverly Tracy Carroll (FE) Gilboa-Peachland (AL) (1st year)Brian James Cornell (FE) Henson’s Chapel-Mabel (NW) (1st year)Karla Vandergriff Farabow (FE) Winston-Salem: Green Street (WS) (3rd/4th year)Elizabeth Haas Faughn (FE) Charlotte: Wesley (CH) (3rd year)Joe Allen Hamby (FD) Charlotte: First (CH) (2nd/3rd year)Paula Kendall Judy (FE) Forest City: First (MA) (2nd year)Jeffrey Lawrence Martin (PE) Greensboro: Christ (GR) (2nd/3rd year)Crystal Gayle McPhail (FE) Weaverville (AS) (2nd year) Corey Glendon Miller (FE) Winston-Salem: Maple Springs (WS) (4th/5th year)Michael John Moran (FE) Greensboro: Grace (GR) (1st year)Michael Eugene Newton (FE) Wesley Chapel (Stanly) (AL) (3rd year)Phillip Todd Poole (FE) Trinity: Fairview (HP) (3rd/4th year)Howard Michael Rich (FE) New Covenant (LN) (5th year)Andrea Fare Smith (FD) Williamson’s Chapel (LN) (4th year) (*)William Gene Summey (AM) Forest City: First (MA) (2nd year)Molly Tyson Templeton (PE) Snow Hill (AS) (2nd year)Nina Weaver Wynn (FE) Charlotte: St. John’s (CH) (1st year) Over 5 yearsKatherine Kindred Crain (FD) Fincher’s Chapel-Mt. Zion (WA) (8th year) (*) Elizabeth Horace Orrell (FD) Winston-Salem: Mount Tabor (WS) (6th/7th year) (* Leave of absence as deacon in full connection in order to be appointed as local pastor.)(2) Family (¶354.2b) Shelton Dunn Davis (FE) Belmont: First (CH) (5th year) Christen Harley Matlick (FE) Asheville: Central (AS) (3rd year) Scott Alan Osterberg (FE) Yadkinville (NW) (1st year)Kathryn Barba Pierce (FE) High Point: Wesley Memorial (HP) (1st year)Christy Lee Sharp (FE) Asheville: Biltmore (AS) (5th year)Over 5 yearsSusan Hubbard Ewing (FE) Winston-Salem: Mt. Tabor (WS) (7th year)Christie Ann Page (PE) Charlotte: Myers Park (CH) (5th/6th year)Stacey Ruth Watkins-Griffi th (FE) Rutherfordton: First (MA) (7th year) Melinda Kay Snyder (FE) Farmington-Wesley Chapel (LX) (8th year)(3) Transitional (¶354.2c)Lori Ann Bozeman Holliman (FD) Long’s-Cruso (WA) (1st year)Ann Dienstberger Hoyt (FD) Bald Creek-Pensacola (AS) (1st year)Gloria Gunn Hughes (PD) Asheboro: West Bend (HP) (1st year)

b) Involuntary? (v 2/3) Jerry Evans McKendree (GA) (1st/2nd year)

c) Who have been placed on leave of absence since the last session of the annual conference (ad interim)?:Name Effective Date Charge Conference(1) Voluntary? (v)

(i) PersonalMartha Johnson Ballard (PE) 6/1/10 Waynesville: First (WA)Charlotte Grill Brendel (FD) 1/1/10 (from transitional) Hickory: St. Luke’s (ST) William Gene Summey (AM) 7/1/2009 Forest City: First (MA)

(ii) Family Katherine Boutwell Bryant (PE) 9/1/2009-7/1/2010 Asheville: Groce (AS)

(iii) TransitionalAnn Dienstberger Hoyt (FD) 6/20/10 to current Bald Creek-Pensacola (AS)Lutz Gottfried Keller (FE) 1/24/10 to 3/10/10 May’s Chapel (ST)Heeyoung Kim (FE) 7/1/09 to 10/1/09 High Pont: So Mang (HP)Abigail Williford Kocher (FE) 3/1/10 to 7/1/10 Davidson (LN)Walter Henry McKelvey (FE) 3/9/10 to 7/1/10 Charlotte: Simpson-Gillespie (CH)Sallyanne Irwin McVay (FD) 03/06/2010 to 3/28/10 Asheville: Asbury Memorial (AS)

(2) Involuntary? (v 2/3)Jerry Thomas Evans (FE) 9/1/09-current McKendree (GA)Mary Sisk Lautensleger (FE) 5/24/10 – 7/1/10 Hickory Ridge (WS)Todd Allen Struble (FE) 12/9/09-7/1/10 Kimesville: Mt. Pleasant (GR)

2010 journal 155d) Who on leave of absence have had their leaves terminated since the last session of the annual conference (ad interim)?

