2025-26 Appointments FINAL 6-20 by Cindy Clark

20 25 -20 26 MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE

When Believers Pray... Appointments

2025-26 Appointment Codes

AF Affiliate Member (¶¶, 337.1344.3b, 586.4d)

AL Administrative Location (¶ 360)

AM Associate Member (¶¶ 322, 370.1, 634.2h)

BH Bishop

CC Certified Candidate

DC Deaconess (¶ 1913.2)

DM Diaconal Minister (2004 Discipline ¶ 369.1)

DR Retired Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline) (¶ 357)

FD Deacon in Full Connection (¶ 330)

FE Elder in Full connection (¶ 355)

FL Full-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.1)

FLR Full-time Local Pastor Retired (¶318.1)

HL Honorable Location (¶ 359.1)

HM Home Missioner (¶ 1913.2)

HR Honorable Location Retired (¶ 359.3) (status restored by GBHEM)

LM Certified Lay Minister (¶ 268)

NC No Longer Clergy

NL Local Pastor Approved, Not Appointed

OA Associate Member of Other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1)

OD Deacon Member of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)

OE Elder Member of Other Annual Conference

OF Full Member of Other Denomination (¶ 346.2)

OFD Full Connection Deacon of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)

OFE Full Connection Elder of Other Annual Conference

OL Local Pastors on Loan (¶ 318.4)

OM Other Methodist Denominations (¶ 346.1)

OMR Retired Other Methodist Denomination

OP Provisional Member of Other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1)

OPD Provisional Deacon of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)

OPE Provisional Elder of Other Annual Conference

OR Retired Member of Other Annual Conference

ORD Retired Deacon of Other Annual Conference

ORE Retired Elder of Other Annual Conference

PD Provisional Deacon (¶¶ 324, 325, 326)

PE Provisional Elder (¶¶ 324, 325, 326)

PL Part-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.2)

PLR Part-time Local Pastor Retired (¶ 318.2)

RA Retired Associate Member (¶ 358)

RD Retired Deacon in Full Connection (¶ 358)

RDC Retired Deaconess (¶ 1913.2)

RE Retired Full Elder (¶ 358)

RHM Retired Home Missioner (¶ 1913.2)

RL Retired Local Pastor (¶¶ 320.5, 327.7)

RP Retired Provisional Member (¶ 357) (Prior to Jan. 1, 2013)

SL Student Local Pastor (¶ 318.3)

SY Other Supplied – assigned pastors this will also include Lay Servant and Lay Speaker Persons (¶¶ 266, 267)

(Bold indicates new appointments and charge line changes.)

Conference

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Northern Hills District Superintendent

• Northern Hills District (¶344.1.a.1-3): Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE-7/1/2024

Aberdeen: First Aberdeen First

Peter/

Amory: St. James St James 3639

Bakers Chapel Bakers Chapel 3509

Batesville: St. Pauls St Paul 3643

Corinth: Mt. Moriah Mt Moriah 3583

(Yulanda) SY 7/1/2021

Davis Chapel Davis Chapel 3531 David Charles Laird Jr (David) RE 7/1/2018 Ebenezer Ebenezer 3535

(Jeff) PL 9/30/2022

Free Springs Free Springs 3543 John Anthon Maki (John) RE 2/7/2016

Fulton: Fulton UMC Fulton UMC 3547 Frank Eugene Lilley Jr (Smith) FE 7/1/2023 Golden Chapel Golden Chapel 3549 Cheryl Farr (Cheryl) FE 7/1/2025

Holly Springs: Asbury Asbury 3507 Zachary C Beasley (Zach) FE 6/18/2013

Horn Lake Horn Lake 3555 Sam Jones (Sam) PE 1/1/2024

Houston: North Houlka 3557 Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE 7/1/2024

Houston: North Van Vleet 3677

Houston:Prospect Prospect 3623

Lynn

J. Aycock Jr (Melvin) PL 7/1/2023 Hunters Chapel

Chapel

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Mt Pisgah (Senior Pastor) 3587 Jeffery Earl Riddle (Jeffery) FE 7/1/2024

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Pleasant Valley (Senior Pastor) 3615 Jeffery Earl Riddle (Jeffery) FE 7/1/2024

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Union Grove (Senior Pastor) 3667 Jeffery Earl Riddle (Jeffery) FE 7/1/2024

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Mt Pisgah (Associate) 3587 Antionetta Word (Antionetta) PL 7/1/2024

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Pleasant Valley (Associate) 3615

Mt. Pisgah/Pleasant Valley/ Union Grove Union Grove (Associate) 3667

Antionetta Word (Antionetta) PL 7/1/2024

Nettleton: Palestine Palestine 3607 Alice Roberson (Alice) PLR 7/1/2025

Nettleton: Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove 3611 Kendall Pickens (Ken) PL 7/1/2020

New Albany UMC New Albany UMC (Associate) 3589

New Albany UMC New Albany UMC (Senior Pastor) 3589

New Albany: Mallalieu Mallalieu 3567

Marta Bolen (Marta) PL 7/1/2021

Daniel Sean Darling (Dan) FE 7/1/2023

Evelyn Ann Fitzpatrick (Evelyn) FL 7/1/2017

New Chapel/Big Hill Big Hill (Senior Pastor) 3515 Donald Ray Arrington (Donald) PL 7/1/2024

New Chapel/Big Hill New Chapel (Senior Pastor) 3593

New Chapel/Big Hill Big Hill (Associate) 3515

New Chapel/Big Hill New Chapel (Associate) 3593

Donald Ray Arrington (Donald) PL 7/1/2024

Mae Grace Arrington (Grace) PL 7/1/2024

New Hope Chickasaw New Hope 3595 Pedro M. Clay (Pedro) PL 7/1/2023

Olive Branch: Maples Memorial Maples Memorial 3569 Kerry Lee Powell (Kerry) FE 7/1/2023

