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the
2014 AWFUMC
J
OURNAL
engaging
disciples
Alabama-West Florida
Annual Conference
Southeastern Jurisdiction
JOURNAL of the ALABAMA-WEST FLORIDA CONFERENCE - 2014 1
JOURNAL
of the
ALABAMA - WEST FLORIDA CONFERENCE
of
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
June 1 - 4, 2014
held at
FRAZER MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Montgomery, Alabama
__________________

PAUL L. LEELAND, Presiding
NEIL C. EPLER, Secretary
JACQUELINE D. SLAUGHTER, Editor
___________________
2012 Discipline, ¶724 "An Annual Conference, local church, or other body within
The United Methodist Church that is composed of uniting units with differing
dates of origin, shall use as the date of its founding the date of founding of the
older or oldest of the uniting units..."
Entrance of Methodism into Alabama
Through Matthew P. Sturdivant, 1808
Alabama Conference, Methodist Protestant Church Organized 1829
Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church in America Organized 1832
Alabama Conference, Continued as Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1845
Central Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church Organized 1876
Uniting Conference, The Methodist Church, 1939
Merger Conference, The United Methodist Church 1968
Merger Conference, Alabama-West Florida Conference and Central Alabama
Conference
Making The Alabama-West Florida Conference Organized 1972
The One Hundred Eighty-Fifth Session since
The Organization of the Alabama Conference, Methodist Protestant Church
and
The Forty-Second Session since the Merger of The Alabama-West Florida
Conference and The Central Alabama Conference making
The Alabama-West Florida Conference
The Twenty-Sixth Session of the Alabama-West Florida Episcopal Area