Name Effective Date Minnie Delores Davis (FE) 12/31/2009 (to retirement)Sherry Ward Jackson (FD) 10/1/2009 (to appointment)Lutz Gottfried Keller (FE) 3/10/2010 (to retirement)Heeyoung Kim (FE) 10/1/2009 (to appointment)Kathryn Andrews McElveen (FE) 4/1/2010 (to appointment)Sallyanne Irwin McVay (FD) 3/28/2010 (to appointment)Thomas Kevin Taylor (FE) 1/11/2010 (to appointment)

The following leaves are terminated at the 2010 Session of the Annual Conference: K r istan Dale Bryant (PE) 7/1/2010 (to discontinued) Abigail Williford Kocher (FE) 7/1/2010 (to appointment in VA Conference)Debra Diane Malcom (PE) 7/1/2010 (to appointment in SC Conference)Walter Henry McKelvey (FE) 7/1/2010 (to retirement)Friday Mba Okocha (PE) 7/1/2010 (to appointment)

51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶352)? (v) (Give date when this relation became effective; indicate credential.) Frank Edward Ingram (FE) 7/1/2010Carl William Lindquist (FE) 7/1/2010

52. What actions have been taken concerning members who are unable to perform their ministerial work because of incapacity due to health matters and disabling conditions (¶357)? (Indicate credential.)a) Who were granted incapacity leave since the last annual conference session (¶357.2)? (Give effective dates)

Howard Stephen Kiser (FE) 10/1/2009Michael Douglas McClellan (AM) 7/1/2010Charles Mark Plummer (FE) 11/1/2009Mike Daniel Roseman (FL) 1/1/2010 John Palmer Smith (FD) 1/1/2010Jeane Sumpter Walker (PE) 11/1/2009Patrick Paul Welch (FE) 7/1/2010

b) Who have had their incapacity leave terminated since the last conference session (¶357.3)? (Give effective dates of terminations): James Wiley Fowler III (FE) 1/31/10, to retirement

c) Who are granted incapacity leave at this session (¶357.1)? (v) Janet Elizabeth Anderson (FE) Michael Douglas McClellan (AM)Wayne Arthur Beatty (FE) John Albert Moore (FE)Harold Edwin Benfi eld (FL) Wanda Jean Ogden (FE)William Francis Berry II (FE) Robert Claude Peurifoy (FE)Stanley Lamar Champion (FL) Carol Sweger Ploch (FE)Teddy Blair Craddock (FE) Charles Mark Plummer (FE)Robert Vess Dodd (FE) Tommy Lee Robertson (AM)Jimmy William Galloway (FE) Mike Daniel Roseman (FL)Ann Sheaffer Gibert (FE) Robert Keith Scott (FE)Karen Kay Williams Gottula (FE) John Palmer Smith (FD)Charles Ray Guy (FE) Leonard Engram Stadler, Jr. (FE)Paul Kenneth Hacklander (FE) Reta Dover Steck (FE)Ellen Sears Harkey (FE) Emma Loretta Stutz (FE)Patricia Humphries-Bivens (FE) Yvonne Lucille Vredenburg (FE)Thomas Maurice Huntley (FE) Jeane Sumpter Walker (PE)Howard Stephen Kiser (FE) Patrick Paul Welch (FE)David Garth Lookadoo (FE) Dana Bruce Wooten (FE)

53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name—fi rst, middle, last—in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3)Deaconsa) This year?

Patience Slocum BrumleyElizabeth Clyburn Minus (eff. 5/30/10)Mary Jane Vergin

b) Previously?Ramona Morton Clapp Gloria Dawn SimmonsElinor Duvall Heermans Ellen Strawbridge YarboroughLillian Gail Whittington Rose

Western North Carolina Conference156Eldersa) This year?

Peggy Deloatch Bridgers Harrison Lee HinsonWade Hampton Childers, Jr. Gervase Craig HitchJane Mary Curran Lutz Gottfried Keller (eff. 3/1/10)Jackie Dean Danley Mary Sisk LautenslegerMinnie Delores Davis (eff. 12/31/09) James Edward MaddoxElizabeth (Betty Jeanne) Day Walter Henry McKelveyJames Wiley Fowler III (eff. 1/31/10) Keys Summie PendletonWilliam Reese Garrard, Jr. Kenneth George Roth, Jr.James Henry Graves Linda Brooks RothMadeline Dell Gray Howard Dean (Butch) Sherrill, Jr. (eff. 8/1/09)Thomas James Herin Charles Benjamin Stevens III