Oxford First United Methodist Church Oxford First 3603

Oxford: Oxford-University Oxford-University (Associate) 3605 Thomas Wesley Ingram (Wes) FD 7/1/2022

Oxford: Oxford-University Oxford-University (Senior Pastor) 3605

Pontotoc:

Ripley: Moses Chapel Moses Chapel

Ripley: St. Paul St Paul 3645

(Anthony)

Ripley: Union Grove Union Grove 3669 James Wardell Dye (James) RE 7/1/2020

Shannon Shannon 3633

Shannon Brewer 3517

James Leo Bailey Jr (Jamie) FE 1/1/2024

Snowtown Snowtown 3635 Lavert

(Keith) PL 6/17/2014

Taylors Chapel/Strickland Taylors Chapel 3655 Keith Tyrone Mason (Keith) PL 7/1/2007

The Well at Lewisburg The Well 3657 Michael Gregory Hazelrig

Tupelo: First Tupelo First (Associate)

Tupelo: First Tupelo First (Senior Pastor) 3665 Steven Paul Keen (Rusty) FE 7/1/2022

Tupelo: First Tupelo First (Associate) 3665 Karie Sue Maleb (Karie Sue) FD 7/1/2024

Tupelo: St. Luke St Luke 3641 Amber Lea Gray (Amber Lea) FE 7/1/2024

Tupelo: St. Paul St Paul 3647 Evelyn Ann Fitzpatrick (Evelyn) FL 7/1/2022

Union West Friendship 3545 Daniel Sean Darling (Dan) FE 6/18/2013

Vardaman Vardaman 3679 Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE 7/1/2024

Verona Verona 3681

Victoria-Red Banks Victoria 3683

Eugene Lilley Jr (Smith) FE 7/1/2023

Virginia Maki (Nell) RE 1/1/2017

Victoria-Red Banks Red Banks 3627 Nellie Virginia Maki (Nell) RE 1/1/2017

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Charge Church

Aberdeen: Prairie Prairie

West: St. Peter St Peter 3651 Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE 7/1/2025

Oxford: North Buford

(Lynn) FE 7/1/2025

Oxford: North Providence 3625 Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE 7/1/2025

NEW CHURCH START

Cold Springs

Grace UMC

(Rickey) RE 7/1/2024

Cheryl Farr (Cheryl) FE 7/1/2025

Unique Ministries 3671 James Wardell Dye (James) RE 7/1/2023

PREACHING STATIONS

Evergreen

Okolona First 3601

DEACONS APPOINTED BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶¶331.1A; 331.4)

Community Outreach Advocate Shannon Dee Rogers Pryor (Shannon) FD 7/1/2023

EXTENSION MINISTRY

12 Stone Church (¶344.1d)

AL-West FL Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital (¶344.1d)

Emerging Faith Community Cultivator (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Horizon Texas Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Iowa Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Methodist Sr. Svcs. - Wesley Meadows Retirement Community (¶344.1d)

Northern Hills District (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Tennessee/Western Kentucky Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Traceway Manor (¶344.1b)

US Navy (¶344.1b)

Rio Texas Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Wesley Foundation ICC (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Wesley Foundation Ole Miss (¶344.1.a.1-3)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Personal Leave (¶335)

MEDICAL LEAVE

Medical Leave (¶356)

Frank Thompson Haynes (Frank) FE 11/3/2021

Charles Wayne Sheffield (Wayne) RE 7/1/2022

Jonathan Corey Truett (Corey) FE 7/1/2023

Chelsey Overstreet Hedglin (Chelsey) FE 9/16/2021

Frank Eugene Lilley Jr (Smith) FE 7/1/2023

Thomas Edwin Rester Jr (Eddie) FE 5/1/2025

Adam Louis Gordon (Adam) FE 7/1/2022

Amanda Lea Gordon (Amanda) FE 7/1/2022

Charles Joseph Bursi (Chuck) PL 12/1/2021

Carol Lynn Bowman Mote (Lynn) FE 7/1/2024

Luz Marina Campos (Luz) FE 6/17/2014

Goyo De la Cruz Cutimanco (Goyo) FE 6/17/2014

Dennis Eugene Fink (Dennis) RE 6/18/2013

Terri Kay Armstrong (Terri) FE 6/5/1998

Eric Christopher Sanford (Eric) FE 7/1/2021

Ricky Georgetown (Ricky) FE 7/1/2025

Hilary Glover (Hilary) SY 6/1/2025

Thomas Toole (Thomas) PE 5/1/2024

Roy Reed McCaleb (Reed) FE 2/1/25

Robert Allen McGraw (Allen) FE 11/30/18

William Hilton Dowling (Will) FE 7/1/24

Ronald Lloyd Schwake (Ron) PE 2/13/15

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Central District Superintendent • Central District (¶344.1.a.1-3): Paulette Buford-James (Paulette) FE-7/1/2019

Barlow Barlow 4507

Treadwell Epworth 4539

Epworth-Galilee Treadwell Galilee Treadwell 4545

Eupora: Liberty Liberty 4591

Greenville: Revels Greenville Revels 4557

Curtis Tanner (Benton) FLR 7/1/2025

Earl Davis Sr (Johnny) FL 6/16/2015

Greenwood: Decell Greenwood DeCell 4559 Fredrick Henry Brown (Fred) RE 7/1/2021

Greenwood: First Greenwood First 4561 Phillip Steven Dearman (Phillip) FE 7/1/2024

