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 2021 Arkansas Annual Conference (bold indicates new listings):
Appointments take effect July 1, 2022, 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:
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Marked Tree/Lepanto/Trumann (realignment) – Sarah Ellzey (FL)
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Osceola/Joiner (realignment) – Ryan Spurlock (FL)
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Wesley Chapel/Taylor Chapel – Andrea Cherry (PL)
- Booneville/Washburn – Lyn Poplin (FE)
- St. Paul-El Dorado – Randy Rowlan (RE)
- Bethel-Jacksonville – Rich Mitchell (RE)
- St. James-Fayetteville – Terry Gosnell (FE)
- Cecil/Vesta (realignment) – Paul Seay (RA)
- Lakewood-North Little Rock, Associate – Ken Pearson (PL)
- Lakewood-North Little Rock, Associate – Alyssa Burleson (PL)
- Diamondhead – Chris Todd (OF)
- Trinity-Gurdon/Okolona/Mt. Zion-Arkadelphia – Jerry Westmoreland (RA)
- Griffin Memorial-Paragould/Christ United (realignment) – Rockey Starnes (RE)
- North Little Rock First, Associate – Judge Coker (OR)
- Harmony/Mt. Pisgah – James Turner (PL)
- Oakley Chapel – Mike Smith (FE)
- Holiday Hills – James Wainscott (RE)
- Heritage-Van Buren, Associate – Eric Marsh (PL)
- England/Keo (realignment) – Diane Hughes (PL)
- Circle of Life Hospice, Chaplain – Charles “Dee” Harper (FE)
- Concord-Lonoke – Keith Coker (FL)
- Salem/Wesley-Conway – Virginia Brown (PE)
- Viney Grove – Charles “Dee” Harper (FE)
- Mansfield – Ron Newberry (RE)
- Glenwood/Daisy/Langley (realignment) – Corey Conrad (PL)
- Winslow – Lynn Strang (PL)
- Gravette/Decatur – Tylar Lee (PL)
- Southside-Batesville – Glenn Pettus (RE)
- Faith-Fort Smith – Donna Ward (OE)
- Atkins/Bells Chapel – Michael Blanchard (RE)
- Oak Forest/UALR Wesley – Jeanne Williams (FE)
- Primrose/Levy (realignment) – Heath Williams (FE)
- Baltimore-Washington Conference – Andrea’ Cummings (FE)
- Indiana Conference – Andrew Suite (FE)
- Hoxie/Walnut Ridge – Jeremy Hopper (FL)
- Rogers First, Deacon – Brenda Wideman (RD)
- Bismarck – Fred Hunter (RE)
- Sardis – Greg Burks (FE)
- Texarkana First, Associate – Corey Read (FE)
- Sugar Hill/Fairview – Dan Read (FE)
- Mountain View/St. James – John Michael (FE)
- Mount Ida/Joplin – Paul Coy (FE)
- Nashville First/Bingen – Gary Harrison (FE)
- Forrest City First – Beth Perdue (FE)
- Goddard – Chase Green (FE)
- Wesley-Fort Smith/Cavanaugh – Jana Green (FE)
- Smackover/Silver Hill – Robin Roark (LP)
- SAU Wesley/Greer’s Chapel (realignment) – Timothy Rushing (PE)
- McGehee First – Edna Hargraves (OE)
- Warren – Dixon Platt (FE)
- Arkadelphia First – Zeke Allen (FE)
- Bella Vista First – Ron Hayes (FL)
- Leslie/Marshall – Rollie Thomas Mullins (FL)
- Farmington – Annie Lankford (PE)
- Pulaski Heights, Associate – Abbey Maynard (FL)
- Willisville/Silver Springs (realignment) – Jerry Westmoreland (RL, effective 5/1/2022)
- Norman – Steven Bush (PL, effective 5/1/2022)
- National Guard Chaplain – Shane Pair (FE, effective 4/4/2022)
- Lewisville – Dan Read (FE, effective 3/15/2022)
- Good Samaritan Clinic – Janice Sudbrink (FD, effective 3/14/2022)
- Bono – Jim West (RE, effective 2/1/2022)
- Bethel-New Edinburg/St. Francis-Fordyce (realignment) – Jonah Smith (PL, effective 1/9/2022)
- Mount Carmel-Jonesboro – Robert Hager (RE, effective 1/2/2022)
- Salem/Wesley-Conway (realignment) – Andrew Suite (FE, effective 1/1/2022)
- Project Transformation – Sam Meadors (FD, effective 1/1/2022)
- Living Waters at Centerton – Andrew Smith (PL, effective 11/28/2021)
- Central Avenue-Batesville/Sharp (realignment) – John Mark Moore (FL, effective 11/7/2021)
- Sylvan Hills – Patricia Butler (FE, effective 11/1/2021)
- Mission-Fort Smith – LaToya Shepherd (PL, effective 10/31/2021)