JOURNALS must be ordered and pre-paid before July 31.
Order from:
Journal Editor
4719 Woodmere Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36106
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Conference Officers, Cabinet, Extended Cabinet .........................6
District Superintendents.............................................7
Conference Center: Episcopal Office, Office of Ministerial Services,
Fiscal/Pension Office ............................................8
Office of Connectional Ministries, Communications....................9
Methodist Archives, Office of Congregational Development
Disaster Response .............................................10
Ministries related to the Annual Conference contact information............11
Wesley Foundations...............................................14
2014 Ordination and Commissioning Classes...........................16
Standing Rules...................................................17
Consent Agenda ...............................................31
OFFICERS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, and COMMITTEES
Conference Officers.............................................32
Cabinet Representatives to Boards, Commissions, and Committees.......32
Conference CORE Team.........................................33
Conference Leadership Team .....................................34
Conference Administrative Team ..................................37
Conference Mission Team........................................39
Committees of the Annual Conference..............................41
Ministries Related to the Annual Conference.........................45
College Boards of Trustees.......................................48
Wesley Foundations Boards of Directors ............................50
District CORE Teams ...........................................53
ROLLS OF CONFERENCE MEMBERS
Lay Members to the 2014 Annual Conference .......................58
Local Church Lay Leaders...................................... 83
Honorary Members ............................................97
Pastoral Service Record and Conference Directory....................98
Chronological Roll of ACTIVE Members In Full Connection..........266
Surviving Spouses ............................................269
DAILY PROCEEDINGS.........................................274
REPORT OF THE CABINET ....................................288
THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Part I – Organization and General Business........................291
Part II – Ordained and Licensed Clergy...........................298
Part III – Certification in Specialized Ministry .....................321
Part IV – Certified Lay Ministry.................................322
Part V – Diaconal Ministers .................................. 322
Part VI – Appointments and Concluding Business...................324
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2013 - 2014 APPOINTMENTS
Baypines District ............................................327
Demopolis District...........................................329
Dothan District..............................................331
Marianna/Panama City District .................................333
Mobile District..............................................335
Montgomery-Opelika District ..................................338
Montgomery-Prattville District .................................341
Pensacola District............................................344
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMITTEES, MINISTRIES and OTHER
DISTRICT REPORTS .................................................349
CONFERENCE CORE TEAM ..........................................359
CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
ACADEMY FOR CONGREGATIONAL EXCELLENCE (ACE) .............363
LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORTS
Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry .................. 365
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry...........................365
Birmingham-Southern College..........................................367
Huntingdon College .................................................372
Wesley Foundations .................................................376
Conference Board of Laity ...............................................385
The role of the Lay Member ...........................................385
2016 General and Jurisdictional Conferences Laity Delegate Election Process Defined....389
Sample Delegate Profile Sheet..........................................392
Lay Servant Ministries ................................................. 393
United Methodist Men ................................................. 394
United Methodist Women .............................................. 396
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM REPORTS
Conference Board of Pension and Health Benefits
Report 1 - Health Insurance ...........................................398
Report 2 - Actuarial Valuation of Post-Retirement Medical Benefits of Employees and Retirees . 400
Report 3 - Post-Retirement Medical Benefits for Retirees ....................402
Report 4 - Pension ...................................................405
Report 5 - Central Conference Pension Initiative ...........................408
Report 6 - Supplement One to the Clergy Retirement Security Program ...........408
Report 7 - Comprehensive Funding Plan for Plan Year 2015 ..................409
Report 8 - Claimants’ Memorial Fund ...................................411
Report 9 - Special Appointment Pension Responsibilities ....................411
Report 10 - Depositories ..............................................412
Report 11 - Pensions for Lay Employees .................................412
Report 12 - Full Time Service as a Requirement for Pension Credit Pre - 1982 ...412
Report 13 - Resolutions Relating to Rental/Housing Allowances for Retired or Disabled Clergypersons 413
Report 14 - Special Grants ............................................414
Report 15 - Homes for Claimants ...................................... 414
Report 16 - Policy for Claimants Home Occupants .........................415
Report 17 - Need-based Housing Grants .................................415
Report 18 - Other Retirement Services ...................................416
Report 19 - Policy on Medical and Disabling Conditions Leave and CPP Disability Benefits 417
Report 20 - Death Benefit Program .....................................421
Conference Board of Trustees ............................................421
Report 6 - Parsonage Standards ........................................426
Report 7 - Sexual Misconduct Policy ....................................428
Report 8 - Safe Sanctuaries Policy ......................................432
Commission on Equitable Compensation ...................................440
Arrearage Policy ....................................................443
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Disbursements for 2013 ..............................................443
Minimum Salary for 2015 .............................................443
Council on Finance and Administration
Report 1 - Organizational Structure .....................................445
Report 2 - Conference Officers .........................................446
Report 3 - Bonding Requirements ......................................448
Report 4 - Budgeting, Funding and Auditing Procedures ....................448
Report 5 - Zero-Based Budgeting .......................................449
Report 6 - Fund Raising and Collection Policies ...........................450
Report 7 - Apportionments with Supplemental Report ......................452
Report 8 - Stewardship Responsibilities and Local Church Concerns ...........455
Report 9 - Formula and Allocations .....................................455
Report 10 - District Superintendents’ Compensation ........................456
Report 11 - Moving Guidelines and Expenses .............................457
Report 12 - Annual Conference Expenses ................................457
Report 13 - Investment Policy Statement .................................458
Report 14 - Fiscal Year End ...........................................462
Conference Audit ......................................................464
MISSION TEAM REPORTS
Circles of Transformation ...............................................489
Conference Board of Advocacy and Ethnic Ministry
Division of Disability Concerns ........................................490
Division of Native American Ministries....................................491
Division of Status and Role of Women (COSROW) ........................493
Conference Board of Church and Society....................................494
Response to Alabama-West Florida 2013 Annual Conference
Request about Faith and Science .....................................496
Resources on Science and Religion......................................502
Conference Board of Congregational Development ...........................506
Conference Board of Discipleship .........................................506
Conference Board of Global Ministries
Division of Advance Specials ..........................................509
Division of Disaster Response and Recovery Ministry ..................... 511
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
Commission on Archives and History ......................................512
Archivist’s Report ...................................................513
List of Alabama-West Florida Conference Accessions ....................513
List of Huntingdon College Accessions................................514
Historical Society President’s Report.................................... 514
Committee on Episcopacy ...............................................515
CONFERENCE AGENCY REPORT
Blue Lake United Methodist Assembly......................................516
Methodist Homes Corporation ............................................521
The Ark ..............................................................522
United Methodist Children’s Home ........................................523
United Methodist Connectional Federal Credit Union ..........................525
United Methodist Development Foundation, Inc...............................528
United Methodist Development Fund.......................................529
CONFERENCE MISSIONS AND MINISTRIES REPORTS
Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) ..........................................529
Dumas Wesley Community Center ........................................531
Golden Cross .........................................................535
Mission u (formerly Cooperative School of Christian Mission) .....................536
United Methodist Inner City Mission .......................................536
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OTHER REPORTS
Africa University.......................................................538
Hinton Rural Life Center.................................................540
Lake Junaluska Assembly, Inc.............................................541
Schools of Theology ....................................................543
Wesley Heirs ..........................................................552
MEMOIRS
Roll of the deceased..............................................553
Obituaries......................................................554
MISCELLANEOUS
Resolutions.....................................................587
STATISTICIAN'S REPORT .....................................591
STATISTICAL TABLES
Baypines District ................................................592
Demopolis District...............................................607
Dothan District..................................................623
Marianna/Panama City District.....................................648
Mobile District..................................................663
Montgomery-Opelika District ......................................678
Montgomery-Prattville District .....................................698
Pensacola District ...............................................723
INDEX........................................................741
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CONFERENCE OFFICERS

