Appointments
Clergy 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
Appointment changes announced since the adjournment of the 2020 Arkansas Annual Conference (bold indicates new listings):
Appointments take effect July 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted.
New Appointments:
- Charleston First – Claire Caldwell (FE)
- Central Avenue-Batesville – William (Bill) Sardin (FE)
- Hot Springs First, Associate – L. Blake Langston (FE)
- Henderson – Laura Butkovic (FL)
- Central-Fayetteville – Carness Vaughan (FE)
- District Superintendent, Central – Ulysses Washington (FE)
- District Superintendent, Southeast – Edna Morgan (FE)
- District Superintendent, Northwest – Blake Bradford (FE)
- Emerson/Harmony-Magnolia (realignment) – Barbara Lewis (RL, effective 2/1/2021)
- Taylor/Unity/Philadelphia (realignment) – Bonnie Carol Moore (PL, effective 2/1/2021)
- DeQueen/Gillham/Wickes (realignment) – Stephen Copley (FE, effective 2/1/2021)
- Lockesburg First/Mount Carmel/Scott’s Memorial (realignment) – Tommy Halsell (RL, effective 1/24/2021)
- Beebe First – Candace Barron (FE, effective 1/15/2021)
- Murfreesboro First – Terry Chapman (FE, effective 1/15/2021)
- Gardner Memorial/Amboy, Interim – Ken Pearson (FL, effective 1/15/2021)
- Carlisle – Michael Daniel (FL, effective 1/15/2021)
- Chaplain, U.S. Army – Andrew Kjorlaug (FE, effective 1/15/2021)
- Marion – Bill Cato (FE, effective 1/15/2021)
- Arkadelphia First – Randy Rowlan (FE, effective 1/15/2021)
- Manchester UMC, Interim – Jessica Durand (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Alma/Kibler – Dale Richardson (FL, effective 1/1/2021)
- Crossett – Matt Daniels (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- White Hall – Douglas Phillips (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Monticello First – Bryan Diffee (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Prairie Grove First – Carl Palmer (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Harrison First – Allen Crum (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Fairfield Bay/Shirley (realignment) – Paul Strang (FE, effective 12/1/2020)
- Central-Fayetteville, Associate/UA Fayetteville Wesley, Director – Daniel Rupp (FL, effective 11/15/2020)
- New Salem – Chuck Huffman (OR, effective 11/15/2020)
- Magnet Cove/Shorewood Hills – Tammy Harrell (PL, effective 11/1/2020)
- Tuckerman/Swifton – John Noggle (FL, effective 11/1/2020)
- Benton First, Associate – Walt Garrett (FL, effective 10/15/2020)
- Grand Avenue-Stuttgart – Taylor Loy (FE, effective 10/15/2020)
- Shiloh-Paragould/Pruett’s Chapel – Jerry Pentecost (FL, effective 10/1/2020)
- Haven – Peaches Smith (PL, effective 9/1/2020)
Change of Conference Relationship:
- Retired – Stephen Coburn (FE)
- Personal Leave – Hammett Evans (FE, effective 1/1/2021)
- Transitional Leave – Issac Sun Ug Choh (FD, effective 11/15/2020)
Lay Supply Assignments:
- Hackett – Dave Basham (effective 2/15/2021)
- Campground/Andrew’s Chapel/Wilmar – Thomas Peevy (effective 11/8/2020)
- Hebron/New Edinburg – Justin Childress (effective 11/8/2020)
- Alpena/Shiloh/Valley Springs (realignment) – Mike Bishop (effective 11/1/2020)
- Stamps – Phil Worley (effective 11/1/2020)
- Piggott First – Joe Cole (effective 8/1/2020)
- Junction City – Rod Mills (effective 8/1/2020)