Greenwood: Wesley Greenwood Wesley 4563 Ruth McKinney (Ruth) PL 9/1/2021

Grenada: Vincent Grenada Vincent 4565 Aubrey Mitchell (Aubrey) FL 7/1/2023

Indianola: Rasberry Indianola Rasberry 4575 Christopher Carpenter (Chris) PE 7/1/2020

Itta Bena: Samuel Chapel Samuel Chapel 4651

Jonathan McNeil Lowry Parker (Jonathan) FE 7/1/2017

Kilmichael Parish Kilmichael 4583 Cindy Glazier (Cindy) FL 7/1/2021

Kilmichael: Mt Zion Kilmichael Mt Zion 4585 William Black (Pete) PL 7/1/2021

Kosciusko: Wesley Wesley 4689 Anjohnette W Gibbs-Walton (Anjohnette) RE 7/1/2019

LaGrange Lagrange 4587

Charles D Simmons (Charlie) RE 7/1/2024

Louisville: Hopewell Hopewell 4573 Sandras Ann Anderson (Sandras) PE 7/1/2025

Louisville: Maple SpringsPiney Grove Maple Springs 4597 David Malone (David) PL 7/1/2006

Louisville: Maple SpringsPiney Grove Piney Grove 4631 David Malone (David) PL 6/9/2005

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Shuqualak: Asbury-St. Peter Asbury 4503

Shuqualak: Asbury-St. Peter St Peter 4671

St Luke Boyle Boyle 4519

St Luke Boyle Cleveland St Luke 4527

St Stephen St Stephen 4673

Starkville: Aldersgate Aldersgate 4501

Starkville: First Starkville First (Senior Pastor) 4675

Starkville: First Starkville First (Associate) 4675

Starkville: Griffin Griffin 4567

(Hannah) FE 7/1/2023

Comer Shempert (Hannah) FE 7/1/2023

Forrest (Nelson) RL 6/7/1988

D Simmons (Charlie) RE 7/1/2022

Robert Coile (Warren) FE 7/1/2024

Franz (Jonathan) PE 7/1/2025

Randy Jarrell Jones (Randy) FE 7/1/2021

Starkville: Lindsey Chapel-Plair Lindsey Chapel 4593 Antoinette Eiland Henley (Antoinette) PL 1/7/2024

Starkville: Lindsey Chapel-Plair Plair 4633

Starkville: New Zion New Zion 4623

Starkville: Rockhill Rock Hill 4641

Sturgis: Boyd Chapel-

Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove 4635

Sturgis: Boyd ChapelPleasant Grove Boyd Chapel 4517

Antoinette Eiland Henley (Antoinette) PL 1/7/2024

Tyrone Michael Stallings Sr (Tyrone) AM 6/5/2004

Jerome Wilson (Jerome) FL 7/1/2007

Marty Boyd (Marty) FL 7/1/2020

Sturgis-Big Creek Sturgis 4677 Suzanne Cain (Suzanne) SY 7/1/2023

Sturgis-Big Creek Big Creek 4513 Suzanne Cain (Suzanne) SY 7/1/2023 Swanson Swanson 4679 Kenny Wade (Kenny) PL 7/1/2020

Union Memorial Union Memorial 4681

Olivear Herron Booker (Olivear) PL 6/19/2012

Vaiden: Haven Vaiden Haven 4683 Ozell Landfair Sr (Ozell) RE 7/1/2021

Walden Chapel UMC Walden Chapel 4685 Terry Williams (Terry) PL 7/1/2018

Webb-Sumner Webb Sumner 4687 Cecil Jerry Wages (Jerry) RL 6/5/2000

Weir Circuit First Unity 4543

West Point: First West Point First 4693

West Point: St. Paul St Paul 4669

Winona:Haven/Jones Chapel Winona Haven 4695

Winona:Haven/Jones Chapel Jones Chapel 4579

Lyndon B Geeter (Lyndon) PL 6/5/2001

Chadwick Alan Bowen (Chad) FE 7/1/2024

Leevel Yarbrough (Leevel) PL 3/2/2015

Anthony A Ashford (Tony) FE 7/1/2018

NEW CHURCH START

Grace UMC 4555

PREACHNG STATIONS & LIMITED SERVICE

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Eugene Venable Bramlett Jr (Gene)

John Wesley 4577

Gore Springs 4553

Mt Moriah 4617

DEACONESS APPOINTED BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶416.3)

Greenwood: Wesley Greenwood Wesley (Assistant) 4563

EXTENSION MINISTRY

Central District (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Kentucky Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Rio Texas Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

US Air Force (¶344.1b)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Family Leave (¶353.2b)

Personal Leave (¶355)

Transitional Leave (¶353.2c)

Rachel Harvey Splaingard (Rachael)

Paulette Buford-James (Paulette)

Justin Kyle Ivy (Kyle)

Aislinn Alysse Kopp (Aislinn)

Justin Kyle Ivy (Kyle)

7/1/2019

9/11/2022

Paula Vanessa Milo-Moultrie (Paula) FE 7/1/2019

Darian Duckworth Tennyson (Darian) FE 7/1/2025

Frenchye Dionne Magee (Frenchye) FE 7/1/2021

Brian Thomas Gordon (Brian) FE 7/1/2025

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Clinton: Lynch Chapel Clinton: Lynch Chapel 2541 Marilyn Moering Watkins (Marilyn) PL 7/1/2018

Clinton: Seven Springs Seven Springs 2637 Benetra Johnson (Benetra) PD 7/1/2025

Clinton: St. Paul St Paul 2655 Alfred Eugene Boyd Jr (Alfred) AM 7/1/2025

Columbia Valley-Hub Chapel Columbia Valley 2545 Linda Faye Dixon (Linda) FE 7/1/2018