b) Previously?Charles Leon AdamsThornton Dixon AdamsPeter Eric Adotey AddoJulian McClees Aldridge, Jr.James Grant Allred, Jr.Alexander Mapes AlvordJames McCoy ArmstrongDonald Winberry Ashe George Elton AumanDewey Addison BaileyLloyd Richard BaileyRichard Douglas BaileyHarold Keith BalesPeter David BanyaiLawrence Edgerton BardenJohn Hyce BarnesCarl Benjamin Barr, Jr.Grady Ross BarringerDavid Livingston BaxterThomas McKenzie Beall, Jr.Douglas Roach Beard, Jr.Bobby Ray BeckPaul Jay BellWilliam Grady Benfi eldEdward Lee BiggersWilliam Ormand BighamJames Wayne BillingsEddie Lee BlackWilliam Neal Blanton, Jr.Robert Edmond Boggan, Jr.Roy Vance Bolyard, Jr.James Ellis BowenGiles Oren Bowman, Sr.Johnnie George Boyd, Jr.Erman Franklin BradleyTheodore Ray BrantonPaul Eugene BravenderHarold Wendell BrittainAndrew Waymond Brown, Jr.Gary Holmes BrownHubert Alvin BrownRodney Cain BrownJohn Moore BullardLarry Gwyn BumgarnerRussell Nettles Burson, Jr.John Matthew BurtonDouglas Howard ButlerJohn Frank CagleJames Roy CallowayIsabel Harris CampbellRichard Harold Campbell

Edward Davis Cantor, Jr.Jackson Walker Carroll, Jr.Henry Samuel CarterJames Joel CarterRobert Lee Carter, Jr.Tommie Lee CassadyClarence Jack CaudillJohn Harley CecilBuddy Joe ChampionPatricia Poteate ChoplinRobert Alpheus Clanton, Jr.Robert Lawrence Clayton, Jr.Larry Bruce CliftonHubert Conrad ClinardRobert Miller ClinardJames Paul Clodfelter, Jr.William Daniel ClodfelterElijah Alexander CockmanGerald David CollinsRobert Wesley CombsDon Edwin ConradFrancis Beaury CookJack Homer CookeReginald James CookeHarlan Longstreet Creech IIIEarl Pickett Crow, Jr.Richard Joseph CrowderWilliam Curtis CurrieBen Willard CurryJoseph Charles DanielsJohn Paul DavenportBenjamin Franklin DavisCharles Thomas DavisDonald Clayton DavisDonald Douglas DavisEdwin Vance DavisJoe Bill DavisJohn Earl Davis, Jr.Richard Irving DeanBobby Joe DennisJohn Herbert Deyton, Jr.Clarence Harley Dickson, Jr.William Henry DingusWilliam Richard DoserJoseph Oscar Dowdle, Jr.Carl Fredrick DunkerJohn Allen DuvallWilliam Heller DyarRalph Hill Eanes, Jr.Jack Jones EarlyOren Rex Edmonds

Frank Hugh EdwardsJohn Frank EdwardsKenneth Robert EllerSara Carroll ElliottEdgar Lee EllisLloyd Donald EllisWilliam Byrd EllisonJohn Frederick EppsJoe Lane ErvinJames Richard FaggartWilliam Harold FaggartFred Falls, Jr.James Walter FerreeRichard Hal FinneyDonald Lagary FisherBernard Ray FitzgeraldVirginia Loggins ForbesArnold Gayle FordRobert Benjamin Forward, Jr.Dennis Bryan Fox, Jr.Patrick FreemanRobert Edwin Fritts, Jr.John Rodney FulcherJoseph Marion FulkDonald Killian FunderburkJimmie Caldwell FurrBen Tyra Gantt, Jr.William Frederic GerhardtCharles Franklin GibbonsDoris Walker GibbsJames Samuel Gibbs, Jr.Lewis Clinton GibbsPhilip Hamilton GibbsDouglass Wayne GilbertJimmy Conrad GillandBeth Diane GlassRobert John GoldstonFranklin Wilson GriceGlenn Sherer Griffi thsDayle Gregory GrohJames Chalmus Grose, Jr.David Anthony GuyJames Wesley Gwyn, Sr.Benny ByungChill HahnRaymond Jennings HahnEarle Ross HaireRaymond Oliver HallRonnie Lee HallJames Robert HamiltonTerry Lingle HammillElliott Wannamaker Hardin, Jr.

2010 journal 157Jack Dempsey HarrisRobert Montgomery HarrisClaude Jacob HartsellJoseph J. HauserJoseph Harry HawkWilliam Thornton HawkinsDonald Williams HaynesSidney Alexander HeadJames Patrick HeafnerEdwin Harold HedgpethJan Phillip HeermansJames Franklin HermanJohn Welborn HeroldEmmett Ernest Hiatt, Jr.Fred Adam HillDeForest Everett Hillyer, Jr.Richard Dale HiltonRobert Haroldean HippsBruce Grayson HobsonTheodore Schott HoffmannTheron Dale HolcombeCornelius HollandKenneth Arthur HornErvin Hillard HouserThomas Jolly HowardGeorge Keith HowellRichard Arden HowleRobert Eugene HuffmanBoyce HuffstetlerLloyd George HunsuckerBilly Van HunterDonald Edgar InlayOlin Bernis IsenhourRalph Emerson James, Jr.Richard Bailey JarrettFrank Melvin JarvisBelvin Junior JessupCharles Richard JohnsonJesse Louis Johnson, Jr.Kenneth Marshall JohnsonTimothy Isaac Johnson IIEugene Clark Johnston, Jr.John Daniel JollyKelley Ray JonesPreston Carston Jones, Sr.Roland Robert JonesWayne Marshall JonesSteve Darnell JoyceHenry Adolphus JusticeJohn Wesley KaleRalph Earl KaylerMilford Loy KennedyJoel Thomas KeyGeorge Depew KingRaymond Howard KirkTheodore Abraham KirkRonald Alva KoontsCreighton Boutelle LacyRobert Ed Lair, Jr.Joe Alvis LawLuther Harold Lawing, Jr.William Joseph LearJames Michael LeatherwoodEdward Daves LeeStephen Farrell LeeThomas Smith Lee, Jr.

