Appointments
GCFA Conference Relationship Codes
- AF Affiliate Member
- AL Administrative Location
- AM Associate Member
- DC Deaconess
- DM Diaconal Minister
- DR Retired Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline)
- FD Deacon in full connection
- FE Elder in full connection
- FL Full-time Local Pastor
- HL Honorable Location / Honorable Location – Retired
- LM Certified Lay Minister
- OA Associate Member of other Annual Conference
- OD Deacon member of other annual conference
- OE Elder member of other annual conference or other Methodist denomination
- OF Full Member of other denomination
- OP Provisional member of other Annual Conference
- OR Retired member of other Annual Conference
- PD Provisional Deacon
- PE Provisional Elder
- PL Part-time Local Pastor
- RA Retired Associate Member
- RD Retired Deacon in Full Connection
- RE Retired Full Elder
- RL Retired Local Pastor
- RP Retired Provisional Member
- SY Lay Supply
Appointment changes announced since the adjournment of the 2022 Arkansas Annual Conference (bold indicates new listings):
Appointments take effect July 1, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
Clergy codes listed reflect the person’s code as of the appointment date listed (or July 1 if not listed).
New Appointments:
- Jacksonville First – Reginald Russell (FE, effective 1/1/2023)
- Springdale First – John Fleming (FE, effective 1/1/2023)
- Conway First – Nathan Kilbourne (FE, effective 1/1/2023)
- Gentry – Doyle Carroll (RO, effective 11/15/2022)
- Westside-Camden (realignment) – Kathryn Burchfield (PL, effective 10/20/2022)
- Humphrey – Yesenia Zepata (LP, effective 10/11/2022)
- Lonoke First – Jay Stephen Simpson (FE, effective 10/1/2022)
- Conway First, Interim Pastor – Dede Roberts (FE, effective 10/1/2022)
- Arkansas Conference Connectional Ministry, Director, ReStart Initiative – Michael Roberts (FE, effective 10/1/2022)
- Canvas Community, Pastor – Paul Atkins (FD, effective 9/18/2022)
- Quapaw Quarter – Jeremy Pressgrove (FE, effective 9/18/2022)
- Central Avenue/Sharp – Jesse James (PE, effective 9/15/2022)
- Gentry – Gary Thomas (OR, effective 9/1/2022)
- Mt. Pleasant-Quitman – Jeff Everetts (PL, effective 8/1/2022)
- Pinnacle View-Little Rock, Associate – Lupita Chavarria (PL, effective 7/1/2022)
- Harmony-Emmet – Regina Turner (PL, effective 7/1/2022)
- Kingsland/Chambersville – David Andrews (PL, effective 7/1/2022)
- Hickory Plains – Marilyn Lecy (PL, effective 7/1/2022)
- St. James-Fayetteville – Jim Rowland (RE, effective 7/1/2022)
Change of Conference Relationship:
- Retired – Deidre Roberts (FE, effective 12/31/2022)
- Retired – David A. Moore (FE, effective 11/30/2022)
New Assignments:
- Scott’s Memorial – Ellis Floyd (SY, effective 10/1/2022)
- Willisville – Garry Rivers (SY, effective 8/1/2022)
- Fairview-Texarkana – David Zwirn (SY, effective 7/21/2022)
- Silver Springs – Wayne Chambers (SY, effective 7/15/2022)
- Central/Cherry Valley – Dirk Owens (SY, effective 7/12/2022)