20192019 MINUTES OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Minutes of the General Assembly

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Vision of Ministry
Biblically-based and Christ-centeredborn out of a specific sense of mission,
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church strives to be true to its heritage:
to be open to God’s reforming spirit,
to work cooperatively with the larger Body of Christ,
and to nurture the connectional bonds that make us one.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church seeks—to be the hands and feet of
Christ  in witness and service to the world and, above all, the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church lives out the love of God to the glory of Jesus Christ.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vision of Ministry.............................................................................................................................Title Page
Program...........................................................................................................................................................3
Commissioners................................................................................................................................................5
Youth Advisory Delegates..............................................................................................................................6
Committees and Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................6
Committee Meeting Rooms............................................................................................................................6
Committee Assignments.................................................................................................................................7
Referrals to Committees.................................................................................................................................8
Recommendations at a Glance........................................................................................................................9
Assembly Meetings and Officers..................................................................................................................10
Bylaws of General Assembly Corporation...................................................................................................13
Memorial Roll of Ministers..........................................................................................................................23
Living General Assembly Moderators..........................................................................................................24
Membership of Boards and Agencies...........................................................................................................25
Reports
Moderator...............................................................................................................................................33
Stated Clerk............................................................................................................................................36
Ministry Council.....................................................................................................................................42
Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits....................................................................................50
Board of the Historical Foundation........................................................................................................76
Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary...........................................................................85
OUO Committee.....................................................................................................................................95
Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel.............................................................................. 97
Permanent Judiciary Committee............................................................................................................99
Nominating Committee...................................................................................................................... 101
Place of Meeting Committee.............................................................................................................. 104
Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns...................................................................... 105
Unification Task Force.........................................................................................................................107
Board of Trustees of Bethel University................................................................................................113
Board of Trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home.................................................114
Joint Committee on Amendments........................................................................................................117
Evaluation Committee..........................................................................................................................119
Memorials...................................................................................................................................................126
Agency Budgets..........................................................................................................................................129
General Assembly Minutes.........................................................................................................................142
AuditsDenomination Center Agencies............................................................................................................152
Bethel University..................................................................................................................................214
CP Children’s Home.............................................................................................................................265
Memphis Theological Seminary..........................................................................................................285
Appendices..................................................................................................................................................312
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Assembly Meetings: Von Braun Convention Center
CPC General Assembly Office: North Hall (upstairs, Salon 10)
CPC Women’s Ministry Office: North Hall, East Hallway
CPCA GA Office: South Hall, Meeting Room 3
Retiring Moderator: The Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown, West Tennessee Presbytery
Co-Hosts: Robert Donnell Presbytery (CPC) and Huntsville Presbytery (CPCA)
Co-Pastor Hosts: The Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond, Robert Donnell Presbytery (CPC) and     The Reverend Terence Haley, Huntsville Presbytery (CPCA)
Co-Worship Directors: The Reverend Mitchell Walker (CPCA) and The Reverend Joy Warren (CPC)
Music Director: Elder Victor Garth, Mt Zion CPCA
Exhibits & Bookstore: East Hall 3
Ministry Exchange: North Hall 2 (Tuesday and Wednesday)

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019
Location			
Hotel Lobby
Convention CenterTime  1:00 p.m.
3-5:00 p.m.

							  7:30 p.m.

Event
Welcome table
GA Office open for Commissioner/YAD check-in
Registration for Women’s Ministry Convention
Setup displays
Joint Opening GA Worship/Communion Service(An offering will be received)

Embassy Suites

North Hall 2 & 3

FIRST DAY - MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2019				 8:00 a.m.

Orientation for Commissioners/Youth Advisory Delegates
South Hall, Ballroom 1
Orientation for Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs(Commissioner/YAD packets may be picked up before or after the orientation session.)   9:00 a.m.
Women’s Ministry Registration (open until 5:00 p.m.)
North Hall, East Hallway
10:00 a.m.
Joint Opening Devotion              North Hall 2 & 3
Welcome, Pastor Host, Local Officials
Joint UTF presentation
12:00 p.m.
CP Women’s Ministry Regional Council Luncheon     South Hall, Ballroom 1
  2:00 p.m.
Opening GA Business Session              North Hall 2 & 3
Constitution of the CPC General Assembly
Adoption of the Agenda
Report of the Credentials Committee							Election of Moderator							Election of Vice-Moderator
Presentation by the Stated Clerk, Mike Sharpe
Communications
Corrections to Preliminary Minutes
Committee Appointments and Referrals to Committees
Introduction of Board and Agency Representatives
  3:00 p.m.
Break  3:30 p.m.
Committees to Meetvarious locations
CPCA Center &  5:00 p.m.
Joint Moderator & Women’s Ministry Reception
Church Street CPCA
      (come and go – hors d’oeuvres)     226 Church Street
Open House at the CPCA Center & Church Street CPCA
  6:00 p.m.
Dinner Break
Convention Center  7:00 p.m.
Joint Committees to Meetvarious locations
CP Women’s Ministry/National Missionary Society Gathering     South Hall, Ballroom 1

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SECOND DAY - TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 20197:00 - 9 a.m.
  8:00 a.m.
  9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
  2:00 p.m.
  5:30 p.m.

Joint Fun Run & Walk
  Big Springs Int’l Park
Convention Registration (continues)
North Hall, East Hallway
CP Women’s Ministry Convention Convenes                 North Hall 1
GA Committee Meetings (devotions in committees)
various locations
CPCA National Missionary Society Luncheon     South Hall, Ballroom 1
CP Women’s Ministry Reconvenes       North Hall 1
Bethel University Dinner     South Hall, Ballroom 1
EVENING PROGRAM

  7:00 p.m.
  8:30 p.m.

Committee Meetings
Joint Reception Honoring Women in Ministry         various locations     South Hall, Ballroom 1

THIRD DAY - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019
  8:00 a.m.
  9:00 a.m.
  9:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
  2:00 p.m.
  5:00 p.m.
  5:30 p.m.

Joint Devotions/Presentations     (led by National Missionary Society)
Women’s Ministry Convention
GA Committees Meet
MTS/PAS Luncheon
Women’s Ministry Convention
Conclusion of Committee Meetings
CP Children’s Home Dinner               North Hall 3        North Hall 1
various locations     South Hall, Ballroom 1        North Hall 1
various locations     South Hall, Ballroom 1

EVENING PROGRAM
  7:00 p.m.

Evening Worship/Program             North Hall 2 & 3(Soul Shop – Training on suicidal desperation among Adolescentssponsored by DMT)

FOURTH DAY - THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019  8:30 a.m.
  9:00 a.m.
  9:00 a.m.
  9:30 a.m.
  
12:00 noon  2:00 p.m.
  5:00 p.m.

Devotional - (led by Youth Advisory Delegate)
Break
Women’s Ministry Convention
General Assembly BusinessCommissioning Service for Missionaries
Lunch Break
Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Luncheon
General Assembly Business
Dinner BreakTake Down Displays
EVENING PROGRAM

  7:00 p.m.

General Assembly Business (as needed)
Closing Devotion: Led by Worship Director(In the event that business is not concluded on Thursday,the closing worship will be at the conclusionof business on Friday morning.)        North Hall 2 & 3        North Hall 1        North Hall 2 & 3          East Hall 2        North Hall 2 & 3

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to theONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLYPRESBYTERYMINISTERCOMMITTEEELDERCOMMITTEE

Andes (2).......................... Joaquin Orozco.........................J....................... Cesar Restrepo................. TSC/UTF
Arkansas (2)..................... Bobby Coleman........................J....................... Kim Virden..........................C/HF........................... Michael Suttle...................... C/HF................... Nadine Rail..............................J
Cauca Valley (4)............... Wilfrido Quinones.............TSC/UTF............... Leticia Ceballos.......................J........................... Rodrigo Torres..........................J....................... Liliana Manzano.............. TSC/UTF
Choctaw (1)...................... Virginia Espinoza..............TSC/UTF............... Jimmie Scott........................C/HF
Columbia (2).................... Todd Gaskill.............................J....................... Jonathan Bates................... HE/CH........................... Jason Mikel.......................TSC/UTF............... Sally Sain..........................S/E/OUO
Covenant (3)..................... Victor Hassell...........................J....................... Casey Easley.......................C/HF........................... Daniel Hopkins..................... C/HF................... Randall Hooper................S/E/OUO........................... David LeNeave..................S/E/OUO................ Roger McCuiston................. MC
Cumberland (3)................ James Byrd..........................HE/CH................. Dianna Clark................... TSC/UTF........................... Chris Darland....................S/E/OUO................ Edna Hobbs.........................C/HF........................... Steve Delashmit..................... MC.................... April Whitmer...................... MC
Cumberland East Coast (1) Jin Soo Park........................ MC
Del Cristo (2)................... Shelia O’Mara.....................HE/CH.......................... Nate Mathews....................S/E/OUO
East Tennessee (3)............ Tammy Greene.........................J....................... Don Bird...........................S/E/OUO........................... Mark Hester........................... MC.................... Jerry Godolphin.................... MC........................... Alfonzo Marquez...............TSC/UTF............... Tom Witmer.............................J
Emaus (1)......................... Zenobia Rivera..................TSC/UTF............... Lina Maria Velasquez..............J
Grace (3).......................... Derek Jacks.........................HE/CH................. Hue Bell............................. HE/CH........................... Luke Lawson......................... MC.................... Jim Phillips..............................J........................... David Linski......................S/E/OUO................ Norris Ray...........................C/HF
Hong Kong (2)........................................................................................... IP Shun-Tak Andy................ MC..................................................................................................... KWOK Chor Wo.................. MC
Hope (1)............................ Jimmy Peyton......................HE/CH................. Tommy Word..................... HE/CH
Japan (2)........................... Ichiro Wada...........................MC)
Missouri (1)...................... Kevin Vanderlaan................. C/HF................... Larry Nottingham............ TSC/UTF
Murfreesboro (3).............. Mark Barron......................TSC/UTF............... Frances Hobbs................... HE/CH........................... Michael Clark...........................J....................... Dale McDaniel................ TSC/UTF........................... Christian Smith..................S/E/OUO................ Kathy Roberts..........................J
Nashville (3)..................... Lisa Cook............................. C/HF................... Randy Gannon..................S/E/OUO........................... Steve Jones..........................HE/CH................. Paul Hyde........................ TSC/UTF........................... Teresa Shauf.......................... MC.................... Becky Urrutia.................... HE/CH
North Central (2).............. Eduardo Montoya..............TSC/UTF............... Mary Gard...............................J........................... Kevin Small.........................HE/CH................. Debra Shanks.......................C/HF
Red River (3).................... Judy Madden.......................HE/CH................. Toby Thomason.......................J........................... Allan Mink........................S/E/OUO . ............. Vince Wilson..................... HE/CH........................... Linda Snelling...................TSC/UTF
Robert Donnell (1)........... Brian Tanck.......................S/E/OUO................ Tammy Norris...................S/E/OUO
Tenn./Georgia (2)............. Courtney Krueger.................. MC.................... Mike McCormack...............C/HF........................... Phillip Layne........................ C/HF................... Delbert Secrest.................S/E/OUO
Trinity (2)......................... Fredy Diaz............................ C/HF................... Lezlie Daniel........................ MC........................... Mary Kathryn Kirkpatrick.S/E/OUO................ Brian Martin.................... TSC/UTF
West Tennessee (5)........... Jay Earheart-Brown.............. C/HF................... Valerie Fowlkes.......................J........................... Tiffany McClung.................HE/CH................. Mark Maddox....................... MC........................... Don McCurley..........................J....................... Debbie Marston................. HE/CH........................... Brittany Meeks..................S/E/OUO................ Marshall Moss.....................C/HF........................... Michael Qualls...................... MC56

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YOUTH ADVISORY DELEGATES
to theONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(Each Presbytery is eligible to send two Youth Advisory Delegates)

PRESBYTERYDELEGATECOMMITTEE

Arkansas..........................................................Hannah Davis............................................................................. MC..........................................................Sarah Davis...........................................................................S/E/OUO
Choctaw ..........................................................(no youth delegate)
Columbia.........................................................Aaron Way................................................................................. MC
Covenant.........................................................Victoria Hassell....................................................................... HE/CH
Cumberland.....................................................Isaac Embry..............................................................................C/HF
del Cristo.........................................................(no youth delegate)
East Tennessee................................................Brandon Smith............................................................................. J..........................................................Anna Wood............................................................................. HE/CH
Emaus ..........................................................Sara Sofia Alfonso..................................................................... MC
Grace ..........................................................Hayden Bell..........................................................................S/E/OUO..........................................................Daniel Fowler.......................................................................... HE/CH
Hope ..........................................................McKenzie Cornelius............................................................. TSC/UTF
Japan ..........................................................(no youth delegate)
Missouri ..........................................................Olivia Pruitt...........................................................................S/E/OUO..........................................................Nathaniel Wood.......................................................................... MC
Murfreesboro...................................................Chandler Anderson..................................................................... MC..........................................................Gregory Oliver..........................................................................C/HF
Nashville.........................................................(no youth delegate)
North Central..................................................Colten Lash............................................................................. HE/CH..........................................................Noah Jenkins................................................................................ J
Red River........................................................Chase DeWees...................................................................... TSC/UTF..........................................................Robert Rush................................................................................. J
Robert Donnell................................................Nyah Anderson......................................................................S/E/OUO..........................................................Zanna Howell-Diamond............................................................C/HF
Tennessee Georgia..........................................(no youth delegate)
Trinity ..........................................................Sofia Triana...............................................................................C/HF..........................................................Darcie Webb.......................................................................... TSC/UTF
West Tennessee...............................................Grace Holland....................................................................... TSC/UTF..........................................................Will Suiter.................................................................................... JCOMMITTEES ABBREVIATIONS AND MEETING ROOMSABBREV.
C/HF
HE/CH
J
MC
S/E/OUO
TSC/UTF

COMMITTEE		MEETING ROOMS     Chaplains/Historial Foundation                                   South Hall, Meeting Room 2     Higher Education/Children’s Home
South Hall, Ballroom 4South Hall, Ballroom 3     Judiciary                                            Ministry Council                                       South Hall, Ballroom 5     Stewardship/Elected Officers/Our United Outreach          South Hall, Meeting Room 1     Theology & Social Concerns/Unification Task ForceSouth Hall, Ballroom 2

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CHAPLAINS/HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (South Hall, Meeting Room 2)
Chair: Reverend Lisa Cook
Co-Chair: Reverend Fredy Diaz
Ministers: Lisa Cook, Fredy Diaz, Jay Earheart-Brown, Daniel Hopkins, Phillip Layne,     Michael Suttle, Kevin Vanderlaan
Elders: Casey Easley, Edna Hobbs, Mike McCormack, Marshall Moss, Ray Norris,     Jimmy Scott, Debra Shanks, Kim Virden
Youth Advisory Delegates: Isaac Embry, Zanna Howell-Diamond, Gregory Oliver, Sofia Triana

2.

HIGHER EDUCATION/CHILDREN’S HOME (South Hall, Ballroom 4)
Chair: Elder Debbie Marston
Co-Chair: Reverend Jimmy Peyton
Ministers: James Bird, Derek Jacks, Steve Jones, Judy Madden, Tiffany McClung,       Shelia O’Mara, Jimmy Peyton, Kevin Small
Elders: Jonathan Bates, Hue Bell, Frances Hobbs, Debbie Marston, Becky Urrutia,     Vince Wilson, Tommy Word
Youth Advisory Delegates: Daniel Fowler, Victoria Hassell, Colten Lash, Anna Wood

3.

JUDICIARY (South Hall, Ballroom 3)
Chair: Reverend Bobby Coleman
Co-Chair: Reverend Tammy Greene
Ministers: Michael Clark, Bobby Coleman, Todd Gaskill, Tammy Greene, Victor Hasell    Don McCurley, Joaquin Orozco, Rodrigo Torres
Elders: Leticia Cellabos, Valeria Fowlkes, Mary Gard, Jim Phillips, Kathy Roberts      Nadine Rail, Toby Thomason, Tom Witmer
Youth Advisory Delegates: Noah Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Robert Rush, Will Suiter

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MINISTRY COUNCIL (South Hall, Ballroom 5)
Co-Chair: Elder Lezlie Daniel
Chair: Reverend Mark Hester
Ministers: Steve Delashmit, Mark Hester, Courtney Krueger, Luke Lawson, Jin Soo Park,     Michael Qualls, Theresa Shauf, Ichiro Wada
Elders: IP Shunk-Tak Andy, Lezlie Daniel, Jerry Godolphin, Mark Maddox, Roger McCuiston,     April Whitmer, KWOK Chor Wo
Youth Advisory Delegates: Sara Sofia Alfonso, Chandler Anderson, Hannah Davis, Aaron Way,     Nathaniel Wood

5.

STEWARDSHIP/ELECTED OFFICERS/OUR UNITED OUTREACH (South Hall, Meeting Room 1)
Chair: Reverend Mary Katherine Kirkpatrick
Co-Chair: Elder Randy Gannon
Ministers: Chris Darland, Mary Katherine Kirkpatrick, David LeNeave, David Linski,     Nate Mathews, Brittany Meeks, Alan Mink, Christian Smith, Brian Tanck
Elders: Don Bird, Randy Gannon, Randall Hooper, Tammy Norris, Sally Sain, Delbert Secrest
Youth Advisory Delegates: Nyah Anderson, Hayden Bell, Sarah Davis, Olivia Pruitt

6.

THEOLOGY & SOCIAL CONCERNS/UNIFICATION TASK FORCE (South Hall, Ballroom 2)
Chair: Reverend Linda Snelling
Co-Chair: Reverend Eduardo Montoya
Ministers: Mark Barron, Virginia Espinoza, Alfonso Marquez, Jason Mikel, Eduardo Montoya,     Wilfrido Quinones, Zenobia Rivera, Linda Snelling
Elders: Dianna Clark, Paul Hyde, Liliana Manzano, Brian Martin, Dale McDaniel, Larry Nottingham,     Cesar Restrepo
Youth Advisory Delegates: McKenzie Cornelius, Chase DeWees, Grace Holland, Darcie Webb

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CREDENTIALS:
Chair:  Reverend Virginia Espinoza
Co-Chair:  Elder Larry Nottingham
Member: Elder Sally Sain
Youth Advisory Delegate:  Noah Jenkins

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REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES
Referrals to the Committee on Chaplains/Historical Foundation
Page Report
  76
  97
122

The Report of the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation
The Report of the Commission on Military Chaplains and Personnel
The Report of the Evaluation Committee, Part II (Recommendations 7-11)

Page

Referrals to the Committee on Children’s Home/Higher Education
Report

  85
113
114
119
126
126

The Report of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary
The Report of the Board of Trustees of Bethel University
The Report of the Board of Trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s HomeThe Report of the Evaluation Committee, Part I (Recommendations 1-6)
The Memorial from Missouri Presbytery Regarding the Program of Alternate Studies
The Memorial from Missouri Presbytery Regarding the Requirements for Recognition of Ordination

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ReportReferrals to the Committee on Judiciary
  99
117
128

The Report of the Permanent Committee on Judiciary
The Report of the Joint Committee on Amendments
The Memorial from Nashville Presbytery Regarding Sacrament of Baptism

Referrals to the Committee on Ministry Council
Page

Report42
127

The Report of the Ministry Council,
The Memorial from Presbytery del Cristo Regarding A Denominational Day of Prayer and Fasting

Page

ReportReferrals to the Committee on Stewardship/Elected Officers
33
36
  50
   95
  104
129

The Report of the Moderator
The Report of the Stated Clerk
The Report of the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits
The Report of the Our United Outreach Committee
The Report of the Place of Meeting Committee
Line Item Budgets Submitted by General Assembly Agencies

Referrals to the Committee on Theology and Social Concerns/Unification Task Force
Page Report
105
107

The Report of the Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns
The Report of the Unification Task Force

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RECOMMENDATIONS AT A GLANCE
Report of the Moderator

Page   33
  34

Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2

Page   38

Recommendation 1

Page   47
  48

Report of the Ministry Council
Recommendations 1-2
Recommendations 3-4

Report of the Stated Clerk

Report of the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits(No Recommendations)Page   82

Report of the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation
Recommendation 1

Page   88
  90
  93

Report of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2
Recommendation 3

Page   95     96

Report of the Our United Outreach Committee
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2

Page     97Report of the Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel
Recommendations 1-2
Report of the Permanent Judiciary Committee(No Recommendations)
Report of the Place of Meeting Committee(No Recommendations)Page   105Page 112

Report of the Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns
Recommendation 1
Report of the Unification Task ForceRecommendation 1
Report of the Board of Trustees of Bethel University(No Recommendations)
Report of the Board of Trustees of the CP Children’s Home(No Recommendations)Page 117

Report of the Joint Committee on Amendments
Recommendation 1

Page 119
120
121
123

Report of the Evaluation Committee
Recommendation 1
Recommendations 2-6
Recommendation 7
Recommendations 8-11
Memorials(Page 126-128)
Budgets of General Assembly Board/Agencies(Pages 129-137)

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ASSEMBLY MEETINGS AND OFFICERS
Historical Review of the Stated Meetings and Officers of:
THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY, 1810-1813

Date		

Place

Moderator

Clerk

Members

1810, February..........................Sam McAdow’s House.........................Samuel McAdow............................... Young Ewing.....................3..................................................Dickson Co., TN
1810, March 20.........................Ridge Meeting-House,..........................Samuel McAdow............................... Young Ewing...................14..................................................Sumner Co., TN.
1810, October 23.......................Lebanon Meeting-House.......................Finis Ewing........................................ Young Ewing...................16
1811, March 19.........................Big Spring, Wilson Co., TN..................Robert Bell......................................... Young Ewing...................19
1811, October 9.........................Ridge Meeting-House...........................Thomas Calhoun................................ David Foster....................23
1812, April 7.............................Suggs Creek Meeting-House................Hugh Kirkpatrick............................... James B. Porter................28
1812, November 3.....................Lebanon, KY.........................................Finis Ewing........................................ Hugh Kirkpatrick.............22
1813, April 6.............................Beech Meeting-House...........................Robert Bell......................................... James B. Porter................34..................................................Sumner Co. TN
THE CUMBERLAND SYNOD, 1813-1828
1813, October 5.........................Beech Meeting-House...........................William McGee.................................. Finis Ewing......................13
1814, April 5.............................Suggs Creek..........................................David Foster....................................... James B. Porter................27
1815, October 17.......................Beech Meeting-House...........................William Barnett.................................. David Foster....................15
1816, October 15.......................Free Meeting-House, TN......................Thomas Calhoun................................ David Foster....................22
1817, October 21.......................Mt. Moriah, KY....................................Robert Donnell................................... Hugh Kirkpatrick.............27
1818, October 20.......................Big Spring, TN......................................Finis Ewing........................................ Robert Bell......................27
1819, October 19.......................Suggs Creek, TN...................................Samuel King....................................... William Barnett...............24
1820, October 17.......................Russellville, KY....................................Thomas Calhoun................................ William Moore................30
1821, Third Tues. in Oct...........Russellville, KY......................................Minutes not recorded
1822, October 15.......................Beech Meeting-House...........................James B. Porter.................................. David Foster....................47
1823, October 21.......................Russellville, KY....................................John Barnett....................................... Aaron Alexander..............48
1824, October 19.......................Cane Creek, TN....................................Samuel King....................................... William Moore................68
1825, October 18  .....................Princeton, KY........................................William Barnett.................................. Hiram McDaniel..............76
1826, Third Tues. in Oct...........Russellville, KY......................................Minutes not recorded
1827, November 20...................Russellville, KY....................................James S. Guthrie................................ Laban Jones.....................63
1828, October 21.......................Franklin, TN..........................................Hiram A. Hunter................................. Richard Beard..................94
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18291829, May 19............................Princeton, KY........................................Thomas Calhoun................................ F. R. Cossitt.....................26
1830, May 18............................Princeton, KY........................................James B. Porter.................................. F. R. Cossitt.....................36
1831, May 17............................Princeton, KY........................................Alex Chapman................................... F. R. Cossitt.....................34
1832, May 15............................Nashville, TN........................................F. R. Cossitt........................................ F. R. Cossitt.....................36
1833, May 21............................Nashville, TN........................................Samuel King....................................... F. R. Cossitt.....................35
1834, May 20............................Nashville, TN........................................Thomas Calhoun................................ James Smith.....................48
1835, May 19............................Princeton, KY........................................Sam King........................................... James Smith.....................42
1836, May 17............................Nashville, TN........................................Reuben Burrow.................................. James Smith.....................43
1837, May 16............................Lebanon, TN.........................................Robert Donnell................................... James Smith.....................49
1838, May 15............................Princeton, KY........................................Hiram A. Hunter................................. James Smith.....................47
1840, May 19............................Elkton, KY............................................ Reuben Burrow................................. James Smith.....................55
1841, May 18............................Owensboro, KY....................................William Ralston................................. C. G. McPherson.............56
1842, May 17............................Owensboro, KY....................................Milton Bird........................................ C. G. McPherson.............57
1843, May 16............................Owensboro, KY....................................A. M. Bryan....................................... C. G. McPherson.............68
1845, May 20............................Lebanon, TN.........................................Richard Beard.................................... C. G. McPherson.............95
1846, May 19............................Owensboro, KY....................................M. H. Bone......................................... C. G. McPherson.............86
1847, May 18............................Lebanon, Ohio.......................................Hiram A. Hunter................................. C. G. McPherson.............71
1848, May 16............................Memphis, TN........................................Milton Bird........................................ C. G. McPherson...........100
1849, May 16............................Princeton, KY........................................John L. Smith..................................... C. G. McPherson.............75
1850, May 21............................Clarksville, TN......................................Reuben Burrow.................................. Milton Bird....................102
1851, May 20............................Pittsburgh, PA........................................Milton Bird........................................ Milton Bird......................71
1852, May 18............................Nashville, TN........................................David Lowry...................................... Milton Bird....................107
1853, May 17............................Princeton, KY........................................H. S. Porter......................................... Milton Bird....................108
1854, May 16............................Memphis, TN........................................Isaac Shook........................................ Milton Bird....................112
1855, May 15............................Lebanon, TN.........................................M. H. Bone......................................... Milton Bird....................101
1856, May 15............................Louisville, KY.......................................Milton Bird........................................ Milton Bird......................99
1857, May 21............................Lexington, MO......................................Carson P. Reed................................... Milton Bird....................106
1858, May 20............................Huntsville, AL.......................................Felix Johnson..................................... Milton Bird....................124
1859, May 19............................Evansville, IN.......................................T. B. Wilson....................................... Milton Bird....................131
1860, May 17............................Nashville, TN........................................S. G. Burney....................................... Milton Bird....................168
1861, May 16............................St. Louis, MO........................................A. E. Cooper...................................... Milton Bird......................51
1862, May 15............................Owensboro, KY....................................P. G. Rea............................................. Milton Bird......................58
1863, May 21............................Alton, IL................................................Milton Bird........................................ Milton Bird......................73
1864, May 19............................Lebanon, OH.........................................Jesse Anderson................................... Milton Bird......................65
1865, May 18............................Evansville, IN.......................................Hiram Douglas................................... Milton Bird......................78
1866, May 17............................Owensboro, KY....................................Richard Beard.................................... Milton Bird....................155
1867, May 16............................Memphis, TN........................................J. B. Mitchell...................................... Milton Bird....................176
1868, May 21............................Lincoln, IL............................................G. W. Mitchell.................................... Milton Bird....................184
1869, May 20............................Murfreesboro, TN.................................S. T. Anderson.................................... Milton Bird....................173
1870, May 19............................Warrensburg, MO..................................J. C. Provine....................................... Milton Bird....................167