- Southwest District Sacramental Extension Ministry ¶344.1a – Winston Roden (RL, effective 10/15/2021)
- CPE Residency-Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma – Donna Hendricks (FD, effective 10/12/2021)
- Stephens – Dan Read (FE, effective 10/1/2021)
- Grand Avenue-Stuttgart (Deacon) – Sun Ug “Isaac” Choh (FD, effective 9/22/2021)
- North Little Rock First – Sara Bayles Charlton (FE, effective 9/19/2021)
- Gentry – Ken Sanders (PL, effective 9/15/2021)
- Bismarck – Walter “Bubba” Smith (RE, effective 9/1/2021)
- Bismarck, Associate – Mike Morey (RE, effective 9/1/2021)
- Northwest Arkansas Foodbank – Lindsey Russell (PD, effective 8/23/2021)
- Methodist Foundation for Arkansas – Lynn Kilbourne (FE, effective 8/16/2021)
- Adona/Perryville/Wye Mountain Cooperative Parish (realignment) – Richard Gifford (FE, effective 7/22/2021)
- Adona/Perryville/Wye Mountain Cooperative Parish (Associate, realignment) – Bill Nowell (PL, effective 7/22/2021)
- Marianna/Salem/Bear Creek – Glenn Hicks (FL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Lacey – Kay Carpenter (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Humphrey/Sherrill – Sean Treas (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Humphrey/Sherrill – Yesenia Zapata (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Wesley Chapel-Brinkley/Taylor Chapel – Edna Hargraves (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Hawley Memorial/Wesley-Pine Bluff – Larry Gragg (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Good Faith Carr, Associate – Andrea Cherry (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
- Elm Springs, Deacon – Lindsey Russell (PD, effective 7/1/2021)
- Bald Knob/Kensett/Judsonia – Cheyann B. Chambers (PL, effective 7/1/2021)
Change of Conference Relationship:
- Leave – Mark Cloninger (FE)
- Retired – J. Michael Callahan (PL)
- Retired – Buddy Ratliff (FE)
- Retired – Janet Barrow (PL)
- Withdrawal to Unite with Another Denomination – David Ruehr
- Retired – Daniel Kirkpatrick (FE)
- Retired – Kim Cloninger (FE)
- Retired – Steve Cook (FE)
- Retired – Alma Hastings (PL)
- Retired – David Hawkins (FE)
- Retired – Cindy Henry (FD)
- Retired – Byron Mann (PL)
- Retired – Ron Newberry (FE)
- Retired – Randy Rowlan (FE)
- Retired – James Wainscott (FE)
- Retired – Mary Welch (FL)
- Retired – JJ Whitney (FE)
- Retired – Jeffery Blassingame (PL)
- Retired – Stephen Anderson (PL, effective 3/1/2022)
- Withdrawal from Ordained Ministerial Office – Randy Ludwig (effective 1/27/2022)
- Retired – Phil Coster (PL, effective 1/2/2022)
- Leave – Naomi Rogers (FE, effective 1/1/2022)
- Leave – Heath Bradley (FE, effective 11/21/2021)
New Assignments:
- Montrose/Parksdale – Lea Ann Forrest (SY)
- Stamps – Linda Shepherd (SY, effective 4/15/2022)
- Wheatley – Beth Taylor (SY, effective 1/27/2022)
- Dyer/Mulberry – Sam Wilcox (effective 1/3/2022)
- Sixteenth Section/Ward – Laura Todd (effective 1/1/2022)
- Dierks/Green’s Chapel – Chris Megee (effective 1/1/2022)
- Trinity-Warren – Wayne Wesson (effective 11/10/2021)
- Mt. Olive-Fordyce – William Galloway (effective 11/10/2021)
- Pleasant Plains/Bradford/Russell (realignment) – Steve May (effective 9/19/2021)
- McRae/Antioch – Paul Weeks (effective 9/1/2021)
- Elkins – Atticus O’Brien (effective 8/15/2021)
- Emmet – Dan Ford (effective 8/6/2021)
- St. Mark-El Dorado – Amy Machen (effective 8/1/2021)
- Bell Chapel – Kenny Rowland (effective 8/1/2021)
- Bismarck – Jack Belin (effective 7/15/2021)
- Trinity-Gurdon/Okolona/Mount Zion-Arkadelphia – Corey Conrad (effective 7/1/2021)
- Bethesda Campground – Danny McSpadden (effective 7/1/2021)
- Bradford/Pleasant Plains – Steve May (effective 7/1/2021)
- Campground – Cody Gray (effective 7/1/2021)