Columbia Valley-Hub Chapel Hub Chapel 2575 Linda Faye Dixon (Linda) FE 7/1/2018

Columbia: First Columbia First 2543 Austin Charles Hoyle (Austin) FE 7/1/2024

Couparle Couparle 2547 Kenneth Rogers (Kenneth) PL 12/1/2022

Crystal Springs: New Zion New Zion 2621 George Sapada Thomas (Sapada) FE 7/1/2025

Edwards Edwards 2555 Paul Griffin Jones III (Trey) FL 12/1/2024

Hazlehurst: Mt Sinai Mt Sinai 2611 Haywood Isaac Hannah (Haywood) FE 7/1/2025

Hazlehurst: Mt Sinai Gallatin 2563 Noah Lee Moore (Noah) RE 7/1/2017

Hazlehurst: Mt Sinai St Morris 2653 Noah Lee Moore (Noah) RE 7/1/2016

Jackson: Aldersgate Aldersgate 2503 Lewis Logan II (Lewis) OF 7/1/2025

Jackson: Alta Woods Alta Woods 2505 Arthur Ray Harper (Trey) FE 7/1/2025

Jackson: Anderson Anderson (Senior Pastor) 2507 Stephen Tyrone Cook (Stephen) FE 7/1/2023

Jackson: Anderson Anderson (Associate) 2507 Linda Lindsey-Williams (Linda) PL 6/22/2010

Jackson: Anderson Anderson (Associate) 2507 John Allen (John) FL 7/1/2025

Jackson: Broadmeadow Broadmeadow 2521 Suzanna Keen Hyland (Sue) FL 1/1/2024

Jackson: Central Central 2535 Domini S Henry (Domini) FE 7/1/2025

Jackson: Galloway Memorial Galloway Memorial (Associate) 2565 Katherine Giedd (Katie) FE 7/1/2024

Jackson: Galloway Memorial Galloway Memorial (Associate) 2565 Brandon Lavonne Halford (Brandon) FE 7/1/2024

Jackson: Galloway Memorial Galloway Memorial (Senior Pastor) 2565

Elizabeth Vowell Miskelly (Raigan) FE 7/1/2024

Jackson: Galloway Memorial Galloway Memorial (Associate) 2565 Lori G Galambos Till (Lori) FD 7/1/2020

Jackson: Galloway Memorial Galloway Memorial (Associate) 2565 Leslie Boyd (Haven) FD 7/1/2025

Jackson: Leavell Woods Leavell Woods 2585 Walter Roberts Jr (Walter) PE 7/1/2024

Jackson: Pratt Memorial Pratt Memorial 2635 De Mario Benson Sr (De Mario) FL 6/19/2012

Jackson: St. Luke St Luke’s 2647

Jackson: Wells Memorial Wells Memorial (Senior Pastor) 2671

Jerry Bruce Case (Bruce) FE 7/1/2022

Susannah Grubbs-Carr (Susannah) FE 7/1/2024

Jackson: Wells Memorial Wells Memorial (Associate) 2671 Suzanna Keen Hyland (Sue) FL 7/1/2021

Jackson: We Are One We Are One 2669

Mannery (Jerry) PLR 7/1/2025

Johnston Chapel Johnston Chapel 2577 Jonathan Tullos (Jonathan) FE 7/1/2025

Kingsley Chapel Kingsley Chapel 2579 Elbrist Mason (Elbrist) RE 9/17/2023

Kingston Kingston 2581

James Carey Beam-Ingram (Jim) FE 7/1/2023

Lampton: New Zion-St. Paul New Zion 2623 Vivian Denise Brown-Toussaint (Vivian) PE 7/1/2024

Lampton: New Zion-St. Paul St Paul 2657 Vivian Denise Brown-Toussaint (Vivian) PE 7/1/2024

Liberty Liberty 2587

Liberty Circuit Cedar Grove 2531

Liberty Circuit Belle Hill 2511

James Carey Beam-Ingram (Jim) FE 7/1/2025

Cynthia Magee (Cynthia) PL 7/1/2023

Jesse Terrell (Jesse) PL 6/22/2010

Lorman Blue Hill 2513 Dan Leroy Campbell (Dan) PL 1/22/2023 Macedonia Macedonia 2595 Wendell Knight (Chelsae) PL 6/25/2019

Madison: Parkway Hills Parkway Hills 2627 Alma Dawn Flowers (Dawn) FE 7/1/2017

Madison: St. Matthew’s St Matthew’s (Associate) 2651

Madison: St. Matthew’s St Matthew’s (Senior Pastor) 2651

Magnolia: First Magnolia First 2597

Magnolia: First Fernwood 2561

Magnolia: St. James St James 2641

McComb: Centenary Centenary 2533

Middlebrook Middlebrook 2599

Monticello Monticello 2601

Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant 2605

Mt Pleasant-Adams Mt Pleasant 2607

Brian Johnston (Brian) FL 7/1/2016

Andrew Thomas Stoddard (Andy) FE 6/16/2015

Daniel Glen Speed (Danny) FE 7/1/2018

John Underwood (John) PL 7/1/2018

Cynthia Magee (Cynthia) PL 1/1/2025

Vicki Watkins Landrum (Vicki) FE 7/1/2023

David Joseph Bryant (David) RA 7/1/2022

Jonathan Scott Speegle (Jonathan) FE 7/1/2025

Deborah A. Bracey (Deborah) FLR 7/1/2016

Clarence Dunmore III (Clarence) PL 4/13/2025

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Wesson: Decell Memorial Decell Memorial 2553

White Oak White Oak 2679

Hardacre (Patti)

Simmons Bolden (Maxine)

Yazoo City: St. Stephen’s St Stephens 2659 Sandra Faye Wilson (Sandra)

DEACONS APPOINTED BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH

Grace Counseling Center (¶¶331.1a; 331.4) Walter Lee Frazier (Walter)