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Date
Place
Moderator
Clerk
Members
1871, May 18........................Nashville, TN........................................ J. B. Logan............................................... Milton Bird............................173
1872, May 16........................Evansville, IN....................................... C. H. Bell................................................. Milton Bird............................182
1873, May 15........................Huntsville, AL....................................... J. W. Poindexter....................................... John Frizzell..........................165
1874, May 21........................Springfield, MO.................................... T. C. Blake............................................... John Frizzell..........................185
1875, May 20........................Jefferson, TX......................................... W. S. Campbell........................................ John Frizzell..........................169
1876, May 18........................Bowling Green, KY.............................. J. M. Gill.................................................. John Frizzell..........................184
1877, May 17........................Lincoln, IL............................................ A. B. Miller............................................. John Frizzell..........................171
1878, May 16........................Lebanon, TN......................................... D. E. Bushnell......................................... John Frizzell..........................205
1879, May 15........................Memphis, TN........................................ J. S. Grider............................................... John Frizzell..........................143
1880, May 20........................Evansville, IN....................................... A. Templeton........................................... John Frizzell..........................194
1881, May 19........................Austin, TX............................................. W. J. Darby.............................................. John Frizzell..........................187
1882, May 18........................Huntsville, AL....................................... S. H. Buchanan........................................ John Frizzell..........................188
1883, May 17........................Nashville, TN........................................ A. J. McGlumphey.................................. T. C. Blake.............................204
1884, May 15........................McKeesport, PA.................................... John Frizzell............................................ T. C. Blake.............................148
1885, May 21........................Bentonville, AR.................................... G. T. Stainback........................................ T. C. Blake.............................185
1886, May 20........................Sedalia, MO.......................................... E. B. Crisman.......................................... T. C. Blake.............................193
1887, May 19........................Covington, OH...................................... Nathan Green........................................... T. C. Blake.............................187
1888, May 17........................Waco, TX.............................................. W. H. Black............................................. T. C. Blake.............................217
1889, May 16........................Kansas City, MO................................... J. M. Hubbert........................................... T. C. Blake.............................217
1890, May 15........................Union City, TN...................................... E. G. McLean.......................................... T. C. Blake.............................220
1891, May 21........................Owensboro, KY.................................... E. F. Beard............................................... T. C. Blake.............................213
1892, May 19........................Memphis, TN........................................ W. T. Danley............................................ T. C. Blake.............................229
1893, May 18........................Little Rock, AR..................................... W. S. Ferguson......................................... T. C. Blake.............................226
1894, May 17........................Eugene, OR........................................... F. R. Earle................................................ T. C. Blake.............................167
1895, May 16........................Meridian, MS........................................ M. B. DeWitt........................................... T. C. Blake.............................208
1896, May 21........................Birmingham, AL................................... A. W. Hawkins......................................... J. M. Hubbert.........................200
1897, May 20........................Chicago, IL............................................ H. S. Williams......................................... J. M. Hubbert.........................224
1898, May 19........................Marshall, MO........................................ H. H. Norman.......................................... J. M. Hubbert.........................221
1899, May 18........................Denver, CO........................................... J. M. Halsell............................................. J. M. Hubbert.........................181
1900, May 17........................Chattanooga, TN .................................. H. C. Bird................................................ J. M. Hubbert.........................230
1901, May 16........................West Point, MS..................................... E. E. Morris............................................. J. M. Hubbert.........................226
1902, May 15........................Springfield, MO.................................... S. M. Templeton...................................... J. M. Hubbert.........................255
1903, May 21........................Nashville, TN........................................ R. M. Tinnon........................................... J. M. Hubbert.........................247
1904, May 19........................Dallas, TX............................................. W. E. Settle.............................................. J. M. Hubbert.........................251
1905, May 18........................Fresno, CA............................................ J. B. Hail.................................................. J. M. Hubbert.........................249
1906, May 17........................Decatur, IL............................................ Ira Landrith.............................................. J. M. Hubbert.........................279
1906, May 24........................Decatur, IL............................................ J. L. Hudgins........................................... T. H. Padgett..........................106
1907, May 17........................Dickson, TN.......................................... A. N. Eshman.......................................... J. L. Goodknight....................140
1908, May 21........................Corsicana, TX....................................... F. H. Prendergast..................................... J. L. Goodknight....................136
1909, May 20........................Bentonville, AR.................................... J. T. Barbee.............................................. J. L. Goodknight....................142
1910, May 19........................Dickson, TN.......................................... J. H. Fussell............................................. J. L. Goodknight....................144
1911, May 18........................Evansville, IN....................................... J. W. Duvall............................................. J. L. Goodknight....................109
1912, May 16........................Warrensburg, MO.................................. J. D. Lewis............................................... J. L. Goodknight....................119
1913, May 15........................Bowling Green, KY.............................. J. H. Milholland....................................... J. L. Goodknight....................112
1914, May 21........................Wagoner, OK......................................... F. A. Brown.............................................. J. L. Goodknight....................105
1915, May 20........................Memphis, TN........................................ William Clark.......................................... D. W. Fooks...........................116
1916, May 18........................Birmingham, AL................................... J. L. Price................................................. D. W. Fooks...........................125
1917, May 17........................Lincoln, IL............................................ F. A. Seagle.............................................. D. W. Fooks...........................102
1918, May 16........................Dallas, TX............................................. C. H. Walton............................................ D. W. Fooks...........................117
1919, May 15........................Fayetteville, AR.................................... J. H. Zwingle........................................... D. W. Fooks...........................101
1920, May 15........................McKenzie, TN....................................... J. E. Cortner............................................. D. W. Fooks...........................123
1921, May 19........................Greenfield, MO..................................... Judge John B. Tally................................. D. W. Fooks...........................108
1922, May 18........................Greeneville, TN..................................... Hugh S. McCord...................................... D. W. Fooks...........................102
1923, May 17........................Fairfield, IL........................................... P. F. Johnson, D. D.................................. D. W. Fooks...........................105
1924, May 15........................Austin, TX............................................. D. M. McAnulty...................................... D. W. Fooks.............................93
1925, May 21........................Nashville, TN........................................ W. E. Morrow.......................................... D. W. Fooks...........................114
1926, May 20........................Columbus, MS...................................... I. K. Floyd............................................... D. W. Fooks...........................111
1927, May 19........................Lakeland, FL......................................... T. A. DeVore............................................ D. W. Fooks.............................97
1928, May 21........................Jackson, TN........................................... J. L. Hudgins........................................... D. W. Fooks.............................97
1929, May 16........................Princeton, KY........................................ H. C. Walton............................................ D. W. Fooks.............................98
1930, May 15........................Olney, TX.............................................. O. A. Barbee............................................ D. W. Fooks.............................92
1931, May 21........................Evansville, IN....................................... J. L. Elliot................................................ D. W. Fooks.............................98
1932, May 19........................Chattanooga, TN................................... G. G. Halliburton..................................... D. W. Fooks...........................104
1933, June 14........................Memphis, TN........................................ W. B. Cunningham.................................. D. W. Fooks.............................94
1934, June 14........................Springfield, MO.................................... A. C. DeForest......................................... D. W. Fooks...........................103
1935, June 13........................McKenzie, TN....................................... C. A. Davis.............................................. D. W. Fooks...........................104
1936, June 18........................San Antonio, TX................................... E. K. Reagin............................................ D. W. Fooks...........................100
1937, June 16........................Knoxville, TN....................................... George E. Coleman................................. D. W. Fooks...........................109
1938, June 16........................Russellville, AR.................................... D. D. Dowell........................................... D. W. Fooks...........................117
1939, June 15........................Marshall, MO........................................ E. R. Ramer............................................. D. W. Fooks...........................126
1940, June 13........................Cookeville, TN...................................... Keith T. Postlethwaite............................. D. W. Fooks...........................116
1941, June 19........................Denton, TX........................................... L. L. Thomas........................................... D. W. Fooks...........................120
1942, June 18........................McKenzie, TN....................................... George W. Burroughs.............................. D. W. Fooks...........................108
1943, June 17........................Paducah, KY......................................... A. A. Collins............................................ D. W. Fooks.............................94
1944, June 15........................Bowling Green, KY.............................. I. M. Vaughn............................................ D. W. Fooks.............................94
1945, May 31........................Lewisburg, TN...................................... S. T. Byars............................................... Wayne Wiman.......................103
1946, June 13........................Birmingham, AL................................... C. R. Matlock.......................................... Wayne Wiman.......................105
1947, June 12........................Knoxville, TN....................................... Morris Pepper.......................................... Wayne Wiman.......................108

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Date		
Place
Moderator
Clerk
Members
1948, June 17...................... Nashville, TN...................................Paul F. Brown................................................. Wayne Wiman......................105
1949, June 16...................... Muskogee, OK..................................Blake Warren.................................................. Wayne Wiman......................109
1950, June 15...................... Los Angeles, CA...............................L. P. Turnbow................................................. Wayne Wiman........................98
1951, June 14...................... Longview, TX...................................John E. Gardner............................................. Wayne Wiman......................105
1952, June 12...................... Memphis, TN....................................Emery A. Newman......................................... Wayne Wiman......................120
1953, June 18...................... Gadsden, AL.....................................Charles L. Lehning, Jr.................................... Wayne Wiman......................107
1954, June 17...................... Dyersburg, TN..................................John S. Smith................................................. Wayne Wiman......................124
1955, June 16...................... Lubbock, TX.....................................Ernest C. Cross.............................................. Shaw Scates..........................118
1956, June 21...................... Cookeville, TN.................................Hubert Morrow.............................................. Shaw Scates..........................118
1957, June 21...................... Evansville, IN...................................William T. Ingram, Jr..................................... Shaw Scates..........................119
1958, June 18...................... Birmingham, AL...............................Wayne Wiman................................................ Shaw Scates..........................116
1959, June 17...................... Springfield, MO................................Virgil T. Weeks............................................... Shaw Scates..........................120
1960, June 15...................... Nashville, TN...................................Arleigh G. Matlock........................................ Shaw Scates..........................130
1961, June 21...................... Florence, AL.....................................Ollie W. McClung.......................................... Shaw Scates..........................126
1962, June 20...................... Little Rock, AR.................................Eugene L. Warren.......................................... Shaw Scates..........................126
1963, June 19...................... Austin, TX........................................Franklin Chesnut............................................ Shaw Scates..........................117
1964, June 17...................... Chattanooga, TN...............................Vaughn Fults.................................................. Shaw Scates..........................123
1965, June 16...................... San Francisco, CA............................Thomas Forester............................................. Shaw Scates..........................114
1966, June 15...................... Memphis, TN....................................John W. Sparks............................................... Shaw Scates..........................124
1967, June 21...................... Paducah, KY.....................................Raymon Burroughs........................................ Shaw Scates..........................123
1968, June 19...................... Oklahoma City, OK..........................Loyce S. Estes................................................ Shaw Scates..........................115
1969, June 18...................... San Antonio, TX...............................J. David Hester............................................... Shaw Scates..........................116
1970, June 17...................... Knoxville, TN...................................L. C. Waddle.................................................. Shaw Scates..........................116
1971, June 16...................... Jackson, TN......................................E. Thach Shauf............................................... Shaw Scates..........................116
1972, June 19...................... Kansas City, MO..............................Claude D. Gilbert........................................... Shaw Scates..........................110
1973, June 18...................... Ft. Worth, TX....................................Thomas H. Campbell..................................... Shaw Scates..........................101
1974, June 17...................... Bowling Green, KY..........................David A. Brown............................................. Shaw Scates..........................116
1975, June 16...................... McKenzie, TN..................................Roy E. Blakeburn........................................... Shaw Scates..........................120
1976, June 21...................... Tulsa, OK.........................................Hubert W. Covington..................................... T. V. Warnick........................115
1977, June 30...................... Tampa, FL.........................................Fred W. Bryson.............................................. T. V. Warnick........................122
1978, June 19...................... McKenzie, TN..................................Jose Fajardo................................................... T. V. Warnick........................120
1979, June 18...................... Albuquerque, NM.............................James C. Gilbert............................................. T. V. Warnick........................126
1980, June 16...................... Evansville, IN...................................Robert L. Hull................................................ T. V. Warnick........................126
1981, June 15...................... Denton, TX.......................................W. Jean Richardson........................................ T. V. Warnick........................126
1982, June 21...................... Owensboro, KY................................W. A. Rawlins................................................ T. V. Warnick........................124
1983, June 20...................... Birmingham, AL...............................Robert G. Forester.......................................... T. V. Warnick........................127
1984, June 11...................... Chattanooga, TN...............................C. Ray Dobbins.............................................. T. V. Warnick........................125
1985, June 17...................... Lexington, KY..................................Virgil H. Todd................................................ Roy E. Blakeburn.................125
1986, June 23...................... Odessa, TX.......................................James W. Knight............................................ Roy E. Blakeburn.................125
1987, June 15...................... Louisville, KY..................................Wilbur S. Wood.............................................. Roy E. Blakeburn.................125
1988, June 6........................ Tulsa, OK.........................................Beverly St. John............................................. Robert Prosser......................119
1989, June 12...................... Knoxville, TN...................................William Rustenhaven, Jr................................ Robert Prosser........................96
1990, June 25...................... Ft. Worth, TX....................................Thomas D. Campbell..................................... Robert Prosser........................88
1991, June 24...................... Paducah, KY.....................................Floyd T. Hensley, Jr........................................ Robert Prosser......................106
1992, June 22...................... Jackson, TN......................................John David Hall............................................. Robert Prosser......................102
1993, June 21...................... Little Rock, AR.................................Robert M. Shelton.......................................... Robert Prosser......................100
1994, June 20...................... Albuquerque, NM.............................Donald C. Alexander...................................... Robert Prosser......................100
1995, June 19...................... Nashville, TN...................................Clinton O. Buck............................................. Robert Prosser......................102
1996, June 17...................... Huntsville, AL..................................Merlyn A. Alexander...................................... Robert Prosser........................95
1997, April 11..................... Nashville, TN...................................Merlyn A. Alexander...................................... Robert Prosser........................80
1997, June 16...................... Louisville, KY..................................W. Lewis Wynn.............................................. Robert Prosser........................95
1998, June 15...................... Chattanooga, TN...............................Masaharu Asayama........................................ Robert Prosser........................97
1999, June 21...................... Memphis, TN....................................Gwendolyn Roddye....................................... Marjorie Shannon...................96
2000, June 19...................... Bowling Green, KY..........................Bob G. Roberts.............................................. Robert D. Rush.......................96
2001, June 18...................... Odessa, TX.......................................Randolph Jacob.............................................. Robert D. Rush.......................88
2002, June 17...................... Paducah, KY.....................................Bert L. Owen.................................................. Robert D. Rush.......................95
2003, June 23...................... Knoxville, TN...................................Charles McCaskey......................................... Robert D. Rush.......................96
2004, June 21...................... Irving, TX.........................................Edward G. Sims............................................. Robert D. Rush.......................87
2005, June 27...................... Franklin, TN.....................................Linda H. Glenn............................................... Robert D. Rush.......................91
2006, June 18...................... Birmingham, AL...............................Donald Hubbard............................................. Robert D. Rush.......................87
2007, June 18...................... Hot Springs, AR...............................Frank Ward..................................................... Robert D. Rush.......................84
2007, December 7............... Nashville, TN...................................Frank Ward..................................................... Robert D. Rush.......................62
2008, June 7........................ Japan.................................................Jonathan Clark............................................... Robert D. Rush.......................82
2009, June 15...................... Memphis, TN....................................Sam Suddarth................................................. Robert D. Rush.......................86
2010, June 13...................... Dickson, TN.....................................Boyce Wallace................................................ Robert D. Rush.......................88
2011, June 20...................... Springfield, MO................................Don M. Tabor................................................. Michael Sharpe.......................82
2012, June 18...................... Florence, AL.....................................Robert D. Rush.............................................. Michael Sharpe.......................90
2013, June 17...................... Murfreesboro, TN.............................Forest Prosser................................................. Michael Sharpe.......................93
2014, June 16...................... Chattanooga, TN...............................Lisa Anderson................................................ Michael Sharpe.......................86
2015, June 20...................... Colombia, South America................Michele Gentry.............................................. Michael Sharpe.......................91
2016, June 20...................... Nashville, Tennessee........................Dwayne Tyus.................................................. Michael Sharpe.......................84
2017, June 19...................... Palm Harbor, Florida........................David Lancaster............................................. Michael Sharpe.......................77
2018, June17....................... Norman, Oklahoma..........................Jay Earheart-Brown....................................... Michael Sharpe.......................86
2019, June 10...................... Huntsville, Alabama.........................Shelia O’Mara................................................ Michael Sharpe.......................89

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BYLAWS
Bylaws of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly Corporation
A Non-profit Religious Corporation Organized and Existing
Under the Laws of the State of Tennessee
ARTICLE 1-RELIGIOUS CORPORATION
1.01 Purpose.  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a spiritual body comprised of a portionof the universal body of believers confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  As an ecclesiastical body,the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a connectional Church which includes all of the judicatories of
the Church.  The highest judicatory of this ecclesiastical body is the General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (referred to in these Bylaws as “the Church”).  This corporation has been formed toserve and support the Church by holding real and personal property of the Church, employing staff to serve
the Church, and performing other secular and legal functions.
1.02 Ecclesiastical Authority Not Limited by Corporate Powers.   The enumeration in statestatutes or these Bylaws of specific powers which may be exercised by the Commissioners, Board of
Directors, or the officers of the corporation when acting in their corporate capacity shall not limit theirauthority when acting in their ecclesiastical capacity for the Church.
1.03 Church Authorities.  The doctrine of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, expressed in the
Confession of Faith, Constitution, Rules of Discipline, and Rules of Order of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, shall have precedence over any inconsistent provision of these Bylaws.
ARTICLE 2-TERMINOLOGY
2.01 Delegates.  The corporation’s delegates shall be called “Commissioners.”
2.02 General Assembly.  A meeting of the Commissioners shall be called a “General Assembly.”
2.03 President.  The corporation’s president shall be called the “Stated Clerk.”
2.04 Ecumenical Representative.  A person who is not a member of a Cumberland Presbyterian
Chuch or presbytery but who supports the mission of a denominational entity and is elected to a term ofservice on that entity shall be called an “Ecumenical Representative.”
ARTICLE 3-OFFICES
3.01 Location.  The principal office of the corporation in the State of Tennessee shall be located in
Shelby County, Tennessee.  The corporation may have such other offices, either within or outside the Stateof Tennessee, as the General Assembly or the Board of Directors may direct from time to time.
ARTICLE 4–COMMISSIONERS
4.01 Commissioners.  The Commissioners shall have the powers and authority described in thecorporation’s charter and these Bylaws.  Included among them are the power to:a.  Elect the elected members of the Board of Directors.
b.  Approve any amendment to the corporation’s charter except an amendment to delete     the names of the original directors; to change the name of the registered agent, or to     change the address of the registered office;c.  Elect and remove the Moderator, Stated Clerk, and the Engrossing Clerk.
d.  Fill vacancies on the corporation’s various boards, agencies and committees, and on     the boards of any subsidiaries;e.  Approve the merger or dissolution of the corporation, or the sale of substantially all of     the corporation’s assets; andf.  Transact such other business of the corporation as may properly come before any     meeting of the Commissioners.
4.02 Selection of Commissioners: Number and Qualifications.  Commissioners shall be selectedby the presbyteries.  A presbytery shall be entitled to send one minister and one elder for each 1,000, or
fraction thereof, active members (including ordained clergy) in the presbytery.  Each elder selected as aCommissioner must be serving as a member of a session at the time of the General Assembly at which
he or she will serve.  A Commissioner shall continue to serve until no longer qualified or until his or her
successor is selected and qualified.  The clerk of each presbytery shall certify the presbytery’s duly electedcommissioners, youth advisory delegates, and alternates to the Stated Clerk in a manner provided by theStated Clerk.

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4.03 Youth Advisory Delegates.  Each presbytery may select not more than two youth advisorydelegates who should be from 15 through 19 years of age.  Advisory delegates may serve as members withfull rights on General Assembly committees, but shall not vote as Commissioners.
4.04 Annual Meeting and Notice.  The Commissioners shall meet annually at a date and time
established by the General Assembly.  The meeting shall be continued from day to day until adjournment.  
Written notice of the meeting shall be mailed to the stated clerks of all presbyteries and published in the
Cumberland Presbyterian at least sixty (60) days prior to the proposed meeting.
4.05 Special Meetings and Notice.  The Moderator, or in case of the Moderator’s absence, death,or inability to act, the Stated Clerk, may with the written concurrence or at the written request of twenty
Commissioners, ten of whom shall be ministers and ten elders, representing at least five presbyteries, call a
special meeting of the Commissioners.  If warranted by a change of circumstances, a called special meeting
may be cancelled by the Moderator, or in case of the Moderator’s absence, death, or inability to act, theStated Clerk, with the written concurrence of at least ten of the Commissioners who requested or concurredin the call of the special meeting.  Written notice of any special meeting shall be mailed to the stated clerksof all presbyteries, to all Commissioners, and to their alternates at least sixty (60) days prior to the meeting.  
The notice shall specify the particular business of the special meeting, and no other business shall betransacted.
4.06 Place of Meeting.  The General Assembly may designate any place within or outside thestate of Tennessee as the place for an annual meeting.  If the Commissioners fail to designate a place for anannual meeting, or if an emergency requires the place to be changed, the Board of Directors may designate aplace for the annual meeting.  The Moderator or the Stated Clerk, as the case may be, when calling a special
meeting shall designate the time and place of the meeting in the notice of the meeting.
4.07 Quorum.  Any twenty or more Commissioners, of whom at least ten are ministers and tenelders, entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at any General Assembly.  When a quorum is once present
to organize a meeting, business may continue to be conducted and votes taken despite the subsequent
withdrawal of any Commissioner.  A meeting may be adjourned despite the absence of a quorum.
4.08 Voting.   Every Commissioner shall be entitled to one vote, which must be cast by theCommissioner in person; no proxies are permitted.  All corporate actions shall be taken by majority vote
except as otherwise provided by the corporation’s parliamentary authority.   Voting for members of theBoard of Directors shall be non-cumulative.
ARTICLE 5-BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5.01 Authority.  The Board of Directors shall manage the business and affairs of the corporation
except for any power or authority which is reserved to the Commissioners or delegated to any other agencyof the corporation.  The Board of Directors is authorized to amend the corporation’s charter only to delete
the names of the original directors; to change the name of the registered agent; or to change the address of
the registered office.
5.02 Composition of the Board of Directors.   The Board of Directors shall consist of seven(7) members, who shall be the directors of the corporation.   Six (6) members shall be elected by theCommissioners and the Stated Clerk shall serve by virtue of office.  All members, whether elected or ex
officio, shall have all of the privileges of office.
5.03 Qualification for Election.  Each person elected to the Board of Directors shall be a natural
person who is a person in good standing of a presbytery or local Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  No
two directors shall be from the same presbytery, provided, however, that a director who moves from one
presbytery to another may continue to serve until the expiration of his or her term of office.
5.04 Election and Tenure.  The elected members of the Board of Directors shall serve terms of
three (3) years each.  The terms shall be staggered so that two (2) directors shall be elected each year.  Each
person elected shall serve until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
5.05 Action of Board in Emergency or By Default.  If, for any reason, the General Assembly fails
to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors at the next General Assembly, then the Board of Directors may
fill the vacancy by majority vote of the members then in office.
5.06 Meetings.  The Board of Directors shall meet annually or more often at such time and place
as it may set.  Special meetings may be called by or at the request of the Stated Clerk or any three directors
at any place, either within or outside the state of Tennessee.
5.07 Notice.   Notice of any meeting shall be given at least five (5) days before the date of themeeting, except that notice by mail shall be given at least ten (10) days before the date of the meeting.  
Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, fax, or electronic mail; or by first class mail orcourier.  Except as specifically provided by these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at nor the
purpose of any special or regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice of themeeting.
5.08 Notice of Special Actions.  Any meeting of the Board of Directors at which one or more of thefollowing actions shall be considered must be preceded by seven (7) days written notice to each member

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that the matter will be voted upon, unless notice has been waived.  Actions requiring such notice are:amendment or restatement of the corporate charter; approval of a plan of merger for the corporation; sale of
all or substantially all of the corporation’s assets; and dissolution of the corporation.
5.09 Officers of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may have such officers of theboard as it may deem appropriate.
5.10 Quorum and Voting.  A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transactionof business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.  When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting,it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any of those present.  A meeting may be adjourned despite
the lack of a quorum.  The vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum ispresent shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater vote is specifically required by the Charteror the Bylaws.
5.11 Conference Meetings.  Any or all the members of the Board of Directors or any committee
designated by it may meet by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment
which permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other simultaneously.  A member who
participates in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
5.12 Action by Written Consent.  Whenever the members of the Board of Directors are requiredor permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent,
setting forth the action so taken and signed by all of the members entitled to vote,5.13 Emergency Actions.  If the Board of Directors determines by a vote of three-fourths of all its
members that an emergency exists of such magnitude as to threaten the work of the whole Church, or of allboards and other agencies of the Church, and that the emergency requires action before the next meeting of
the General Assembly, then the Board of Directors shall exercise the powers of the Commissioners in such
emergency.
5.14 Compensation.  Members of the Board of Directors shall receive no compensation in theircapacity as members of the Board of Directors.  Members may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendanceat each meeting of the Board of Directors.
5.15 Removal of Directors.  An elected member of the Board of Directors may be removed by theCommissioners for misfeasance or if he or she is no longer qualified to be elected to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 6-WAIVER OF NOTICE
6.01 Written Waiver.  Any notice required to be given to any member of the Board of Directors
or a Commissioner under these Bylaws, the Charter, or the laws of Tennessee may be waived.  The waiver
shall be in writing, signed (either before or after the event requiring notice) by the person entitled to thenotice, and delivered to the corporation.
6.02 Waiver by Attendance.   The attendance of a member of the Board of Directors or a
Commissioner at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless the person attends
a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was
not properly called or convened.
ARTICLE 7-MODERATOR AND VICE-MODERATOR
7.01 Nomination and Election.  At the beginning of each annual meeting the General Assembly
shall elect a Commissioner to serve as Moderator until the next annual meeting.  Nominations for Moderator
shall come from the floor.  One nominating speech, not to exceed ten minutes, shall be permitted on behalfof each nominee.  If there is more than one nominee, the election shall be conducted by written ballot.  A
committee appointed and supervised by the Stated Clerk shall receive the ballots, count them, and certify
the election.  If no nominee receives a majority of the votes cast, a run-off election shall be conducted.  Only
those leading nominees who together received a majority of the votes cast on the preceding ballot shall be
included in the run-off election.
7.02 Nature of Office.   The Moderator of the General Assembly is the ecclesiastical head of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church during the tenure of the office and a spiritual representative of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church wherever God leads.  The Moderator receives a precious gift and great
opportunity for service in the Church: the freedom to go anywhere and to listen to the mind, heart and spirit ofthe denomination and to speak with and to the Church.  The office of Moderator has great honor and respect,
and the person elected to the Office is a priest, prophet, and pastor of the Church at large.  The Moderator
prays with and for the work of the Spirit of God in the life of the denomination at every opportunity.  TheModerator participates in the life and work of the Church as far as possible, and pays particular attention
to ecumenical relations, especially with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.  Judicatories,
congregations, and others are urged to invite the Moderator, and the Moderator is encouraged to attend
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7.03 Duties and Privileges of Office.
a.  The Moderator shall preside at all meetings of the General Assembly.
b.  The Moderator shall appoint, with the consent of the General Assembly, such special     committees as are needed;c.  The Moderator shall serve as chairperson of the General Assembly Program Committee     and as a member of the Place of Meeting Committee;d.  The Moderator shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the General     Assembly.
e.  The Moderator shall serve as an advisory member of the Ministry Council during tenure     in office.
f.  The Moderator shall observe the places and times God is calling the Church to service,     assess the need for a Denominational response to God’s call, and report items that     concern the General Assembly.
g.  The Moderator shall wear the official cross and stoles of office during the term of office.
7.04 Expenses of Office.  Any allowance budgeted by the General Assembly to offset the expenses ofthe Moderator shall be administered by the Stated Clerk.  Persons issuing an invitation to the Moderator are
encouraged to agree in advance on arrangements for the payment of travel expenses.  Upon the Moderator’s
retirement from office, a gavel and a replica of the Moderator’s cross shall be presented to the Moderator.
7.05 Vice-Moderator.  The General Assembly shall elect a Vice-Moderator in like manner.  TheVice-Moderator shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Moderator of the General Assemblyand perform the duties of the Moderator in the event of the Moderator’s disability or absence from office
for any reason.
7.06 Removal.   The Moderator or Vice-Moderator may be removed by the General Assembly
whenever in its judgment the removal would serve the best interests of the corporation.
ARTICLE 8-STATED CLERK
8.01 President.  The Stated Clerk is the principal executive officer of the corporation and shall also
have the titles of “president” and “treasurer”.
8.02 Nomination and Election.  The Nominating Committee may nominate the serving StatedClerk for re-election.  If the Nominating Committee declines to nominate the serving Stated Clerk for reelection, or if the Stated Clerk has vacated the office, resigned, or declined to be re-nominated, then the
Corporate Board shall conduct a search for and nominate a candidate to the General Assembly.  In either
event, further nominations may be made by the Commissioners.  The Commissioners shall elect the StatedClerk by majority vote.
8.03 Term of Office.  The Stated Clerk shall be elected to a term of four (4) years.  The regular termof office begins on January 1 and ends on December 31.  There is no limit on the number of terms which
may be served by an individual Stated Clerk.
8.04 Duties. The Stated Clerk shall be concerned with the spiritual life of the Church and withmaintaining and strengthening a united witness for the Church.   The Stated Clerk shall also generally
supervise and control the business affairs of the corporation and see that all orders and resolutions of theGeneral Assembly are carried into effect.  In fulfillment of these duties, the Stated Clerk shall:
01.  Have responsibility to provide for the orderly governance of the Church in accordance       with the Constitution, Rules of Order and Rules of Discipline.
02.  Maintain records of the corporation and respond to requests for official records of       General Assembly actions and interpretations of its actions.
03.  Represent the Church when an official of the General Assembly is needed.
04.  Represent the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in establishing and maintaining       relations with other Churches, particulary those of the Presbyterian and Reformed       tradition, and in addressing common concerns.
05.  Sign all documents on behalf of the corporation or the Cumberland Presbyterian       Church.
06.  Represent the corporation or the Church in litigation or other legal matters affecting the      Cumberland Presbyterian Church, including the selection and employment of legal      counsel.
07.  Make suitable arrangements for General Assembly meetings, including researching       possible meeting sites, contracting for facilities, and arranging space for committee       meetings and sessions of the General Assembly;
08.  Provide for printing and other communication needs of the General Assembly while in       session.
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10.  Prepare and distribute an information form to be completed by Commissioners for the       Moderator’s use in making committee appointments.
11.  Advise the Moderator in the appointment of committees.
12.  In consultation with the Moderator, refer all matters to come before the next General       Assembly; and provide copies of all such referrals to the Commissioners and advisory       delegates before the General Assembly convenes.
13.  Prepare and distribute preliminary minutes and an agenda for General Assembly       meetings which shall provide time for the consideration of any appropriate business,        including memorials from a judicatory or denominational entity delivered to the Stated       Clerk in writing by April 30.
14.  Supervise the recording and publication of minutes and a summary of actions taken by       each General Assembly.
15.  Make copies of General Assembly minutes available to ordained ministers, licentiates,       candidates, commissioners, clerks of sessions, members of denominational entities,       schools of the Church, synod, and presbytery clerks, to the Stated Clerk’s exchanges       and other interested persons in order to encourage lower judicatories and persons in       the Church to implement the actions of the General Assembly.
16.  File the minutes of each General Assembly with the Historical Foundation as a       permanent record.
17.  Maintain and update annually the Digest of the General Assembly actions.
18.  Represent the Church at large on the Ministry Council.
19.  Provide support services for the Moderator and all denominational entities.
20.  Receive and make any appropriate response to communications to the Cumberland       Presbyterian Church or General Assembly.
21.  Maintain a name and address file on congregations, session clerks, pastors, and other       leadership of congregations with statistical information about congregations,       presbyteries, and synods.
22.  Solicit, receive, publish, and disseminate annual reports from churches.
23.  Review reports by denominational entities and assist them in complying with correct       reporting and budgeting procedures and in avoiding duplication of work.
24.  Hold, report annually, and distribute as authorized by the General Assembly or the       Ministry Council the Contingency Fund and all other General Assembly Funds not       entrusted to the care of a denominational entity.
25.  Call the Judiciary Committee into session or by other means secure the advice of the       committee on appropriate matters.
26.  Communicate with presbyteries and synods on behalf of the General Assembly and       attend their meetings from time to time.
27.  Provide training for presbytery and synod clerks and orientations for General Assembly       commissioners.
28.  Generally perform duties as are prescribed in the Constitution or directed by the General       Assembly.
8.05 Removal.   The Stated Clerk may be removed by the General Assembly whenever in its
judgment the removal would serve the best interests of the corporation.
ARTICLE 9-OTHER OFFICERS
9.01 Secretary.  The chief executive officer of the Ministry Council shall, by virtue of office, be thesecretary of the corporation, and shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary.
9.02 Engrossing Clerk.  The Engrossing Clerk shall be elected by the General Assembly to a termof four (4) years.  The regular term of office begins on January 1 and ends on December 31.  There is nolimit on the number of terms which may be served by an individual Engrossing Clerk.  The Engrossing
Clerk shall serve as Stated Clerk pro tempore during the meeting of the General Assembly in the event theStated Clerk is absent or unable to serve.  The Engrossing Clerk shall perform such other duties as may fromtime to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the General Assembly.
9.03 Additional Officers.  The corporation may have such additional officers as it may from time
to time find necessary or appropriate.
ARTICLE 10-ORGANIZATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
Church:10.01 Generally.  The following are denominational entities related to the Cumberland Presbyterian01.  Subsidiary corporations: Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits of the

