1991 Journal This Is a Day of New Beginnings -x The Louisiana Annual Conference Table of Contents (for complete index see inside back cover) Page Officers of the Annual Conference 4 I. II. Conference Directories 5 III. Conference Calendar 9 IV. Councils, Commissions, Committees, Boards, Trustees, Representatives 14 V. Daily Proceedings 56 VI. Disciplinary Questions 87 VII. Conference Registry 105 VIII. Appointments 177 IX. Pastoral Records 194 & X. Conference Structure Rules 209 XI. Memoirs 230 XII. Reports 255 XIII. Statistical Tables SI 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE JOURNAL OF THE IWenty-first Session of the LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION held at CENTENARY COLLEGE and FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA June 3-6, 1991 * AREA OFFICES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 527 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 DONALD C COTTRILL Conference Journal Editor ELIZABETH R LUCAS KARMESE WINFREY J. Assistant Journal Editors Printed by M.A. Publishing Mobile, Alabama 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE C.9=- o (5 <i> coc O g.^: CO .=2 gl CM £ m o c£ .12 OQ to - w .E . ^ o 7O5i I [2 I- LU z o< 0) OQ < o goff ego cc oUJ o o ^ < ^ LU OC o 2 » * > 0c) o c £4-: o (0 o)0Q *^: '^ . £ m o •^ n_ >» is": O <o -J 11 = o .E 55 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE BISHOP WILLIAM ODEN B. LOUISIANA AREA 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Officers of the Annual Conference I. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS — PRESIDENT Bishop William B. Oden, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — SECRETARY Donald C. Cottrill, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — STATISTICIAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION/TREASURER Stone W. Caraway, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — CHANCELLOR Mr. James Wesley Bean, P.O. Box 3828, Lafayette 70502 (318) 233-8800 — ASSOCIATE CHANCELLORS D. Ryan Sartor, Jr., Thomas A. Harrell, J. Jay Caraway — CONFERENCE LAY LEADER Paul D. White, 5401 Jackson Street, Alexandria 71301 (318) 443-1349 (Home); (318) 445-2500 (Office) — PRESIDENT, UNITED METHODIST WOMEN Norma S. Winegeart, P.O. Box 156, Plain Dealing 71064-0156 (318) 326-4746 — PRESIDENT, UNITED METHODIST MEN Boyd Baun, 4888 Loyola Drive, Baton Rouge 70808 (504) 766-6453 — PRESIDENT, CONFERENCEBOARD OFTRUSTEES Tom H. Matheny, Box221, Hammond 70404 (504) 345-3367 — EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE COUNCIL ON MINISTRIES Donald C. Cottrill, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION Kenneth R. Reed, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CONFERENCE BOARD OF PENSIONS Stone W. Caraway, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS — ACADIANA DISTRICT C. Gerald Richardson, 100 Asma Boulevard, Suite #211, Lafayette 70508 (318) 235-2904 — ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT C. Richard Hoffpauir, 2013 MacArthur Drive, Bldg. 2, Suite #2, Alexandria 71301 (318) 443-3213 — BATON ROUGE DISTRICT George W.C. Calvin, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — LAKE CHARLES DISTRICT Carole Cotton-Winn, 816 Kirkman Street, Lake Charles 70601 (318) 439-2982 — MONROE DISTRICT J. Philip Woodland, 909 North 18th, Suite #209, Monroe 71201 (318) 387-7364 — NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT George A. Duerson, 3401 Canal Street, New Orleans 70119 (504) 488-5430 ^^.^^...v^^^, — NORTH SHORE DISTRICT H. Warren Blakeman, 124 Lisa Lane, Mandeville 70448 (504) 626-0918 — RUSTON DISTRICT James M. Poole, 901 So. Vienna, Ruston 71270 (318) 251-2690 — SHREVEPORT DISTRICT L. Ray Branton, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport 71134-1188 (318) 869-4568 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE II. Conference Directories GENERAL AND JURISDICTIONAL AGENCIES — South Central Jurisdiction Office Dr. Earl B. Carter, Executive Secretary, 6155 Samuell TX Boulevard, Dallas, 75228 (214) 321-7077 — South Central Jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission Coordinator Rev. Max Marble, 2144 Swallow, TX Lewisville, 75067 (214) 317-3606 — Cokesbury Service Center 201 Eighth Avenue South, Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202 1 (800) 672-1789 — Discipleship Resources 1908 Grand Avenue, Box 189, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 340-7200 — Mt. Sequoyah Jurisdictional Conference and Retreat Center 150 N.W. Skyline Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72701 (501) 443-4531 — General Commission on Archives & History P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940 (201) 822-2787 — General Board of Church & Society 100 