Carrol Reeves LindseyJulian Astor LindseyGene Houston LittleRobert Wayne LittleArthur Ruffus LivengoodHarry Glenn Long, Jr.James Baxter Long, Jr.Paul Daniel LowderCarroll Crescent Lupton, Jr.Joe Edward Luther, Jr.Rufus Reginald LutzEdmund Ray LynnFred Keith MaconRonald Jackson MannCalvin Clay ManningJimmie Harold Martin, Sr.Sammie Lester MartinSandra Wooldridge MartinJacob Christian Martinson, Jr.David Orland MasonCarl Edward McArnJoseph Arthur McCombsCharles Lenwood McDowellRobert Howard McDowellMelvin Dwight McIntoshJames Lee McKinneyJoseph Crowell McMurryWilliam Kirk McNeillWilliam Tracy Medlin, Jr.Joe Thurman MeltonLarry Marvin MeltonLouis MilesJohn James MillerJohn Kermit MillerRickie Wayne MillsSadye Joyner MiltonRussell Thompson MontfortCharles Russell MooreRobert Lee MooreClay Johnson MorganLinda Stack MorganBillie Stubblefi eld MorrisonHayward Lee MorrisonCharles Edward MortonAaron Ward MossKenneth Ronald MossOscar Ray MossKaren Voskuil MouwJerry Dwight MurrayMitchell Craig MurrowHorwood Prettyman Myers, Jr.Cecil Kenneth MyrickEdwin Garber NeedhamHubert Donald NoblittSuzanne Boesel NorthcraftJames Allen NorthingtonZane Grey NortonRobert Michael O’BrienRichard Lynn OgburnGlynn Aubrey OglesbyWilliam Homer Osborne, Jr.Jackson Kent Outlaw, Jr.Ronald Alexander OvercashNed Bunyan OwensFrank LaPrade PadgettCharles Elbert Page

Billy Joe ParkerMarion Joe ParkerDerrell Lloyd ParrisDavid Reagan PenlandMerrill Gilford PerkinsPaul Franklin Perkins, Sr.Joseph Ray PetreePhilip Allen PharrWilliam Homer Pheagin, Jr.George Lee PollockHenry Morrison PollockJackuline Bennett PorterDaniel Nelson PowellJohn James PowellTheodore Allen PowellJames Oakley PrichardDolores Barus QueenWilliam Robbins RagsdaleJames Allen RainesRobert Johnson RallsRichard Dale RandolphVernon Jerome RamseyLouis Benton ReedRalph Lee ReedJoseph MacDonald ReevesFrank Garfi eld Richards IIIDavid RiffeEdna Ruth RiggsCharles Ronald RileyBaxter Maurice RitchieGeorge Wall RobersonGeorge Parks RobinsonCarlos Alberto RodriguezWade Glenn RogersEllis Leroy Rouse, Jr.Donald Wayne RouthGeorge Wesley RudisillJohn Mathias RuftyRobert Glenn Russell, Jr.Thomas Edgar Rutledge, Jr.Charles William SartinJimmy Allen ScottHarry Russell Sellers, Jr.Liston Sellers, Jr.Charles George SherrillHarry McClure SherrillHarold Dean ShivesCurtis Levi SidesMalcome Donald SidesThomas Ralph SigmonJohn Robinson SillsJames Cooper SingletonCharles Wesley SiskClarence Bryce Smith, Sr.James Edward SmithLeGrand B. Smith IIRobert Moir Smith, Jr.Timothy Hill SmithWayne Reece SmithDorris Payne Smotherman, Jr.John Perry Spillman, Jr.Donald Sheldon StantonLawrence Walton StaplesTheron Paul Starnes, Jr.Roy Glenn Steed, Jr.David Lee Steele

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54. What associate members have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name-fi rst, middle, last-in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3)a) This year?

Gary Willard Leonard b) Previously?

55. What provisional members have been retired (¶358): (Indicate credential. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3)a) This year?

Mary Christopher VanDerwerken (2008 Discipline) b) Previously?

Mary Manous Carnes (1992 Discipline) Roy Lee Hood (1992 Discipline)David Lee Comer (2004 Discipline) Anne Collins Musselman (1992 Discipline)

56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.6):a) This year?