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02.  Related corporations: Bethel University; Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home;       Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland       Presbyterian Church in America.
03.  Commissions: Chaplains and Military Personnel.
04.  Committees: Committee on Nominations; Joint Committee on Amendments; Judiciary,      Our United Outreach; Place of Meeting Committee; Program Committee; Unified      Committee on Theology and Social Concerns.
10.02 Election and Tenure.   The following qualifications and rules relate to service on any
denominational entity.
01.  Unless elected as an Ecumenical Representative, no person shall be qualified to serve       except a member in good standing in a presbytery or local congregation of the       Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
02.  No person who is employed in an executive capacity including Chief Executive, Vice       President, Team Leader, Director, or equivalent in the Cumberland Presbyterian           Church is eligible to serve on a denominational entity.  No employee of a denominational       entity is eligible for service on the same denominational entity.
03.  Each person shall be elected for a term of three years unless elected to fill the remainder       of an unexpired term.  However, if a person elected to serve on a denominational entity      where residence in a particular synod is a qualification for election shall move to      another synod while in office, the term to which he or she was elected shall terminate      at the close of the next meeting of the General Assembly.  When nominating persons      to boards and agencies, priority consideration be given to persons whose individual life       and/or church involvement demonstrates a commitment to support Our United Outreach.
04.  Members of the Committee on Nominations may not be elected to a consecutive term.  
       All other persons may serve up to three consecutive terms for a total not to exceed nine      years in office.
05.  A Cumberland Presbyterian who has served on any entity is not eligible to serve on the       same entity (except for an authorized consecutive term) until at least two (2) years have      elapsed since the conclusion of the previous service.
06.  A Cumberland Presbyterian who is serving on any entity is not eligible to serve on       another entity until at least one (1) year has elapsed since the conclusion of the previous      service.
07.  An Ecumenical Representative who is serving or has served on any entity is not eligible      to serve on any other entity (except for an authorized consecutive term on the same      entity) until at least one (1) year has elapsed since the conclusion of the previous      service.
10.03 Resignation or Removal.
01.  Any person serving on a denominational entity who is no longer qualified or eligible       to serve shall be deemed to have resigned.
02.  Any person serving on an incorporated denominational entity may resign by delivering         written notice of resignation to the secretary or an executive officer of the denominational      entity, who shall promptly report the resignation to the Stated Clerk.  Any person      serving on an unincorporated denominational entity may resign by delivering written      notice of resignation to the Stated Clerk.  A resignation is effective when delivered      unless some other effective date is specified in the written resignation.
03.  No member who continues to meet the standard  requirements for election or       appointment to any denominational entity shall be removed from office except for       misfeasance.  Removal of a person elected by the General Assembly shall be by vote       of the General Assembly.
10.04 Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits.  The corporation shall elect the eleven(11) directors of the Board of Stewardship as provided in its charter.
10.05 Historical Foundation.   The corporation shall elect six (6) of the twelve (12) directorsof the Historical Foundation as provided in its charter.  The corporation shall elect the directors of theHistorical Foundation in such a manner that, immediately following any election, there shall be at least one(1) member from each synod and no person shall be elected if the election would cause two directors fromthe same presbytery to be serving simultaneously.  The remaining six (6) directors shall be elected by the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
10.06 Memphis Theological Seminary.  The corporation shall elect the twenty-four (24) directorsof Memphis Theological Seminary as provided in its charter.   The corporation shall elect the directors
in such a manner that, immediately following any election, there shall be eleven (11) directors who aremembers of denominations other than the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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10.07 Ministry Council.
01.  The corporation shall elect the fifteen (15) directors of the Ministry Council as provided       in its charter.
02.  The corporation shall elect the directors of the Ministry Council in such a manner that       immediately following any election, there shall be three (3) directors from each synod;       at least six (6) but no more than nine (9) directors who are ordained clergy; and no more      than nine (9) directors of the same gender.
03.  The Stated Clerk and Moderator shall be designated as Advisory Members to the board       of directors of the Ministry Council.  In addition, the corporation shall elect three (3)      Youth Advisory Members who shall be between the ages of 15 - 17 be elected for 1-year      terms, with eligibility for re-election for one additional term.
10.08 Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel.  The commission shall consist of three(3) members elected by the corporation.
ARTICLE 11-COMMITTEES
11.01 General.  The corporation shall have the committees provided for in these Bylaws and suchother standing or special committees as the General Assembly may create from time to time.  Except asotherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Moderator, in consultation with the Stated Clerk, shall appoint allcommittees.
11.02 Committees of Commissioners and Youth Advisory Delegates.   Prior to each General
Assembly, the Moderator, in consultation with the Stated Clerk, shall organize the Commissioners andYouth Advisory Delegates into the following committees: Chaplains/Missions/Pastoral Development,Children’s Home/Historical Foundation, Higher Education, Judiciary, Ministry Council/Communications/
Discipleship, Stewardship/Elected Officers, and Theology and Social Concerns.   Each committee shallconsider such matters expected to come before the General Assembly as are referred to it by the StatedClerk.  Any denominational organization, the work of which is affected by a matter before a committee,
shall be entitled to address the committee.
11.03 Committee on Nominations.
01.  The committee shall consist of ten (10) persons elected by the corporation in such a       manner that, immediately following any election, the committee shall have at least one      minister and one lay person from each synod.  It is preferred but not required that no      two members shall be from the same presbytery.
02.  Approximately one third of the members of the committee shall be elected each year       by the General Assembly and shall serve one term not to exceed three years.
03.  The committee shall meet not earlier than February 15 each year and shall nominate to       the General Assembly qualified persons to fill all vacancies to be filled by vote of the       General Assembly, including vacancies on the Committee on Nominations, unless       another method of nomination is provided in these Bylaws.  The report of the                                    committee shall list the names of nominees, the presbytery if a minister, and the       presbytery and the local congregation if a lay person.  The Committee on Nominations      shall be intentional in nominating persons who represent the global nature of the      Church.
04.  Presbyteries and synods and their moderators and stated clerks are requested to assist        the Committee on Nominations by recommending persons for any position by providing      the name and qualifications of the potential nominees to the Stated Clerk no later than      February 1 on a form to be provided by the Stated Clerk.  Nominations from the                                         floor shall also be in order.
05.  No person shall be nominated for election by the General Assembly unless the nominee      has within the past year given his or her consent to the nomination.
11.04 Joint Committee on Amendments.  The Judiciary Committee shall appoint as many as fiveof its members to act in committee with an equal number of members of the Judiciary Committee of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.  Upon the request of the General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church or the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, thisJoint Committee shall prepare for the consideration of both general assemblies proposed amendments to
the Confession of Faith, Catechism, Constitution, Rules of Discipline, Directory for Worship, and Rules ofOrder.
11.05 Judiciary Committee.
01.  The committee shall consist of nine (9) persons elected by the corporation in such a        manner that, immediately following any election, the committee shall have at least       four members (4) who are ordained ministers and at least three (3) members who are       licensed attorneys-at-law.  The Stated Clerk shall be staff liaison to the committee,

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02.  The committee shall meet at least annually upon the call of its chairperson or the Stated       Clerk.
03.  The committee shall provide advice and counsel to the Stated Clerk.  Upon the written       request of any judicatory or denominational entity made to the chairperson or Stated       Clerk, the committee shall render an advisory opinion on matters of church law or       procedure.  The chairperson shall secure the views of all members of the committee       and write the advisory opinion based on the majority view of the members.  The       committee shall not render legal opinions on matters of civil law nor otherwise engage       in the practice of law.
04.  At least one member of the committee shall attend each meeting of the General       Assembly to advise with its officers and Commissioners on matters of church law or       procedure.  At the Moderator’s request a member of the committee shall be available       to advise the Moderator during the business sessions of the General Assembly.
05.  The committee shall be a commission within the meaning of section 2.5 of the Rules       of Discipline to hear and determine appeals from synods.
06.  The committee shall have oversight of and responsibility for ecclesiastical decisions      made by a body acting in the place of a presbytery with respect to mission work       and mission fields. The oversight and responsibility exercised by the committee shall       be the same as that exercised by a synod with respect to a presbytery under its care,       specifically Constitution 8.5, a, b, and c
11.06 Our United Outreach Committee.
01.  The committee shall consist of five (5) persons elected by the corporation in such a       manner that, immediately following any election, the committee shall have one person       from each synod.  Seven (7) additional members will include a member of the Ministry      Council, a member of the Corporate Board, a member of the Board of Stewardship,      Foundation and Benefits, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Historical      Foundation, and a Cumberland Presbyterian member of the Boards of Trustees of      Bethel University, the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home, and Memphis     Theological Seminary.  The executives of the above named denominational entities     shall serve as non-voting, Resource/Advocacy members.  In addition, the corporation     shall elect three (3) Youth Advisory members who shall be between the ages of 15-17     and be elected for one (1) year terms, with eligibility for re-election for one additional     term.
02.  The Office of the General Assembly will be responsible for the expenses of the       representative of each synod.  The represented denominational entities will be       responsible for the expenses of their representatives and executives.
11.07 Place of Meeting.  The committee shall consist of the Moderator, the Stated Clerk and a
representative of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministries.
11.08 Program Committee.  The committee shall consist of the Moderator, Stated Clerk, Directorof Ministries, Assistant to the Stated Clerk who serves as secretary, the pastor of the host church, four elected
representatives designated by the Ministry Council from among its ministry teams, and one representative
designated by each of the following: Bethel University, Board of Stewardship, Foundation, and Benefits,
Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home, Historical Foundation, Memphis Theological Seminary, andthe Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.  The committee will begin planning for two years prior tothe meeting of a particular General Assembly.
11.09 Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns.  The committee shall consist ofeight (8) members elected by the corporation, the Stated Clerk, and the President of Memphis TheologicalSeminary.  At least one member of the committee other than the Seminary’s president shall be a Cumberland
Presbyterian member of the faculty of Memphis Theological Seminary.
ARTICLE 12-INDEMNIFICATION
12.01 Indemnification.  The corporation shall indemnify any director, officer or employee who
is, or is threatened to be, made a party to a completed, pending, or threatened action or proceeding fromany liability arising from the director’s, officer’s or employee’s official capacity with the corporation.  This
indemnification shall extend to the personal representation of a deceased person if the person would beentitled to indemnification under these Bylaws if living.
12.02 Costs and Expenses Covered by Indemnification.  Indemnification provided under these
Bylaws shall extend to the payment of a judgment, settlement, penalty, or fine, as well as attorney’s fees,
court costs, and other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the director or officer with respect tothe action or proceeding.
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person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to that person establishes his or her liability:
01.  for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the corporation;
02.  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a       knowing violation of law; or03.  for any distribution of the assets of the corporation which is unlawful under Tennessee       law.
ARTICLE 13-TRUSTEE FOR THE CORPORATION
13.01 Trustee.  The Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, a nonprofit corporation existing under the laws of the state of Tennessee, holds certain real property
and other assets of the Church as trustee for the use and benefit of the Church.  The Board of Stewardshipmay continue to hold such real property and other assets, but after the adoption of these Bylaws, it shall holdthose assets as trustee for the use and benefit of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Corporation.
13.02 Other Assets.  Other, additional property may from time to time be conveyed to the Boardof Stewardship to be held by it as trustee for the corporation.  All assets held by the Board of Stewardshipas trustee for the corporation shall be held at the pleasure and direction of the General Assembly.
ARTICLE 14-PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
14.01 Designation.  The parliamentary authority of the corporation in all meetings shall be thelatest revised edition of the Rules of Order as set out in the Confession of Faith and Government of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  In matters not provided for in the Rules of Order, the parliamentary
authority shall be Robert’s Rules of Order, latest revised edition.
14.02 Standing Rules.  The following shall be Standing Rules for meetings of the General Assemblyand may be suspended as provided in the parlimentary authority. (see Rules of Order 8.34c)
Standing Rules
1.  Unless otherwise determined by the General Assembly or by the Stated Clerk in the event of an
emergency, the annual General Assembly shall meet on the third or fourth Monday of June at two o’clockin the afternoon to organize, elect a moderator and transact business, and shall close on Thursday or Fridayof the same week.
2.  Reports of all standing and special committees shall be considered in the order established by theModerator in consultation with the Stated Clerk.  Committee reports may be presented orally or in writing
provided to all Commissioners and youth advisory delegates.  Those presenting committee reports shallhave the opportunity to make remarks and give explanation, such presentations not to exceed ten minutes
unless time is extended by two-thirds vote taken without debate.  All committee recommendations shall be
submitted in writing.
3.  All materials from denominational entities for consideration or action by a General Assembly
shall be submitted to the Stated Clerk at least thirty (30) days before the meeting of General Assembly.
4.   Resolutions and memorials proposed for adoption by individual commissioners rather thandenominational entities or judicatories of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church shall be introduced no later
than the close of business on the second day of a meeting of General Assembly, and, when introduced, shallbe referred by the Moderator, in counsel with the Stated Clerk, to the appropriate committee or committees
for report and recommendations to the Assembly.
ARTICLE 15-REPORTS AND AUDITS
15.01 Congregational Reports.  Annually by December 1, the Stated Clerk shall send to session
clerks statistical forms for reporting congregational data.  Session clerks shall mail the completed forms
to presbytery clerks by February 1.  The presbytery clerk shall mail the composite statistical report for all
congregations of a presbytery to the Stated Clerk by February 10.
15.02 Institutional Reports.   In order to be considered for inclusion in the General Assembly
budget, all denominational entities shall deliver to the Stated Clerk an annual report including a concise
description of the organization’s work during the previous year and a line item budget for the forthcoming
year.  Financial reports should be condensed as much as possible while conveying all essential informationon the organization’s operations.  All denominational entities except academic institutions on a fiscal year
are requested to maintain their books on a calendar year.
15.03 Reporting Schedule.  An electronic copy and two written copies of the annual report signedby two officers of the organization shall be delivered to the Stated Clerk by March 15 each year.  Organizations requesting funds from Our United Outreach shall submit multi-year program budgets to the Our
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15.04 Audits.   Organizations and operations included in the General Assembly budget shall be
audited annually by a certified public accountant.  Copies of the auditor’s report, including any recommendations for changes in the procedures relating to internal financial controls, shall be delivered to the StatedClerk.  Organizations with total receipts of $100,000 or less are not required to have an audit but shall submit their books and financial statements to the Stated Clerk annually.
15.05 Bonds.  Each organization or person whose financial records are required to be audited shallhave a fidelity bond in an amount adequate to protect all funds held by the organization or person.
ARTICLE 16-AMENDMENTS
16.01 Manner of Amendment.   Except as provided below, these Bylaws may be amended orrepealed only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes cast in a duly constituted meeting of theGeneral Assembly.  No portion of the Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.  Fair
and reasonable notice of any proposed amendment shall be provided as required by state law.
16.02 Extraordinary Actions.  In order to be effective the following actions must be approvedby (1) the affirmative vote of two consecutive General Assemblies, or (2) a ninety percent (90%) vote of asingle General Assembly.
01.  Terminating the existence of a denominational entity named in Bylaw 10.01
02.  Creating a new denominational entity other than a temporary committee or task force.
03.  Decreasing the Our United Outreach budget allocation to a denominational entity by       more than 40% of the amount distributed to it during the previous calendar year; or
04.  Taking any other actions which would cause a drastic change in the mission or structure       of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMEMORIAL ROLL OF MINISTERS
IN MEMORY OF
MINISTERS LOST BY DEATH
NAME............................................PRESBYTERY.......................AGE.................DATE
Ballow, Brent..................................................Covenant.....................................61........................08/23/18
Bennett, Alfred J.............................................Nashville.....................................90........................10/06/18
Blackburn, Samuel..........................................Arkansas......................................84........................10/19/18
Brooks, Wayne E.............................................East Tennessee............................72........................03/10/19
Bynum, Ronald...............................................Robert Donnell............................87........................04/28/18
Campbell, Coyle.............................................Murfreesboro...............................79........................11/10/18
Coleman, Don.................................................West Tennessee...........................81........................04/30/18
Cook, Carl.......................................................Arkansas......................................77........................01/02/19
Dewhirst, Tim.................................................Red River....................................71........................04/14/18
Diamond, James..............................................Murfreesboro...............................77........................08/20/18
Ferree, Carol...................................................Cumberland.................................69........................01/11/19
Johnson, Beverly.............................................East Tennessee............................91........................08/30/18
Keown, Gale...................................................East Tennessee............................92........................11/20/18
Korb, Leon......................................................North Central..............................93........................05/02/19
Lambert, James...............................................Robert Donnell............................95........................03/21/17
Lively, Louella................................................Covenant.....................................93........................09/30/18
McClanahan, Walter........................................West Tennessee...........................78........................04/27/19
Montoya, David..............................................Andes .......................................63........................01/20/19
Moore, Hillman C...........................................Covenant.....................................84........................03/13/18
Moore, James R Sr..........................................Grace .......................................91........................11/03/18
Mosley, Karen.................................................West Tennessee...........................60........................04/14/18
Norman, Maury...............................................Nashville.....................................97........................01/10/19
Parish, Johnny.................................................Nashville.....................................59........................01/26/18
Parsons, Hugh.................................................Trinity .......................................83........................04/18/18
Perkins, William..............................................Cumberland.................................85........................01/08/18
Pope, Charles (Buddy)....................................Columbia.....................................73........................12/17/18
Ranson, Doris..................................................Cumberland.................................86........................05/12/18
Richardson, W Jean.........................................East Tennessee............................88........................01/02/19
Rustenhaven, William (Bill) Jr.......................Trinity .......................................88........................02/01/19
Schott, Fred.....................................................Nashville.....................................86........................01/01/19
Shelton, Robert M...........................................Red River....................................84........................03/04/18
Sweet, Don......................................................East Tennessee............................91........................02/03/19

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LIVING GENERAL ASSEMBLY MODERATORS
2018—REV. JAY EARHEART-BROWN, 475 N Highland Street, Apt 9L, Memphis, TN 38122
2017—REV. DAVID LANCASTER, 426 Fuqua Road, Martin, TN 38237
2016—REV. DWAYNE TYUS, 426 Old Hickory Boulevard, Madison, TN 37115
2015—REV. MICHELE GENTRY, Urb San Jorge casa 28, Km 8 via a La Tebaida
Armenia, Quindio, COLOMBIA, SA
2014—REV. LISA HALL ANDERSON, 1790 Faxon Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112
2013—REV. FOREST PROSSER, 1157 Mountain Creek Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405
2012—REV. ROBERT D. RUSH, 12935 Quail Park Drive, Cypress, TX 77429
2011—REV. DON M. TABOR, 9611 Mitchell Place, Brentwood, TN 37027
2009—ELDER SAM SUDDARTH, 206 Ha Le Koa Court, Smyrna, TN 37167
2007—REV. FRANK WARD, 8207 Traditional Place, Cordova, TN 38016
2006—REV. DONALD HUBBARD, 2128 Campbell Station Road, Knoxville, TN 37932
2005—REV. LINDA H. GLENN, 49 Mason Road, Threeway, TN 38343
2004—REV. EDWARD G. SIMS, 2161 N. Meadows Drive, Clarksville, TN 37043
2003—REV. CHARLES MCCASKEY, 679 Canter Lane, Cookeville, TN 38501
1999—ELDER GWENDOLYN G. RODDYE, 3728 Wittenham Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921
1998—REV. MASAHARU ASAYAMA, 3-15-9 Higashi, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996—REV. MERLYN A. ALEXANDER, 80 N. Hampton Lane, Jackson, TN 38305
1995—REV. CLINTON O. BUCK, PO Box 770068, Memphis, TN 38117
1992—REV. JOHN DAVID HALL, 109 Oddo Lane SE, Huntsville, AL 35802
1990—REV. THOMAS D. CAMPBELL, PO Box 315, Calico Rock, AR 72519

IN MEMORY OF:
Moderator of the151st General Assembly

REV. W. JEAN RICHARDSON
Died January 2, 2019

Moderator of the159th General Assembly

REV. WILLIAM RUSTENHAVEN, JR.
Died February 1, 2019

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICERS
MODERATOR
THE REVEREND SHELIA O’MARA
PO Box 170
Gadsden, TN 38337
189thcpcgamoderator@gmail.com(443)699-2321
VICE MODERATOR
THE REVEREND MICHAEL CLARK
2353 Blue Springs Road
Decherd, TN 37324
michael.clark@winchestercp.org(931)967-2121
STATED CLERK AND TREASURER
THE REVEREND MICHAEL SHARPE
8207 Traditional Place
Cordova, TN 38016(901)276-4572
FAX (901)272-3913
msharpe@cumberland.org
ENGROSSING CLERKTHE REVEREND VERNON SANSOM
7810 Shiloh Road
Midlothian, TX 76065(972)825-6887
vernon@sansom.us

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORPORATION(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(2)REV. JOHN BUTLER, 501 Cherokee Drive, Campbellsville, KY 42718
     rev.butlerj8134@gmail.com(2)MS. BETTY JACOB, PO Box 158, Broken Bow, OK 74728
     chocpres@pine-net.com(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(2)MS. CALOTTA EDSELL, 7044 Woodsong Cove, Germantown, TN 38138
     cedsell@hotmail.com(2)REV. NORLAN SCRUDDER, 29688 S 534 Road, Park Hill, OK 74451
     ndscrudder@gmail.com(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(3)REV. BOBBY COLEMAN, 107 E Henson, Springdale, AR 72764
     bobby.coleman@gmail.com(1)REV. RICKEY PAGE, 736 Rodney Drive, Nashville, TN 37205
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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYMINISTRY COUNCIL(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(3)REV. DONNY ACTON, 1413 Oakridge Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242(1)REV. MICHAEL CLARK, 2353 Blue Springs Road, Dechard, TN 37324(1)MR. DAVID CORREA, Calle 76 #87-14, Medellin, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA(1)MS. SAMANTHA HASSELL, 510 N Main Street, Sturgis, KY 42459(1)MS. CHARELLE WEBB, 3507 Pickering Lane, Pearland, TX 77584(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(3)MR. KENNETH BEAN, 1035 Stonewall Street N, McKenzie, TN 38201(2)REV. KENNY BUTCHER, 403 Kalye Court, Mt Juliet, TN 37122(2)REV. PHILLIP LAYNE, 10699 Griffith Highway, Whitwell, TN 37397(2)MS. VICTORY MOORE, 17388 Chandlerville Road, Virginia, IL 62691(1)MS. MELINDA REAMS, 10 W Azalea Lane, Russellville, AR 72802(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2)MS. CARLA BELLIS, 19264 Law 2170, Aurora, MO 65605(1)MS. DEBBIE HAYES, 69 Cactus Drive, Benton, KY 42025(1)MR. TED SHIRAI, 25 Minami Kibogaoka, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN(1)REV. TIM SMITH, 214 Jeffery Drive, Fayetteville, TN 37334(2)REV. MIKE WILKINSON, 1504 Clear Brook Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922
YOUTH ADVISORY MEMBERS(2)MS. SYDNEY HOLDER, 6589 County Road 747, Cullman, AL 35055(2)MS. MADISON HOLLAND, 565 County Road 17, Scottsboro, AL 35768(1)MS. LACEY YOUNG, 1211 Michael Drive, Alabaster, AL 35007
ADVISORY MEMBERS
REV. SHELIA O’MARA, PO Box 170, Gadsden, TN 38337
REV. MICHAEL SHARPE, 8207 Traditional Place, Cordova, TN 38016

COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY TEAM
(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)MS. FREDERICKA SILVEY-JOHNS, PO Box 234, Calico Rock, AR 72519(3)MS. DUSTY LUTHY, 2026 Washington Street, Paducah, KY 42003(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)REV. NATHANIEL MATHEWS, 5240  114th Street Apt 1002, Lubbock, TX 79424(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1)MS. JOYCE MCCULLOUGH, 238 Mortons Lake Road, Manchester, TN 37355(1)REV. NEAL WILKINSON, 296 Sunset Drive, Lebanon, MO 65536*Ecumenical Partners     +Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(3)MS. LE ILA DIXON, 4406 John Reagan Street, Marshall, TX 75672(3)REV. DREW GRAY, 12304 Wickliffe Road, Kevil, KY 42053(1)REV. BILLY PRICE, 12510 Buttermilk Road, Knoxville, TN 37932(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(3)MS. CANDY BARR, 3291 McLean Drive, Rogersville, AL 35652(3)MS. RACHEL COOK, 210 Bynum Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768(1)MR. EAN TAYLOR, 437 Peach Creek Crescent, Nashville, TN 37214(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1)REV. JONATHAN BELLIS, 17246 Highway K, Aurora, MO 65605(1)REV. ABBY PREVOST, 9111 County Road 747, Cullman, AL 35055(2)REV. JESSE THORNTON, 2518 IL Highway 15, Fairfield, IL 62837

MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAM
(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)MR. OLLIE MCCLUNG, 2912 Riverwood Lane, Birmingham, AL 35243(1)MS. MARGIE SHANNON, 2307 Littlemore Drive, Cordova, TN 38016(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(3)REV. BRITTANY MEEKS, 710 N Avalon Street, Memphis, TN 38107(1)MS. KAREN PATTEN, 5728 North Street, Bartlett, TN 38134(1)MR. DEAN REICHENBACH, 615 Seaton Drive, Smithville, TN 37166(3)REV. CHRIS WARREN, 906 Prince Lane, Murfreesboro, TN 37129

PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY TEAM
(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(3)REV. AMBER CLARK, 2353 Blue Springs Road, Decherd, TN 37324(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)REV. LISA ANDERSON, 1790 Faxon Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112(1)REV. PAUL EARHEART-BROWN, 510 City House Court, Apt 406, Memphis, TN 38103(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(3)REV. DUAWN MEARNS, 311 Chickasaw Drive, Ada, OK 74820(3)REV. SANDRA SHEPHERD, 1432 Wexford Downs Lane, Nashville, TN 37211*Ecumenical Partners     +Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOARD OF:
I. TRUSTEES OF BETHEL UNIVERSITY(Members whose terms expire in 2019)(2)MR. JEFF AMREIN, 11711 Paramont Way, Prospect, KY 40059(3)*JUDGE BEN CANTRELL, 1485A Woodmont Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37215(1)*MR. SCOTT CONGER, 143 Fawn Ridge Drive, Jackson, TN 38305(3)+DR. ARMY DANIEL, 3125 Searcy Drive, Huntsville, AL 35810(2)MR. BILL DOBBINS 5716 Quest Ridge Road, Franklin, TN 37064(3)DR. ROBERT LOW, c/o New Prime, Inc., 2740 W Mayfair Avenue, Springfield, MO 65803(1)*DR. BROCK MARTIN, 419 Browning Avenue, Huntingdon, TN 38344(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)DR. NANCY BEAN, PO Box 205, McKenzie, TN 38201(3)*MS. LISA COLE, PO Box 198615, Nashville, TN 37219(3)MR. CHESTER (CHET) DICKSON, 24 W Rivercrest Drive, Houston, TX 77042(2)REV. NANCY MCSPADDEN, 2143 Grider Field Road, Pine Bluff, AR 71601(3)DR. ED PERKINS, 721 Paris Street, McKenzie, TN 38201(2)MR. KENNETH (KEN) D. QUINTON, 2912 Waller Omer Road, Sturgis, KY 42459(1)MR. TOMMY SURBER, 825 Hico Road, McKenzie, TN 38201(2)REV. ROBERT (BOB) WATKINS, 5405 Kacena Avenue, Marion, IA 52302(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)*MR. CLINTON FOX, 1820 South Boulevard, Houston, TX 77098(3)+REV. ELTON C. HALL, SR., 305 Tiffton Circle, Hewitt, TX 76643(1)MS. LINDA C. INGRAM, 203 Ballard Lane, Sparta, TN 38583(3)MS. DEWANNA LATIMER, 193 Moses Drive, Jackson, TN 38305(2)*DR. E. RAY MORRIS, PO Box 924628, Norcross, GA 30010(2)MR. STEVE PERRYMAN, 535 Ranch Road, Rogersville, MO 65742(1)REV. ROBERT TRUITT, 1238 Old Eastside Road, Burns, TN 37029

II. TRUSTEES OF CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANCHILDREN’S HOME
(Members whose terms expire in 2019)(1)MRS. CAROLYN HARMON, 4435 Newport Highway, Greeneville, TN 37743(3)*MS. PATRICIA LONG, 525 E Oak Street, Aledo, TX 76008(1)REV. JOYCE MERRITT, 3929 Snail Shell Cove, Rockvale, TN 37153(1)MR JAY THOMAS, 3301 Cooperbranch E, Denton, TX 76209(1)*MR. CAMERON MARONE, 6085 Water Street, Plano, TX 75024(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)MR. PETE CARTER, 306 Jackson Hills Drive, Maryville, TN 37804(2)*MR. CHARLES W. HARRIS, 3293 Birch Avenue, Grapevine, TX 76051(2)*MR. KNIGHT MILLER, 509 Brixham Park Drive, Franklin, TN 37069(1)+REV. PERRYN RICE, 8525 Audelia Road, Dallas, TX 75238(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(3)MR. RICHARD DEAN, 2140 Cove Circle North, Gadsden, AL 35903(1)BRIAN MARTIN, 614 CR 4608, Troup, TX 75789(1)MRS. GUIN TYUS, 903 W Hickory Boulevard, Madison, TN 37115(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)*MR. BRIAN CARWRIGHT, 3218 Northwood Drive, Highland Village, TX 75077(1)MR. SAM SUDDARTH, 206 Ha Le Koa Court, Smyrna, TN 37167(1)*MR. MATTHEW WHITTEN, 3909 Fawn Drive, Denton, TX 76208*Ecumenical Partners     +Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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III. TRUSTEES OF HISTORICAL FOUNDATION(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)+MS. JACKIE COOPER, 4705 Indan Summer Drive, Nashville, TN 37207(3)MR. MICHAEL FARE, 401 E Deanna Lane, Nixa, MO 65714(3)+MS. DOROTHY M. HAYDEN, 3103 Carolina Avenue, Bessemer, AL 35020(1)+REV. JOE HOWARD, III, 2903 Al Lipscomb Way, Dallas, TX 75215(2)+MS. PAT WARD, 2620 Rabbit Lane, Madison, AL 35756(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(2)REV. LISA OLIVER, 110 Allen Drive, Hendersonville, TN 37075(1)MS. KELLY SHANTON, 3932 W Beaver Creek Drive, Powell, TN 37849(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2)MS. ROBIN MCCASKEY HUGHES, 1205 Olde Bridge Road, Edmond, OK 73034(2)MS. ASHLEY LINDSEY, 403 College Street, Smiths Grove, KY 42171(1)MS. MARTHA JO MIMS, 3011 Wolfe Road, Columbus, MS 39705(2)+WILLIE LYNK, 932 Valley Square Road, Morganfield, KY 42437

