Jeffrey N. Leath Presiding Bishop

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

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

The Reverend James Smith Associate Presiding Elder, Lexington District

The Reverend Stephanie Raglin Host Pastor

September 27-30, 2018

Embry Chapel AME Church 401 Skyline Drive Elizabethtown, KY 42701

151st Session of the Kentucky Annual Conference

27 September 2018

Grace to the 151st Session of the Kentucky Annual

Conference!

Thanks to Pastor & Brother Raglin, Embry Chapel AME

Church, and those who assisted in every way to make our

sessions efficient and productive. We appreciate the

hospitality of the greater Elizabethtown Area.

Special thanks to the presiding elders, pastors and laity for

your diligent service throughout the year. Your preparations

for this session are acknowledged with gratitude.

We are Pursuing Environmental Justice! Environmental

accountability requires intentional focus on how our habits of

consumption impact others and faithfulness to God’s plan for

the earth. The power, and will, to do better is directly related

to how we see God and our role as stewards of creation.

Let us praise God with grateful hearts and respectful

practices. Conserve, re-use, recycle. Let us think as we act

with our resources. Advocate for commercial and

governmental interests to do the same.

Lest we forget, register, vote and encourage others. VOTE!

Supervisor Susan joins me in saying thank you for your loving

support.

Faithfully,

Jeffrey N. Leath

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA 151ST SESSION of THE KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Thursday – Day One

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

3:00 pm Literary & Action Reports

State of the Country

State of the Church

Christian Stewardship

Social Action

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPENS

7:30 pm OPENING WORSHIP

Roll Call

Friday – Day Two

8:45 am Devotions

9:00 am BUSINESS SESSION I

Organization

Board of Examiners

PE Report Pastors Reports

12:00 pm LUNCH

(Meeting for MSWAWO & WIM)

2:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION II Pastor Reports

Chaplain Reports

3:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION III Committee Reports

13th District Budget

13th District Audit

Conference Trustees

Treasurer’s Report

Missions, Circuits and Stations

Pastor & Charge Classification

Budget Committee

PE Support

4:15 pm BUSINESS SESSION IV Committee Reports

CDMC

Christian Education

Church School

M-SWAWO

Evangelism

Lay

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4:15 pm BUSINESS SESSION IV Committee Reports

MCAM (Music)

RAYAC

Sons of Allen

WIM

WMS

YPD

5:30 pm DINNER/BREAK

7:00 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE

7:15 pm SERVICE OF RETIREMENT

7:30 pm RENEWAL SERVICE

Saturday – Day Three

8:20 am Devotions & Church School Lesson

9:00 am YPD/RAYAC PRESENTATION

10:00 am BUSINESS SESSION V

Minutes

Ministerial Efficiency

10:30 am Health & Wellness Committee

Enrichment Moment District Reports

Camp Primm – Simmons

Believe Report & Presentation

11:30 am ORDINATION/COMMUNION

1:15 pm LUNCH

3:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION VI Summaries & New Organization

Finance Committee

Elect Conference Trustees

Appoint District Trustees

Believe Board Reps

Statistician’s Report

Ministerial Efficiency

Ministerial Training

Disciplinary Questions

7:00 pm BUSINESS SESSION VII (if needed)

Sunday – Closing Day

10:00 am RESOLUTION APPRECIATION & REMARKS

CLOSING WORSHIP SERVICE

Appointments

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KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PASTORS & DELEGATES