Resident Bishop: Paul L. Leeland
4719 Woodmere Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36106
[email protected]

Conference Secretary: Rev. Neil C. Epler
P.O. Box 241347, Montgomery AL, 36124-1347
[email protected]
Assistant Secretaries:
Rev. Marty Hamilton, Rev. Samantha Lewis, Rev. John Russell

Journal Editor: Rev. Jacqueline Slaughter
P. O. Box 250224, Montgomery, AL 36105
[email protected]

Conference Registrar: Rev. Ed Deabler
PO Box 338, Bay Minette, AL 36507-0338
[email protected]

Conference Lay Leader: Dr. Steve Furr
214 Plantation Trace, Jackson, AL 36345
[email protected]

Treasurer/Statistician and Executive Secretary of the
Board of Pension: Frank Dunnewind
4719 Woodmere Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36106
[email protected]
THE CABINET
The Resident Bishop
The District Superintendents (see corresponding page)
THE EXTENDED CABINET
The Resident Bishop Director of Connectional Ministries
The District Superintendents Director of Communications
Conference Lay Leader Treasurer - Director of Administrative Services
Director of Ministerial Services and Assistant to Resident Bishop
Executive Director, Academy for Congregational Excellence
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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS
Baypines District Demopolis District Dothan District
CORY SMITH CHRISTIAN ECKERT SARA SHAVER
P.O. Box 1711 P.O. Box 1279 256 Honeysuckle Rd,Ste 4
Bay Minette, AL 36507-1711 Demopolis, AL 36732-1279 Dothan, AL 36305
251.580.2021 334.289.0519 334.792.4259
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Asst: Stephanie Diehl Asst: Patty Kirkpatrick Asst: Mary Lynn Enfinger
Marianna/Panama City Mobile District Montgomery-Opelika
District DOUG PENNINGTON District
LARRY BRYARS 6333 Piccadilly Square Dr ROBBINS SIMS
121 West 23rd Street Mobile, AL 36609-5103 4719 Woodmere Blvd
Panama City, FL 32405 251.345.3313 Montgomery, AL 36106
850.215.1131 [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] Asst: Kim Doss Asst: Ashley Epler
Asst: Debi Hightower
Montgomery-Prattville District Pensacola District
JOHN BROOKS JEREMY PRIDGEON
4719 Woodmere Blvd P.O. Box 2727
Montgomery, AL 36106 Penascola, FL 32513-2727
334.239.7329 850.434.0118
[email protected] [email protected]
Asst: Ashley Epler Asst: Mary Hernandez
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CONFERENCE CENTER EPISCOPAL OFFICE
4719 Woodmere Boulevard FAX [phone]
Montgomery, AL 36106
Toll Free 1.888.873.3127
Phone [phone]
LAUREN SMITH
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
OFFICE OF MINISTERIAL SERVICES
FAX [phone]
JUNE JERNIGAN ERIKA GLAWSON
Director Executive Assistant
[email protected] [email protected]
FISCAL, PENSION, and HEALTH BENEFITS
FAX [phone]
FRANK DUNNEWIND HEIDI MITCHELL
Treasurer and Director of Controller
Administrative Services [email protected]
[email protected]
TERRI PICKERING SHARON BEASLEY BeLINDA CARNEGIE
Administrative Assistant Accounting Clerk Benefits Coordinator
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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OFFICE OF CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
FAX [phone]
[email protected]; www.awfumc.org
R. NEIL McDAVID DAN PEZET SUSAN HUNT
Director and Director of Congregational Vitality Director of Mission and
New Church Development [email protected] Advocacy
[email protected] Staff Rep to Dothan and [email protected]
Staff Rep to Montg-Op Marianna/Panama City Districts Staff Rep to Demopolis
and Pensacola Districts and Montg-Pr Districts
MARY CATHERINE PHILLIPS
Director of Communications
[email protected]
FRED and LAUREL LUKE LUCAS
BLACKWELL Communications Specialist
[email protected] [email protected]
Circles of Transformation
MARTHA ROVIRA
Coordinator of Hispanic/Latino Ministries
[email protected]
Staff Rep to Baypines and Mobile Districts
BRITTNEY HERNDON TRACI HERNDON
Receptionist Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant [email protected]
[email protected]