IV. TRUSTEES OF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(2)REV. ANNE HAMES, 118 Paris Street, McKenzie, TN 38201(1)+MS. VANESSA K. MIDGETT, 118 Thunderbird Drive, Huntsville, AL 35749(1)REV. JASON MIKEL, 410 Ramblewood Lane, Nolensville, TN 37135(1)*REV. JIMMY MOSBY, PO Box 45843, Little Rock, AR 72214(1)REV. WES JOHNSON, 3151 Stillhouse Creek Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30339(1)*MR. REGINALD PORTER, JR., 4458 Whitepine Cove, Memphis, TN 38109(1)*MS. ANNA ROBBINS, 2714 Lombard Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111(1)REV. KIP RUSH, 516 Franklin Road, Brentwood, TN 37027(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)REV. DANIEL BARKLEY, 2732 Rexford Street, Hokes Bluff, AL 35903(1)REV. RON FELL, PO Box 285, Fairfield, IL 62837(1)REV. GLORIA VILLA DIAZ, 2425 Holly Hall Street B42, Houston, TX 77054(1)REV. YOONG KIM, 225 Bayswater Drive, Suwanee, GA 30024(1)REV. RIAN PUCKETT, 55 Ham Street, Batesville, AR 72501(3)MS. SONDRA RODDY, 628 Mannington Place, Lexington, KY 40503(3)*REV. MELVIN CHARLES SMITH, 1263 Haynes Street, Memphis, TN 38114(3)*MS. LATISHA TOWNS, Regional One-The Med, 877 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN
38103(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1)MR. GREG ALLEN, 1138 Balbade Drive, Nashville, TN 37215(1)REV. JILL CARR, PO Box 1547, Lebanon, MO 65536(2)*MS. JANE ASHLEY FOLK, 4123 Chanwil Place, Memphis, TN 38117(2)*REV. LARRY HILLIARD, 102 Johnson Street, Waveland, MS 39576(1)MS. CHERYL LESLIE, 3374 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38111(1)*MS. LISANNE MARSHALL, 325 Meadow Grove Lane, Memphis, TN 38120(1)*REV. KEITH NORMAN, 2835 Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112(2)*REV. DEBORAH SMITH, 584 E McLemore Avenue, Memphis, TN 38106*Ecumenical Partners     +Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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V. STEWARDSHIP, FOUNDATION AND BENEFITS(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(2)MR. RANDY DAVIDSON, PO Box 880, Ada, OK 74821(1)REV. MARK HESTER, 763 Finn Long Road, Friendsville, TN 37737(1)REV. GARY TUBB, 103 Forest Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653(1)REV. DWAYNE TYUS, 426 W Old Hickory Boulevard, Madison, TN 37115(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)MS. DEBBIE SHANKS, 3997 N 100th Street, Casey, IL 62420(2)MR. JAMES SHANNON, 2307 Littlemore Drive, Cordova, TN 38016(3)MR. MICHAEL ST. JOHN, 324 Carriage Place, Lebanon, MO 65536(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2)REV. KEN BYFORD, 23746 Highway 9 N, Piedmont, AL 36272(1)MRS. MARY JO RAY, 16 Nottingham Lane, Columbus, MS 39705(2)MS. ANDREA SMITH, 1715 Water Cure Road, Winchester, TN 37398(1)MR. OWEN SMITH, 119 Pine Island Drive, Marshall, TX 75672

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS:
I. MILITARY CHAPLAINS AND PERSONNEL(1) Term Expires in 2020–REV. CHARLES MCCASKEY, 679 Canter Lane, Cookeville,
TN 38501(2) Term Expires in 2021–REV. TONY JANNER, 104 Northwood Drive, McKenzie
TN 38201(1) Term Expires in 2022–REV. SHELIA O’MARA, PO Box 170, Gadsden,
TN 38337
These three persons and the Stated Clerk represent the denomination as members of the PresbyterianCouncil for Chaplains and Military Personnel, 4125 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
I. JUDICIARY(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)MS. PAMELA BROWN, 6400 North Grove Avenue, Warr Acres, OK 73012
     pambrownlaw@cox.net(2)REV. HARRY CHAPMAN, 4908 El Picador Court SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
     wrightrev2gmail.com(1)REV. GEOFFREY KNIGHT, 2119 Avalon Place, Houston, TX 77019
     geoff@cphouston.org(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(3)REV. ANNETTA CAMP, 2303 Mill Creek Road, Halls, TN 38040
     anetta@cumberlandchurch.com(1)REV. JIM RATLIFF, 13 Hernando Drive, Cherokee Village, AR 72529
     kudzu8161@yahoo.com(2)MR. BILL TALLY, 907 Tipperary Drive, Scottsboro, AL 35768
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31(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2)MS. RACHEL MOSES, 1138 Blaine Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501
     coachrach@aol.com(2)REV. JAN OVERTON, 3320 Pipe Line Road, Birmingham, AL 35243
     jan@crestlinechurch.org(1)REV. ROGER REID, 637 Colburn Drive, Lewisburg, TN 37091
     drrtr@yahoo.com

II. JOINT COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS
The committee consists of five members of the Judiciary Committee of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

III. NOMINATING(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)REV. BRIAN HAYES, 69 Cactus Drive, Benton, KY 42025
     cprevbhayes@gmail.com(1)MR. LEE HOLDER, 6589 County Road 747, Cullman, AL 35055
     holder4bama@yahoo.com(1)REV. TOM SPENCE, PO Box 802, Burns Flat, OK 73624
     tomspence0302@gmail.com(1)MS. JENANN LESLIE, 300 Henley Perry Drive, Marshall, TX 75670
     jenann.leslie@gmail.com(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)MR. ETHAN MORGAN, 119 Mountain Top Lane, Cookeville, TN 38506
     remorgan8@gmail.com(1)REV. RANDY SHANNON, 30282 Highway H, Marshall, MO 65340
     pastor_randy_shannon@yahoo.com(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1)MS. ALLISON CARR, PO Box 1547 Lebanon, MO 65536(1)MS. DIANN PHELPS, 4743 Happy Hollow Road, Hawesville, KY 42348(1)REV. MICAIAH TANCK, 902 Tipperary Drive, Scottsboro, AL 35768(1)REV. BRENT WILLS, 4607 E Richmond Shop, Lebanon, TN 37090

IV. OUR UNITED OUTREACH COMMITTEE(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)MS. MARY ANN COLE, 1726 Karen Circle, Bowling Green, KY 42104(1)MR. MIKEL DAVIS, 102 Willow Wood Lane, Ovilla, TX 75154(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)MS. GWEN RODDYE, 3728 Wittenham Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921(3)MS. ROBIN WILLS, 4607 E Richmond Shop Road, Lebanon, TN 37090(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2)REV. BRUCE HAMILTON, 1037 Binns Drive, Monticello, AR 71655
YOUTH ADVISORY MEMBERS:(1)MS. SIERRA ALEXANDER, 1014 Wren Street, Dyersburg, TN 38024(1)MS. KAILEY SUNDSTROM, 309 Bryson Lane, Clarksville, TN 37043(1)MR. NATE WOOD, 17246 Highway K, Aurora, MO 65605*Ecumenical Partners     +Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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V. PLACE OF MEETING
THE STATED CLERK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
A REPRESENTATIVE OF WOMEN’S MINISTRIES OF THE MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAM

VI. UNIFIED COMMITTEE ON THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONCERNS(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1)+MS. SHARON COMBS, PO Box 122, Sturgis, KY 42459
     (270)860-4175(1)+REV. EDMUND COX, 249 Mimosa Circle, Maryville, TN 37801
     edmundcox765@gmail.com(2)+REV. NANCY FUQUA, 1963 County Road 406, Towncreek, AL 35672
     fuq23@bellsouth.net; (256)566-1226(1)REV. RICHARD MORGAN, 1468 Williams Cove Road, Winchester, TN 37398
     icthuse3@gmail.com(1)REV. LISA SCOTT, (address on file in GA office)     lascott1979@att.net(1)+REV. RICK WHITE, 124 Town West, Lorena, TX 76655
     rickwaco3@aol.com(Members whose terms expire in 2021)(1)REV. MITCH BOULTON, 80 Topsy Lane, Savannah, TN 38372
     steelermitch@gmail.com(1)+REV. BOBBY HAWKINS, 220 S. Foxwell Street, Providence, KY 42450
     hawk49@bellsouth.net(1)REV. MICHAEL QUALLS, 5355 June Cove, Horn Lake, MS 38637
     mqualls1@yahoo.com(1)+MR. JAMES REYNOLDS, 128 Heritage Lane, Madison, ALabama 35758
     jwreyns@aol.com(1)MS. MELISSA WILSON, 107 Hillwood Drive, Dickson, TN 37055
     milzwilz@yahoo.com(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1)REV. VIRGINIA ESPINOZA, PO Box 132, Boswell, OK 74727(1)REV. TERRA SISCO, 811 W Cheyenne Street, Marlow, OK 73055(1)REV. JO WARREN, 811 Wall Street, Morrilton, AR 72110
President of Memphis Theological Seminary - Ex-officio Member

OTHER DENOMINATIONAL PERSONNEL
REPRESENTATIVES TO:
Caribbean and North American Area Council, World Communion of Reformed Churches:
STATED CLERK MICHAEL SHARPE, 8207 Traditional Place, Cordova, TN 38016(Member whose terms expire in 2020)(1)MS. SHERRY POTEET, PO box 313, Gilmer, TX 75644
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THE REPORT OF THE MODERATOR
I. TRIBUTE TO FORMER VICE MODERATOR BUDDY POPE
I am deeply grateful for the opportunity given me to serve as Moderator of the 188th General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  I was honored to serve with Vice Moderator, Reverend
Buddy Pope, of Columbia Presbytery.   During the fall, Buddy attended several presbytery meetings in
my place.  We talked regularly to make sure that we were on the same page in representing the General
Assembly to the larger church, and in listening to the needs and will of the church.  I was deeply saddened
to hear of Buddy’s death, after an acute illness, late in 2018.  I was able to attend the visitation and give mypersonal condolences to his wife and children, and to express appreciation for his service to his church.  Hisfamily expressed to me how grateful Buddy was for the privilege of serving as Vice Moderator of the 188th
General Assembly.  Though he is not here to say so, I know that he would want me to let you know how
humbled and thankful he was for the opportunity to serve in this office.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That the 189th General Assembly formally express its appreciation
for the life, ministry, and service of Reverend Buddy Pope as Vice Moderator of the 188th General
Assembly, and that the clerk be instructed to send notice of our appreciation to Buddy’s family at his
earliest convenience.

II. CONNECTIONALISM
I am deeply grateful for the gracious welcome I received in attending many Presbytery meetings,
the meeting of the Ministry Council in August, and the Board of Stewardship in March.   It is always
encouraging to worship with Cumberland Presbyterians and to see the work of our church in its varied
manifestations.
In my travels, I have sought to encourage our connectionalism as a church, a goal I expressed when
I was nominated for office last spring.  It is gratifying to see that connectionalism in action.  On the other
hand, it is always disappointing when we see some churches and ministers who do not take advantage ofthe strengths that such connections afford us all.  In my own presbytery, I was shocked to learn that almost
40% of the churches failed to make a single contribution to our presbyterial budget in 2018.  That is a signof disaffection that we must all be working to overcome.

III. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
In observing the work of the church, I have come to believe that our Constitution’s description ofadvisory members is inadequate for several reasons.  The current language, in section 3.0, Judicatories of
the Church, reads as follows:“3.07 Other ministers [who are not members of the body] who are present in a meeting of presbytery
or synod may or may not be seated by action of the body as advisory members, which if granted gives them
the privilege to speak to any matter before the body. Persons so seated shall be introduced to the presbyteryor the synod by the moderator.”
This is the only statement on the use of advisory members in the Constitution.   In addition tothis statement, the practice of presbyteries electing youth advisory delegates to the meeting of General
Assembly is also spelled out in the Bylaws of the General Assembly Corporation, section 4.03.  While theparagraph from the Constitution does a fairly reasonable job of describing long-standing practice in ourdenomination when it comes to middle judicatories, I don’t think it is adequate for several reasons.
1.  There is no recognition that visiting elders should be afforded the same courtesy as ministers.
One of the geniuses of Presbyterian polity is its parity of ministry between ordained ministers and elders.
There is no reason, in the courts of the church, to distinguish between them.  When an elder, serving as adenominational official, attends presbytery or synod meetings to speak on behalf of the wider church, that
person should be afforded the same respect and recognition as any visiting ordained minister.
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3.  There is nothing in the Constitution that addresses the status of assistant and associate pastors
with the session of the church they serve.  Some Presbyterian denominations grant assistant pastors advisory
status in the session, and associate pastors full voting membership on the session.  In discussions, the actual
practice is often that assistant and associate pastors are granted advisory membership on the session, butthere is no provision that explicitly grants them that right.
4.  In one presbytery I visited during the year, the stated clerk, who is an elder, is usually granted
permission to speak as necessary at the beginning of each presbytery meeting, since the clerk is usually
not a member of the body.  At other presbytery meetings I have witnessed elders and lay persons who
are making reports on behalf of the presbytery’s boards and/or standing committees who have to request
permission to speak.  This should not be necessary for anyone representing one of the presbytery’s standing
boards or committees.
For all of the reasons outlined above, I would like to propose the following constitutional amendment
to this meeting of General Assembly, to replace the current section 3.07 quoted above.
“3.07 Every judicatory of the church has the prerogative to seat persons as advisory members,
with full privilege of speaking to any issue before the judicatory, but no vote. The following persons shallbe granted advisory membership in the stated judicatory:a. Presbytery approved and installed assistant and associate pastors will be advisory members of
the session they serve.
b.  Elected officers of any judicatory (stated clerk, engrossing clerk, treasurer, etc.) and official
representatives from any standing committee or board of the judicatory will be advisory members of that
judicatory, if they are not members of the body, without the need to request permission to speak.
The following persons may be approved as advisory members of a judicatory, but are not required
to be seated as such. Persons so seated shall be introduced to the judicatory by the moderator:
a. In middle judicatories, visiting ordained Cumberland Presbyterian ministers from otherpresbyteries/synods.
b. In middle judicatories, visiting elders from other presbyteries/synods.
c. In any judicatory, youth advisory delegates elected to serve.
d. Representatives from higher judicatories.
e.  Officers from the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry or other auxiliaries.
f. Attorneys employed by the judicatory.
g. Visiting ministers or leaders from other denominations with whom the judicatory is in partnership.
No judicatory should feel obligated to seat advisory members, but should grant this privilege in a
way that serves the mission and ministry of the church. Persons who are not regular or advisory membersof any judicatory may be granted permission to speak to the judicatory on majority vote or consent of the
judicatory.”
RECOMMENDATION 2: That the General Assembly approve the proposed amendment
to substitute a new section 3.07 for the existing 3.07 in the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA, and thatthe proposed amendment be forwarded to the Joint Committee on Amendments for their review andcounsel.

IV. GRATITUDE
I am grateful for the assistance of stated clerk Michael G. Sharpe, engrossing clerk Vernon Sansom,
and assistant to the clerk Elizabeth Vaughn for their help in carrying out my duties at the 188th General
Assembly, and over the past year.  Their counsel and friendship was vital to any success I may have had.
I had the honor of serving my church through teaching and leading our seminary, Memphis
Theological Seminary, for 21 years.  In that time, I was blessed by relationships with colleagues and students
and trustees and friends of the seminary who have enriched my life beyond measure.  I continue to pray for
the work of Memphis Theological Seminary, and for those who are now in position to lead our seminary
into the future.  If it hadn’t been for my work and travels on behalf of Memphis Theological Seminary, I
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I owe a great debt of gratitude to the church I have been serving as pastor since September 1 of
2018.   The elders and members of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bartlett, Tennessee, havewelcomed me into their community with open arms and provided me the encouragement and love I haveneeded over the past several months.  They have been gracious to allow me time to serve in this role as
moderator, and I look forward to serving alongside them, and building God’s kingdom in our community,
for many years to come.
Our two sons, Paul and Carter, are a daily inspiration to Mary and me.  They are talented, caring,compassionate young men of faith who bring joy into our lives daily.  Mary, my wife of almost 34 years, mycompanion and soul-mate, has been my rock for a long time, but no more so than over the past year.  I am
grateful beyond words for the freedom and encouragement she gives me to grow and develop and become
all that God would have me be.
I pray that others may have their lives blessed as richly as mine has been throughout my life as achild, member, and minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Respectfully submitted,
Jay Earheart-Brown
Moderator of the 188th General Assembly

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THE REPORT OF THE STATED CLERK
I. THE OFFICE OF THE STATED CLERKThe Constitution, the Rules of Discipline, the Rules of Order, and the General Assembly Bylaws(found in the front of the General Assembly Minutes) list the many responsibilities for the person who holds
the position of Stated Clerk, the primary task is to maintain and strengthen a united witness for the Church.
The Stated Clerk shall also generally supervise and control the business affairs of the Corporation, and seethat all directives of the General Assembly are implemented.
The Office of the General Assembly also provides budgeting, accounting, and support services forcommissions, committees, agencies and task forces without executive assistance.
Additional services and activities provided through the office of the Stated Clerk this past year
include:•  Providing assistance to the Unification Task Force and the Evaluation Committee.
•  Developing and maintaining a web presence for the following General Assembly Committees/
Commissions without staff:  Nominating Committee, Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns,
Commission on Military Chaplains and Personnel, Our United Outreach Committee and the Unification
Task Force.
•   Creation of spring and fall Denominational News Updates, a compilation of talking points
obtained from each board and agency that may be shared by visiting denominational staff and the moderator
when making visits to presbyteries and in other settings.  The updates are also shared with presbytery clerks.
•  Development of a Travel Chart, to assist with the coordination of travel plans by denominational
staff to meetings of presbyteries.  The travel chart is also shared with presbytery clerks.
•  Hosted the annual conference for Presbytery and Synod Clerks.
A significant portion of the Stated Clerk’s time has been spent responding to various judicial andlegal questions affecting local churches and presbyteries.  The Clerk is appreciative for advice provided tothis office from both the Permanent Judiciary Committee and from Mr. Jamie Jordan who serves as legal
counsel for the Office of the General Assembly.
The Stated Clerk is grateful to the Church for calling him to serve in this position and appreciates
the support of the Church for the Office and for the person who holds this position.

II. STAFF
Ms. Elizabeth Vaughn serves as the Assistant to the Stated Clerk, a position that requires her tomaintain accurate records of ministers, probationers, congregations, record income and expenses and toauthorize payment of all items in the Office of the General Assembly budget.  The Church is fortunate tohave a person with such knowledge, efficiency and dedication to work.  The Stated Clerk and the Assistantto the Stated Clerk are currently the only employees of the Office of the General Assembly.
Reverend Vernon Sansom continues to serves as Engrossing Clerk and is to be commended forthe accuracy in recording the minutes of the General Assembly.  Vernon also leads the orientation session
for those who serve as chairperson and co-chairperson for each General Assembly appointed Committee
and provides valuable assistance in the preparation of committee reports at each meeting of the General
Assembly.

III. ECUMENICAL RELATIONSHIPSThe Cumberland Presbyterian Church has historically been involved in ecumenical relationships.
Through co-operative ministries, chaplains for the military and veteran’s hospitals are endorsed, migrant
workers and persons in Appalachia are served, and missionaries are sent into a variety of countries.  Throughecumenical partnerships disaster relief funds are distributed.   Through working co-operatively church
school and camping materials are developed.   The Cumberland Presbyterian witness is more effective
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A. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church have
one heritage, one Confession of Faith and share in several co-operative relationships and ministries suchas the Historical Foundation, the United Board of Christian Discipleship, youth ministry, and the Unified
Committee on Theology and Social Concerns.   The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and   the Cumberland Presbyterian Church also participate with other Reformed bodies in ministry.  Althoughworking through partnerships, the witness of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church would be greatly enhanced through a union of the two denominations.
B. WORLD COMMUNION OF REFORMED CHURCHES
Both the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in a America
are members of World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC).  The WCRC was formed in 2010 bya merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council.  The WCRC
represents approximately eighty million members of two hundred thirty denominations from one hundred
seven countries, including Reformed, Congregationalists, Presbyterian and United Churches.  Resources
and updates from the World Communion of Reformed Churches are available on their website: (www.wcrc.ch).
Reverend Christopher Ferguson serves as general secretary of the WCRC and offices in Hanover,Germany where the headquarters for WCRC is located.

IV. THE CORPORATE BOARD
In the called meeting in December 2007, the General Assembly elected a new board of directors
for the General Assembly Incorporation, thus the Corporate Board was formed.  The responsibilities for the
Corporate Board are listed in the General Assembly Bylaws, Article 5.
The Corporate Board met as needed by conference call this past year, actions included:  appointmentof the GA Evaluation Committee as directed by the 188th General Assembly.
The Center Interagency Team (CIT) comprised of the Center’s Principle Executive Officers,
continues to be responsible for oversight of the day-to-day maintenance and property needs at the
Denominational Center. Current CIT members include: Mike Sharpe (Office of the General Assembly),
Robert Heflin (Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits), Susan Gore (Historical Foundation), andEdith Old (Ministry Council).   The Shared Services budget covers the cost for maintaining the Center
offices and property (see page 122).

V. COMMUNICATIONSThe Office of the General Assembly received memorials from the following Presbyteries: delCristo, Missouri and Nashville (see pages 126-128 of the Preliminary Minutes) and have been referred tothe appropriate General Assembly select committees for consideration.
A Petition from Arkansas Presbytery was received (see page 138), but because the petition  presents
the same question as one which remains within the control of the assembly (a referral from the 188th General
Assembly re: Human Sexuality), the General Assembly Permanent Committee on Judiciary advised theclerk that it would not be in order for the Arkansas Petition to be considered  by the General Assembly inits 2019 meeting (see page 99 of the Preliminary Minutes).

VI. ENDORSEMENTS FOR MODERATORThe Reverend Shelia O’Mara, Presbytery del Cristo and the Reverend Michael Clark, Murfreesboro
Presbytery have been endorsed as Moderator of the 189th General Assembly.

VII. MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Office of the General Assembly continues to make the minutes of the General Assembly
available on a CD, and mailing them to persons requesting them.  The resource center also prints and sellsa few printed copies of the General Assembly Minutes each year.  For information contact Matthew Gore,
mhg@cumberland.org.  It is permissible to download and print a copy of the minutes from the website(www.cumberland.org/gao).

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VIII. STATISTICAL INFORMATION
The annual congregational report forms are sent to the session clerk on December 1, and due inthe office of the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery on February 1, and all reports are to be in the Office of theGeneral Assembly by February 10.
In 2018 a two hundred and two congregations failed to report, thus statistics are not accurate.  Thestatistics for a non-reporting congregation may be several years old, but it is the latest information available.
The General Assembly Office continues to shorten and simplify the reporting process.  Efforts also continue
to further simplify online reporting for those able to utilize the technology.  Hard copies of the report forms
will still be made available for those congregations who do not have access to the internet.
The 178th and 179th General Assembly directed “that each presbytery request that its Board ofMissions or similar agency, as they minister to the needs of the churches within their presbyteries, remindthe churches that it is important that they submit annual reports which are part of our history and offer
assistance when needed in preparation of these reports.”   If a congregation fails to receive a report, aduplicate form can be requested from the Office of the General Assembly or one may be printed from theweb site (www.cumberland.org/gao), and going to the section on congregational reports.
Compiled statistical information is available in the annual Yearbook available online (www.
cumberland.org/gao) or in print format, available through Cumberland Resource Distribution – resources@
cumberland.org (901-276-4581)

IX. CHURCH CALENDAR 2019-2020
The 182nd General Assembly, directed the Office of the General Assembly to be responsible forreporting the “Church Calendar” to the General Assembly for adoption.  Listed below are the dates received
from the Boards and Agencies of the denomination.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That the 189th General Assembly approve the following dates
for the 2019-2020 Church Calendar:
CHURCH CALENDAR 2019-2020
July-2019
6
7
13
13-27
16-20

Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, McKenzie, Tennessee
Outdoor Ministries Sunday
Program of Alternate Studies Graduation
PAS Summer Extension School, Bethel, McKenzie, Tennessee
Presbyterian Youth Triennium

August-2019
4
4-Sept 30
7-10
18
18
22
25
28
30

Bethel University Commencement
Christian Education Season
Youth Worker Retreat
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
Seminary/PAS Sunday
Bethel University Fall Semester Begins
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)
Bethel University Spring Convocation

September-2019
4
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)
8
Family Sunday8		
Senior Adult Sunday
12-15
Young Adult Ministry Council
15
Christian Service Recognition Sunday
15
International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitat
22
Seminary Sunday
October-2019

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13
15
20

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Worldwide Communion Sunday
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
A Day at the Park
Native American Sunday

November-2019
Any Sunday Loaves and Fishes Program
1
All Saints Day
3
World Community Sunday (Church Women United)3
Bethel University Sunday
Stewardship Sunday3		
7-9
Symposium
10
Day of Prayer for People with Aids and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
Bible Sunday17		
24
Christ the King Sunday
December-2019
Any Sunday Gift to the King Offering
2
PAS Advisory Council
2-24
Advent in Church and Home8Bethel University Commencement
24
Christmas Eve
25
Christmas Day
January-2020
6		 Epiphany
6
MTS Classes Begin
Stated Clerks’ Conference
6-7		
11
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
13
BU Spring Semester Begins
15
Deadline for receipt of 2019 Our United Outreach Contributions
February-2020		Black History Month1
Annual congregational reports due in General Assembly office2
Denomination Day
2
Historical Foundation Offering
Souper Bowl Sunday2		
9
Our United Outreach Sunday
Youth Sunday16		
26
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent
26–April 11
Lent to EasterMarch-2020
6
15
23-29

Women’s History Month (USA)World Day of Prayer (CWU)
Children’s Home Sunday
National Farm Workers Awareness Week

April-2020
5
9		
10
12		
19

Palm/Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
EasterEarth Day

May-2020
1
7
9
16
24
31

Friendship Day (Church Women United)
National Day of Prayer
Bethel University Commencement
MTS Closing Convocation & Graduation
Memorial Day Offering for Military Chaplains & Personnel for USA churches
Pentecost

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31

World Missions Sunday
Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering

June-2020
7-12
8-12
14
21
28-July 3

General Assembly
CPWM Convention
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Ministries Sunday
Unification Sunday
Cumberland Presbyterian Youth Conference, Bethel University, McKenzie, Tennessee

July-2020
5
9-12
11
11
11-25
18

Outdoor Ministries Sunday
Americas Youth Gathering 2020
Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, Cookeville, Tennessee
Program of Alternate Studies Graduation
PAS Summer Extension School, Bethel, McKenzie, Tennessee
Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, Cookeville, Tennessee

August-2020
1
2-Sept 30
5-10
16
17
25
26
27

Bethel University Commencement
Christian Education Season
Asian Youth Gathering 2020
Seminary/PAS Sunday
Bethel University Fall Semester Begins
Bethel University Convocation
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)

September-2020
13
Family Sunday
Senior Adult Sunday
13		
20
Christian Service Recognition Sunday
20
International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitat
October-2020

4
11
18
20

Church Paper Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Worldwide Communion Sunday
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
Native American Sunday
A Day at the Park

November-2020
Any Sunday Loaves and Fishes Program
1
All Saints Day
1
Bethel University Sunday
Stewardship Sunday1		
6World Community Day (Church Women United)15
Day of Prayer for People with Aids and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
Bible Sunday15		
22
Christ the King Sunday
29- Dec 24
Advent in Church and Home
December-2020
Any Sunday Gift to the King Offering
7
PAS Advisory Council
13
Bethel University Commencement
24
Christmas Eve
25
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X. CONTINGENCY FUND
The Stated Clerk is to hold, distribute and report annually the General Assembly Contingency Fund(see Bylaws 8.04, #24).  Below is a summary Contingency Fund Activity for the 2018 Calendar Year.
Summary of 2018 Activity
Balance Forward 1/1/2018							$ 50,825.69

Income in 2018:
Our United Outreach/Contributions$ 11,946.26
Interest					        896.14
Total Income:			$ 12,840.40
Expenditures in 2018:
Deposit for 2019 GA meeting
Total Expenses:			$ 20,000.00$ 20,000.00

Total Fund Balance as of 12/31/18						$ 43,666.09*Restricted Funds:$  4,100.00

The current balance designated by the 178th General Assembly to print
the Catechism in the various languages represented in the church.