LEXINGTON DISTRICT

Church Pastors (The Reverend) Delegates

St. Paul, Lexington William R.T. Hale Richele Smith-Holloman

St. John, Frankfort Jermaine Wilson Kevin Mason

Quinn Chapel, Lexington Kenneth Golphin Carol Barbour

St. Paul, Versailles Dr. Robert A. Strode Bruce Granville

St. Paul, Richmond LaVeeshia S. Pryor Robin Harris

St. Peter, Harrodsburg William Jenkins Ruth Ann Bryant

St. James, Danville Ralph Boyd Smith Joe Thompson

St. James, Cynthiana Antonio Q. Stuckey Diane Woods

Bethel, Boneyville Reginald Pullums Daniel Gooch

St. Matthew, Midway Joshua Hale Anna M. Johnson

Shorter Chapel, Paris Kent Burley Donna Harris

Bethel, Campbellsville Laurice Martin Ruth Allen

St. James, Covington Linda Murray Maurice Golsby

Barnes Temple, Elsmere Veda Stewart Rose Embry

Davis Chapel, Somerset Kelly Roberts Betty Cook

Mt. Zion, Frazier Ralph T. Johnson Lemuel Coffey

St. James, Ashland Tony A. Gooch Angela Farrow

St. John, Monticello Donzella M. Lee Leon Allen

St. Paul, Manchester Sherry Green Darnell Hipsher

St. John, Greenup Damien Nichols Susan McConnell

Wayman Chapel, Barbourville Louise Spencer Michelle Johnson

Craig Chapel, Salvisa Percy Spencer William “Sam” Green

Perkins Chapel, Wilmore Evan. Gayle Lang Charles Logan

St. Andrew, Winchester Kenneth Coffey Sammy Clay

Allen Chapel, Moreland Revonda Bright Viola Young

Wayman Chapel, Georgetown Fonseco Frazier Joyce Nichols

LOUISVILLE DISTRICT

Church Pastors (The Reverend) Delegates

Quinn Chapel, Louisville Troy I. Thomas Helen Demaree

Ralph Street, Louisville June Anderson-Dorsey Shirley Smith-Pointer

Asbury Chapel, Louisville Wallace L. Gunn, Sr. Brenda Palmer

Saint Mark, Louisville Linda R. Jackson Shirley Jean Maffet

Embry Chapel, Elizabethtown Stephanie M. Raglin Angela H. Jones

Taylor Chapel, Bowling Green Babydoll Kennedy Marsha Ingram

Bethel, Shelbyville McArthur Pendleton Cecelia Tinsley

Greater Taylor Chap, Franklin Erika R. Taylor Tonya Clay

St. Paul Mission, Owensboro

St. Paul, Woodburn Melanie Samuels-Black James Stanley

Wards Chapel, Scottsville Louis Haynes Shirley Bunton

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Kentucky Annual Conference Committees PUBLIC WORSHIP

Bishop Jeffrey Leath, Presiding Elders William W. Easley, Jr. and James

Smith, Rev. Stephanie M. Raglin

MEMORIAL

The Reverends Melanie Samuels-Black, Louise Spencer, Alphonso

Walker, Reginald Pullums, and Ralph Smith, Sister Susan McConnell,

Brothers James Stanley and Maurice Golsby

MEDIA/PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Reverends Linda Jackson, Linda Murray, Kelly Roberts and Damien

Nichols, Sisters Helen Demaree, Shirley Smith Pointer, Ruth Allen and

Susan Johnson, Brother James Jenkins

MISSIONS, CIRCUITS AND STATIONS

The Reverends June Anderson-Dorsey, William Hale, Melanie Samuels-

Black, and Kent Burley, Sisters Ruth Ann Bryant, Shirley Maffet, and Viola

Young

CLASSIFICATION OF PASTORS AND CHARGES

The Reverends William Jenkins, Babydoll Kennedy, MacArthur

Pendleton, and Wallace Gunn, Sisters Robin Harris, Michelle Johnson,

Mary Raglin, and Brenda Palmer

BUDGET

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

Erika Taylor, Sisters Marsha Ingram, Shirley Smith Pointer, and Helen

Demaree, Brothers Joe Thompson and Kevin Mason

PRESIDING ELDERS’ SUPPORT

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

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

Tinsley, Brother Leon Allen

SOCIAL ACTION

The Reverends Kenneth Golphin, Fonseco Frazier, Antonio Stuckey, and

Carl C. Liggin, Brothers Chris Wilson and Sam Green, Sisters Lois Gross,

Angela Farrow and Tonja Clay

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COMMITTEE ON STEWARDSHIP AND TITHING

The Reverends Babydoll Kennedy, Deidra Ellis, Veda Stewart, Donzella

Lee, Ralph Johnson and Louis Haynes, Sister Gwen Page, Brothers Kevin

Mason and James Stanley

RESOLUTIONS

The Reverends William R. T. Hale, Linda R. Jackson, Linda Murray, and

Percy Spencer, Sisters Shirley Smith-Pointer, Brenda Palmer, Susan

Johnson, and Richele Smith-Holloman, Brother Lemuel Coffey

STATE OF THE CHURCH

The Reverends Antonio Q. Stuckey, Kent Burley, Louise Spencer, and

Veda Stewart, Brothers Maurice Golsby and Charles Logan, Sisters

Michelle Johnson and Gwen Page

STATE OF THE COUNTRY

The Reverends Kenneth Golphin, McArthur Pendleton, Louis Haynes,

and Revonda Bright, Brother Lemuel Coffey and Brother Derrick

Graham, Sisters Mary Raglin and Robin Harris

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The Reverend Joshua C. Hale St. Matthew AME Church, Midway, Kentucky

Opening Worship Preacher

The Reverend Joshua C. Hale, an ordained Itinerant Elder,

is the current Pastor of St. Matthew African Methodist

Episcopal Church of Midway, Kentucky. He graduated from Woodford

County High School in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1993. He then attended

Kentucky State University, majoring in History & Pre-Law.