Carter Dennis Brown Jean Kenney Nall (eff. 1/1/10) Robert Glenn Camp Rachel Camilla Orbison (eff. 12/31/09)Rosaleen Cooper Feeser Marietta Teague SmithNancy Willard Johnson (eff. 12/26/09) Edwin Worley (eff. 12/31/09)

b) Previously?

Willard Leslie StevensDaniel Paul StilesFrank Albert Stith IIIEdward Boyd StokesPatricia Janelle Hall StoneDan Pressley StoweRussell Harold StraderRaymond Clifton SummeyMarion Milton SwannWorth Alfred SweetHabakkuk TaylorJohn Hurley Thomas IIIHenry Churchill ThompsonMilford Vernon ThummJames Marion ThurmanGlenn Dale TroutmanDonald Wayne TurmanCharles McNeill Turner, Jr.Robert Lawrence TurnipseedRichard Keith Tutterow

Robert Gregory Tuttle, Jr.Charles Edward TysonJoseph Blake TysonJames Hal VarnerLonnie Lewis Vun CannonWilliam Ronald WachsEmma Lou WallaceJoseph Meek Goode WarnerRandolph Phillip WaughAllen Baker Wea verGeorge Clyde WeekleyJames Frederick WeekleyThomas Wal lace WeeksWayne Gordon WegwartRichard Curran WelchCharles Denny White, Jr.James Samuel WhiteWilliam Rayvon WhiteDwight Edward Whitlock, Jr.Edwin Winston Williams, Jr.

Harley Morrison WilliamsPhillip Eldridge WilliamsAlvin Austin WilsonBenjamin Franklin WilsonKathleen McGee WilsonMark Flunory WimmerLoy Hahn WitherspoonRobert Lee Witty, Jr.William Brian WomboughLouis Herman WoodardWayne William WoodwardMiles Marion WorkmanManuel David WortmanJack Brown YarbroughCharles Garland YoungCharles Milton YoungHugh Claude Young, Jr.Paul Wesley Yount, Jr.

William Lee BarbeeBetty Neal Owens BoydWayne Marvin BuffJames Dwight CartnerEarl Albert Cook, Jr.Horace Mellard DuBose IIIJames Hart EvansArelin Ray FreshourDonald Ray FreshourCarmen Broom GodfreyGene Edwin GrubbKenneth Ray HandMichael Bryan HarrillSamuel Ray Hinton

Jimmie Wiles HollandHarold Dean HouckShirley Thomas JonesKyoung Ho KwonCarl Anderson LainDavid Wilcox LeeThomas Edison LoganJack Delon LutherDockes Haywood LutzDee Bee Moore MartinLewis Ray O’FerrellDaniel King OutenArdis Darrell PayneLucy Norton Ponder

Charles Glenn PowellHarry QueenGerald Leon RamseyRobert Emanuel RomanelloCharles Lee RowlandRoy Wayne SidesBobby Grey SwaimEdward Sidney TapperDorothy Boyd ThomasSherman Barton WarnerAubrey Lee WhitleyGeorge Ervin WilliamsFloyd Juddy WoodWade Edward Wright

2010 journal 159In addition, the following persons are considered “retired previously” under the retirement provisions of the Discipline, although not

all requirements have been met for formal recognition as retired local pastors:

57. Changes in clergy membership: What is the number of ordained ministers: (NOTE: The numbers in parenthesis following each category listing are the question numbers in this report form where ministers in that category are listed. The number reported below should agree with the number of names listed in the corresponding questions.)a) Elected as associate members? (27) ................................................................................................................................................ 1 b) Elected as provisional members? (28a, b) ......................................................................................................................................25c) Elected as deacons in full connection? (32a) ................................................................................................................................... 2d) Elected as elders in full connection? (33a) ..................................................................................................................................... 17e) Readmitted? (34, 35a, b) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 0f) Retired made effective? (36a, b, c) .................................................................................................................................................... 0g) Transferred in? (30a, 37, 38) ............................................................................................................................................................... 1h) Transferred out? (41) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 0i) Discontinued as provisional members? (42) ..................................................................................................................................... 2j) Honorably located this year? (43a1) .................................................................................................................................................. 0k) Administratively located this year? (43c1) ........................................................................................................................................ 1l) Withdrawn? (46a, b, c) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1m) Termination of orders? (46d) ............................................................................................................................................................... 0n) Terminated by trial? (46e) .................................................................................................................................................................... 0o) Deceased? (48a, b, c) .........................................................................................................................................................................22

58. What is the number of:a) Pastoral charges? 843 chartered + 5 mission charges + 4 new church starts = 868 as of 07-01-10 b) Local churches? 1103 chartered + 6 missions + 5 new church starts = 1114 as of 07-01-10 (Note: The discrepancy in the number of missions and new church starts between 58a and 58b refl ect the fact that one of the mission

congregations and one of the new church starts are on two-point charges with chartered churches, and those charges are counted as if the entire charge were composed of chartered churches.)