    1,011.51

Pastoral Development Ministry Team/General Assembly Ordination Task Force		
Total Amount of *Restricted Funds:		

$ 5,111.51 (12/31/18)

Total Amount of Unrestricted Amount:$ 38,554.58 (12/31/18)

Total Fund Balance:				

$ 43,666.09 (12/31/18)

Respectfully submitted,
Michael Sharpe, Stated Clerk

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THE REPORT OF THE MINISTRY COUNCIL
To the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church meeting in session at the
Embassy Suites and Conference Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

I. MINISTRY COUNCIL
A. INTRODUCTION
The Ministry Council (MC) serves as the primary long- and short-range program planning agencyof the Church, striving to ensure that all segments work on a unified mission and that human and material
resources are utilized to carry out ministries of the Church in an effective manner.  The Ministry Council is
accountable to the General Assembly (GA).
Due to the scope of the work related to denominational ministries under the MC, our report hashistorically been quite lengthy, necessitating the division of the report to multiple GA committees.  Since
2017, with the goal of providing crucial information in a concise manner, our report to GA has beensignificantly condensed.  This report focuses on recommendations to the GA.  A more detailed annual report,
created as a supplement to this Report to the 189th General Assembly, reflects in greater detail the work of
the MC and its four Ministry Teams (MT).  The supplement is available on our web page cpcmc.org/mc/
ga19-supplement/.  We encourage Commissioners and others at GA to visit both the Ministry Council boothand the Ministry Exchange to meet elected members and staff and to share ideas for enhancing ministries.
1. Ministry Council (MC) Elected Membership and Terms
MC elected members are subject to GA requirements of endorsement by presbytery (clergy) or
church (laity), as well as geographical (synodic) and gender representation.  It is our belief that God calls
people from across the denomination to serve in leadership roles, and that the limited number of Personal
Data Forms and related endorsements on file in the Office of the General Assembly does not reflect theabundance of qualified leaders within the Church.  The MC respectfully reminds Commissioners of an actionof the 186th General Assembly that urged each presbytery “to proactively recruit and encourage qualified
leaders to prayerfully consider opportunities to serve as elected board members at the denominational
level, to include the Ministry Council and all other denominational entities.”
The initial three-year terms of Karen Avery, Carla Bellis, Tsuruko Satoh, and Reverend Mike
Wilkinson expire in 2019.  All are eligible for an additional term of service; however, Karen Avery and
Tsuruko Satoh asked not to be re-nominated due to family and work responsibilities.  Both Ms. Avery and
Ms. Satoh brought helpful insight and experience to the MC, and their unique perspectives will be sorely
missed.  The third three-year term of Reverend Troy Green expires in 2019, and he is ineligible for an
additional term at this time.  Reverend Green has been an active and enthusiastic servant leader on the MC,proactively encouraging new and returning members during their tenure on the MC and has been a strong
advocate for MC/ MT staff.  The MC and staff deeply appreciate his service and sacrifice over the past nine
years.  Reverend Lanny Johnson’s third three-year term expires in 2020; however, he has recently moved
outside the bounds of the synod, and thus cannot continue to serve on the Council.  Reverend Johnson’s good
humor, institutional memory and unflagging, enthusiastic support of the MC and staff will also be greatly
missed.  The second one-year term of Youth Advisory Member Leighann Morgan concludes with this GA.
She is ineligible for a third one-year term.  We express appreciation to Ms. Morgan for her dedicated levelof engagement in the work of the Church and her two years of service on the MC.  Terms of Youth Advisory
Members Sydney Holder and Madison Holland conclude with this GA.  They are each eligible to serve anadditional one-year term.  The MC is the only denominational entity with Youth Advisory Members.
2. Ministry Teams plan and implement the program ministries of the Church and are made up ofboth Staff and Elected Team Members. Ministry Teams report to the MC.  MT members are elected by the
MC and reflect GA term limits.
Communications Ministry Team (CMT) elected member Reverend Steven Shelton was hired as the
new CMT Leader in June 2018, leaving his term unfulfilled, dropping CMT’s membership to three after
Reverend Jim McGuire’s replacement was unable to join the CMT as planned.  At its February 2019
meeting, the MC elected Joyce A. McCullough (Manchester CPC, Murfreesboro Presbytery) and Reverend
Neal Wilkinson (White Oak Pond CPC, Missouri Presbytery) bringing elected membership up to five.  An
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Discipleship Ministry Team (DMT) elected member Reverend Nancy McSpadden completed two terms and,for health reasons, has chosen not to serve a third term.  Reverend Josefina Sanchez also completed two terms andhas chosen not to serve a third term as she explores new types of ministry.  DMT is grateful for their experienceand contributions.  At its February 2019 meeting, MC elected Reverend Jesse Thornton to serve a second term;
Jonathan Bellis (Orange CPC, Missouri Presbytery) to replace Nancy McSpadden, and Reverend Abby Prevost(Welti CPC, Hope Presbytery) to replace Josefina Sanchez.
Missions Ministry Team (MMT) elected member Reverend Victor Hassell has completed three terms.  MMTis thankful for his passion for missions and contributions to the work of the Church.  Dominic Lau completed
two terms and asked not to be re-elected due to study and work demands.  Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond
was hired as the new Coordinator for Women’s Ministry and thus is no longer an elected member.   MMTappreciates the energy and enthusiasm they imbued into the work of the MMT.  At its February 2019 meeting,the MC elected Dean Reichenbach (Smithville CPC, Murfreesboro Presbytery) and Karen Patten (Faith CPC,
West Tennessee Presbytery) to serve on the MMT.  Reverend Brittany Meeks and Reverend Chris Warren werere-elected for a third term.
MC re-elected Reverend Duawn Mearns and Reverend Sandra Shepherd to third terms on the Pastoral
Development Ministry Team (PDMT).
The MC elects MT members in accordance with GA requirements: that individuals have current personal data
forms and recommendations from their presbytery (clergy) or pastor (laity) on file with the Stated Clerk prior toGA.  A complete list of MT members appears at cpcmc.org/mc/.
Staff Team Members are employees of the MC (alphabetical order):• CMT: Publications Manager/Editor Matthew H. Gore; Senior Art Director Sowgand Sheikholeslami;
and CMT Leader Reverend Steven Shelton.
• DMT: DMT Leader Reverend Elinor S. Brown; Coordinator of Adult Ministry Reverend Chris
Fleming (Paducah, Kentucky office); Coordinator of Distribution Cindy Martin; Coordinator of Children
and Family Ministry Jodi Hearn Rush (Nashville, Tennessee office); and Coordinator of Youth and Young
Adult Ministry Reverend Nathan Wheeler.
• MMT: Coordinator for Women’s Ministry Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond (Huntsville,
Alabama office); Cross-Culture Immigrant US Ministry Reverend Johan Daza; Manager, Financeand Administration Jinger Ellis; Director of Congregational Ministries Reverend Kristi Lounsbury(Krum, Texas office); Evangelism & New Church Development Reverend T.J. Malinoski; Director
Global Missions Reverend Lynn Thomas (Birmingham, Alabama office); and MMT Leader Reverend
Milton Ortiz. Bilingual English/Korean Administrative Assistant Julie Min accepted a position as Korean
Language Lecturer at Penn State University, concluding her service in December 2018.  Ms. Min provided
unique and highly valued gifts to MMT, the MC, and the Church.  We extend to her our gratitude andblessings for her time on staff.
• PDMT: PDMT Leader Reverend Pam Phillips-Burk.
3. The Global Ministries Leadership Team (GMLT) is made up of the four Ministry Team Leadersand Director of Ministries.  GMLT works together to apply the MC’s vision/mission to the many varied programs
and resource materials planned and produced by the MTs, coordinating ministries and a comprehensive budget
in a unified, collaborative manner.  GMLT meets monthly.
4. Administration: Director of Ministries Edith Busbee Old gives executive leadership to the MC inaccomplishing duties defined by its Bylaws and supervises the GMLT.  The Director of Ministries is under direct
employment of and is responsible to the MC.  The MC is grateful that the Director and Team Leaders are globallyminded without neglecting the stateside church, for their creative and consistent leadership, and for sustaining
consistently positive fiscal results.
B. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Meetings: The MC met twice in regular session since the 188th GA.  Summaries of MC
meetings appear at cpcmc.org/mc/soa/.
2. Future Meeting Dates: August 15, 2019 (Thursday) – Orientation for newly elected MC/MT members
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August 16–17, 2019 (Friday and Saturday) – All elected members and staff of the MC and all four MTs
meet concurrently at Faith CPC, Bartlett, Tennessee.
February 22–23, 2020 (Saturday and Sunday) – MC Corporation Annual Meeting of the Board of
Directors with Team Leaders and the Director of Ministries at the Denominational Center.
3. Elected member accountability and training: Newly elected MC/MT members receive multitiered orientation prior to their first meeting.  Each year, all elected members sign a Covenant reinforcing theircommitment to answering the call to serve God through service to the Church.  Elected MC members set individual
annual goals and complete annual self-evaluations reflecting on their service.  These tools serve as metrics to help
guide the MC and its teams.  The Covenant may be seen at cpcmc.org/mc/covenant/.
4. Human Resources: When a staff position becomes vacant, the MC invests time in a thoroughrevision of that job description.  Input is gathered from elected members, GMLT, and relevant staff.  Since the188th GA, MC has prayerfully considered current and future ministries of all of its MTs.  Within the past year,
all of its MTs experienced staff changes resulting in the need for MC to painstakingly review and revise job
descriptions.  Three staff members moved to different MTs and/or new responsibilities within the same team:Matt Gore transitioned from DMT to CMT; Cindy Martin shifted within DMT; Pam Phillips-Burk shiftedfrom MMT to PDMT.  The MC affirms these moves as outward examples of their response to Call in using
their unique gifts to grow God’s Kingdom.  Additionally, since the 188th GA, three new staff members cameon board: Cardelia Howell-Diamond, Kristi Lounsbury, and Chris Fleming.  And though he came on board
just days prior to the 188th GA, and was introduced at same, Reverend Steven Shelton was not included in thewritten MC Report to that GA as it was written in March 2018 prior to his accepting the call to the position of
CMT Leader.
5. Unification: The 188th GA encouraged the Unification Task Force (UTF) and MC to establish a
viable network of communication so that they may continue to work for a successful unification of the CPC andthe CPCA.  MC/MT elected members and staff continue to maintain communication with the UTF and CPCA
leadership, visit CPCA congregations, and participate in CPCA events.  MMT staff member for Evangelism and
New Church Development, Reverend T.J. Malinoski, is a dual member of Presbytery of East Tennessee (CPC)and New Hopewell Presbytery (CPCA), serving as a proactive liaison between the CPC and CPCA.
6.  The 188th GA assigned a Committee to “work with the Discipleship Ministry Team (to) develop
and to conduct a census/survey of all congregations in regards to particular churches use of the Encounter
Publication with the results of that census/survey disseminated through the stated clerks of each presbytery by
the 190th General Assembly.  The committee members are: Vicky Goodwin, Mission Synod; Lisa Scott, Synod of
the Midwest; Grady Prevost, Synod of the Southeast; Ben Lindamood, Tennessee Synod; and Mike Reno, Synodof Great Rivers.” Coordinator of Adult Ministry Reverend Chris Fleming is working with that committee andthe results will be disseminated as requested by the 190th GA (2020).
7. The 188th GA requested the Permanent Judiciary and the Unified Committee on Theology and Social
Concerns, along with the MC (for input from a cross-culture/international perspective), to work jointly todevelop a position statement on issues of human sexuality to be presented to the 189th GA for its consideration.
At its August 2018 meeting, the MC heard from three of its MMT staff in regard to input volunteered by CPs
outside the US.   Following its February 2019 meeting, the MC shared with the joint committee additional
information received from pastors in Japan Presbytery.  Immediately following both its August and February
meetings, the MC relayed summaries of the international perspectives to the Unified Committee on Theology
and Social Concerns.

II. MINISTRIES
A. PARAMETERS
The MC created “Parameters to Guide the Work of Our Ministry Teams” as a standard for all work
done by MTs. Parameters are on the MC website cpcmc.org/mc/mt-work-params/.
B. CMT
CMT continues to explore ways to use technology to support our denomination’s connectional nature,and to ensure that we are being the best stewards possible of our resources.   In partnership with all MTs,

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CMT provides support for website management, audio/ visual services, social networking platforms, and webbased application support, and consultations.  In addition to its responsibilities around editing and publishing
The Cumberland Presbyterian magazine, The Missionary Messenger (cooperatively with MMT), the MC
Supplemental Report, and the annual Program Planning Calendar, CMT also manages the dissemination oftime-sensitive news and information via “News of the Church”.  Senior Art Director Sowgand Sheikholeslami
provides layout and design for numerous projects and programs related to the ministries of the Church, beyond
the work of the MC, including artwork for the denomination’s Yearbook and GA Minutes.
With the retirement of former CMT Leader Mark Davis, the MC envisioned a broader influence for
CMT, adding a full time staff position of Publications Manager/Editor.  This division of duties has provided
more opportunity for the Team Leader to expand the capacity of the CMT in the realm of church support andtechnology development.  To date, Steven Shelton has coordinated with MMT to develop an online platform for
the Missions School and with PDMT to enhance the online capacities of the Leadership Referral Service.  As CMT
capabilities continue to be cultivated by the expanded team (including this year, the very first live video stream of
GA worship and business) they are excited about what new support they may be able to offer in upcoming years.
Publications Manager/Editor Matt Gore has made great strides in returning the magazine to its intendedrole as the denomination’s paper of record, while bringing a rich historical perspective to the publication sharing
stories of Cumberland Presbyterians through the centuries.  Since Matt began in this capacity in September
2018, subscriptions to The Cumberland Presbyterian magazine have increased significantly and we lookforward to continued increases in 2019 as word of his journalistic excellence continues to spread.

C. DMT
The Cumberland Presbyterian Constitution recognizes that “God has given different gifts to ministers of
the word and sacrament and the church recognizes various types of ministry …  not only as pastors of particularchurches but as teachers of religion in various kinds of schools, editors of religious publications, chaplains to
the military forces and to various types of institutions, missionaries, evangelists, counselors, administrators ofchurch programs and institutions, directors of Christian education in particular churches, and as leaders in otherfields of service directly related to the church.”  (2.64 Constitution, Confession of Faith)
DMT continues to uphold its mission statement:  The DMT invites and challenges people in all seasonsof life to grow in their faith in Jesus Christ by providing training, events, and curriculum to nurture discipleshipin the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
We continue to see that all of our resources include our Core Values to Inspire: We strive to empowerand equip CPs to think critically and love extravagantly; to maintain Integrity: We teach and learn by allowing
ourselves to be authentically guided by the Holy Spirit through scripture; and be Inclusive: We celebrate thediversity of our churches, cultures, and people that are the body of Christ.
DMT elected members and staff are working together to complete goals set for 2020.  These include
Social Media and Marketing (full-time marketing person, better communication bridge between staff andpresbyteries, and videos relating DMT ministries); Leadership Development (a safe sanctuary Discipleship
Blueprint design that is already completed, another path for ordination, and two grant funding goals for sources
for programming); goals for Age Specific areas (voting rights for YADs, increased participation at CPYC, 2021
Kaleo, three Children’s Fest sites - being done this year - and developing a more robust adult ministry plan);and Curriculum and Resources (75% of all CP churches using CP curriculum, attending CP events, anddeveloping core values, beliefs, practices, for all DMT curriculum, resources and events).

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D. MMT
MMT serves and equips CPs, congregations and judicatories in pursuing God’s mission of redemption
and reconciliation.   Our “responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build the church, thebody of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12 NLT) Specifically, MMT facilitates those phases of the Church’s mission
concerned with outreach in terms of evangelism and the establishing of congregations, and other means ofChristian witness around the world. MMT’s ministry is present in fifteen countries: Australia, Brazil, Cambodia,
Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, andthe US.  MMT’s vision is the development of a fresh identity for the CPC as an evangelism/church planting/missions movement.  MMT serves and equips through consultation, expertise, coaching, leadership training,professional development, and ministry opportunities.  At present, MMT’s focus is in five areas of ministry:Evangelism and New Church Development, Congregational Ministries, Women’s Ministry, Cross-Culture
Immigrant US Ministry, and Global Ministry.  What are our goals and actions?

1. To work towards the practice of evangelism as Cumberland Presbyterians.
a. Continue to be in conversation with staff and all MTs about the practice of evangelism from various
roles and perspectives.

b. Continue to be in conversation about the practice of evangelism among church leaders, local
congregations and all judicatory levels of the church.

2. To promote diverse and innovative methods to plant new churches.
a. Develop a list of different models of new church developments.
b. Foster individual and small group conversations about different methods to plant churches.
c. Continue working with staff to research methods of new church development.
3. To promote various approaches to church development.
a. Develop a practical process of steps for church assimilation.
b. Develop a practical process of steps for church consultation.
c. Consider a new online platform for the Leadership Referral Service (LRS).
4. To engage all women in the CPC in a wide variety of ministry opportunities.
a. Continue conversation about new and creative possibilities for the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s
Ministry Convention.

b. Continue Young Women’s Ministry in partnership with Young Adult Ministry.
c. Continue developing ministries among cross-culture women.

5. To promote awareness and compassionate involvement in the needs of our communities.
a. Develop a process to promote awareness and compassionate involvement in the needs of ourcommunities by volunteering, advocating, giving, and working in teams.

b. Foster individual and small group conversations about the needs in our communities.

6. To promote among all CPs the vision and benefits of having a global church perspective.
a. Foster individual and small group conversations about the vision and benefits of having a global
church.

b. Develop a process to have more international mission trips.
c. Continue working with staff to explore ways to be a global church.

7. To increase donors of all types to give strategically to the different offerings and programs.
a. Continue conversation with staff about learning to market MMT programs and offerings in new
ways based on target audiences.

b. Develop fundraising strategies based on MMT’s mission, culture, and the qualities that make
MMT unique.

Evangelism and New Church Development
This office provides innovative strategies, guidance, and training that are reaching new people and making
disciples of Jesus Christ primarily to, and with, CPs in the US for the transformation of the world.  The office of
Evangelism and New Church Development also delivers local, on-site support for various judicatories and groups
with an emphasis in evangelism. More recently, a new approach to starting worshipping communities called New
Exploration Initiatives is addressing a need in the area of church planting.  This office intends to capitalize on thatneed with new projects from planning stages to implementation in early 2019 in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
and Tennessee.  The intention of this office is not only to help those who are starting new churches and forming
new communities of faith but also help equip existing congregations in the sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  
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RECOMMENDATION 1: That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to call upon
both lay and ordained Cumberland Presbyterians to start new communities of faith in their homes,
neighborhoods, towns, cities, and local settings with the encouragement and support of their church session,
presbyterial board of missions, presbytery, synod, and MMT for the purpose of extending the Gospel ofJesus Christ.
Women’s Ministry
Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry is a thriving community within the CPC.  It includes all
aspects of ministry that include women.  In the CPC that’s everything from ordination, sessions, circles, women’s
fellowships, missions and beyond!  Every woman in the CPC is a part of Women’s Ministry; some just may notknow it yet.  The purpose of Women’s Ministry in the CPC is to accept the love and joy of Jesus through theministry of women.  We seek to do this as we pray, study God’s word, and reach out to others through missions,service, encouragement, and fellowship opportunities.  This goal is accomplished on all levels of work from local
to denominational.
Women’s Ministry Convention is held every year coinciding with GA.  We spend time encouraging one
another and seeking to engage in biblical study, introduce new outreach, elect officers, and hear from the global
missions field.  We collect an offering to be divided among different ministries and the Stott-Wallace Missionary
Offering Fund.  Throughout 2019-2020, Women’s Ministry across the denomination will focus on walking in love
together through worship, prayer, missions, fellowship, retreats, and many other creative endeavors.
Women’s Ministry has placed an emphasis on including young women (post high school to 35) inwomen’s ministry activities unique to their needs and interests.  We held our annual Young Women’s Retreat
in January 2019 and look forward to hosting another in February 2020 at Camp Clark Williamson, Humboldt,
Tennessee.  Young Women’s Ministry is now done in partnership with the Young Adult Ministry of DMT.
Beth-El Farmworker
Every year many CP groups plan domestic and international short mission trips.   For some of thesegroups, mission trip opportunities are found outside our denomination.   MMT urges and encourages all CPs
and mission groups to become familiar with our domestic and abroad mission opportunities.  Many of these areconstantly receiving mission groups and have an efficient structure to plan team visits throughout the year.
Domestically, Beth-El Farmworker Ministry, founded in 1976 by faithful CPs, serves the farmworker
community near Tampa, Florida, through Nuevo Camino (New Path) worshipping community.  They provide
hunger relief programs, health and wellness programs, and mission and summer programs for churches andshort-term mission groups.   Beth-El Farmworker Ministry is located in Wimauma, Florida, 45 minutes fromTampa International Airport.  Lodging and meals per participant/per day is around $35-40.  Several mission trip
opportunities are available during the year and all CP churches are welcome.  Contact Beth-El Executive Director
Reverend Kathleen Dain for more information on mission trip/service opportunities: kathy@beth-el.org, orphone 813-633-1548, extension 223.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to promoteand encourage all congregations to consider Beth-El Farmworker Ministry as a mission field for
Cumberland Presbyterian church groups looking for short mission trip opportunities and experiences.
Global Missions
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The Stott-Wallace (SW) Missionary Offering Fund is the method the CPC uses to support Cumberland
Presbyterian missionaries.  Donations are received during the year from churches and individuals, with special
focus on Pentecost Sunday (Missions Sunday).  In 2018, the SW Missionary Offering Fund produced $240,702
in donations.  In 2017, it produced $288,069 and in 2016 a total of $246,832.  The SW Missionary Offering Fundis a relatively new concept for CPs.  In addition to SW donations, this fund receives a donation from Our United
Outreach distributions and a donation from endowments designated for missionary support.  To support current
CP missionaries the fund needs to generate approximately $350,000 annually.
In 2018, two missionary families resigned and returned home.  In late 2018, MMT approved a new
missionary family to Brazil and they were deployed in early 2019.  It is the goal of the MMT to deploy more
new missionaries in 2019; missionary applications are currently being processed.  By the end of 2019 we shouldhave 14 missionaries planting CP churches in different places around the world.  Pray that God opens doors ofprosperity to meet the needs of our missionaries.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That the 189th General Assembly be called to pray during theGeneral Assembly for our missionaries. And that the General Assembly prays that God continues to callchurches and individuals to support these missionaries.
Congregational Ministries
Serving as a coach and facilitator to congregations, the Director of Congregational Ministries works
with all MC staff to ensure success in the local church.  This includes assessing local congregational needs,
providing resources to encourage successful ministry and aid in reaching the goals of the congregation.  This
position is committed to increasing knowledge of opportunities for congregations to engage in through missions,
Christian education, youth events, and other activities.  Other avenues of support for congregations include:
assisting congregations searching for a pastor through the Leadership Referral Service; serving as a resource
person for mission opportunities and disaster relief teams; and, promoting events, activities and opportunities
through social media.  Being a newly expanded position, Congregational Ministries allows for new prospectsof growth, outreach, and resources within the denomination, as well as sustainable support of congregations
throughout the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
RECOMMENDATION 4: That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to encourage
all congregations to engage, promote, support, and participate in opportunities to grow the Kingdomof God in denominational ministries through the following: Explore denominational resources for
Small Group Studies, Children and Youth Ministry, and Adult Bible Study; Pray for and support
our missionaries through the Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering Fund; Visit and advocate for our
Ministry Partners, Beth-El Farmworker Ministry, Project Vida, Coalition of Appalachian Ministries,
and National Farm Workers Ministry; Encourage students to attend Bethel University and Memphis
Theological Seminary; Support global and local mission opportunities.
E. PDMT
Leadership Referral Service (LRS) is an online application process for churches looking for a pastor and for
pastors searching for a call.  There are currently 31 CP churches and one CPCA congregation utilizing LRS
for their pastor search.  All pastors are encouraged to keep an updated Personal Information Form on file withLRS as well as post their resume within the online application.  PDMT and MMT’s Director of Congregational
Ministries work together to provide leadership and support for LRS.  The Opportunity List of open churches isposted on the website at cpcmc.org/pdmt/opplist.  A monthly email is sent to ministers and probationers with
an email address (approximately 750) listing churches in an active pastor search.  The online application can beaccessed at cpcmc.org/pdmt/lrs.
Clergy Crisis Fund is available to clergy in crisis and in need of support and care.  Circumstances approved forbenefits include death, medical bills, counseling, termination (one-time expenditure), and other considerations
to be determined.  Contact the PDMT Leader for more information.
2019 Pastors Retreats are monthly Sabbath retreats for CP clergy (including their family) free of charge.  The 3-day
retreats are held at Whitestone Country Inn in Kingston, Tennessee.  All meals are included.  These retreats are in
partnership with the “Whosoever Will Bridge Ministry” at Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary.
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Ordination Travel Communion Sets are available to newly ordained CP pastors.   PDMT also recognizes
probationers as they progress through the ordination process with an appropriate book/resource.  Each presbytery
Committee on Ministry/Preparation is encouraged to contact PDMT for information on how to request these free
gifts.

III. FUNDING
Since the inception of the “new structure” in 2007, the MC/MTs have shared in planning new and ongoing
ministries.  Each year the collegial environment has grown stronger, enabling the reality of a comprehensive
budget.  Funding sources include Our United Outreach (OUO), donations, grants, Investment Loan Program(ILP) and endowments (listed within Board of Stewardship section of the preliminary minutes).  Endowments
are an important part of our funding, though they do not generate usable funds until they reach sufficient size togenerate interest payments that can be used.  The MC ended fiscal year 2018 $33,000 ahead of budget, in spite of
economic downturns and culture shifts that adversely affected other charitable organizations and denominations
worldwide.  In addition to sound stewardship practices, last year 47% of MC/MT elected members and staff
personally donated $14,546 to the ongoing work of the MC and its many ministries.  Experience and researchshow that personal giving by members works in at least three ways:•  It is a public declaration that the member has invested in the MC/MTs.
•  It indicates that the member has a commitment to the organization and its mission.
•  It encourages other donors to give and impresses institutions that provide grants or other support.
Indeed, many major donors and foundations will not support an organization like the MC unless the board
achieves 100% giving (thebalancesmb.com/how-nonprofit-boards-make-a-difference-2502002).
As the MC explores additional potential sources of revenue, we hope that first time and long-term
donors will feel called to contribute, providing funds for current and future ministry.

IV. MINISTRY COUNCIL CONCLUSION
We are thankful for the sustaining guidance of the Holy Spirit as we work to enhance and implement
ministries that draw people to Christ.  We encourage 189th GA Commissioners and guests to visit the MC boothand the Ministry Exchange.  We encourage you to pick up materials to share with your congregation, groups,
and presbytery.  MC/MT staff and elected members are eager to listen to your ideas and answer questions.
Not unlike other denominations, ours is an aging denomination.  We yearn to see CPs of all generations
serving in leadership roles throughout the Church.  We yearn for CPs everywhere to commit to sharing actively
in the work of the Church, for leaders to rise up from across the globe to further the work of the Church aroundthe world.
The 52 MC/MT elected and advisory members and 17 staff members are committed to serving God
through the CPC and ask that the Church remain in prayer for our collaborative work as both staff and elected
members proactively serve as conduits of information to and from the MC.
Respectfully Submitted,
The Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Reverend Mike Wilkinson, President
Reverend Donny Acton, First Vice President
Reverend Kenny Butcher, Second Vice President
Karen Avery, Secretary
Edith B. Old, Director of Ministries/Treasurer

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THE REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP,
FOUNDATION, AND BENEFITS
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. BOARD MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATIONThe Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits under the direction of its officers, President
Randy Davidson, Vice-president Mike St. John, Secretary Debbie Shelton, and Treasurer Robert Heflin,
met two times in regular session.
B. BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE
Members whose terms expire at the 2019 General Assembly are: Ken Byford, Charles (Buddy)
Pope, Debbie Shelton and Andrea Smith.  Board member Buddy Pope passed away.  Debbie Shelton has
served for a total of 18 years.  Ken Byford and Andrea Smith have agreed to continue to serve.  We want tothank them for their service and dedication to the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits.  Please
remember the family of Buddy Pope.  He is missed.
C. BOARD REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 188TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The board’s representative to the 188th General Assembly is Gary Tubb.
D. STAFF

Kathryn Gilbert Craig serves as Administrative Assistant, Mark Duck serves as Coordinatorof Benefits and Robert Heflin serves as Executive Secretary.
E. 2020 BUDGETThe 2020 line-item budget has been filed with the Office of the General Assembly.
F. 2018 AUDIT
Certified copies of the 2018 audit reports from Fouts and Morgan will be filed with the Office of theGeneral Assembly in compliance with General Regulations E.5. and E.6.  The 2018 audit will be printed in
the audit section of the 2019 minutes.

II. FINANCIAL FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT
AND MANAGEMENT
A. PURPOSE
One area of work of the board is in financial foundation development and management.   Thepurpose of this program is as follows:
To secure a firm financial undergirding for the ongoing ministry of congregations and the agencies
of presbyteries, synods, and the General Assembly as they bear witness to the saving love of God, the graceof our Lord Jesus Christ, and the fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit.

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B. 2018 IN REVIEWIn 2018, both domestic and international markets were volatile.  U. S. stocks were up 2.6% as ofthe end of June 2018.  The S&P 500 gained 7.7% in the third quarter.  However, the fourth quarter wipedout all the gains and then some, declining 13.5% in the fourth quarter.  Developed markets closed the year
down 15-20% while emerging markets ended the year down over 14%.  Bond markets didn’t offer much ofa return either, basically ending the year where they started.  The slow down in the global economy and thetightening U.S. monetary policy was cause for concern.
The fourth quarter was a reminder of how quickly markets can change direction after long periodsof generating above average returns.  That is why it is important to be diversified and remain calm during
times of market volatility.
The activity in the Cumberland Presbyterian Endowment Fund, Retirement Fund and the Investment
Loan Program reflected the volatility of the markets.  One example was the performance of the endowment
fund.  At the end of June 2018, we saw a gain of 3.5% for the first six months but the fund ended 2018 with aloss of 2.5%.  The Endowment Fund and the Retirement Fund are diversified portfolios which is an effective
strategy during times of market volatility.
We are confident that our investment manager, Gerber/Taylor can continue to help us navigate theturbulent ups and downs of the market.  Since October 1981, Gerber/Taylor has done a wonderful job for
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
C. BOARD OF STEWARDSHIPThe Board of Stewardship ended 2018 with a loss of $133,676 as a result of decreased earnings in
the endowment fund and the investment loan program.  We are ever mindful of expenses incurred and try
to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to the Board.  We are grateful for the faithful support fromcongregations and individuals through their contributions to Our United Outreach.
D. MANAGEMENT OF FUNDSAt the end of 2018 the Endowment Fund portfolio was under the co-management of Gerber/Taylor
Management, RREEF America II, Clarion, Tortoise, Headlands Capital and Eagle MLP.   The funds of
the Retirement Program were co-managed by Gerber/Taylor Management, RREEF America II, Tortoise,
Headlands Capital and Eagle MLP.
The church loan portion of the endowment portion of the endowment portfolio and the investmentsof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Investment Loan Program, Inc. were under the management ofboard staff with the help of Stifel Nicholas.

III. ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
Since 1836, the board and its corporate predecessors have sought to be faithful trustees of thefunds given into their hands to provide a permanent financial foundation for the work of congregations,presbyteries, synods, and General Assembly agencies.  The work of the Endowment Program is the oldest
responsibility of the board and fulfills a portion of that task to which all Cumberland Presbyterians arecalled: “Christian stewardship acknowledges that all of life and creation is a trust from God, to be used forGod’s glory and service.”—Confession of Faith for Cumberland Presbyterians 6:10.
A. COMMUNICATIONThe Endowment Program report will be distributed to all endowment program participants, general
assembly board members, churches, and individual contributors.
Agencies, other participants, and interested parties received quarterly detailed reports on thepostings to all their endowments.  With the addition of names supplied by the agencies during the year, thenumber of persons receiving these reports continues to expand.  In addition, special reports were made asrequested.

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B. ASSETS, INVESTMENT MIX, AND PERFORMANCE

1. Assets and Investment Mix
The assets of the Endowment Fund totaled $56,505,941 for 2018 at market value.  Thefollowing table provides a breakdown of the investment mix:

15.5%
11.6%
9.5%
17.7%
18.1%
2.3%
13.5%
7.8%
4.0%
0%
100.0%

Investment Mix
Securities & Investments
US Equity
Real Assets
Fixed Income
Hedged Equity
Multi-Strategy
Opportunistic
International Equity
Emerging Markets
Private Equity
Cash
Total

$8,757,394$6,553,921$5,367,435$10,000,379$10,226,376$1,299,484$7,627,408$4,406,947$2,259,972$6,625$56,505,941

2. Performance of the Endowment Fund

The Endowment Fund generated a loss of $1,369,084 in investment earnings during 2018. Net
contributions and withdrawals (including income distributions) were a negative $1,324,100.
Since January 2013, we have begun paying out 5% (annualized) to the congregations, presbyteries
and agencies.  Previously agencies had difficulty in preparing budgets because of the unknown amount theywould receive from endowment income.  Now, they can better estimate the endowment income they will
receive Endowment income paid to congregations, presbyteries and agencies totaled $2,056,976 for 2018.