Pastor Hale has served the AME Church in many communities

throughout Kentucky: Saint James, Cynthiana, Saint Paul, Owensboro,

Saint John & Hills Chapel, Paducah, Davis Chapel, Somerset, Bethel,

Campbellsville and Taylor Chapel, Bowling Green.

He has served on many community boards and organizations, including

the Human Rights Commission, Literacy Council, United Way, Habitat for

Humanity, and many others. He was 2015 West Kentucky Conference

Pastor of the Year.

KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PREACHERS

The Reverend Kelly Roberts Davis Chapel AME Church, Somerset, Kentucky

Renewal Service Preacher

The Reverend Kelly Roberts, a Local Deacon, is the

pastor of Davis Chapel AME Church in Somerset,

Kentucky. He graduated with a BS in Business Administration from Berea

College, and 3 degrees from Eastern Kentucky University - an MBA, BS

and MS in Criminal Justice. Kelly is currently employed by the KY

Transportation Cabinet as the Liability Insurance Coordinator. He hopes

to use his Criminal Justice degree to reach troubled teens.

He began his spiritual journey at Grand Anse Baptist Church where God

made it plain that his calling was a call to preach. Kelly accepted his

calling to preach at St. Paul AME Church, Lexington under the

mentoring and encouragement of Reverends Troy and Maxine Thomas.

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The Reverend Linda F. Thomas-Martin Presiding Elder, South Memphis District

Ordination/Communion Preacher

The Reverend Linda F. Thomas-Martin was appointed in

August, 2003 as Presiding Elder from the former West

Kentucky Conference. She presently serves as

Presiding Elder of the South Memphis District, West

Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District in Memphis,

Tennessee

Elected and served as First Female Leader of Delegation from the

Thirteenth Episcopal District and in the African Methodist Episcopal

Church for the 48th, 49th, and 50th Sessions of the General Conferences

2008, 2012, and 2016.

She has served twice as President of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder's Council 2007-2008 and 2012-2013.

She has been acknowledged as a leader, organizer and

mobilizer. Serving as a consultant to Women In Ministry on the Episcopal

and Conference levels is a rewarding occupation and opportunity.

Presiding Elder Thomas-Martin is an avid reader, contributing writer to

various books and articles, and prayer warrior who still believes in the

power of prayer and praise! "But thanks be to God who gives us the

victory through Prayer and Praise!"

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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS

1. Who are the preachers admitted on trial?

2. Who remain on trial?

3. Who are admitted or readmitted to full connection?

4. Who have been elected and ordained deacons?

5. Who have been elected and ordained elders?

6. Who have been located this year?

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

the Episcopal Office and to superintend the African Methodist

Episcopal Church?

8. Who are the supernumerary preachers?

9. Who are the superannuated preachers?

10. Who have been expelled from the Connection by this

Conference?

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

Connection?

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

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

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

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

16. Lay Organization:

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

Conference have a Lay Organization?

b. If not, which?

17. Women’s Missionary Society:

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

Conference have a Women’s Missionary

Society?

b. If not, which?

18. When shall this Annual Conference next meet?

19. Where shall your next Annual Conference be held?

20. Where are the preachers stationed this year?

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PASTOR APPOINTMENTS

Lexington District

St. Paul, Lexington ________________________________

St. John, Frankfort ________________________________

Quinn Chapel, Lexington ________________________________

St. Paul, Versailles ________________________________

St. Paul, Richmond ________________________________

St. Peter, Harrodsburg ________________________________

St. James, Danville ________________________________

St. James, Cynthiana ________________________________

Bethel, Boneyville ________________________________

St. Matthew, Midway ________________________________

Shorter Chapel, Paris ________________________________

Bethel, Campbellsville ________________________________

St. James, Covington ________________________________

Barnes Temple, Elsmere ________________________________

Davis Chapel, Somerset ________________________________

Mt. Zion, Frazier ________________________________

St. James, Ashland ________________________________

St. John, Monticello ________________________________

St. Paul, Manchester ________________________________

St. John, Greenup ________________________________

Wayman Chapel, Barbourville ________________________________

Craig Chapel, Salvisa ________________________________

Perkins Chapel, Wilmore ________________________________

St. Andrew, Winchester ________________________________

Allen Chapel, Moreland ________________________________

Wayman Chapel, Georgetown ________________________________

Louisville District

Quinn Chapel, Louisville ________________________________

Youngs Chapel, Louisville ________________________________

Asbury Chapel, Louisville ________________________________

Saint Mark, Louisville ________________________________

Taylor Chapel, Bowling Green ________________________________

Embry Chapel, Elizabethtown ________________________________

Bethel, Shelbyville ________________________________

St. Paul, Louisville ________________________________

Greater Taylor Chapel, Franklin ________________________________

St. Paul, Owensboro ________________________________

St. Paul, Woodburn ________________________________

Wards Chapel, Scottsville ________________________________

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