EXTENSION MINISTRY

Baptist Hospital (¶344.1d)

California-Pacific Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Capital River District (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Center for Ministry (¶344.1b)

Faith Community Formation (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Great Plains Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Healing Pathways Counseling, LLC (¶344.1d)

Holy Child, Educating Young Women of Conscience and Action (¶344.1d)

Illinois Great Rivers Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Jackson State University

Methodist Rehabilitation Center (¶344.1.a.1-3

Millsaps College (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Mississippi Conference (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Mountain Sky Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

MS Methodist Foundation (¶344.1.a.1-3)

National Network of Young People (¶344.1d)

North Alabama Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Erin Elise Hicks (Erin)

6/5/2001

8/23/2021

Gregory Austin Pittman (Greg) FE 7/1/2019

Arthur Ray Harper III (Trey) FE 7/1/2025

Sylvia Strickland Blackwell (Sylvia) FE 8/21/2023

Elizabeth A Miller (Beth) RE 7/1/2022

Paul Griffin Jones III (Trey) FL 7/1/2023

Timothy Charles Thompson Sr (Tim)

Susan Hood (Susan)

FE 3/1/2015

FD 1/1/25

Diane Lynne Braman (Diane) FD 2/5/2020

Gerald Liu (Gerald) FE 7/1/2025

Tara Jeneen Hayes (Tara Collins)

George Sapada Thomas (Sapada)

Maxine Simmons Bolden (Maxine)

George Richard James (Ricky)

Dayna Loretta Goff (Dayna)

Timothy Charles Thompson Sr (Tim)

Pamela Jewel Cameron (Pamela)

Dexter Erwin Ware (Dexter)

John Mark Branning (John)

Kevin M Kosh Jr (Kevin)

Gregory Alan Smith (Greg)

FE 7/1/2023

FE 9/16/2024

FE 7/1/2023

FE 7/1/2024

FE 7/1/2025

FE 6/21/2011

FE 7/1/2017

FE 7/1/2023

FE 8/25/2021

FE 8/1/2022

AM 7/1/2019

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Southern Methodist University (¶331.1b)

Thresholds Counseling and Consulting (¶344.1d)

Thriving Ministry (¶344.1b)

Upper New York Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

US Navy (¶344.1b)

Veterans Hospital - Jackson (¶¶331.1a; 331.4)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Family Leave (¶353.2b)

Personal Leave (¶353.2a)

Transitional Leave (¶353.2c)

Family Leave (¶353.2b)

MEDICAL LEAVE

Medical Leave (¶356)

Elisabeth Anne Garvin (Lisa) FD 10/19/2020

Kristen Williams-Keary (Kristen) FE 6/23/2009

Sara Nell Bevill (Sally)

Douglas Monroe Watson (BB) FE 7/1/2024

Michael Ray Baker (Michael)

Walter Norman Leverette (Walter)

Earl Wilson III (Earl)

Benetra Johnson (Benetra)

Anna Elise Fleming-Jones (Anna)

Erin Nichole Grant (Erin)

Bess Perrier (Bess)

Jason Edward Harms (Jason)

6/22/2010

7/1/2023

2/15/2022

7/1/2024

7/1/2023

Vera Hall (Vera) FE 7/1/2021

Robert Wilson Grant Jr (Rob) FE 7/1/2025

Christine Brooking Richardson (Chris) FE 7/1/2025

Eddie C Spencer (Eddie)

Hongsik Yoo (Hong)

7/1/2023

Frederick Leon Gerber (Fred) FL 7/1/2010

Charles Kenneth McGill (Kenny) FE 4/10/25

Red Clay Hills District Superintendent • Red Clay Hills District (¶344.1.a.1-3): Johniel Lee Henry Jr (Johniel) FE-7/1/2025

Bay Springs Circuit Bethlehem 1505

Bay Springs Circuit Mt Zion 1575

Bay Springs Circuit Spring Hill 1615

Bethel / James Chapel Bethel 1503

Bethel / James Chapel James Chapel 1547

Brandon: St. Mark’s St Mark’s (Senior Pastor) 1625

Anthony Jones (Mark) FE 7/1/2020

Dawkins (Renay) PL 7/1/2017

Sheldon Kaufman (Jon) FE 7/1/2024

Brandon: St. Mark’s St Mark’s (Associate) 1625 John Ryan McGough (Ryan) FE 1/1/2024

Brandon: St. Mark’s St Mark’s (Minister of Music) 1625

Braxton Braxton 1507

Carthage: Greenwood Chap Greenwood Chapel 1533

Daleville: St. Mark St Mark 1621

Ann Roberts (Terry Ann) PL 6/18/2013

Desoto-Quitman Circuit Mt Levy 1569 Jarvis Tayshaun McGruder (Minister) SY 7/1/2025

Desoto-Quitman Circuit Mt Olive 1573 Jarvis Tayshaun McGruder (Minister) SY 7/1/2025

Desoto-Quitman

Elizabeth / Pleasant Grove Elizabeth 1521 Hope Cooley (Hope) PL 7/1/2016

Elizabeth / Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove 1591 Hope Cooley (Hope) PL 7/1/2016

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Enterprise Circuit Little Zion 1551

Enterprise Circuit Mt Jordan 1567

Enterprise Circuit Magnolia 1557

Florence: Marvin Marvin 1561

Greenfield Greenfield 1531

Haven Chapel Haven Chapel 1539

High Hill/Carr High Hill 1541

High Hill/Carr Carr 1509

Lillian Circuit Sylvester 1639

Lillian Circuit Union Grove 1645

Lynch Chapel Lynch Chapel 1553

Eugene Banes (Gene)

(Gene) RE 4/1/2024

Shepard (EJ)

