3rd session
Midwest Conference
Monday, August 30 – Sunday, September 5
Sermons
Missionary – TBA
Annual – Rev. Spencer Booker, Pastor, Bethel AME Church,
Kansas City, Missouri
Men’s/Ecumenical – TBA
Ordination – TBA
Closing – Bishop or Guest
Institute
Rev. Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Conference Dean
Committees (To Be Elected)
Ministerial Efficiency
Judiciary
Finance
Triers of Appeals
Board of Examiners:
Reverends: Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Spencer Booker, Roger
Jackson, Rachel Williams-Glenn, Anthony Steele, Fred McCullough, Fran Cary, V.
Gordon Glenn, Eraina Aseme, Percel Hector, Jonathan Rhone.
Board of Instruction:
Reverends: Spencer Booker, Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Rachel
Williams-Glenn, Anthony Steele, Percel Hector, Verdell Taylor, Jonathan Rhone,
V. Gordon Glenn
State of the Church:
Reverends: Viola Jones, Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Rachel
Williams-Glenn, Joe Bywaters, Gary Charles, Samuel Kyser, Edward Walzer, Karla
Cooper, Suson Johnson Williams and Delegates: Ebenezer/Grant, St. Joseph; Gregg
Tabernacle, Bethel (Hutchinson), St. Luke (Lawrence), St. John (Omaha), Campbell
Chapel (Atchison), Allen Chapel (KC).
State of the Country:
Reverends: Shirley Heermance, Eraina Aseme, Keith Cordier, Valencia
Jackson, Willie Morris, Andrew Rollins and Delegates: Bethel (Macon), Zion
(Mayview), St. John (KC), Quinn Chapel (Sedalia), Gregg (Omaha), Bethel (Omaha),
Trinity, Gilbert Memorial
Temperance:
Reverends: Verdell Taylor, C. N. Austin, Virgil Owens, Steven
Barnes, Shirley Heermance, Marilyn Robinson, Donald Morrison and Delegates:
Bethel (Chillicothe), Grant (Moberly), St. Matthews (Bonner Springs), Lovell
Chapel (Huntsville), St. James (Wellington), St. Paul (Independence), Hall’s
Chapel (Newton), Grant (Wichita)
Evangelism:
Reverends: Brenda Smith, Steven Barnes, Benjamin Finnell, Helen
Benton-Harris, V. Gordon Glenn, Valencia Jackson, Patricia Winfrey and
Delegates: Power of Faith (KC), handy Chapel, Allen Chapel (Salina), Allen
Chapel (KC), Bethel (Manhattan), Bethel (Coffeyville), St. Paul (Olathe), St.
mark (Topeka), St. John (Omaha), Bethel (Omaha), Ebenezer (KC), First (KC),
Ebenezer ( St. Joseph)
Christian Stewardship:
Reverends: Roger Jackson, V. Gordon Glenn, Samuel Kyser,
Mayetta hall, George Stewart, Penny Pitchford, Thomas Lindon, Gary Charles,
Suson Johnson-Williams, Ronnie McCowan, Barry Settle and Delegates: Mariah
Walker, Ebenezer (St. Joseph), St. Matthews (Bonner Springs), Gilbert Memorial,
Grant (Wichita), Campbell Chapel (Atchison), St. James (Arkansas City), St. Paul
(Wichita), Christ Our Redeemer (KC)
Ministries to the Youth:
Reverends: Warren Freeman, V. Gordon Glenn, Ronnie McCowan,
Rachel Williams-Glenn, Stacy Evans, Marilyn Robinson, Theodore Lee, Thomas
Linden and Delegates: Christ Our Redeemer (KC), Bethel (Macon), Ward Chapel
(KC), Ward Chapel (Junction City), Ebenezer (KC), St. John (Topeka), Benton
Avenue (Springfield), handy Chapel (Joplin), First (KC), St. Mark (Topeka),
Quinn Chapel (Lincoln), Allen (KC), Campbell Chapel (Atchison), Gregg Tabernacle
Christian Education:
Reverends: Percel Hector, Edward Walzer, Spencer Booker, Bachel
Williams-Glenn, Verdell Taylor, Fred McCullough, Clinton Stancil and Delegates:
Grant (Wichita), St. Paul (Wichita), Trinity, Bethel (Manhattan), St. Matthew’s
Chapel (Boonville), Gilbert Memorial, St. Luke (Lawrence), Greater New Bethel,
Ward Chapel (Richmond)
Employment Security:
Reverends: Stacy Evans, Gary Charles, Eraina Aseme, Darlene
Easley, Joe Bywaters, Penny Pitchford, Gloria Butler and Delegates: Cain-Grant,
St. James (Odessa), St. Paul (Independence), St. Paul (Wichita), Gregg Memorial
(Omaha), Bethel (Omaha), Allen (Omaha)
Abandoned Property:
Conference Trustees
Missionary Society:
Supervisor Mary L. Kirkland, Sisters Thelma Cunningham, Gail
McClenton (Y.P.D. Director)
Memorials:
Reverends: Valencia Jackson, Helen Benton-Harris, George
Stewart, Mayetta Hall, Gloria Butler, Barbara Harper
Annual Conference Sunday School:
Bro. Henry Pearly
Resolutions:
Reverends: Rachel Williams-Glenn, Stacy Evans, Darlene Easley,
Willie Morris, Marilyn Robinson and Delegates: Mt. Olive (Emporia), Greater New
Bethel, Bethel (Hutchinson), St. John (KC), Ward Chapel (Richmond)
Classification of Churches:
Reverends: Patricia Winfrey, Brenda Smith, Mayetta Hall, Samuel
Kyser, Barbara Clark and Delegates: Ward Chapel (Junction City), Ward Chapel
(Iola), St. Paul (Wichita), Grant, Hall’s Chapel (Newton), Bethel, Christ Our
Redeemer, St. Paul (Independence)
Mission, Circuit, Stations:
Reverends: Larry Lowe, Roger Jackson, Valencia Jackson, Donald
Morrison
Classification of Ministers:
Reverends: Rachel Williams-Glenn, Karla Cooper, Samuel Kyser,
Warren Freeman, Joe Bywaters, Darlene Easley, Eraina Aseme and Delegates: handy
Chapel (Marshall), St. Luke (Liberty), Ebenezer (St. Joseph), St. John (Topeka),
Benton Avenue (Springfield)
Local Church Insurance:
Reverends: William Sheppard, Karla Cooper, Steven Barnes,
Valencia Jackson, Brneda Smith and Delegates: Allen (KC), Ebenezer (KC), Bethel
(KC), Gregg Tabernacle, Gilbert Memorial
Social Action:
Reverends: Carieta Grizzell, Purcell Hector, Eraina Aseme, Fran
Cary, Anthony Steele, Regina Conway, Vernon Winfrey, Suson Johnson-Williams,
Marilyn Robinson and Delegates: Quinn (Lincoln), St. Paul (Independence),
Cain-Grant, Trinity, Ward Chapel (KC)
Presiding Elder’s Apportionment:
Reverends: Fran Cary, Jonathan Rhone, Anthony Steele, Betty
Hanna Witherspoon, Spencer Booker, Percel hector, Presiding Elders Donna F.
Rogerson and Steven A. Cousin and Delegates: Willis Chapel, Allen Chapel (KC),
Cain-Grant, Ebenezer (KC), Trinity, Bethel (KC), Ward Chapel (KC)
SOS Director:
Brothers Timothy Goff, Paul Overman
Men’s Ministry:
Reverends: Edward Walzer, Jr., Keith J. Cordier, Sr.