3. Total Rate of Return for the Endowment FundThe following table gives the annualized rates of return as contained in the report from Gerber/
Taylor Associates for year end 2018:

Endowment FundOne Year
Period01/01/18
12/31/18-2.5%

Five Year
Period01/01/14
12/31/18
4.4%

Since
Inception
09/30/81
12/31/18
9.6%

C. ESTABLISHING AN ENDOWMENT AS A LEGACY
The Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits manages 830 endowments established for the
benefit of congregations, presbyteries, synods, agencies and other special ministries of the Cumberland
Presbyterian denomination.   Many of these endowments were established by individuals as a legacy tocontinue to benefit long after they are no longer with us.  Some of the endowments were established bycongregations, presbyteries and synods to help further their specific ministries.  Some of the endowments
were started with very little.  Through the years these endowments have grown and the beneficiaries are
reaping the gifts of the endowment income and using it in ministry in their local area or worldwide.  Pleaseconsider establishing an endowment.

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List of Endowments
Board of Stewardship
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Grace J. Beasley Memorial$32,119.92$30,003.58
Donald Bierhaus Trust$75,607.78$70,626.13
C. C. Brock Endowment Fund
$5,241.78$4,896.40
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annunity Endowment$71,345.06$66,644.22
Lavenia Cole Testamentary Trust 25%$645,522.17$603,761.61
Lavenia Campbell Cole Trust 20%$52,994.43$49,502.72
Lavenia Campbell Cole Finance Endowment$10,706.47$10,001.05
Foundation & Finance Trust$11,991.61$11,251.33
Freeman Trust$116,161.63$108,507.95
Floyd Hensley Trust$30,034.80$28,055.88
P. F. Johnson Memorial Endowment$10,153.58$9,484.59
Robert H. Jordan Endowment Fund
$7,193.75$6,719.77
Della Campbell Lowrie 20%$482,259.31$450,483.93
J. Richard Magrill, Jr. Endowment$49,114.37$46,089.31
Sam B. Miles Endowment$89,273.52$83,391.48
M. Dale Orr Endowment$41,540.12$38,803.06
William Dana Shriver Fund
$228,576.83$213,516.29
Maymie Stovall - Frontier Press 25%$33,240.55$31,050.37
Evelyn & Gene Walpole Endowment$31,023.66$30,421.28
Eugene Warren Endowment Fund
$26,845.38$25,076.61
Dixie Campbell Zinn Memorial$15,219.32     $16,292.87      			$2,067,239.59 			
$1,933,506.88
Total									Ministerial Aid
Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Endowment					Ministerial Aid Endowment$890,170.65$842,648.92
Ministerial Aid Surplus Endowment$36,239.88$35,536.20
CPWM Endowment for Minister Care
$7,781.26$7,630.20
Jesse W. Hipsher Endowment$50,507.19$49,624.36
Annie Lee Hogue Endowment$46,945.40$46,033.88
Herschel E. Jones Ministers’ Trust$13,763.79$13,496.53
Kate H., Robert E.  & Robert M. King
$185,778.93$182,171.63
Della Campbell Lowrie Endowment 20%$1,950,625.27$1,799,192.21
Special Reserve Retirement Program$100,512.87$97,644.46
Sue Stiles Endowment Fund 50%$111,942.21   
$114,158.80    			Total							$3,396,484.04 			
$3,185,920.60
Ministry Council - Missions Ministry Team
Ending Balance 2017		
Endowment					Missions Ministry Team Budget Reserve Endowment $1,014,497.67
Church Loan Fund - General$1,444,799.26
McKenzie Endowment$44,592.51
Advance in Missions Trust Fund
$466,345.85
Missions & Evangelism Endowment$121,390.52
Grace Johnson Beasley Memorial$39,683.23
Grace Beasley - Small Rural Church$53,619.23
Bennett & Mildred Brown Trust$61,710.64
David Brown Endowment$13,835.37
CPW Leadership Trust Fund
$104,396.03
CPWM Bethel College Scholarship$201,409.24
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annuity Endowment$65,942.02
Lavenia Cole Testamentary Trust (25%)$676,918.81
Lavenia Campbell Cole Trust Endowment 20%$23,401.43

Ending Balance 2018
$848,404.20$1,349,603.63$41,654.40$435,619.05$113,392.25$37,068.58$50,086.34$64,078.28$13,566.74$97,545.33$197,687.94$61,597.18$633,089.62$21,859.52

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Ministry Council - Missions Ministry Team (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Rouine Vodra Coleman Endowment$1,689.93$1,657.14
Winnifred M. Dixon Endowment$61,780.48$57,709.83
Joseph B. Dungy Endowment$96,525.99$90,166.06
Louise & Sam R. Estes Endowment$15,012.73$14,024.50
Clifford Gittings Endowment$7,386.29$7,242.84$3,795.95$3,722.24
Lelia B. Goodman for Missions
P. F. Johnson Memorial End.
$20,319.74$18,980.92
Finis Ewing & Bessie Keene Memorial$158,502.14$148,058.64
Chow King Leong Endowment$54,518.90$50,926.71
Mary Katherine Mize Longwell Endowment$854.37$837.80$482,563.41$450,768.03
Della Campbell Lowrie Trust 20%
Jamie Roy Chaffin Endowment$2,616.72$2,565.92
Mark G. Lynch Choctaw Presbytery$12,740.33$12,492.92
Clifford W. & Sarah C. McCall NCD$12,681.21$12,435.00
Joe E. Matlock Endowment$55,344.82$51,698.74
Robert E. Matlock Endowment$174,030.78$162,564.17$8,676.82$8,792.54
Robert T. & Dona Milam Endowment$5,612.34$5,503.33
Nancy J. Orr Bequest$103,375.12$96,563.91
New Church Development Endowment$12,295.44$11,485.30
S. Q. Proctor Home Mission Endowment$26,181.81$24,456.75
Marguerite D. Richards Rural Church$12,907.40$12,056.92
Maymie Stovall - Home Missions 25%$13,046.62$12,186.98
Paul & Geneva Richards Memorial$14,250.42$13,457.64
William A. & Beverly St. John Endowment$7,240.18$7,099.61
Madge Sprague Memorial Endowment$69,055.10$64,455.69
Lela Swanson Stricklen NCD$69,710.11$66,776.33
Cornelia Swain Endowment
Marguerite D. Richards MM Magazine$10,612.56$10,406.47
Walkerville CPC Memorial Endowment$8,679.19$8,510.65$33,878.90$31,646.66
Brown & Julia Welch Missions Endowment$1,956.67$1,918.72
Marvin O. Clement & Clement E. Wilkins Memorial$13,021.94$12,769.08
Gina Marie Benzel Ableson Memorial$172,770.83$160,310.65
Ashburn-Graf Educational Endowment
Maree Blackwell Endowment$3,176.62$3,114.95
James A. Brintle II Scholarship$7,796.68$7,645.29
Mattie Ree Suddarth Brown Endowment - Missions$22,218.83$20,754.89
Gladys H. Bryson Scholarship Fund
$136,401.78$126,489.63
Davis O. & Gladys H. Bryson Missionary$90,769.47$84,788.79
Mary Frances & William Carpenter$12,235.51$11,656.36
Mildred Chandler Scholarship Endowment$169,138.47$157,018.82
Colombian CPW Elementary Scholarships$45,314.46$43,927.31
Colombian University Scholarships$82,828.09$72,572.63
Helen Deal Endowment$55,242.04$51,602.23
John A. Deaver Mission$13,136.02$12,880.96
Chester E. Dickson Endowment$48,055.39$44,889.12
Jose & Fanny Fajardo Endowment$11,118.58$10,912.74
Foreign Missions Endowment$365,787.33$341,686.15
Mrs. G. W. Freeman Bible Woman Trust$8,264.40$8,103.96
McAdow and Mae Gam Endowment$17,390.84$17,211.11
Samuel King Gam$30,923.89$28,890.42
Freda Mitchell Gilbert Endowment (MMT)$10,325.23$10,124.74
Bernice Barnett Gonzalez Endowment$1,803.88$1,768.85
Gleniel Grounds Endowment$2,772.18$2,718.36
Holzer Trust$101,905.44$94,557.83
Hong Kong Mission$43,254.91$40,404.92
Marvin C. & Ruth M. Kinnard Trust$19,185.07$15,683.92

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Ministry Council - Missions Ministry Team (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Warren and Carline Lowe Trust$3,508.49$3,440.36
Mamie McAdoo Endowment$3,447.08$3,380.15
McClung/Fowler Memorial Endowment$137,118.12$126,359.05
Holly Katelyn McClurkin$868.01$851.15
Rubye Johnson May Memorial 50%$9,823.33$9,632.59$18,937.16$17,902.76
Lucie C. Mayhew Fund for U-P Children
Elizabeth A. & James W. Morrow Trust$25,970.82$24,259.67
Richard Nicks Memorial Endowment$65,494.38$60,772.42
Hamilton & Merion S. Parks Family Trust #2$31,876.47$31,257.53
Patron Membership$872,791.05$819,601.40$175,121.01$165,700.43
Myra Patton Foreign Mission Endowment
Perpetual Membership Fund
$1,081,637.66$1,013,782.87
Don & Gwen Peterson Endowment Fund
$124,625.70$116,453.75
Rose Ella Porterfield Scholarship$24,009.16$23,542.99
Carl Ramsey Scholarship Fund
$38,789.04$38,035.85
Marguerite D. Richards Japan
$17,482.87$16,330.96$323,067.33$301,780.88
Elise Sanders Endowment$14,004.12$13,732.22
Scholarship-Universidad Evangelica$29,332.35$27,399.70
Buddy & Beverly Stott Endowment$12,908.49$12,057.96
Maymie Stovall - Foreign Mission 25%$35,706.71$34,818.91
Irvin & Annie Mary Draper Swain$53,578.00$49,714.86
Walter  Swartz - Jose Fajardo Scholarship Fund
$8,602.68$8,435.63
William B. & Emma Jo Denson Todd Endow$53,674.76$50,138.27
Boyce & Beth Wallace Endowment$2,516.81$2,467.91
Robert J. & Marilee B. Watkins$83,321.56$81,703.73
Bill & Kathryn Wood
$3,808,295.88$3,557,372.95
Forester World Missions Endowment
Bill & Iona Wyatt Endowment$13,951.08$13,031.87
Rev. & Mrs. Tadao Yoshizaki Memorial$819.69            			$803.76            Total							$14,446,501.97 			
$13,433,668.31
Ministry Council - Communications Ministry Team
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Masaharu Asayama/CPWM Endowment$13,100.20$12,845.87
Ky Curry Publishing Endowment$46,429.72$45,528.18
C. Ray Dobbins Endowment$43,559.47$42,713.66
Dennis H. Kiefer Endowment$1,178.85$1,155.97
Marguerite D. Richards CP Magazine$23,502.59$23,046.23
Pat White Endowment$9,949.21    			$9,769.14    
Total							$137,720.04 			
$135,059.05
		Ministry Council - Discipleship Ministry Team
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Paul Allen Endowment for C E$12,175.52$11,373.80
Grace Johnson Beasley Mem.
$11,633.47$10,866.96
Bennett & Mildred Brown for C E$27,064.76$25,281.49
Christian Education Mid-Century$265,670.31$248,165.67
Christian Education Season Endowment$198,001.76$185,137.89
Carl Cook Outdoor Ministry Endowment$5,181.73$4,840.32
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annuity End.
$38,246.73$35,726.72
Jill Davis Carr - Leadership Development$12,333.38$11,520.86
Consultant Training Fund
$61,646.57$57,584.80
C. P. Youth Conference$175,607.90$164,985.55
H. Harold Davis Endowment Fund
$176,060.26$164,459.90
Jack W. Ferguson, Jr. C E Endowment$11,636.14$10,869.49
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Ministry Council - Discipleship Ministry Team (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Jean Garrett Endowment for C E$4,399.76$4,110.02
Louise Adams Heathcock Memorial$11,689.79$10,919.56
John Gilbert Horsley - Youth Leaders$14,217.26$12,655.61
Donald & Jane Hubbard Endowment for C E$12,225.91$11,420.37
Into the Nineties for C E$293,825.07$274,465.40$3,808.05$3,557.14
Reverend Gayle J. Keown for C E
Earl King Memorial$11,638.88$10,872.01
Virginia Malcom Christian Education$121,474.30$113,470.55
Wesley & Jackie Mattonen Endowment$36,685.13$34,268.00
David & Mary McGregor C E Endowment$59,122.43$55,227.07$17,399.89$16,254.21
James D. McGuire Endowment for C E
Howell G. & Martha Jo Mims CPYC
$31,034.52$29,002.00
Morris & Ruth Pepper for C E$55,325.07$51,679.77
Bill & Hazel Phalan Endowment$15,552.88$14,528.21
Claudette Hamby Pickle C E Endowment$21,971.94$20,524.28
Publishing House Endowment 33%$152,672.99$142,613.60$60,557.04$56,566.99
Dr. & Mrs. E. K. Reagin Endowment$12,400.24$11,592.69
Jodi Hearn Rush Endowment$14,516.12$13,559.67
Rev. Rusty Rustenhaven Youth Ministry$3,005.11$2,946.76
Give for Good Endowment$21,167.80$19,773.10
John W. Speer Endowment for C E$23,110.70$23,504.68
Cornelia Swain Endowment for C E$27,420.78$27,431.83
Irvin & Annie Mary Swain Endowment$5,492.53$5,283.56
Jake Tyler Children’s Ministry$38,561.22$36,020.81
Frank & Linda Ward Endowment (CE)$12,492.77$11,669.71
William Warren Endowment for C E$43,987.20$41,088.96
Clark Williamson Memorial
Helen Wiman Memorial$4,886.60$4,954.64
Young Adult Ministry Endowment$25,067.05$23,415.44$6,599.64        			Terence R. McCain, Sr. Endowment$6,165.10       Total							$2,172,721.91 			
$2,034,511.35
Ministry Council - Pastoral Development Team - Ministry Team
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Awards for CP Ministers & Spouses$27,520.36$25,707.57
Roosevelt and Ruth Baugh$5,846.46$5,732.91
LaRoyce Brown Endowment$1,821.59$1,786.27
James & Helen Knight Endowment$28,369.13$26,500.39
Ministerial Endowment$14,929.56$13,946.09
Ministers Conference$20,707.74$19,343.68
Melvin & Naomi Orr Endowment$23,246.06$21,714.75
James Lee Ratliff Endowment$12,392.02$11,583.46
Norlan & Ellie Scrudder Endowment$23,585.63$22,032.03
James & Geneva Searcy Endowment$35,926.83$33,560.19
E. G.  & Joy Sims Endowment$25,023.38$23,375.05
Leonard & Mary Jo Turner Endowment$15,256.40$14,251.40
Lyon Walkup Endowment$17,101.56$16,503.15
Arturo & Carmen Ortiz Endowment$16,793.59$16,467.49
Louisa M. Woosley End. for Sustaining Women in$13,693.87   			$13,428.00   
Ministry
Total							$282,214.18 			
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Office of the General Assembly
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
D. W. Fooks Memorial Endowment$19,838.60$18,531.49
Publishing House Endowment (33%)$30,185.47$28,028.36
Robert & Olene Rush Endowment$20,230.39$18,897.44
Trustee Endowment$390,179.67 			
$364,471.32
Total							$460,434.13 			
$429,928.61
Historical Foundation
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Anne Elizabeth Knight Adams Heritage Fund
$6,719.85
Rosie Magrill Alexander Trust$18,247.78$7,709.52
Paul H. & Ann Middleton Allen Heritage Fund
Grace J. Beasley Birthplace Shrine$61,292.28
Ethel Beal Benedict Heritage Fund
$5,044.28
Birthplace Shrine Fund
$205,806.19
James L. & Louise M. Bridges Heritage Fund
$19,473.62
Mark and Elinor Swindle Brown Heritage Fund
$7,577.51$9,700.17*Sydney & Elinor Brown Heritage Fund
$93,038.75
Centennial Heritage Endowment$17,395.56
Walter Chesnut Endowment$73,141.48
Lavenia Campbell Cole Heritage Fund
$15,340.67
C. P. Church in America Heritage Fund
$32,546.11
CPW Archival Supplies Endowment$2,553.93
Bettye Jean Loggins McCaffrey Ellis Heritage$25,292.16
Samuel Russell & Mary Grace Barefoot Estes$15,830.72
Family of Faith Endowment$7,230.91
Gettis & Delia Snyder Gilbert Heritage Fund
$24,770.78
James C. & Freda M. Gilbert Heritage FundJames C. & Freda M. Gilbert Trust (HF)
$67,559.27
Mamie A. Gilbert Trust$15,622.11$2,598.38
Henry Evan Harper Endowment CP History$5,252.80
Ronald W. & Virginia T. Harper$104,820.10
Historical Foundation Trust$17,617.35
Donald & Jane Hubbard Heritage Fund
Cliff & Jill Hudson Heritage Fund
$6,408.52
Robert & Kathy Hull Endowment$17,768.95
Into the Nineties Endowment$41,956.89
Joe Ben Irby Endowment$8,583.82
P. F. Johnson Memorial Endowment (HF)
$20,377.79
Irene A. Kiefer Endowment$1,935.56
Mr. & Mrs. Chow King Leong Heritage Fund
$6,036.83
Dennis L. & Elmira Castleberry Magrill 50%$25,353.47
J. Richard Magrill, Jr. Heritage Fund
$11,390.56
Joe R. & Mary B. Magrill Trust$181,347.76
Jimmie Joe McKinley Heritage Fund
$9,052.09
Edith Louise Mitchell Heritage Fund
$5,070.29
Lloyd Freeman Mitchell Heritage Fund
$5,070.37
Snowdy C. & Lillian Walkup Mitchell Heritage$7,231.02
Rev. Charles & Paulette Morrow Endowment$1,504.66
Virginia Sue Williamson Morrow Heritage$13,804.87
Anne E. Swain Odom Heritage Fund
$27,972.61
Martha Sue Parr Heritage Fund
$36,144.90
Florence Pennewill Heritage Fund
$5,026.16
Morris & Ruth Pepper Endowment (HF)
$17,761.75
Publishing House Endowment 33% (HF)
$85,122.90
Mable Magrill Rundell Trust$18,241.46
Samuel Callaway Rundell Heritage Fund
$12,320.61

Ending Balance 2018
$9,340.19$17,046.05$7,201.80$57,255.83$5,086.10$204,959.16$18,191.17$9,829.89$9,658.34$86,911.63$16,443.97$68,324.65$14,330.41$30,402.76$9,955.15$23,626.56$14,788.17$6,754.73$23,139.71$63,110.11$14,593.30$2,625.82$5,023.09$99,805.21$16,983.87$5,986.54$16,599.11$39,193.78$8,275.67$19,035.79$1,897.95$5,639.29$23,683.79$10,735.24$169,404.95$8,456.05$4,747.65$4,747.76$6,754.78$2,384.25$12,895.76$27,018.68$33,764.70$4,695.18$16,697.01$79,702.61$17,040.18$11,509.17

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Historical Foundation (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Paul & Mary Jo Schnorbus Heritage Fund
$8,834.75$8,252.98
Shiloh CPC Ellis County Texas Endowment$8,064.76$7,533.63
Hinkley  & Vista Smartt Heritage Fund
$7,870.15$7,822.43
John W. Sparks Heritage Fund
$104,904.90$97,996.36
Irvin S. Annie Mary Draper Swain Heritage$32,863.42$31,580.16$1,198.90$5,168.63
The Trustee Hertiage Fund
F. P. (Jake) Waits Heritage Fund
$12,906.93$12,056.98
Roy & Mary Seawright Shelton Heritage Fund
$11,410.84$11,269.00
Gwendolyn McCaffrey McReynolds Hertiage Fund
$11,517.75      			$10,761.27     Total							$1,627,238.52 			
$1,558,695.00
Our United Outreach
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
George F. Battenfield Memorial$55,091.70$51,461.86
Daisy Bray Freeman Trust$59,882.44$55,936.89
Bertha Feazel Hammons Memorial$50,901.62$47,547.84$251,498.99$234,928.06
Kenneth & Myrtle Holsopple Memorial$13,091.52$12,247.17
Cliff & Jill Hudson OUO Endowment Fund
$3,548.17$3,314.40
Knights of Honor Association Trust$1,864,503.78$1,789,456.86
Lowrie Estate Oil Royalties$44,666.26$41,723.27
Robert L. McReynolds Endowment 50%$40,125.21$39,589.12
The Moderators’ Endowment for OUO$22,166.82$20,706.27
Santa Anna Church Memorial Fund
$396,600.36   			Tithing and Budget Endowment$370,468.95   
Total							$2,802,076.87 			
$2,667,380.69
Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Merlyn & Joann Kitterman Alexander$982.91$11,190.41
W. A. & Elizabeth Bearden Trust$26,054.59
Grace Johnson Beasley Mem$4,258.36
Bethlehem CPC, Maury County, TN$29,409.00
James L. & Louise Bridges Scholarship
J. T. & Dorothy Britt Trust$7,878.75
Children’s Home Endowment$227,294.67
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annuity Endow$58,204.36
Lavenia Cole Testamentary Trust - 25%$471,702.57
Lavenia Campbell Cole Trust (20%)$14,331.73
Mrs. A. L. Colvin Memorial Fund
$1,210.02
John H. & Eva Cox Trust Fund
$21,814.26
Steve Currie Trust$382,922.36
Daniel Class, Morningside CPC$22,528.41
Donnie Curry Davis Memorial$131,830.31
Mary Elberta Davis Memorial$14,066.88
Fred & Mattie Mae Dwiggins Memorial$56,481.95
J. S. Eustis Memorial Trust Fund
$8,917.17
Winnie & Clester H. Evans, Sr. Trust$14,887.55
John M. Friedel Trust$15,399.74
Joyce C. Frisby Memorial Endowment$19,844.59
Vaughn & Mary Elizabeth Fults Trust$14,205.17
Garner-Miller Memorial Trust$8,763.75
James C. & Freda M. Gilbert Endowment (CPCH)$81,773.45
Henry & Jayne  Glaspy Memorial Fund
$5,813.47
Rev. W. J. Gregory Memorial$73,069.83
Glenn Griffin Endowment 33%$31,150.66
Rev. & Mrs. Henry M. Guynn Memorial$3,236.73

Ending Balance 2018
$910.49$10,365.87$24,134.81$3,944.60$27,249.01$7,298.25$210,546.99$53,915.62$438,283.67$13,275.72$1,186.51$20,206.91$354,707.31$20,868.40$122,116.60$13,030.39$52,320.13$8,260.14$13,790.60$14,265.02$18,383.25$13,158.46$8,261.03$75,795.86$5,385.11$67,685.79$28,855.37$2,998.24

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Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Chad Evan Harper Memorial Endowment$13,644.31$13,619.51
Newsome & Imogene Harvey Endowment$1,786.74$1,655.06
Clarence & Lula Herring Endowment$4,253.15$3,939.79
Kenneth & Clara M. Holsopple Trust$37,651.60$34,877.27
George & Lottie M. Hutchins Trust$800,754.95$741,752.49$8,036.10$7,443.95
Norma K. Johnson Memorial Library
P. F. Johnson Memorial Endow$13,340.22$12,357.28
Robert H. & Genevie Johnson Endowment$3,894.43$3,621.32
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Johnson$8,405.63$7,786.31
Violet Louise Jolly Endowment$848.71$786.13$7,013.99$6,497.20
Eulava Joyce Memorial Trust
Ruth Cypert & Harlie Kugler Memorial$14,124.64$13,083.88
Blanche R. Lake Endowment$10,179.26$9,429.20
Wade P. Lane & Maude Dorough Memorial$6,700.00$6,206.36
Adolphus M. Latta Memorial Trust$36,151.16$33,487.38
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little (CPCH)$25,526.44$23,660.73$15,923.53$14,750.23
Charles E. Addie Mae Lloyd Endowment$2,878.51$2,822.59
Tony & Ann Martin Endowment$2,926.12$2,869.32
Mrs. Lucille (Lucy) Mast Endowment$13,614.00$12,610.87
W. B. & Azalee McClurkan, Sr. Memorial$7,014.00$6,497.19
William J. McCall Memorial Trust$5,388.52$4,991.49
McEwen Church Trust$13,281.72$12,303.06
J. C. McKinley Endowment (CPCH)$13,281.82$12,303.13
Velma McKinley Trust Fund
$600,476.60$556,936.83
McKinley & Barnett Families 33%$7,973.97$7,395.19
Mary McKnight Memorial Trust$4,958.94$4,593.55
Kenneth & Mae Moore Endowment Fund
Operational Trust Fund
$104,310.19$96,621.87
Bert & Pat Owen Endowment for CPCH
$1,103.04$1,021.78$1,025.87$942.89^Martha Sue Parr Endowment$674,583.07$624,876.71
Mary M. Poole Endowment Fund
$44,977.02$41,662.86
Jack & Mary Lou Proctor Memorial Trust$63,583.69$58,898.49
Mary Acenal Prewitt Trust Fund
S. Q. & K. Maurine Proctor Trust$3,983.72$3,690.19
Rev. & Mrs. Joe Reed Memorial$3,289.07$3,225.23
Marguerite D. Richards Endowment$17,913.58$16,593.59
Agnew Durbin Richardson Trust$21,248.65$19,682.98
Pat N. & Essie H. Roberts Memorial$41,474.92$38,418.82
Frances Benefield Roberts Trust$1,642.80$1,521.80
Rev. & Mrs. John A. Russell Memorial$3,206.85$2,970.52
John, Ann & Mary Elizabeth Shimer$10,558.27$9,780.29
Rev. W. B. & Lydia Snipes Memorial$22,788.05$22,345.58
Don M. & Nancy E. Tabor Trust$24,271.15$22,483.21
Townsend Trust Fund
$27,069.94$25,075.33
Hattie E. Wheelis Fund
$13,925.18$12,899.08
Whitfield Family Endowment$8,490.01$7,864.78
Porter & Hattie S. Williamson Memorial$120,778.01$111,878.46
Helen and Lewis Wynn Endowment Fund
$12,633.70$12,388.38
Maxie & Will Young Memorial Endowment$14,619.78$13,542.55
Dixie Campbell Zinn Memorial Trust$4,395.04$4,071.18
Joe Parr Trust Fund
$55,136.96$51,074.17
Hamilton & Merion S. Parks Family Trust #3$13,344.77$12,416.36
Dr. John P. Austin Endowment$20,142.27      			$18,785.84     Total							$4,769,748.31 			
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Memphis Theological Seminary
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
African-American Studies Chair$9,907.19
Emerson A. Alburty Endowment$6,421.79
John W. Aldridge Memorial Scholarship$8,866.99
Merlyn A. & Joann K. Alexander$9,683.86
Alston Family Evangelistic Association$47,910.90$11,019.35
Polly Atterbury Aldridge Scholarship
Alternate Studies Endowment$10,946.66
Virgil R. Anderson Memorial Endowment$11,094.71
Baird-Buck Chair of CP Studies$448,982.21
Walter & Eula Baker Memorial Fund
$12,510.52$1,879.73
O. A. Barbee Endowment
Richard M. & Martha Carol Barker Scholarship$10,909.21
Barnes Seminary Endowment$65,539.67
Isaac R. Barnes Scholarship Endowment$17,347.27
George B. Bates Trust$3,757.32
Grace Johnson Beasley Endowment$98,186.01$5,213.19
Joseph E. Bedinger Memorial Library$24,902.56
Tarlton M. Belles Fund$579.33
Marie Blackwell Endowment$2,846.55
Larry A. Blakeburn Endowment$14,156.21
Roy E. Blakeburn Scholarship
Dr. Paul F. Blankenship Family Endowed Scholarship $0.00$16,762.18
Bowen Chapel Church Trust$23,854.96
Bowen Lecture Fund
$28,796.10
Kyle D. Brantley, M. D. Memorial$21,749.43
Wes & Susan Brantley Endowment$12,106.99
Brockwell Library Endowment
Evelyn Brodeur$24,725.89
Brooksville CPC Endowment$23,411.84$33,052.19
Beth-Helen-Peggy Brown Endowment$20,149.43
Paul B. Brown Endowment - MTS$38,792.38
Paul F. & Mattie Suddarth Brown - MTS$4,775.81
W. W. Brown Scholarship
Finis McAdoo Bruington Board-Designated Endow$23,411.43
Davis & Gladys Bryson Education 50%$30,346.44
Henry & Alfreda Bunton Scholarship$27,240.18
Hal & Gladys Burks Memorial Fund
$7,922.71
Thomas H. Campbell Library Endowment$4,949.71
Thomas H. & Margaret E. Campbell$32,976.05
Campbell-Todd Trust$12,877.82
Carlock Memorial Trust$1,295.06
Cawthon Memorial Fund
$4,300.24
Mildred Chandler Endowment$4,776.54
Rev. Walter & Mrs. Sarah Chesnut Scholarship Endow $12,808.11
Gladys Chumbler Endowment$7,505.27
Marian Lisenbee Clark Endowment$5,559.95
Sallie H. Clay & Alice J. Cooksey$315,008.72
Faye E. & Ford F. Claytor Endowment$8,061.35
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annuity Endow.
$65,662.32
Lavenia Campbell Cole Testamentary Trust 25%$589,855.42
Lavenia Campbell Cole Trust$20,730.51
George E. & Rouine V. Coleman Endowment$9,372.53
George E. Coleman Scholarship$59,650.04
Willene Cooper Scholarship$35,979.82
Hubert & Dortha Covington Memorial$3,973.70
James Covington Scholarship$10,371.53

2019
Ending Balance 2018
$9,714.82$5,291.58$7,275.09$8,112.56$45,611.77$9,615.17$10,469.35$8,884.16$434,744.70$10,743.29$1,689.97$10,697.38$58,392.45$15,129.65$3,509.77$92,497.63$4,869.72$22,187.06$475.28$2,659.01$12,410.40$21,857.09$12,853.98$20,637.07$28,400.70$22,395.63$10,303.46$23,959.25$20,927.30$32,391.01$20,094.60$33,407.64$4,395.26$19,132.28$29,718.37$26,432.73$6,391.93$4,557.70$28,919.05$10,717.82$1,209.73$3,545.47$3,999.77$11,229.40$6,539.28$4,420.64$320,322.11$7,249.04$60,094.90$549,721.91$18,421.74$8,217.64$53,548.57$32,858.93$3,711.85$8,880.51