7/1/2024 Macedonia / St Mark Macedonia 1555

Macedonia / St Mark St Mark 1623

Meridian: Central Central (Associate) 1511

Meridian: Central Central (Senior Pastor) 1511

Meridian: Poplar Springs Dr Poplar Springs Drive 1601

Meridian: Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel 1651

Morton: Christian Banner Christian Banner 1513

Morton: First Morton First 1565

(Dexter)

(Chris)

Scott Wright (Scott) FE 7/1/2024

(Emily) FE 7/1/2025

Bernard Luvene (Sidney) PL 7/1/2024

Jenkins (Vinson) SY 10/11/2020

Scoggins (Dwayne) AM 7/1/2025

Morton: New Chapel New Chapel 1579 Shirley Faye Wilder (Shirley) PLR 10/3/2021

MS UM Choctaw Mission John Memorial 1549 Daniel Lee Tubby (Dan) PL 6/17/2014

MS UM Choctaw Mission Green Hill 1529 Daniel Lee Tubby (Dan) PL 6/17/2014

MS UM Choctaw Mission Great Spirit 1527 Daniel Lee Tubby (Dan) PL 1/10/2004

Pachuta Pachuta 1587 Patricia Robinson (Patty) FL 7/1/2018

Paulding Oak Bowery 1583 John Allen Williams Jr (John) PL 7/1/2024

Paulding William Chapel 1657

Philadelphia Parish Hopewell 1543

Philadelphia Parish Mt Zion 1577

Philadelphia Parish Prairie Chapel 1603

Philadelphia Parish Stevens Chapel 1631

Pleasant Valley Pleasant Valley 1597

Poplar Springs Poplar Springs 1599

Quitman: Grace Grace 1525

Raleigh Raleigh First 1605

Rexford Rexford 1607

Rose Hill Rose Hill 1609

Rose Hill - Garlandville Mt Olive 1571

Rose Hill - Garlandville Pilgrim Rest 1589

Rose Hill - Garlandville Wesley Chapel 1653

Sebastopol Sebastopol 1611

Shubuta Parish Cokes Chapel 1515

Shubuta Parish Silver Spree 1613

Shubuta Parish Sweet Pilgrim 1635

Shubuta Parish Spring Hill 1617

Shubuta: New Mt. Zion New Mt Zion 1581

Shubuta: St. John St John 1619

St Peter St Peter 1629

St. Paul St Paul 1627

Sylvester / Wesley Chapel Sylvester 1637

Sylvester / Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel 1649

Trinity Pleasant Hill 1593

John Allen Williams Jr (John) PL 7/1/2024

Eddie James Hinton Sr (Eddie) FL 7/1/2022

Robert Edward Brown (Robert) RE 7/1/2025

Johniel Lee Henry Jr (Johniel) FE 7/1/2024

Cecil Bernard Scarbrough (Cecil) PLR 6/16/2015

Cristopher Joel Zebert (Criss) PL 7/1/2024

Jane Elizabeth Feisel (Beth) FE 7/1/2024

Gary Dewayne Thompson (Gary) RE 6/16/2015

Theodore Cole (Theodore) PLR 6/7/2000

Jerry Bostick Beam (Jerry) RE 7/1/2023

Willie Albert Kinslow (Willie) PLR 6/16/2015

Steven Bernard Willis (Steve) FL 6/16/2015

Lonnie Nicholson Sr (Lonnie) PLR 7/1/2019

Jermaine Simmons (Jermaine) PL 7/1/2018

Lionel Fitzgerald Lovett (Fitzgerald) FE 7/1/2025

Jimmy Lee McClinton (Jimmy) PL 7/1/2020

Dan Leroy Campbell (Dan) PL 7/1/2023

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Walnut Grove Walnut Grove 1647

Wesleyanna Wesleyanna 1655

PREACHING STATION

Old Bay Springs 1585

Pleasant Valley 1595

DEACONS APPOINTED BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶¶331.1A; 331.4)

Beam of Light

EXTENSION MINISTRY

Choctaw Mission

Holmes Community College (¶344.1d)

Missouri Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Red Clay Hills District (¶344.1.a.1-3)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Transitional Leave (¶353.2c)

MEDICAL LEAVE

Medical Leave (¶356)

Catherine Parker Larsen (Cathy) FE 6/25/2019

Frank Michael Newell (Frank) FE 7/1/2025

Alicia Lynette Beam (Alicia) FD 6/17/2014

Daniel Lee Tubby (Dan) PL 6/17/2014

John Robert Hall (J R) RE 6/9/2005

Jacob Dale Adams-Wilson (Jake) FE 7/1/2024

Sarah Jo Adams-Wilson (Sarah Jo) FE 7/1/2024

Kibby Trevor Gore (Trevor) FL 2/1/2025

Johniel Lee Henry Jr (Johniel) FE 7/1/2024

Lydia Michelle Dailey (Michelle) FE 7/1/23

Ann Bravender Kaufman (Ann) FE 8/1/19

Pam Elaine Strawser Randall (Pam) AM 5/1/22

Robert Steven Webb (Rob) FL 7/1/23

Gulf Pines District Superintendent • Gulf Pines District (¶344.1.a.1-3): Larry Hudson Hilliard (Larry) FE-7/1/2018

Batson Batson 5503

Bay St. Louis: Main Street Main Street (Associate) 5577

Barry Dale Dickerson (Barry) RE 4/11/2021

Heather Kaye Hensarling (Heather) RE 7/1/2024

Bay St. Louis: Main Street Main Street (Senior Pastor) 5577 Terry Lynn Hilliard (Terry) FE 7/1/2022

Bay St. Louis: Valena C. JonesHolmes Chapel Valena C Jones 5679 Ella Holmes-Hines (Ella) FL 7/1/2021