59. 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, c): 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, confi rmed by a two-thirds vote of the Annual

Conference.See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment categories.)(Licensed Local Pastors not currently under appointment should not be counted as clergy members of the conference)

James Dallas AmasonRuth Bass AtkinsonEnoch Garfi eld Ball, Jr.Erma McGaha BondCharles Hans ByersDiean Johnson CampbellJames Eugene CloerWilliam P. CummingsJames Alfred CurryJohn Powell Deason, Jr.Shirley Spinks DonnellRaymond Oscar Endicott

James Wilson FinneyLarry Wayne FletcherJohn Harold HammondJames Franklin Howell, Sr.Lee Roy HuntCharles Edwin JacksonKarl Arthur KellyJames Gray LawtonFrances Ruark LindseyDonald Rollins McCorkle, Sr.Patt Joseph MillerGeorge Roland Mullinix

Alvin Beall PopeBaxter William Proffi ttRichard Quintis Richards IIIArval Lane RushingKermit Elvin ShoafHillard Dean SmithOtis Lee SnowPanzie Merilyn Miller StevensNeville Brandon StoreyCarolyn Rouse TurnerCharles Branson WalkerSarah Goodwin Weaver

Shirley Todd AllcornRobert Baxter ArnoldLloyd William Baird, Jr.James Thomas BanksWilliam Mills CresonRosser Lee Eakes

Ethel Whisnant KincaidSadie Givens MartinLloyd Edward McCrackenCharles Edwin McKinneyGeorge Eakin Naff IIIWillis H. Pruett

Horace William RuckartEarly Cecil ThompsonJane Sink Webb

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b) By gender and racial/ethnic identifi cation? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 59 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identifi cation count.)

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PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED AND CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY (¶635.2u, v, The Book of Discipline)

Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM.

60. Who are the candidates in process for certifi cation in specialized ministry? James Annas (YM), Alexis Anthony (SF), Sara Bame (CE), Allison T. Brown (CE/SF), Debra Brown (CE), Stephen Brown (YM), Monica Childers (CE/YM), Laura Danford (CE/YM), Leigh Ann Danner (YM), Melissa Davis (CE/SF), Laura Dudley (CE), Kristen Edwards (CE/YM), Andrea Gauldin-Rubio (CE/SF/YM), Felicia Green (CE), Dana Hanlon (CM), Stephanie Hatley (YM), Havelah Havelka (CE/YM), Denise Hembree (SF), Eric Hendrickson (CE), Troy Howard (YM), Frank H. (Duke) Ison (SF), Theresa Lopez-Campbell (CE), Cheryl Maleszewski (CE), Amy Cochran McCraw (CE), Corey Milliet (CM/YM), Joy Moss (CE), Sally Ann Morrison (CE/YM), Mark Muckler (C&R), Cheryl Perkins (CE/SF), Angela Pitcher (YM), Wayne Purdy (YM), Jerrianne Canipe Pyles (CE), Larry Scott (CE), Richard Smith (YM), Tara Snow (CE), Ellen Spruill (YM), Ann Starrette (SF), Stephanie Strickland (CE/YM), Christopher M. Tallman (CE/YM), Amy Vaughan (CE), Thelma Wright (CE), Ted Wilson (C&R)

61. Who is certifi ed in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certifi ed this year.)Edward William Allred (DM) (Christian Education)LeeAnn Baird (LM) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry) Anna Lynn Barden (FD) (Christian Education)Mark L. Barden (FE) (Communications)Barbara Jean Shores Barden (FD) (Christian Education)Robert H. Barnhill (LM) (Business Administration) (retired)Barbara C. Basham (LM) (Music)William Grady Benfi eld (FE) (Christian Education) (retired)Rebecca Green Bingham (DM) (Christian Education)John Louis Borchert (DM) (Communications) (retired)Charlotte Grill Brendel (FD) (Christian Education) Peggy DeLoatch Bridgers (FE) (Christian Education)Charles Taylor Brown (LM) (Youth Ministry)William Ashby Brown, Jr. (FD) (Music)Amy Wyn Burton (FD) (Christian Education) Margaret Susan Carmichael (DM) (Christian Education) (retired)Ramona Morton Clapp (FD) (Christian Education) (retired)Marion Craig Clark (DM) (Christian Education) (retired)Walter Howard Coble (DM) (Music) (retired)Barbara Ann Cox (DM) (Christian Education) (retired)Katherine Kindred Crain (FD) (Christian Education)Ben Willard Curry (FE) (Christian Education) (retired)