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Memphis Theological Seminary (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Thelma Craig Scholarship$31,581.36
Cora Hawkins Crutchfield Scholarship Endowment$50,165.57
Cumberland Hall Endowment$5,540.40
Cumberland Presbyterian Women$37,567.12
Sallie Stacy Davenport$8,149.54$6,151.93
Mary Elberta Davis Memorial (MTS)Paul & Nancy Dekar/Immersion Studies$6,233.87
James W. & Gladys Murray Diamond$3,350.48
Margaret M. Dirks$9,514.91
Houston Dixon Memorial$7,584.59$34,048.33
Winifred M. Dixon Endowment
C. Ray Dobbins Endowment (MTS)$2,132.18
Jesse R. & Virginia R. Durham Endowment$909,637.64
Rev. Dr. Loyce Estes Endowment Fund
$9,358.13
Expansion & Development Fund
$3,356.72
Faith CPC, Tulsa, OK - Scholarship$45,416.04$5,720.13
Alice Fay Finley$3,028.86
H. Glenn Finley Library Fund
$2,471.12
E. H. & Millie Finley$16,922.63
Linda Hester Fooks Memorial$0.00
James T. Freeman Scholarship Endowment$13,436.03
Jere B. Ford Family Endowment$7,756.05
Rev. J. C. & Willie Mae Forester Library$11,228.24
Vaughn Fults Endowment$47,505.63
Gadsden Area Churches Trust<$33,847.32
McAdow Gam Endowment Fund
$17,057.76
John E. & Anna B. Gardner Endowment
Jessie B. & Noella Garner$1,377.57
Yoong S. & Anna K. Kim Family President’s Fund
$65,356.54$12,363.88
W. L. & Dot Lacey Gaston Endowment$0.00
Dale Gentry PAS Scholarship Endowment$184,773.77
Louis E. & Millie Coats Gholson$16,959.25
James C. & Freda M. Gilbert Endowment  (MTS)James & Martha Gill Sacred Theology$12,747.19
David E. Glasgow Endowment$1,562.03
James A. & Lenora Greer Endowment$3,845.58
Mary Guice Memorial$15,667.00
Margaret I. Gunn Memorial$29,319.28
Hamilton Chapel Fund
$662,964.76
Carlton & Margaret Ann Harper Endowment Fund
$12,934.83
Mrs. George N. Harris Library Memorial$3,650.43
Newsome & Imogene Daniel Harvey$7,936.48
Bettye & Dick Hendrix Scholarship$16,172.56
Henshaw Family Endowment Fund
$5,990.23
Frank & Margaret Henshaw Endowment 1$14,510.18
J. David & Barbara Hester Endowment$53,681.37
Rev. E. Samuel Hicks Endowment Fund
$4,806.71
Dr. Alfred D. Hill Scholarship$8,851.99
Cortis E. Hill Library$3,932.26
David & Patsy Hilliard$12,583.28
Francis A. Hobgood Trust$32,018.86
William Clarence Hodge Memorial$3,520.55
B. L. & Jewel Looper Holder$12,314.86
Lee Hollowell Trust$14,942.04
Barbara A. Holmes Lectures$10,710.35
Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Holmes Trust$5,362.43

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Ending Balance 2018$28,986.13$50,954.53$4,138.79$36,306.78$6,958.82$5,209.27$6,189.46$3,129.74$9,310.74$6,311.76$30,204.59$1,991.67$825,707.54$9,176.40$3,069.67$40,479.83$5,343.25$2,829.29$2,308.29$13,921.89$8,712.94$12,715.92$8,317.90$10,488.40$46,544.41$30,716.77$14,990.97$1,286.82$134,814.26$10,767.73$7,409.19$181,127.75$16,629.97$10,898.43$1,459.12$3,770.90$14,881.87$28,750.00$650,091.92$12,683.68$3,409.90$7,309.75$15,618.86$5,124.05$14,986.13$49,630.97$4,489.99$8,924.40$3,673.18$12,338.94$28,440.91$3,288.56$11,864.61$11,940.04$10,502.37$5,009.09

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Memphis Theological Seminary (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Kenneth & Myrtle Holsopple Endowment$32,449.82
Jack & Gwen Hood Scholarship$85,618.20
Rev. John William Howell Memorial$2,477.84
Cardelia Howell-Diamond Scholarship$79,377.89
Donald & Jane Hubbard Endowment for MTS$12,253.75$17,933.17
Bernice A. Humphreys Endowment
Charles E. & Helen Humphreys Endowment$11,540.82
Gerald S. & Louise Felts Hunter$2,978.10
George & Lottie M. Hutchins 33%$228,100.50
Mattie Hutchison Seminary Fund
$1,776.66$3,372.10
Eugenia Turner Ingram Endowment
Lillian Johnston Ingram Library$6,108.62
Tom & Barbara Ingram Student Asst.
$52,086.50
Virginia Howell Ingram Endowment Fund
$95,382.12
Rev. W. T. Ingram, Sr. & Family Scholarship$106,189.49
William T. & Virginia H. Ingram Lectures$133,424.81$4,397.10
Joe Ben Irby Trust$91,032.71
Joe Ben & Julia Irby Endowment Fund
$5,165.52
Virginia Irwin Memorial Endowment$18,317.21
Johns Lectures$52,548.16
P. F. Johnson Memorial$69,515.92
Robert A. & Jo S. Johnson (MTS)$88,269.79
Roby M. Johnston Endowment$6,421.36
Joiner Ministerial Scholarship$4,321.10
V. A. Jones Library Memorial$11,347.85
Kiningham-Kuehn Endowment$15,673.97
Franklin W. Latta Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Fumbanks Latta Endowment$15,756.72
Randal (Randy) Leslie Endowment Fund
$17,838.95$33,552.36
C. S. Lewis & His Friends Lecture$2,659.72
Library Reserve - Seminary Development$31,132.87
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little (MTS)$8,855.53
James & Louella Lively Family Endowment
Inez Lovelace Endowment$38,833.85
Virgil L. & Della M. Lowrie Lectures$123,386.23
Della Campbell Lowrie Endowment 20% (MTS)$351,018.75
Dennis L. & Elmira C. Magrill 50%$30,652.43
Rev. George Malone / Rev. Edmong Weir
$96,520.24
W. A. Johnson Family Endowment$16,765.75
Dessa Jane Manuel Scholarship 50%$42,157.34
Marshall (Texas) CPW Endowment$11,277.04
Dr. & Mrs. Arleigh G. Matlock Scholarship$35,502.63
Charles R. Matlock Library Endowment$5,424.88
Walter L. Mayo Endowment Fund
$6,116.51
Mr. & Mrs. David M. McAnulty Memorial$14,477.33
Doris McCall Memorial Endowment$14,148.05
James W. & Mary H. McCulloch Memorial$15,937.52
Margaret McCulloch Scholarship$9,788.86
F. Dwight & Bernice K. McDonald$174,684.44
McGuinness-Wood Endowment$21,869.58
Jack B. McKamey Endowment Fund
$5,897.88^Velma McKinley Memorial Endowment$4,829.52
McKinley & Barnett Families 33% (MTS)$256,456.17
Wesley McKinney Memorial Endowment$14,197.89
Maude McLin Memorial Endowment$4,552.59
Robert W. McReynolds Memorial$5,745.59

2019
Ending Balance 2018$28,690.53$82,065.21$2,248.67$77,836.63$10,901.59$14,865.80$9,593.93$2,781.84$208,937.28$1,659.61$3,084.03$5,640.25$51,075.14$93,530.08$97,184.63$126,504.76$4,107.39$81,262.88$4,117.99$17,961.53$46,870.59$66,236.75$80,567.92$5,998.27$4,036.35$9,591.41$13,566.61$13,709.73$16,780.65$32,924.88$2,418.55$28,012.41$8,272.03$38,041.02$120,893.33$307,508.59$26,747.04$94,607.25$14,739.42$38,198.47$10,549.93$31,014.09$5,067.92$5,713.52$13,523.40$12,346.22$14,394.19$8,625.57$160,988.87$18,544.52$4,670.33$4,511.27$227,234.94$13,902.76$4,252.61$4,593.96

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Memphis Theological Seminary (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. McReynolds Trust$6,297.62
John E. Meeks Family Endowment Fund
$29,689.36
Memphis Methodist Conference Fund
$35,800.49
Ed Mikel Doctoral Scholarship Memorial$10,798.96
Sam B. & Naurine W. Miles Endowment$5,123.10$50,421.49
Sam B. Miles Board Designated Endowment
Mary Elliott Miller Endowment$10,096.22
Rev. & Mrs. W. E. Miller Scholarship$5,995.74
Robert Lynn & Elizabeth P. Mills$9,068.64
Ministerial Scholarship Endowment 40%$10,575.13$5,162.65
Missouri-Arkansas CO-OP PCUSAJohn L. Mize Scholarship$9,169.45
Clinton & Eva B. Moore Endowment$36,246.94
Frank C. Moore Endowment Fund
$12,885.27
The Hillman & Lorene Moore Endowment Fund
$0.00
Mary E. Morefield Memorial 40%$5,471.61$40,635.91
Hubert W. Morrow Endowment PAS$37,303.09
Virginia Sue Williamson Morrow MT$12,270.63
Ruby Page Morton Endowment$12,917.99
William Taylor Morton Endowment$7,796.58
John & Gail Moss Endowment$4,779.97
Dr. Arthur Murrell Memorial Scholarship$6,649.74
Walter & Anna Murrie Endowment$11,628.63
Willard & Bettie Murrie Endowment$103,075.03
Gladys Teter Nichols$5,478.43
North Central Texas Presbytery ScholarshipNorthside Presby. Church, Cleveland, TN Seminary Ed. $113,510.95
Northside Presby. Church, Cleveland, TN PAS End.
$56,755.52
William H. & Nola A. Oliver Scholarship$5,895.16$119,263.45
Bert & Pat Owen - Shepherd’s Rest
$3,962.62
Palestine CPC Endowment at MTS$281,701.13
Walter G. (Pete) Palmer Endowment (PAS)$4,648.14
Paskell & Bernice Parker Endowment
Parr Scholarship Endowment$52,328.28
Hughston R & Lorraine Peyton Endowment$7,600.62
Rev. G. F.  Phelps Memorial Scholarship$16,163.23
John W. Piper Endowment Fund
$25,205.10
Platte-Lexington Seminary$22,186.47
Gertie Allen and Martha Jean Faith Endowment$7,475.96
Bernice A. Humphreys Scholarship Endowment$159,725.16
Bettie Press Library Fund
$4,915.58
S. Q. Proctor Ministerial Scholarship$8,690.22
Klahr & Iris Raney Endowment Fund
$19,743.67
Eugene & Agnes Richardson Endowment$7,986.53
Evelyn B. Crick Richmond Endowment$61,537.47
Roy Roberts Memorial Endowment$1,720.80
Mrs. W. H. Rochelle Endowment Fund
$10,358.60
Hudson & Robbie C. Roseberry$92,824.57
W. L. & Mary K. Rolman Scholarship$17,257.20
William & Dolores Rustenhaven Endowment$5,673.19
Beverly St. John/Theology & Arts
$10,010.83
Saint Timothy CPC$3,591.76
Herschel A. & Iris L. Schultz$135,643.13
Clara Scott Family Chair - Part I$358,525.14
Clara Scott Family Chair - Part II$222,206.58
George W. Scott Endowment Fund
$7,256.66

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Ending Balance 2018
$5,882.69$31,603.29$35,105.36$10,116.50$4,785.56$47,324.46$9,659.73$5,534.80$7,999.73$8,674.24$5,062.36$8,027.97$35,523.74$12,615.68$24,434.31$5,111.06$36,026.97$34,649.40$11,166.18$11,863.50$7,384.53$4,399.13$6,211.60$15,421.49$91,437.15$5,117.44$103,921.10$55,653.54$5,440.84$116,947.65$3,691.59$259,623.02$4,341.89$46,584.55$7,316.70$11,176.33$21,592.66$19,653.18$6,988.95$156,623.79$4,591.66$7,985.84$16,425.22$6,385.65$59,506.79$1,607.38$8,733.23$90,076.91$15,114.79$5,299.40$10,308.78$3,355.09$119,633.94$301,571.05$207,539.91$6,880.04

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Memphis Theological Seminary (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
W. H. Scott Family Endowment$11,373.67
Marie C. Scrudder Memorial$4,553.83
Seminary Commitment Campaign$3,326.97
Seminary Development Fund Endowment$843.09
Seminary Scholarship Fund
$9,427.78$9,858.37
Ed Shannon Endowment
E. Thach & Jerry Shauf Endowment$16,615.48
Robert E. Shelton Scholarship$4,680.83
Robert M. Shelton Scholarship$3,588.88
Ruby Burris Shelton Endowment$5,308.21$14,326.61
Dick & Virginia Singellton Endowment
Esther Smith & Search Parish Endowment$2,238.63
Odus H. Smith Memorial Endowment$5,039.94
Katherine Hinds Smythe Endowment$6,767.34
W. B. Snipes Memorial Scholarship$14,822.89
Truman Barrett Snowden Memorial$5,870.60$5,846.65
Dorothea Snyder Endowment$677.04
L. D. & Dathel Jones Stacey Endowment$220,011.08
Henry L. Starks Scholarship$2,429.76
Anne Stavely Endowmet Fund
$57,131.05
Eva Jane Stewart Trust 50%$42,983.91
J.W. Stiles Lectures$2,168.25
Rev. Elizabeth Stone Mem. Schol.
$31,047.05
Lela Stricklen Endowment$12,310.21
Maymie Stovall Memorial Trust 25%$45,129.92
Roy Stucker Scholarship Fund 50%$19,039.46
Charles Studdard Memorial
Emma Elizabeth Suddarth Memorial$7,138.31
Robert H. & Lois Went Taylor Endowment$12,294.47$6,392.77
Thomas V. Taylor Seminary Student$2,410.82
Verdys E. Taylor Trust$2,294.96
A. J. Terry Scholarship$5,259.92
Theological Seminary General Endowment
Virgil H. & Irene R. Todd - OT EXCL
$88,557.78
Tri-Mu Bible Class Scholarship$72,672.41
R L Truax, M L Truax, R L Truax, Jr Award for      Academic Ach$9,579.94
Carl Walker Endowment$8,574.74
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Forbis Ward Memorial$5,657.68
Tom V. Warnick Memorial$54,632.01
Geneverette Warr Endowment$5,985.19
Warren, MI, First CPC Endowment$8,996.67
Rev. David & Leota Watson Scholarship Endowment$6,146.07
The Rev. Harlon & Mary Edith Watson Endowment$59,971.98
Virgil T. & Sue B. Weeks$7,870.12
Lynn Westbrook Memorial Endowment$9,438.83
Mae Westbrook Memorial Endowment Fund
$4,489.46
The Weston Endowment$15,205.63
J. W. Wilder Scholarship$205,849.71
Alline Williams Endowment$9,200.75
Wayne Wiman Scholarship$31,666.94
Davis/Winston Scholarship for National     Baptist Students$4,713.26
Lamar & Ellen Wilson Memorial Scholarship$17,806.78
Women’s Issues in Ministry Endowment$6,613.17
Louisa Woosley Endowment Fund
$90,380.21

2019
Ending Balance 2018$10,558.34$4,253.81$2,975.98$787.55$8,203.34$9,174.91$15,049.26$4,589.92$3,352.44$4,958.45$12,439.72$2,091.10$4,707.88$6,635.97$4,378.52$5,036.08$5,260.46$632.44$214,529.19$2,269.69$52,120.17$42,149.24$2,101.03$24,892.49$10,556.19$44,214.81$16,710.33$6,667.96$10,475.66$5,905.64$2,251.78$2,143.75$1,472.89$86,838.26$70,146.62$9,393.95$7,001.21$5,284.87$54,776.70$4,817.79$8,821.95$5,961.43$60,510.79$7,351.53$8,279.60$4,193.65$13,260.82$189,387.37$7,651.65$27,642.44$4,621.73$14,045.48$6,484.76$89,407.57

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Memphis Theological Seminary (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Rev. Charles W. Hall Endowment for     Pastoral Excellence$24,566.88$24,489.16
Dr. Thomas D. Campbell Endowment$11,447.02$10,279.48
Rev. Matthew Miller Endowment$2,446.48         			$2,398.97         Total							$11,258,591.87		
$10,608,594.56
Miscellaneous
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Lavenia Cole Test. Trust Temp.
$10,428.22$49,357.28
CP Retirement & Health Maintenance (Sue Galey)$16,827.53$15,937.18$79,114.49$74,739.84
Lillie M. Dickerson Memorial Fund
Verna Fillius Green Charities Endowment$9,038.34$7,106.89
Hodgeville Cemetery Association$16,614.97$16,292.38
Jamie Aros Endowment Fund
$106,785.86$104,712.40
Laddie Lollar Scholarship$21,873.85$16,642.37
McKinley & Barnett Families Temp.
$2,949.82$12,183.22$59.34$58.22
Matching Gift Endowment Fund
$21,557.53$21,138.94
Terrell D. and Jacqueline C. Maynard Endowment$66,793.58$67,494.99
Ethel Phillips Endowment$2,040.77$2,001.15
Thomas P. & Barbara J. Semmens Scholarship$55,464.57$54,387.66
Stobbe Mathematics Scholarship$309,489.75$295,335.94
Maymie Stovall Trust$2,463,065.36$2,305,762.64
Mary Ann Walton Trust$166,227.54     			Parr Estate/Mission Synod Ministerial Aid$162,999.90   
Total							$3,348,331.52 			
$3,206,151.00
Bethel University
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
J. E.  Ash Memorial$8,261.55$20,951.89
Daisy J.  Barger & Lena J.  Davis$18,445.56
Grace Johnson Beasley (Memorial)$45,527.88
Herman Osteen Beasley Memorial$2,095.32
Bethel CPC, Columbia Presbytery
Boyett Trust$36,854.14
Rev. & Mrs. C. L. Bruington Library$12,312.34
Davis O. & Gladys Bryson Educ. 50%$45,930.79
Lavenia Campbell Cole Annuity End$82,744.53
Lavenia Campbell Cole Trust - 20%$20,145.52
Cumberland Presbytery Scholarship$13,517.31
J. Claud & Mary L. Dickinson Fund
$8,311.74
Mary L. Claud Dickinson Educ.
$472,453.97
Rev. & Mrs. Walter E. Dillow Memorial$26,153.73
Winifred M. Dixson Endowment$52,509.12
Jack & Ewie Freeman Trust$21,517.23
Vaughn & Mary E. Fults Min. Scholarship$41,598.71
Samuel K. Gam & Mamie S. Gam Endowment$26,687.05
Greensburg CPC Memorial Scholarship$8,418.99
Glenn Griffin Endowment - 33%$40,328.34
Fenner Heathcock Memorial Fund
$86,317.75
Roy Hickman & Ruth Hughes Hickman$45,262.85
Francis A. Hobgood Trust 25%$35,441.63
George & Lottie M. Hutchins (Trust)$290,534.05
Dr. P. F. Johnson Memorial Endowment$64,241.44
Joiner Ministerial Scholarship (Bethel)$6,961.46
Rev. E. R. & Forest Ladd Memorial$2,733.74
Robert F. & Jane L. Little (BC)$30,830.89

Ending Balance 2018
$7,717.20$19,571.38$17,230.22$42,528.07$1,957.29$34,425.85$11,501.13$42,904.46$77,292.63$18,818.14$12,626.66$7,764.09$441,324.71$24,430.52$49,049.36$20,099.48$38,857.85$24,932.66$7,864.29$37,671.17$80,630.39$42,280.56$33,106.44$271,391.21$60,008.66$6,502.79$2,553.61$28,804.59

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Bethel University
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Della Campbell Lowerie 20%$415,304.63$387,940.83
Dessa Jane Manuel Scholarship 50% (Bethel)$194,138.77$181,347.28
Albert & Belle McDonald Trus
$521,400.53$487,046.22
Cliff McElroy Memorial Trust$24,496.75$24,021.09
Nyta Miller Scholarship$7,770.50$7,080.11$3,476.27$3,247.27
Nell Miller Scholarship
Ministerial Scholarship Endowment 60%$136,672.38$127,667.23
Bert & Pat Owen Endowment for Bethel$2,318.94$2,166.13
Max & Ethel Mize Parker Scholarship$22,543.27$21,057.95
S. Q.  Proctor Ministerial Scholarship$13,393.42$12,510.96$10,604.23$9,905.64
Agnes D. Richardson Endowment FundPauline Rucker Memorial$4,763.79$4,449.95
Rev. & Mrs. J. Howard Scott Memorial$11,629.97$10,863.69
Esther M. Smith Trust$7,882.87$7,363.48
Martha S. & W. Horace Snipes Scholarship$2,666.65$2,491.11
Eva Jane Stewart Trust - 50%$66,370.24$61,997.20$56,089.43$52,393.78
Roy Stucker Scholarship 50%$25,746.39$24,049.98
Richard Swain Memorial Scholarship$11,099.72       			Weigel Bible Class$10,368.38     Total							$3,105,458.27 			
$2,901,813.69
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
$730.62$716.46
CP Church in America Min. Education$923.13$905.21CP Church in America World Mission$0.00       			 $28,545.52
National Missionary Society of the CPCA
Total							$1,653.75 			
$30,167.19
Congregations
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
$6,557.30
Kate Maxwell Allen Trust$0.00
Robert & Jane Long Endowment$11,918.64
Grace Bright Circle Missions
Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Trust$15,745.62
Jane and Ed Chapman Endowment$2,722.21
Chinese Mission of San Francisco$29,547.28
Christ (FL) Tom W. Kelley Ed Fund
$33,095.45
Christ (FL) Mary Beth Swindle Scholarship$99,274.96
Calico Rock CPC - Christian Service Center End$6,470.51
The Mary Cloud Fund
$45,952.40
Lavenia Campbell Cole Endowment$233,440.44
Dyersburg - Charles F. Moore C/T$62,516.54
Dyersburg - Jenny Edwards Endowment$37,415.06
1st Presbyterian Church of Alabaster - Gillis Endow$12,582.32
1st Presbyterian Church of Alabaster - Kent Endow$9,420.50
Fairfield C P  Church Trust$60,596.82
Frankie Floyd Fund for Education$16,036.57
Faith-Hopewell CPC Ministries Endowment$1,195.04
Germantown - Christian Education Ministry$32,997.74
Germantown - Outreach Ministry$7,991.45
Germantown - Worship Ministry$2,550.06
Germantown - Eugene/Rosa Mae Warren$15,072.26
Germantown - William Pickle Member Care
$6,968.95
Basil & Gertrude Green Scholarship Fund
$69,510.10
Glenn Griffin Endowment 33% (Congregational)$47,832.83
Francis A. Hobgood Trust 50%$71,735.83

Ending Balance 2018
$6,125.20$94,303.96$11,490.10$14,945.70$888.88$27,600.45$31,084.14$91,945.24$6,344.85$42,924.59$203,026.51$61,302.65$36,688.56$12,338.03$9,237.61$56,052.97$15,725.17$1,171.86$28,949.81$7,836.24$2,500.57$14,779.60$6,895.23$63,567.37$44,681.22$67,009.25

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Congregations
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Hohenwald CPC (Congregational)$366,191.73
Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church Endow$597.56
Albert M. & Delia Jackson Memorial$5,263.83
Albert S. Johnston Trust$64,071.34
Orn/Laughlin Trust$7,074.98$152,089.90
Lawrenceburg CPC - Jack & Marjorie Anderson End
Lawrenceburg CPC - Mason/Jennings$102,707.31
Della Campbell Lowrie Trust$86,764.74
Lucado Endowment$778,918.12
Manchester CPC - Christian Education Endowment$15,466.46$7,476.48
Marshall (MO) David Guthrie YouthMarshall (MO) 50 Year Church Member Rec$8,762.10
CPC of Marshall (TX) Endowment$134,758.20
Marshall (TX) Ewing Chapel Cemetery$74,683.07
McKenzie CPC - Beasley Endowment$77,499.52
McKenzie CPC - Julia Patterson Irby
$13,942.51$3,107.15
Medina CPC Trust$316,406.89
Louise Moffitt Trust Fund
$365,352.68
Mount Moriah Cemetery Fund (W. TN Presbytery)$115,584.50
New Salem Cemetery Fund
$117,938.57
Oliver’s Chapel Cemetery Trust$5,889.82
Trimble CPC - Horace J. Coffer Memorial Trust$5,889.77
Trimble CPC - Howard Glasgow Memorial Trust$3,674.81
Trimble CPC - Bob & Chris Page Family Trust$173,916.83
Carolyn Smythe Parks Memorial Trust$4,508.76
E. E. Parks Memorial Trust$56,882.26
Hamilton & Merion S. Parks Family
Rev. Hamilton Parks Memorial Trust$12,949.93
W. H. Parks Memorial Trust$7,154.55$10,308.48
Franklin Pierce Memorial Trust$2,050.20
William W. & Lou W. Pierce Memorial$85,119.15
Prigmore Endowment$2,048.29
J. Dixie Johnson Primm Endowment
Red Bank CPC Endowment$36,035.91
Robinson Cemetery Endowment$42,594.42
Saint Timothy CPC Trust$2,185.03
Short Creek CPC Memorial Fund
$23,730.64
Swan Cumberland Presbyterian Church$17,091.47
Inman & Mildred Swain Memorial$69,301.90
Thomas D. & Mary Jo (Adams) Vaughan$581,979.86
Thomas & Mary Jo Vaughan Outreach$58,538.48
West Union Cemetery - Old Committee$63,396.37
Rev. Jonathan Clark Endowment$814.10
Calico Rock CPC - Mildred B. Curless Danielson$2,097.80
Calico Rock CPC - Every Member Endowment$11,418.69
Calico Rock CPC-J. W. & Frances Fountain Endow$1,031.49
Calico Rock CPC -Dixie Jennings Gray Endowment$8,897.76
Calico Rock CPC - Ernie Horton Gray Endowment$8,421.96
Calico Rock CPC-Fayetta Hall Endowment$1,822.96
Calico Rock CPC - Willis Newton Hankins End.
$866.18
Calico Rock CPC - Joann Smith Hudson Endowment$2,322.05
Calico Rock CPC - Zelda Killian Endowment$1,709.29
Calico Rock CPC - James & Ariel Utt-Landrus End$8,636.97
Calico Rock CPC- John & Ernette “Ernie” Parker$1,933.39
Calico Rock CPC - Ray & Velma Perryman End$9,392.25
Calico Rock CPC - Beatric Virginia Pino End$757.67

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Ending Balance 2018
$342,063.89$731.96$4,917.40$59,849.76$6,608.87$143,936.25$95,940.09$47,427.83$719,203.45$15,662.02$7,331.36$6,217.93$63,007.20$73,569.19$72,393.20$13,023.88$3,046.82$295,559.33$350,167.40$111,424.67$115,648.57$5,501.73$5,501.76$3,432.67$162,457.73$4,211.66$53,313.53$12,101.56$6,683.16$9,629.23$1,914.74$83,466.40$2,008.54$35,393.77$41,767.37$1,083.01$24,250.68$16,759.62$64,735.70$543,634.10$54,681.45$57,371.91$1,559.58$2,057.06$11,969.98$1,207.33$8,725.00$8,258.41$1,787.59$849.33$2,277.00$1,676.08$8,469.25$1,895.88$9,209.86$742.96

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Congregations (continued)
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Calico Rock CPC - Pietro “Pete” Pino Endowment$5,967.27$5,851.40
Calico Rock CPC - Muriel Thompson Ryan End$1,720.34$1,686.93
Calico Rock CPC - Sean Vann Endowment$4,198.65$3,925.33
Calico Rock CPC - Wayland - Seay Endowment$16,154.57$15,840.89
Calico Rock CPC - Wayne & Gaye Wood End$12,958.84$12,707.23
Calico Rock CPC - Trimble House Maintenance Endow $7,285.06$7,143.62
Calico Rock CPC - Pete & Betty Riggins$2,317.26$2,272.25
Calico Rock-Dr. Thomas D. & Linda Coleman Campbell $0.00              			$2,915.37  
Total							$5,129,776.00 			
$4,810,075.48
Congregations
Endowment					Ending Balance 2017		
Ending Balance 2018
Arkansas Presbytery - Camp Peniel$27,843.66$26,009.60
Arkansas Presbytery - Higher Education$67,557.89$63,298.55
Rev. Leo E. Smith Min. Memorial Scholarship$14,314.69$14,346.55
Daisy Bell Belcher Estate$36,971.39$36,253.53
Cauca Valley Presbytery - Hogar Samaria$145,493.11$144,573.33$376,405.58$360,549.55
Columbia Presbytery Endowment$36,582.26$35,871.90
Crystal Springs Camp - Fred Ramsey$11,792.83$11,563.88
East Tennessee - Philip Norris Jones$12,394.85$11,578.20
William J. Eldredge Trust Fund
$64,457.21$63,205.63
Ephraim McLean Sr. Memorial Fund
$48,379.57$47,440.17
Missouri Presbytery - Education Fund
Missouri Presbytery - Church Development$29,325.26$28,755.86
     & Revitalization$28,432.82$27,880.73
Missouri Presbytery - Missions Growth$1,517,006.70$1,453,754.99
Oklahoma/Kansas/Nebraska Mission$53,143.80$52,111.88
Red River Presbytery - Camp
$10,024.03$9,829.39
Red River Presbytery Christian Ed. General$32,829.75$33,159.04
Tennessee Georgia Presbytery Capital$27,941.55$28,293.83
Tennessee Georgia Presbytery Candidate Education$927,979.10$926,528.04
Trinity Presbytery - Trinity Investment Fund
$162,066.56
Trinity Presbytery - Trinity Church Development Fund $147,969.33$127,753.33$125,272.71
W. Tennessee Presbytery - Grace Beasley Fund
$21,316.91$20,903.02
W. Tennessee Presbytery - Camp Clark Williamson$15,304.92$15,196.77
Covenant Presbytery - Russ Milton Scholarship End$67,458.92$63,014.17
Cumberland Presbytery -Missions - McInteer End$5,736.98$5,358.94
Cumberland Presbytery - Missions - Millwood$2,108.00$1,969.12
Cumberland Presbytery -Missions - Ray A. Morris$147,881.17$138,489.53
Cumberland Presbytery - Missions - NCD$48,486.01$45,291.32
Cumberland Presby Missions - Reid’s Chapel End
Cumberland Presbytery - Missions-Royal Oak End$46,381.98$43,325.24
Cumberland Presby - Scholarships - Freeman End$141,241.86$131,935.66
Cumber Pres Scholarships - E. L. Freeman Farms$198,576.23$185,492.30
Cumberland Presby - Scholarships - Howard End$52,702.18$49,229.71
Cumberland Presby - Min. Educ - Bremen CPC 25%$54,723.46$51,117.84
Cumberland Presby - Cont. Educ - Hampton End$126,485.53$118,151.58
Cumberland Presbytery - Cont. Edu - KY Synod$5,256.82$4,910.45
Cumberland Presby - Gen. Prog - Bremen CPC 75%$164,170.25$153,353.30
Cumberland Presby - General Program - KY Synod$10,540.49$9,846.01
Cumberland Presby -Gen Prog - Eugene A. Leslie$3,068.08$2,865.92
Cumberland Presby - Gen Prog - Wilcoxson End.
$4,216.20$3,938.38
Cumberland Presby Christian Ed - Camp Koinonia$34,392.60$32,126.52
Cumberland Presby - Christian Ed - Cecil Huff
$4,468.55$4,174.15
Cumberland Presby - Christian Ed - Sam Macy
$1,552.92$1,450.63
Cumberland Presby Higher Ed - Joseph H. Butler$1,961.46$1,832.20
Cumberland Presby - Higher Ed - Sharon Church$28,523.20$26,643.88
Cumberland Presbytery -Robert L. McReynolds 50%$44,882.22     			$41,924.98     $4,976,035.65 			
$4,814,885.54
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D. ENDOWMENT PROGRAM LOANS
Historical Review
Through investing up to 40% of the assets of the Endowment Program in the witness of the Church,
the message of good news concerning Christ is strengthened both in the United States and overseas.  A
survey of old files in the Historical Foundation and in the vault of the Board of Stewardship reveals theimportant role played by this aspect of the investment policy.  Over the past sixty-five years from 1944
to 2009, 841 loans were made to congregations, presbyteries, and synods.  From 2010 through 2018 an
additional 17 loans have been made.  Through these loans, $42,714,405 has been provided in financing for
expansion of facilities and extension of witness.
A look at the different periods during which loans have been made provides a picture of growing
endowments (and of post-World War II inflation!).
Period1944-49

Loans
35

Total Loaned$145,755

Average$4,1641950-59

171$1,360,441$7,9551960-69208$3,056,891$14,697

1970-79

166$3,609,084$21,741

1980-89

101$4,349,120$43,061

1990-99

102$14,440,837$141,577

2000-0958$10,571,723$182,271

2010-18

17$5,180,554$304,738

While looking at the table, it should be noted that the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Investment
Loan Program began January 1, 2001.  Since its creation most of the larger loans are made through theInvestment Loan Program.  At the end of the year the Endowment Loan Balance was $1,720,549.
Down through the years, donors to endowments have found satisfaction in the knowledge that theprudent investment of their gifts strengthened not only the work of particular churches, institutions, andcauses which they designated to receive the income but also the broader witness of the Church.
E. OTHER CHURCH LOANS
In addition to loans from the Investment Loan Program and the Endowment Program there isanother source available to the board for loans to churches.
1. Small Church Loan FundThis fund, formerly known as the Revolving Church Loan Fund, was created through an endowment
established by Lavenia Cole and gifts to the “Into the Nineties” Capital Gifts Campaign.  All interest earned
by the loans is added to the fund to increase the amount available for loans.  There were five loans from the
Small Church Loan Program at the end of 2018 totaling $112,353.
The rate of interest for the Small Church Loans made during 2018 was based on the loan rateestablished by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Investment Loan Program at the beginning of eachquarter.  These loans are generally small loans of $70,000 or less and most are amortized over five years.