Bay St. Louis: Valena C. JonesHolmes Chapel Holmes Chapel 5561 Ella Holmes-Hines (Ella) FL 7/1/2021

Beaumont: Bolton Chapel Bolton Chapel 5513

Larry Darnell Bolton (Larry) RA 7/1/2022

Biloxi: Beauvoir Beauvoir 5505 Michelle Ke Bailey (Michelle) FE 1/1/2009

Biloxi: First Biloxi First 5509 Tony Dale Pounders (Tony) FE 6/18/2013

Biloxi: Heritage Heritage 5557

Biloxi: Leggett Memorial Leggett Memorial 5569

Gilbert White (Gilbert) OE 7/1/2025

David Lamar Huffman (David) FE 7/1/2024

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Charge Church District #

Biloxi: St. Paul St Paul (Associate) 5653

Biloxi: St. Paul St Paul (Senior Pastor) 5653

Bolton Chapel Bolton Chapel 5515

Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 5523

DeNondrea Forrest Sims (DeNondrea) PL 10/20/2019

Kordell Seantez Sims Sr (Kordell) PE 7/1/2019

Shirley Ann Fairley (Shirley PL 6/22/2010

Teresa Jones Milsap Teresa) PL 6/18/2013

Clermont Harbor Clermont Harbor 5527 Terry Johnson (T Manuel) OF 7/1/2018

Coalville Coalville 5529 Len Edward McRaney (Len) FE 6/18/2013

Delisle: Mt. Zion Mt Zion 5603

Faith - Rosedale Faith 5541

Gautier: First Gautier First (Associate) 5545

Gautier: First Gautier First (Senior Pastor) 5545

Donald Ray Garrett Sr (Donald) FL 7/1/2024

James Minor Matheny (Jim) RE 7/1/2022

Lacey Bowcock (Lacey) OFE 7/1/2024

Martha June Kirby (MJ) FE 7/1/2019

Gulfport: Burton Memorial Burton Memorial 5519 Elijah Mitchell (Elijah) RA 7/1/2019

Gulfport: First Gulfport First (Senior Pastor) 5547

Claire Elizabeth Dobbs (Claire) FE 6/17/2014

Gulfport: First Gulfport First (Associate) 5547 Jill Senn (Jill) PD 7/1/2024

Gulfport: Handsboro Handsboro 5549

John Marion McCay III (John) FE 7/1/2008

Gulfport: Haven Chapel Haven Chapel 5551 Wilmer Nathaniel Dedeaux (Wilmer) PLR 6/7/1997

Gulfport: Mt. Pleasant Mt Pleasant Gulfport (Associate) 5597

DeNondrea Forrest Sims (DeNondrea) PL 10/20/2019

Gulfport: Mt. Pleasant Mt Pleasant Gulfport (Senior Pastor) 5597 Kordell Seantez Sims Sr (Kordell) PE 7/1/2019

Gulfport: Riley Chapel Riley Chapel 5629

Charles E Dubra (Charles) PL 7/1/2022

Gulfport: St. Mark St Mark 5649 Rapheal Donzell Johnson Sr (Rapheal) FL 7/1/2017

Hattiesburg: St John St John 5645 Arthur Louis Johnson (Louis) FE 7/1/2024

Hattiesburg: Bentley Chapel Bentley Chapel 5507 Marcus Montrell Gaut (Marcus) PL 7/1/2022

Hattiesburg: Court Street Court Street 5531 Marcus Montrell Gaut (Marcus) PL 9/1/2024

Hattiesburg: Main Street Main Street (Associate) 5579 Linda Faye Dixon (Linda) FE 6/23/2009

Hattiesburg: Main Street Main Street (Associate) 5579 Allen Gould Regan (Allen) PE 7/1/2023

Hattiesburg: Main Street Main Street (Senior Pastor) 5579

Owen Watson (Todd) FE 6/16/2015

Hattiesburg: Parkway Heights Parkway Heights (Associate) 5615 Julie Povall Collins (Julie) FD 6/19/2012

Hattiesburg: Parkway Heights Parkway Heights (Associate) 5615

Hattiesburg: Parkway Heights Parkway Heights (Senior Pastor) 5615

Nabors Eaton (Susan) FD 6/19/2012

Russell Keeton (Keith) FE 7/1/2022

Hattiesburg: Parkway Heights Parkway Heights (Associate) 5615 David Carey Sellers (David) FE 6/9/2005

Hattiesburg: St. Paul St Paul 5655 Arthur Louis Johnson (Louis) FE 7/1/2024

Hebron Hebron 5555 Samuel Odell Napier (Sammy) PLR 1/22/2023

Laurel:

Lucedale Circuit St James 5641

Lucedale Circuit: Wesley Chap Wesley Chapel 5689

Lumberton Circuit James Chapel 5563 Terry Herron (Terry)

(AJ)

Corneal Peyton (Llewellyn) PLR 7/1/2019

Mallalieu Blue Ridge 5511 Llewellyn Corneal Peyton (Llewellyn) PLR 2/11/2018

Mallalieu Smith Chapel 5637 Llewellyn Corneal Peyton (Llewellyn) PLR 2/11/2018

McLain Circuit Little Creek 5571 Carrell Moody (Donzell) PL 6/20/2023

McLain Circuit Moody’s Chapel 5589 Carrell Moody (Donzell) PL 6/20/2023

McLain Circuit Nebo 5605

Mississippi City Mississippi City 5587

Moss Point: St. Paul St Paul 5657

Moody (Donzell ) PL 6/20/2023

Lamar Huffman (David) FE 7/1/2025

Grant Owen (Steven) FE 7/1/2024

Mount Olive (Jones County) Mt Olive 5593 Charles Edwin Waddell (Charles) RE 7/1/2023