Western North Carolina Conference162Pamela Deck (LM) (Christian Education)Brandon Keith Dirks (FD) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry)Sarah Reynolds Dixon (DM)(Christian Education) (retired)Kimberlee Johnson Dodson (FD) (Christian Education)Anne Carraway Dooley (LM) (Christian Education)Mary Labosky Doub (FD) (Christian Education)Bernard Glenn Dougherty (FE) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry)Donna Gottschalk Ford (LM) (Christian Education) Deborah Eidson Foust (LM) (Christian Education) Cynthia Core Furr (LM) (Christian Education and Older Adult Ministry (para-professional))Ronnie Lee Hall (FE) (Christian Education) (retired)Stephanie Moore Hand (PD) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry)Dana Anne Hanlon (LM) (Christian Education, Youth Ministry, and Older Adult Ministry) Elinor Duvall Heermans (FD) (Christian Education) (retired)Linda Crisco Hepler (LM) (Christian Education) Virginia Cox Herron (FE) (Christian Education)Peggy Lee Hina (DM) (Christian Education) (retired)Robert Haroldean Hipps (FE) (Christian Education) (retired)Kenneth Arthur Horn (FE) (Communications) (retired)Mark Margaret Houk (DM) (Christian Education) (retired)Gloria Gunn Hughes (PD) (Christian EducationJonathan Van Hunter (FD) (Youth Ministry)Kimberly Tyree Ingram (FD) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry)Sandra Harper Jahn (LM) (Christian Education)Edna Bradley Johnson (LM) (Music)Ellen Sapp Johnson (FD) (Christian Education)William Henry Jordan (DM) (Music) (retired)Sarah Bryson Kalish (FE) (Christian Education)Kathleen Hughes Kilbourne (FD) (Youth Ministry)Ramon Mark King (FE) (Business Administration and Christian Education) Ruth W. Laughlin (LM) (Communications) (retired)Thomas Smith Lee, Jr. (FE) (Christian Education) (retired)Lorie Lewis (LM) (Christian Education) Sandra Mestler McGarrah (DM) (Christian Education)Cecilia Brown McGee (LM) (Christian Education)Sarah Hanko McKinney (LM) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry) Sallyanne Irwin McVay (FD) (Christian Education)Suzanne Boesel Northcraft (FE) (Business Administration) (retired)Elizabeth Horace Orrell (FD) (Christian Education)Beverly Lynn Parker-Reece (PD) (Christian Education)Sybil Richardson Parks (FE) (Christian Education)Mary Lynne Peterson (FD) (Christian Education)Lewis Lowe Poag (FE) (Christian Education)Gayle Jordan Quay (FD) (Christian Education)Jennifer Sims Reilly (LM) (Christian Education)Gail Whittington Rose (FD) (Christian Education) (retired)Saxon Cayce Scarborough (FD) (Music)Selena Levens Scott (LM) (Christian Education (para-professional)) Bonnie Schuldt Shinneman (DM) (Music) (retired)Kent Leigh Shrader (FE) (Camping and Retreat Ministries)Gloria Dawn Simmons (FD) (Christian Education) (retired)Deborah Kitting Sluder (FD) (Christian Education)Alberta Young Spencer (FD) (Christian Education)Elizabeth Grady Taylor (FD) (Christian Education) Ann Tyler (FD) (Christian Education) (retired)Susan Norman Vickers (FE) (Christian Education and Youth Ministry)Katie Sigmon Warren (LM) (Christian Education) Douglas Lee Watts (PD) (Christian Education, Youth Ministry, and Older Adult Ministry) Jane Sink Webb (LM) (Christian Education)

62. Who are transferred in as a certifi ed person in specialized ministry? None

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63. Who are transferred out as a certifi ed person in specialized ministry? None

64. Who have been removed as a certifi ed person in specialized ministry? None

65. Who are certifi ed as lay ministers (¶ 271, 635.2v, and 665.10)? (List alphabetically giving full name–fi rst, middle, last–in that order, by district) James Thomas Bridges (Winston-Salem)Lena Epps Brooker (Asheville)Dr. Walter Childs (High Point)William Frederick Church (Asheville)Billy Gene Howell, Jr. (Gastonia)Donald Eugene Meadows (Albemarle)James Edward Odum (Asheville)

PART IV DIACONAL MINISTERS(Paragraph numbers in questions 67-75 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline)

66. Who constitute the Committee on Investigation (¶2703.3)? (v) Diaconals/Professing Members: Mark H. Christy, Michael P. Dougherty, Sandra M. McGarrah, Ella Hand; Clergy: Susan Norman Vickers, Randy Sherrill, Patience Brumley, Diaconal/Professing Member Alternates: Catherine Ritch Guess, Burney Drake, David Swindoll, TBD, TBD; Clergy Alternates: Sarah Kalish, Sally Queen, Rhonda Hartweg, Ron Garner, Phyllis Glahn

67. Who are reinstated as diaconal ministers (¶313.3c)? (v) None

68. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? None

69. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? None

70. 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) David Mark Hines

71. What diaconal ministers have died during the year?a) Effective: Noneb) Retired:

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Doris Hill Cornelius December 13, 1927 September 24, 2009

72. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each): None b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 72a, if their leaves of absence are

continuing): None

73. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each): None b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 73a, if their leaves of absence are

continuing): continuing since 7/1/09: Kathryn Elizabeth Quick (AS), Rebecca Kay Lile (WA)

74. Who have returned to active status: a) From disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave of absence (¶313.1a, c, d)? None b) From extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v) None

75. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)a) This year? None b) Previously?

