Minstry Council

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Ministry Council Diagram & Description

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The Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was established by the 177th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (2007). The council is made up of fifteen members (three members from each Synod with no more than either nine clergy or lay members and no more than nine members of either gender). Seven advisory members include the Stated Clerk, Moderator(s), immediate Past Moderator, and three youth (ages sixteen to nineteen when elected). Eventually, the Council will assume the responsibilities of the General Assembly Council as well as other boards and ministries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

The President of the Ministry Council is Gwen Roddye, an elder from the Beaver Creek Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. The First Vice President is Jill Carr, an elder from the White Oak Pond Church in Lebanon, Missouri, and the Second Vice President is Iwao Satoh, a student at Memphis Theological Seminary. Satoh is a member of Japan Presbytery and is the Pastor of the Sagamino Church. The Council Secretary is elder Elizabeth Horsley from the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Denton, Texas.