Mount Olive: St. James St James 5595 Willie McKnight (Willie) PL 7/1/2023

New Augusta New Augusta 5607 Barry Dale Dickerson (Barry) RE 4/11/2021

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Newton Chapel Newton Chapel 5609 Charles E Dubra (Charles) PL 7/1/2022

Nugent/Gateway Nugent 5611

Nugent/Gateway Gateway 5543

Ocean Springs: St. James St James 5643

Pascagoula: Eastlawn Eastlawn 5537

Pascagoula-Gautier, St. Mark St Mark 5651

Pascagoula-Gautier,

St. Stephen St Stephen 5665

Pass Christian: St. Paul St Paul 5659

Daniel Taylor (Daniel) FL 5/1/2023

Bobbie Lonberger (Bobbie) PL 1/1/2024

Nance Hixon (Nance) FE 7/1/2022

Chotania Simmons (Chotania) PE 7/1/2025

Donald Ray Garrett Sr (Donald) FL 7/1/2024

Pearlington Pearlington 5617 Jerolyn Garner (Jan) PL 6/24/2025

Picayune: First Picayune First 5619 William Gregory Ducker (Greg) FE 7/1/2021

Picayune: Trinity Trinity 5677 Mary Beth Rolfs (Beth) PE 7/1/2025

Poplarville Poplarville First 5623 John Eric Pridmore (Eric) FE 6/21/2011

Saucier Saucier 5633 William Harold Manning (Harold) RE 7/1/2022

Shipman-Winborn

Summerville-Davis Chapel Davis Chapel 5533 Willie Lee Hill Jr (Willie) FL 6/7/1999

Vancleave Vancleave 5681

Allen (Steve) PL 7/1/2024 Waveland Waveland 5683 Terry Johnson (T Manuel) OF 7/1/2018 Wayne Haven Wayne Haven 5685 Thomas William Walker (Tom) OF 6/15/2015

Waynesboro: Frostbridge Mt Carmel 5591

Waynesboro: Frostbridge St Luke 5647

Waynesboro: Mt. Zion/ Pleasant Ridge Mt Zion 5601

(James) FL 7/1/2020

Waynesboro: Mt. Zion/ Pleasant Ridge Pleasant Ridge 5621 Kibby Trevor Gore (Trevor) FL 1/1/2024

Weems Chapel Weems Chapel 5687 Eddie Lee Jones (Eddie Lee) RE 7/1/2025

Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel 5691 Willie Edward Gore (Willie) PLR 11/28/2022

NEW CHURCH START

The Church at The Barn The Church at The Barn 5675 Mary Cleo McQueen (Cleo) PL 10/1/2024 Ocean Springs Ocean Springs UMC 5613 Betty E Weaver (Betty) FLR 10/22/2023

PREACHING STATION

DEACONESS AND HOME MISSIONARY APPOINTMENTS (¶416.3)

EXTENSION MINISTRY

AL-West FL Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1) John D Richardson (John) FE 6/16/2015

Arkansas Children’s Hospital (¶344.1d) Jarod Owen Saucedo (Jarod) FE 9/15/2024

Arkansas Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1) Katherine Helen Butler (Kathy) FD 7/1/2021

Biloxi Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (¶344.1d)

Camilla Hospice Ministries (¶¶331.1a; 331.4)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) (¶344.1d)

Gulf Pines District (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Gulfport Memorial Hospital (¶344.1d)

Louisiana Conference (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Missio Dei/Cargill Assoc (¶344.1d)

North Carolina Conf (¶331.8 and ¶346.1)

Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services (¶344.1d)

Seashore Mission (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Seashore Mission (¶344.1b)

Soul Speak: Conversation in Spiritual Direction (¶344.1d)

The Nourishing (¶344.1d)

Wesley Foundation JCJC (¶344.1.a.1-3)

Wesley Foundation USM (¶344.1.a.1-3)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Family Leave (¶353.2b)

Transitional Leave (¶353.2c)

MEDICAL LEAVE

Medical Leave (¶356)

2025-2026 APPOINTMENTS

Anzette Smith Thomas (Anzette) FE 3/13/2022

Julian Lamar Davis Jr (Julian) FD 6/16/2015

Ray Patrick Thompson (Pat) RE 8/1/2021

Heather Kaye Hensarling (Heather) RE 7/1/2024

Larry Hudson Hilliard (Larry) FE 7/1/2018

David Lamar Huffman (David) FE 7/1/2022

Kevin Clyde Bradley (Kevin) FE 2/8/2025

Dorothy Jane Dickson-Rishel (Dorothy) FE 6/5/1996

Kurt Thomas Appel (Kurt) FE 7/1/2024

Kurt Thomas Appel (Kurt) FE 7/1/2017

Charles Robert Frost III (Chuck) FE 7/1/2023

David Carey Sellers (David) FE 6/21/2011

Elijah Mitchell (Elijah) RA 7/1/2019

Marianne Smith (Marianne) PL 10/20/2019

Anne-Russell Bradley (Anne-Russell) PL 7/1/2023

Rachel E Benefield-Pfaff (Rachel) FE 7/1/2024

Thomas Eric Davis (Eric) FE 2/15/2024

Thomas Eric Davis (Eric) FE 7/1/2018

Paul Douglas Roller (Doogie) FE 7/1/2025

Jonathan Crabtree (Jonathan) FE 7/1/2021

Kristian Gail Crabtree (Kristina) FD 7/1/2021

Morgan Lang Spencer (Morgan) FE 7/1/2025

Megan Becnel (Megan) FE 7/1/2025

Jeffrey Grant Pruett (Jeff) FE 7/1/2013

Effective July 1, 2025

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