Margaret Susan Carmichael Carolyn Eargle Jean Marie MorganMarion Craig Clark Peggy Lee Hina Bonnie Schuldt ShinnemanWilliam Howard Coble Janet Marlow Hitch Mavis Campbell ThompsonBarbara Ann Cox Mary Margaret Houk Ann TylerSarah Reynolds Dixon William Henry Jordan

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PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS76. Who are approved for less than full-time service?

a) What associate members and elders 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 service (in one-quarter increments) is approval granted (for purposes of equitable compensation claim and pension credit) ¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506.4b)? (v ¾):Lucille Kauffman Blizzard (PE) .............................. (2nd year, three-quarters time)Daniel Leonard Brubaker (PE) ............................... (3rd year, three-quarters time)Kathryn Boatwell Bryant (PE) ................................ (1st year, one-half time)Myer Dahn (OP) ....................................................... (1st year, one-quarter time)Billy David Feathers (OD) ........................................ (2nd year, one-quarter time)Margaret Davis Freeman (OD) ................................ (4th year, three-quarters time)Janet Jacobs Greene (OF) ....................................... (2nd year, one-half time)Lara Williams Greene (FE) ..................................... (9th year, three-quarters time)Laura Beaver Hamrick (FE) .................................... (5th year, one-half time)Vincent Allan Harris (FE) ........................................ (6th year, one-half time)Jack Lindsey Hileman (FE) ..................................... (7th year, three-quarters time)Karen Elizabeth Kaser Odor (FE) .......................... (3rd year, one-half time)Heeyong Kim (FE) ................................................... (2nd year, three-quarter time)Mary Perkins Kinken (FE) ...................................... (5th/6th year, one-half time)Lynne Moose Lepley (FE) ....................................... (7th year, one-quarter time)Rufus Reginald Lutz (FE) ........................................ (2nd year, one-quarter time)Jimmy Laird Myers (FE) .......................................... (4th year, one-quarter time)Friday Mba Okocha (PE) ......................................... (1st year, one-half time)Julie Wilburn Peeler (FE) ........................................ (2nd year, three-quarters time)Mary Lynn Rhoades (OF)......................................... (1st year, one-quarter time)Terry Lee Rowland (FE) ........................................... (7th year, one-half time)Ann Evans Self (FE) ................................................ (1st year, one-half time)Christopher Glenn Smith (AM) ............................... (8th year, one-half time) Jill Ann Schneider Smith (FE) ................................ (8th year, one-half time)Amy Colleen Spivey (FE) ......................................... (2nd year, one-quarter time)Sherrill Amelia Stinson-Wesley (FE) ...................... (12th year, one-quarter time) Pamela Lynn Strader (FE) ...................................... (4th/5th year, one-quarter time)Robert Hugh Sturge (FE) ........................................ (6th year, one-half time)Timothy Dale Taylor (OE) ......................................... (2nd year, one-half time)Thomas Kevin Taylor (FE) ....................................... (1st/2nd year, one-half time)Kent Duane Tilley (FE) ............................................ (5th year, one-half time)Bruce David Updyke (OF) ........................................ (3rd year, one-quarter time)Ronald Dean Van Lente (FE) ................................. (6th year, one-quarter time)Ronald Jay Weatherford (PE) ................................. (6th year, one-half time)

b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service (¶331.7)?Anne Collins Conover (PD) ..................................... (3rd year, one-quarter time, unsalaried)Lynda Crisco Hepler (PD) ....................................... (1st year, one-half time)Kimberlee Johnson Dodson (FD) .......................... (5th year, one-half time) Michelle Lee Foster (FD) ........................................ (2nd year, one-half time)Johanna Chavles Miller (PD) .................................. (3rd year, three-quarter time)Lauren Clawson Miller (PD) ................................... (1st year, one-half time)Sherrie Burford Schork (OD) ................................... (1st year, one-half time)Alberta Young Spencer (FD) .................................. (2nd year, one-quarter time)

77. 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? None

78. 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.)6/29/09 James Carlton Lucas (HP) ................ from not appointed to discontinued local pastor (HP)7/1/09 Heeyong Kim (FE) ............................. from Columbia Korean (South Carolina Conf.) to Transitional Leave (GR)7/1/09 Willam G. Summey (AM) ................... from appointment as a student (MA) to personal leave (MA)7/5/09 Lisa Laign Tanico (PL) ....................... from newly licensed (GR) to Greensboro: Muir’s Chapel Assistant (GR) 8/1/09 Winston Edward Stephenson (PL) ... from newly licensed to Fairview (MA)8/1/09 Patricia K. Suggs (FE) ....................... from Taylor House Associates Counseling Center (WS) to Chaplain, The Prodigals

Community (WS) 8/1/09 Howard D. Sherrill, Jr. (FE) ................ from Wesley-Luther Campus Ministry at UNC-Greensboro (GR) to retired (GR)