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 488-5600 — United Methodist Communications P.O. Box 320, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 742-5400 — General Board of Discipleship 1908 Grand Avenue, Box 840, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 340-7200 — General CouncU on Finance & Administration 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 (708) 869-3345 — General Board of Global Ministries 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027 (212) 870-3600 — General Board of Higher Education & Ministry 1001 19th Avenue S., Box 871, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 340-7400 — OH General Council on Ministries 601 W. Riverview Avenue, Dayton, 45406 (513) 227-9400 — General Board of Pensions 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 1-800-356-4950 — General Board of Publication The United Methodist Publishing House, 201 Eighth Avenue S., Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 749-6000 — General Commission on Religion & Race P.O. Box 48-49, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-4270 — General Commission on the Status & Role of Women 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 (312) 869-7330 Curricuphone Infoserve Local Church/Clergy Addresses EcuFilm 1-800-251-8591 1-800-251-8140 1-800-874-3211 1-800-251-4091 INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO THE CONFERENCE — Candler School of Theology Dean R. Kevin LaGree, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 727-6324 — Centenary College Office of the President, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188 (318) 869-5101 — Dillard University Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, President, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122-3097 (504) 283-8822 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE — Diff School of Theology Dr. Donald E. Messer, President, 2201 South University Blvd., Denver, CO 80210 — Perkins School of Theology Dean James E. Kirby, Perkins School ofTheology, SMU, Dallas, TX 75275 (214) 692-2138 — St. Paul School of Theology Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., President, 5123 Truman Road, Kansas MO City, 64127 (816) 483-9600 — Dulac Community Center Mr. Robin K. Thompson, Executive Director, P.O. Box 101, Dulac, LA 70353 (504) 563-7483 — Lafon Home Mr. Edward J. Lang, Administrator, 4021 Cadillac Street, New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 288-2314 — Louisiana CrossLines Ministry Rev. Elizabeth T. Irvine, Director, 3175 Scenic Highway, Baton LA Rouge, 70805 (504) 355-9472 — Louisiana Interchurch Conference Executive Director, 440 N. Foster, Suite 106, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (504) 924-0213 — Louisiana Moral & Civic Foundation Dr. Ken Ward, Executive Director, P.O. Box 2951, Baton LA Rouge, 70821 (504) 767-1908 — MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, Inc. Mr. Gerald J. Bridges, Executive Director, 1210 E. Main Street, Houma, LA 70360 (504) 868-8362 — Methodist Children's Home Mr. Terrel DeVille, Executive Director, 900 S. Vienna, P.O. Box LA 929, Ruston, 71273-0929 (318) 255-5020 — Methodist Home of New Orleans Mr. Richard E. Hodges, Executive Director, Rev. Kathy Clark- Dickens, Chaplain/Director of Development, P.O. Box 15109, Station B, New Orleans, LA 70175 (815 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130), (504) 895-7709 — Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital Mr. Frederick C. Young, Jr., President, Rev. Paul G. Durbin, Chaplain, 5620 Read Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70127 (504) 244-5100 (Hospital); (504) 244-5469 (President's Office) — Peoples Community Center Rev. Guy E. West, Jr., Director, 2019 Simon Bolivar Avenue, New LA Orleans, 70113 (504) 524-1041 — Retired Ministers' Homes Board, Inc. Rev. Angus L. Carruth, Executive Director, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 — St. Mark's Community Center Mr. James Seymour, Director, 1130 N. Rampart, New Orleans, LA 70116 (504) 529-1681 — Conference Center Dr. Harvey G. Williamson, Project Coordinator, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5720 (504) 346-1646 or 926-9469 (home) HOSPITAL-MEDICAL EXPENSE PROGRAM NAME OF PLAN: Louisiana Conference Self-funded For verification of coverage, application and claim forms: Conference Office of Financial Affairs 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (504) 346-1646 For Benefit/Claim Questions and for filing claims: Employee Benefit Services P.O. Box 51005 LA Shreveport, 71135-1005 318-797-2557 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE LOUISIANA CONFERENCE ARCHIVES — Samuel P. Peters Research Center Centenary College, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188 — (318) 869-5462. Former Conference B Alexander Library, Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 944-8751 DIRECTORY OF CAMPS CANEY LAKE CAMP CAMP ISTROUMA P.O. Box 707 David Brignac, Caretaker Minden, LA 71055 P.O. Box 333 LA (318) 377-6756 Greenwell Springs, 70739 (504) 261-2089 GULFSIDE ASSEMBLY AND CAMP USKICHITTO RETREAT CENTER Wendell Taylor, Caretaker John and Susie Floyd, Directors P.O. Box 186 P.O. Box 118 MS LA Waveland, 39576 LeBlanc, 70651 (601) 467-4909 (318) 738-5259 DIRECTORY OF CAMPUS MINISTRIES Louisiana Tech U. Wesley Foundation Northwestern U. Wesley Foundation Rev. Andrew R. Hurst Rev. J. Ryan Horton, Jr. Tech Station, Box 3005 P.O. Box 4285 LA LA Ruston, 71272 Natchitoches, 71457 (318) 255-3112 (318) 352-2888 LSU, Baton Rouge Southeastern Louisiana University Uniting Campus Ministry Presbyterian/Methodist Campus Ministry Rev. Randall K. Nichols Rev. M. Eugene Finnell 333 East Chimes 903 W. Colorado Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Hammond, LA 70401 (504) 344-7695 (504) 345-6175 McNeese State U. Wesley Foundation Southern U. Wesley Foundation Rev. Wayne G. Taylor Rev. McKinley Franklin 501 E. Sale P.O. Box 11458 Lake Charles, LA 70605 Baton Rouge, LA 70813 (318) 477-2191 (504) 778-0076 University of Southwestern Louisiana Northeast U. Campus Ministry Wesley United Campus Ministry Rev. James E. Wilson Rev. R. Don Ross 112 Delano Drive 238 Gen. Gardner Monroe, LA 71203 LA Lafayette, 70501 (318) 343-2944 (318) 235-6073 UNO Tulane University United Methodist Center -Southern-Delgado Rev. John M. Higginbotham, Jr. Wesley Campus Ministry 7102 Freret Rev. Dale E. Branch New Orleans, LA 70118 Student Life Office (504) 866-8681 New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 288-7880 Grambling State University Wesley Foundation Rev. Quinton J. Gibson Grambling State University LA Grambling, 71245 (318) 274-2354 8 1991 LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL AND 1992 JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCES Ministerial Delegates to the General Conference GA Dr. Alfred L. Norris, 653 Beckwith St., S.W., Atlanta, 30314 Dr. J. PhUip Woodland, 909 North 18th, Suite 209, Monroe, LA 71201 Rev. Carole Cotton-Winn, 816 Kirkman St., Lake Charles, LA 70601 Dr. L. Ray Branton, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188 Rev. Waiiam D. Peeples, 1411 Glenwood Dr., West Monroe, LA 71291 Rev. Joe W. McClain, 433 Erlanger, Slidell, LA 70458 Lay Delegates to the General Conference LA Mr. Paul D. White, 5401 Jackson St., Alexandria, 71301 Dr. Nancy M. Carruth, P.O. Box 267, Bunkie, LA 71322 Mr. John T. Porter, 236 Ashley, Shreveport, LA 71105 Mr. Hubert Blanchard, P.O. Drawer 29, Sulphur, LA 70664 Dr. Anita H. Crump, 7321 Dalewood, New Orleans, LA 70126 Mr. Jack Dew, 441 Dew Lane, West Monroe, LA 71291 Ministerial Delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference Rev. James M. Poole, 901 So. Vienna, Ruston, LA 71270 Rev. Christopher H. Andrews, 930 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Rev. Alonzo J. Campbell, P.O. Box 1174, Slidell, LA 70459 Dr. Charles B. Simmons, 10230 Mollylea, Baton Rouge, LA 70815 Rev. John M. Lee, P.O. Box 4782, Monroe, LA 71211 Rev. Donald R. Avery, 2038 Plank Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Rev. John M. Winn, Jr., P.O. Box 1183, Lake Charles, LA 70602 Rev. R. Larry Stafford, 201 John Wesley Blvd., Bossier City, LA 71112 Lay Delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference Mrs. Amy Ward, 500 Walker St., New Orleans, LA 70124 Mrs. Carolyn Dove, 527 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5720 Mr. Bob Sides, 104 Chickasaw Rd., Lafayette, LA 70501 Mr. Mat Kawasaki, 1002 Michigan Ave., SlideU, lA 70458 Judge Carl E. Stewart, Sr., 6805 Snowmass Dr., Shreveport, LA 71119 Mr. Bob Nash, 2711 Hills Rd., Pineville, LA 71360 Mrs. Seola Callahan, HC-85, Box 130, Oakdale, LA 71463 Mrs. Dorothy Mae Taylor, 4801 Mirabeau Ave., New Orleans, lA 70126 Reserve Ministerial Delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference Dr. Douglas McGuire, 810 Rosebud St., Ruston, LA 71270 Dr. George W.C. Calvin, 527 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5720 Rev. Carol Susan Winn, 4260 Evangeline St., Baton Rouge, lA 70805 Rev. Marie P. Williams, 17510 Monitor Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70817 Reserve Lay Delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference Mr. Welton Brumfield, Jr., 206 LaSare Dr., Amite, LA 70422 Mrs. Patricia H. Hogan, 411 Second St., Natchitoches, LA 71457 Mrs. Vera Packer, P.O. Box 851, Slidell, LA 70459 Mr. O. Fred Loy, 4536 Chelsea Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70809