IV. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHINVESTMENT LOAN PROGRAM, INC.
In 1976, the board began a program to provide an opportunity for flexible investment of current
temporary cash assets of congregations and agencies of the church.  The primary purpose of the programis to provide income to participants as a foundation for ministry.  On January 1, 2001, the assets of theoriginal program, Cash Funds Management, were transferred to the new Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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For the year ending 2018, the assets for the Investment Loan Program were $26,115,421 compared
to $25,608,257 in 2017.   There were 324 individual, congregation and agency accounts.  At year end,
deposits on account totaled $17,461,773.  The total loans were $6,753,862 at year end.
For 2018, the corporation complied with the regulatory requirements in the states of Tennessee andKentucky and was able to offer investment opportunities to individual Cumberland Presbyterians in thestates of Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Missouri and New Mexico.
The board of directors is composed of the following: Mike St. John, president; Jim Shannon, vicepresident and Debbie Shelton, secretary, and Gary Tubb.  Robert Heflin serves as Treasurer and Executive
Secretary.  During the past year, the board met twice in regular session.
In order to simplify administration and focus on the strengths of the Investment Loan Program, theboard took action to limit the offering of notes and depository accounts to “ready access accounts.”  All note
holders (individuals) and depository account holders (churches and church agencies) with funds invested
in these “on demand” accounts participated in the $618,348 which the program paid in interest.  For 2017
the interest rate paid to account holders was 2.75%.  The interest rate paid to account holders can fluctuatefrom one quarter to the next.  In recent years there has been renewed interest for congregations to open new
accounts because the interest paid is higher than current CD rates.
The table below provides a breakdown of the investment mix.

Investment Loan Program

20.6%
9.9%
0.9%
68.6%
100.0%

Securities & Investments
Cash Equivalents
Preferred Stocks
Mutual Funds
Taxable Fixed Income$3,645,211$2,422,966$1,392,861$10,000,735$17,461,773

At the end of 2018 there were 20 loans to congregations made through the Investment Loan
Program. The loan balance was $6,753,862.  Every accountholder is investing in the future ministry of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church as well as receiving interest on their investment.

V. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCH
A. PURPOSE
The second of two broad areas of the work of the board is in employee benefits administration andresearch.  The purpose of this program is as follows:
To support the lay and ordained employees of the church as they venture to be faithful under thecall of Christ and the Church to the daily demands of providing leadership to congregations and Church
agencies whom are the incarnation of the Body of Christ, the family of God at work in the world.
B. VISION
The board has a vision of uniform benefits for all Cumberland Presbyterian clergy, including grouphealth insurance, group long-term disability coverage, and participation in the General Assembly’s retirement
plan.  Ministers would then know what to expect when they are called to another church.  No longer would
some ministers have to do without what is considered in the secular world to be basic employee benefits.
No longer would ministers and their families have to settle for being relegated to second class status.  Thereality is, as several General Assemblies have recognized, that this is possible if we work together in muchthe same manner that we send out missionaries and do a lot of other ministry. Good employee benefit
plans are in place and they would be healthier and stronger if used and supported by all employees of the
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VI. RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Since 1952, the board has provided a retirement program open to all church employees of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  The program gives opportunity for churches and their employees toprovide a source of retirement income based on voluntary contributions.   In 1987, a new Cumberland
Presbyterian Retirement Plan No. 2 was established as a qualified 403(b) defined contribution plan andin 1990 the General Assembly amended the plan to include the churches and employees of the Second
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now known as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
A. PLAN AMENDMENTS
As new needs arise or deficiencies in the original plan document for Cumberland Presbyterian
Retirement Plan No. 2 become apparent, the General Assembly has the authority under Article IX Section
9.01 of the Plan to amend the same.   In 2012 a revised plan document was approved by the General
Assembly. Recently the IRS has adopted a pre-approved program for 403(b) plans, thus in 2018 the plan
was restated to take advantage of the new regulations.  At this time we are also able to make updates to theplan.  The only update made, was the ability to contribute up to the IRS deferral limit each year.  In 2019,
this amount is $19,000 and may change in the coming years with no need to amend the plan.
B. YEAR END REPORTOn December 31, 2018, there were 306 active participants in the Retirement Plan.  There were 18
receiving direct monthly payments as a result of their elections.  In addition to these participants, there were
10 persons who were receiving annuity payments purchased through the Plan and for whom the Plan issues
1099-R’s.
During 2018, $1,332,792 was dispersed to or for participants, a decrease of 18.7% over 2017s$1,638,563.  Contributions totaled $704,541 and were down 11.8 % over 2017s $799,189.  Realized andunrealized loss on investments totaled $694,389 compared to 2017 gain of $2,736,328.  The rate of returncredited to the accounts for the year was -3.1% compared to 12.5% for 2017.  (Comparative annual rates ofreturn for: previous three years +5.3%, previous five years +4.1%, and from the beginning of professional
management in March 1982, +9.1%.)
Effective January 1, 2011, Gerber/Taylor Management was retained to manage our stock portfolio.  
We have continued our relationship with Met West, a bond manager, and RREEF, a private real estate
investment trust manager. Matt Robbins and Stacy Miller of Gerber/Taylor continue to be very helpful withkeeping the board updated on market conditions and investment strategies.

VII. MINISTERIAL AID PROGRAM
A. MINISTERIAL AID
1. Full Benefit Recipients
As of March 2019, there are 5 Cumberland Presbyterian Church recipients of the full benefit of$546 (adjusted for inflation yearly) per month (increased from $300 on July 1, 2010), and 3 that receive
partial benefits due to them having more income than the threshold established.  The monthly total of thesepayments is $3,622; annually, $43,464 is paid.  Beginning May 1, 2015, the method of distributing funds
to overseas presbyteries was revised with the help of the Missions ministry team.  Ministerial aid will now
be offered in overseas presbyteries on an individual basis.  Presently there are 7 recipients in Cauca Valley
Presbytery and 5 recipients in Andes Presbytery that are receiving aid in the amount of $300 a month, for a
total of $3,600 a month or $43,200 annually.
In October 2005, the board decided to distribute 75% of the previous year’s surplus to the stateside recipients.  The Board of Stewardship has approved a cap of a maximum of $4,000 in lieu of large
distributions that may have a negative effect on other benefits received, such as SSI, or state assistance.
2. Basic Requirements.  The new basic requirements and amount for stateside recipients for the
Ministerial Aid program were approved at the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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Full Benefit of $546 a month for State Side Recipients
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.

Minimum age is full retirement age set forth by the Social Security Administration.
Minimum years of service to the church - 15.
Can qualify for aid if a participant in the Cumberland Presbyterian Retirement Plan if
income is below poverty level as established by the US Census Bureau.
Physical and/or mental disability (doctor’s statement required) at any age, however, aminimum of ten years of service is required if less than 60 years of age.
Individuals’ income cannot exceed federal poverty guidelines set forth for the year by the
US Census Bureau. Poverty level is $12,490 a year or $1,040.83 a month for 2019.
Couples income cannot exceed federal poverty guidelines set forth for the year by the US
Census Bureau. Poverty level is $16,910 a year or $1,409.17 a month for 2019.
(The GA Board of Stewardship is authorized to look at each case in light of unusual financial
hardship; thus, application may be made even if income levels exceed the ceiling.)
Presbytery obtains information and approves (approval can be given by the committee orboard charged by presbytery with this responsibility); certification of approval is sent to theGeneral Assembly Board of Stewardship.
Surviving spouse is eligible if above items 2, 3 and 4 have been met.

**Note:  Recipient is responsible to verify if receiving Ministerial Aid would affect his or
her SSI, Social Security or other benefits.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church applicants must submit to the Board a listing of assets andliabilities, so the net worth can be determined.   The board urges presbyteries to maintain contact withpersons under the Ministerial Aid Program who live within their bounds.  Should there be serious unmet
needs, the presbytery is urged to contact the board so that it may determine how the Ministerial Aid program
can be of assistance in meeting those needs.
3. Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.  The CPCA currently has 3 participants who
receive monthly payments.   On June 1, 2015, the aid amount increased from $109 a month to $510 amonth and the CPCA contributes 50% of the yearly aid and the CP Ministerial Aid Endowments 50%.  Thecurrent amount received monthly per participant is $546.  The CPCA normally pays its share in June or Julyfollowing their General Assembly.
4. Ministers in Overseas Presbyteries.  Since May 1, 2015, with the help of the Missions MinistryTeam, Aid is available to those in overseas presbyteries who qualify on an individual basis.  The Cumberland
Presbyterian Church is present in 13 different countries and each country presents its unique legislation of
how they manage pension plans according to laws and standards for salaries.  The Mission Ministry Teamwill be the liaison between the Board of Stewardship and the Presbyteries outside of the United Statesaiding the Board in identifying the needs overseas and interpreting pension laws and standards for salaries.
At present, aid is being sent to the Cauca Valley Presbytery and Andes Presbytery in Colombia, SouthAmerica.
B. SPECIAL FINANCIAL NEEDS AID
At the Spring 2014 Board of Stewardship meeting, the Board approved the use of funds from the
Ministerial Aid Cash Fund ILP to be used in special situations where illness has caused a financial hardshipfor those that are not eligible for Ministerial Aid.   At present there are eight individuals who have received
payments.

VIII. INSURANCE PROGRAMS
The insurance programs of the board have been assigned by the General Assembly beginning in
the middle of the previous century.  Dental and Vision Insurance is the newest, begun in December 2008.
Property and casualty insurance is the oldest, begun in 1951.  While all of the insurance programs areimportant, group life and health insurance, begun in 1961, touches many lives in a personal way and often
at times of deep anxiety.  In all, about 179 men, women, and children depend on this program to meet theirhealth care needs.

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A. PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCEThe Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits secures property and casualty insurance
coverage against accidental loss for the General Assembly Corporation, Board of Stewardship, Discipleship
Ministry Team, Missions Ministry Team, Ministry Council, Communications Ministry Team, Pastoral
Development Ministry Team, Memphis Theological Seminary, and Historical Foundation.
Our broker is Lipscomb & Pitts of Memphis, Tennessee.  For 2019, Travelers Insurance carries
our Property & Casualty policy and $2,500,000 in earth quake coverage, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company
provides an additional $16,120,473 in earthquake coverage.  Philadelphia carries our Directors & Officers
coverage and Hanover carries our General Liability, Professional Liability, Crime, Automobile, andUmbrella policies.  Beginning October 23, 2014, Workers Compensation coverage has been with Bridgefield
Casualty.
B. GROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
The presbyteries of Arkansas, Columbia, Covenant, Cumberland, del Cristo, East Tennessee,
Missouri, Murfreesboro, Nashville, North Central, Red River, Robert Donnell, Trinity, West Tennessee and
The Center have now established non-contributory long term disability programs insured currently throughCigna.  This leaves only four stateside presbyteries (Choctaw, Hope, Grace and Tennessee Georgia) without
a program.  The quarterly rate applied to participant’s salaries is .45 per $100 of salary.
There are three primary reasons for ministers to want the coverage and for presbyteries to wantto provide the protection.   The group rate is significantly lower than individual policy rates and does
not require a large cash outlay to cover all full-time ministers in a presbytery; housing allowance and/or the fair rental value of a manse is included in the definition of salary for ministers; and, there is no
medical qualification requirement in order to enroll.   These advantages over individual policies makethis coverage very attractive, especially to those who have previously purchased their own policies.  In
addition, a provision was negotiated with Cigna by the Board’s consultant, whereby ministers, upon leaving
a participating presbytery to serve in a non-participating presbytery, may continue the coverage if he or she
so desires.  The new employing church is then billed for the quarterly premium.  There are now 10 ministers
and two employees who are receiving or have received benefits from this insurance program.  There are 167
participants as of January 1, 2019.
C. GROUP TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
This policy provides twenty-four hour coverage on “named employees” for accidental death,dismemberment, or loss of sight while on business travel.  The maximum benefit is $50,000 and there isalso a $1,000 medical benefit.  The annual premium is $900.  We renew this policy every 3 years.  Thirtyone named positions are covered under this policy.  
D. GROUP HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE
The board has used a fully-insured, managed care approach to provide group health insurance
for Cumberland Presbyterian clergy and lay employees since March 1, 1999.  Blue Cross / Blue Shield ofTennessee is our insurance carrier in 2019.  In 2016, the group plan was split into 4 separate community rated
groups which provided more competitive rates.  For 2019, the plans premiums were flat after an increase in
the deductible amounts.  Lipscomb & Pitts, a Memphis based insurance company, is our insurance broker,
and Craig Wright, our agent.
1. Premiums.
Efforts to maintain affordable premiums and comprehensive coverage are the biggest challenges
we face.  Premiums for 2018 are listed below and reflect the assistance from the Premium Stabilization
Reserve.  The goal for 2019 is to utilize approximately $140,633 from the Premiums Stabilization Reserve
to help reduce the premiums participants pay for health insurance.  In 2018 we utilized $154,583.96 fromthe Premium Stabilization Reserve.

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Health Insurance Premiums for 2019
Option 1$700$1,385$1,280$1,977

Employee Only
Employee & Spouse
Employee & Child(ren)Family2019

Option 2$564$1,111$1,027$1,586

The Health Plans are on a calendar year as far as deductible and pricing is concerned.  It is our
objective with the new community rated plans to have the renewal pricing by no later than October 1, so
presbyteries and agencies can have the figures for their fall meetings and better plan their budgets for the
coming year.   Periodically we seek bids from other carriers in an effort to keep premiums competitive.
When this is done, we may not have the new premium information by October 1.
Open enrollment period is the month of December.  It is during this time that an employee canenroll or change their health insurance coverage unless there are special circumstances.
2. Participation.
As of February 1, 2019, 109 employees and 70 dependents for a total of 179 people depend on
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Health Insurance Program.  A breakdown of family units by size at
February 1, 2019 is listed below.
FAMILY UNITS BY SIZE
Emp. Only
Spouse Only
E&1
E&2
E&3
E&S
Families of 3
Families of 4
Families of 5
Families of 6
Families of 7
Total

Number of Units
75
0
0
5
0
14
5
5
4
1
0
109

Total
75
0
0
15
0
28
15
20
20
6
0
179

The following table shows the enrollment figures from January 2018 to December 2018.  As one can see thenumbers fluctuate from month to month.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
AugustSeptember
OctoberNovember
December

MONTHLY GROUP INSURANCE ENROLLMENTEMPLOYEE COVERAGE
DEPENDENT COVERAGE
76
43
76
44
76
44
76
43
75
43
74
42
75
73
73
73
75
76

42
39
37
37
37
36

TOTAL
119
120
120
119
118
116
117
112
110
110
112
112

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3. Premium Stabilization Reserve (Formerly Emergency Reserve)
The Premium Stabilization Reserve is invested in the Endowment Program Fund account which
had a balance of $1,791,320 as of December 31, 2018.  The Emergency Health Insurance Reserve wasestablished in compliance with the 1992 General Assembly directive to be used in “emergency” situations
to match presbyterial emergency fund disbursements.  The 1998 General Assembly approved the Board’s
recommendation to allow the Board to use the Emergency Reserve to maintain the stability of the grouphealth and life insurance plan.  This allows these funds to be used for purposes outside of the original scopeof the reserve.  In 2018, the Board of Stewardship used $154,584 to help offset some of the cost of thehealth insurance premiums and have estimated that approximately $140,633 will be used in 2019 to help in
reducing premiums for the health insurance participants.
4. Dental and Vision Insurance
On December 1, 2008, we began offering Dental and Vision insurance, on a voluntary basis, foranyone working at least 30 hours or more for any Cumberland Presbyterian Church, its agencies, boards,
and institutions.  Peter Whitely is the agent of record. At present there are 71 participating employees.
5. Jessie W. Hipsher Health Insurance Endowment
The Jesse W. Hipsher Health Insurance Endowment was created as the first step in the board’s
goal to raise $10,000,000 in endowments for the support of the Cumberland Presbyterian Health and Life
Insurance Program.  The endowment was established on March 6, 2004.  At its establishment $11,450 had
been raised.  The balance of the endowment as of December 31, 2018 was $46,624.
6. Health Education / E-Mail Newsletter
To further educate participants in matters concerning healthcare, participants receive a monthly
e-newsletter entitled, TopHealth, published by Oakstone Publishing.  The monthly e-newsletter is full of
health related tips that can be easily implemented by readers.  The two page newsletter can be read withina matter of minutes.  Also initiated in 2008 is the E-Mail newsletter that is designed as an information tool
to help the participants of the Health and Retirement programs stay on top of happenings within the Boardof Stewardship.
7. Wellness Program
Blue Cross offers a Preventive Health Guide and the Blue 365 discount program for a range of itemfrom fitness, healthy eating, personal care and wellness and even information on financial health.  Also
offered are the Nurse chat 24/7/365 and Physician Now where you can speak to a physician on call.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Tubb, Board Member
Robert Heflin, Executive Secretary

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THE REPORT OF THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
The officers of the board are as follows: Pat Ward, president; Rev. Mary Kathryn Kirkpatrick, vicepresident; and Michael Fare, secretary. Susan Knight Gore is the director and treasurer of the Historical
Library and Archives.
B. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CPC & CPCA GENERAL ASSEMBLIESThe board’s representative to the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
and the 144th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is Pat Ward.  Thealternate is Jackie Cooper.
C. MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
The board is currently composed of the following members: from the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America—Jackie Cooper, Dorothy Hayden, Rev. Joe Howard III, Willie Lynk, and Pat Ward,from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church—Michael Fare, Robin McCaskey Hughes, Rev. Mary Kathryn
Kirkpatrick, Ashley Lindsey, Lisa Oliver, and Kelly Shanton.
The Board of Trustees met, September 15, 2018, and February 22, 2019.
D. MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE
The first terms of Robin Hughes and Ashley Lindsey expire with the 2019 meeting of the
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly, and they are eligible for reelection.  The third term of Mary
Kathryn Kirkpatrick expires with the 2019 meeting of the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly, andshe is not eligible for reelection.
The first term of Willie Lynk expires with the 2019 meeting of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America General Assembly, and he is eligible for reelection.
E. STAFF
Susan Knight Gore serves as the Archivist of the Historical Foundation.  Missy Rose is the archival
assistant for the Foundation.

II. ASSEMBLY REPORTING
As a matter of official structure, relative to the CPC, there is a Board of Trustees composed ofmembers from both the CPC and CPCA, and relative to the CPCA, there is a committee composed ofmembers from the CPCA.

III. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIESA. HISTORY INTERPRETATION AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. The 1810/1874 Circle
In order to enlist the financial support of interested members of our churches in the work of theFoundation, the 1810/1874 Circle was created. Membership is based on a financial contribution of $25 ormore per year.  Income through such gifts enables the Foundation to meet expenditures and is vital to thecontinued work of the Foundation.
We appreciate the support given to the Foundation by all members of the 1810/1874 Circle andencourage other members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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2. Patrons
Persons who contribute $100 or more to one of the endowments of the Historical Foundation
become patron members and receive a certificate.  Patron memberships may also be given in honor or inmemory of an individual.
3. Heritage Churches
Congregations contributing a minimum of $1,000 to an endowment of the Historical Foundation
become Heritage Churches and receive a framed certificate.  There are six categories of recognition andchurches can move from one level to another.
Heritage Church $1,000 - $4,999
Silver Heritage Church $5,000 to $9,999
Golden Heritage Church $10,000 to $24,999
Platinum Heritage Church $25,000 to $49,999
Diamond Heritage Church $50,000 to $99,000
Jubilee Heritage Church $100,000 and up
4. Presbyterial Heritage Committees/Presbyterial Historians
To promote interest in the work of the Foundation and to nurture work in history on the presbyterial
level, the Historical Foundation seeks to work cooperatively with the Presbyterial Heritage Committees/
Presbyterial Historians of both general assemblies.  The brochure, Suggestions for Heritage Committees
and Presbyterial Historians, is available from the Foundation.  The board expresses its appreciation to thepresbyteries that have Heritage Committees/Presbyterial Historians.
5. Denomination Day Offering
The 2019 Denomination Day Offering was designated to fund the conversion of fragile anddeteriorating analogue media to digital formats in order that it might better be preserved.
The Foundation expresses appreciation to congregations and others groups who received special
offerings for the work of the Historical Foundation on Denomination Day.  This special offering provides
an opportunity for congregations to directly contribute to the support of the Historical Foundation as wellas the Foundation supplying educational materials to each congregation.
B. PUBLICATIONS
1. Promotional Materials
The Historical Foundation provides promotional materials describing its purpose and work, thevarious means of financially supporting this work, and listings of available publications and prints for salethrough the Foundation.  These materials are available on the Foundation’s website.
2. Publication Series
The Foundation has a number of titles and prints available for purchase.  Income from the sale ofthese items goes into the Historical Foundation Trust, a permanent endowment supporting the Foundation’swork. Titles available are:1883 Confession of Faith.
1895 Cumberland Cook Book.
Cumberland Presbyterianism and Arminianism Compared/Contrasted on Selected Doctrines by Joe Ben
Irby.
Faith Once Delivered; Some Indispensable Doctrines of the Christian Faith by Joe Ben Irby.
Family of Faith: Cumberland Presbyterians in Harrison County [Texas], 1848-1998 by Rose Mary Magrill.
God So Loved by Roy Hall.
History of East Side Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis Tennessee: 19261986, by the Historical Committee.
History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by B. W. McDonnold.
Jerusalem Cumberland Presbyterian Church: A Documentary and Pictorial History by Anne Elizabeth
Swain Odom.
Legacy of Grace: Louisiana and Texas Cumberland Presbyterian People & Places of Trinity Presbytery byRose Mary Magrill.
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Life and Thought of Milton Bird by Joe Ben Irby.
Life and Thought of Reuben Burrow by Joe Ben Irby.
Life and Thought of Robert Verrell Foster by Joe Ben Irby.
Life and Thought of Stanford Guthrie Burney by Joe Ben Irby.
Life and Times of Finis Ewing by F. R. Cossitt.
Soundings by Morris Pepper.
Theological Snippets by Joe Ben Irby.
This They Believed by Joe Ben Irby.
What Cumberland Presbyterians Believe by E. K. Reagin.
Women Shall Preach: Celebrating 125 Yeas of Ordained Women in Ministry in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Prints of the Samuel McAdow Home and the First Meeting of Cumberland Presbytery.
These items are available for sale from Cumberland Presbyterian Resources.
3. Denomination Day Resources
All the Past is but the Beginning of Beginning (Denomination Day resource) is available on theFoundation’s web site under the Resources section:  http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/resource/
It includes eight dramas intended to present the birth of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. A hard copy may be requested from the Foundation office.
4. Online Promotion
Recognizing the increasing value of emerging social media, the Historical Foundation employsa Facebook group, “Historical Foundation of the CPC & CPCA,” to engage an expanding audience of
Cumberland Presbyterians in denominational history and heritage.  By showcasing collection acquisitions,
the Foundation expands the knowledge of those materials sought for preservation as well as the nature ofarchival development.  The Foundation also employs a Facebook Page.  The Facebook Page is somewhat
more informal and is ideal for announcements.
C. HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AWARDS
1. Award in Cumberland Presbyterian History
The Foundation encourages the writing and publication of papers on all aspects of the history of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  One means ofpromoting such writing is the Historical Foundation Award in Cumberland Presbyterian History.  A $300
prize is awarded to the author entering the best paper on any CPC or CPCA history subject which meets inform and content the requirements set by the Board of Trustees and judged by the board appointed awardscommittee.  All manuscripts submitted to the competition become property of the Foundation and are added
to the Historical Library and Archives.
The contest follows the calendar year, and entries for the 2019 competition are encouraged.  Allentries will be accepted through December 2019 for this year’s contest.  Any entries received following thedeadline of December 31st will be automatically entered in the 2020 competition.
Guidelines and entry forms for submitting manuscripts to the competition are available from theFoundation office as well as on the internet, http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/Awards.htm.  The HistoricalFoundation appreciates the participation of past and future CPCA and CP historians in this program.
2. Awards of Recognition
Awards of recognition are certificates given to organizations or individuals in recognition of historic
events or contributions to the preservation of our heritage as Cumberland Presbyterians.   Appropriate
applications for the award are: particular churches celebrating anniversaries of their organization; any
judicatory or agency celebrating publication of a written history; celebrations of history or historic eventin a creative or unusual manner; individuals who have provided continued service for 50 years or moreas members of a local congregation or presbytery; individuals who have served for 40 years or more in acontinuing leadership role (including pastors) within a local church.  Individuals, churches, or presbyterial
heritage committees may make application for the issuing of an award by contacting the Foundation office.
Application forms are supplied by the Foundation office as well as the internet, http://www.cumberland.org/
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D. RELATIONSHIPS
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest
The Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest is an agency of The Synod of the Sun,
Presbyterian Church (USA) and Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
and Texas. Members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church who serve on the board of this organization
are Reverend Norlan Scrudder, Reverend Perryn Rice, and Doctor Rose Mary Magrill.

IV. HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
A. RESEARCH SERVICEThe Foundation’s main research commitment is to the agencies, local congregations, and membersof the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches.   Since the Historical Library and Archives of the HistoricalFoundation serves as the official repository for the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assemblies, this is
our focus.  Although the separation of research into two types designated by their mode of access has been
rapid and dramatic, both the traditional and “cyber” mode contribute to and enhance the other.
1. Traditional/Physical Access
Hands on access to primary source material remains the vital heart of historic and theologicalresearch.  Rather than being diminished by increased electronic resources, traditional research has broadened
due to heightened awareness of primary sources in an expanding information age.  The Foundation receives
research requests by personal visitors, mail, e-mail, and telephone.  As time permits, requests are researched.
Responses are sent to the requestor, as well as pertinent information on ministers, congregations, presbyteries
and synods being placed on our website for future researchers.
2. Electronic Access
The Foundation’s website continues to expand in order to provide greater access to the materials in
the Historical Library and Archives.  As well as being a research tool, the internet provides an invaluable
and inexpensive means of promotion for the physical collections of the Historical Library and Archives,
the activities of the Historical Foundation, and for the greater community of faith called Cumberland
Presbyterians.  Information at the site includes: general information about the Foundation, entire texts ofimportant historical documents, historical information on particular congregations, ministers, presbyteries,and synods.  Beginning in 2018, the Foundation added a YouTube Channel for historic films documenting
the faith-life of Cumberland Presbyterians.  The gateway URL to the Foundation’s website is http://www.
cumberland.org/hfcpc/. The YouTube Channel can be accessed directly at https://www.youtube.com/
channel/UCTk4Wnc8b1T96d0L8Vkt4lg or through the gateway URL.
B. ACQUISITIONSThe Historical Library and Archives regularly receives items published by the two denominations,
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Preliminary Minutes of theGeneral Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Yearbook of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The Cumberland Presbyterian, Missionary Messenger, Minutes of theGeneral Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, Preliminary Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, and The Cumberland Flag. Synods andpresbyteries deposit four copies of their printed minutes in the Historical Library and Archives.  In addition,
books, pamphlets, theses, dissertations, records and publications of general assembly, boards, agencies,
institutions, and task forces; records and publications of synods and presbyteries, session records andother materials of particular churches, biographical material of Cumberland Presbyterian and Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America ministers, photographs, audiovisual materials, and museum items wereamong the accessions received.  The 2018 Accession List closed with 124 accession groups.
Some of the highlights added to the collection in 2018 include:
Audiovisual Items
Reverend Joel Rice preaching at the 120th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America. Wednesday Morning Worship, June 8, 1994. DVD.
Hendersonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Hendersonville, Tennessee. Sermons on DVD.
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Acts of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in the Matter of the Reunion and Union of the Respective Churches: 1903-1906.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Office of the Stated Clerk, 1909.
Buchanan, Candice L. A Waynesburg College Family: The Legacy of Alfred Brashear & Margaret
Kerr (Bell) Miller. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: by the author, 2015.
DeBoer, Clara Merritt. His Trust is Marching On: African Americans Who Taught the Freedmen for
the American Missionary Association 1861-1877. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.
Robinson, John L. The Possibilities of Salvation a Common Heritage. First Anniversary Sermon
Delivered by Rev. John L. Robinson, Pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Henderson, Ky.,
Sunday, June 8th, A. D. 1890. Henderson Journal Steam Print.
Spence, Tom, and Elmo Guthrie. The History of the Burns Flat Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
2018.
Tasty Dishes from Here and There. Compiled by the Maggie Connor Guild. First Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Daingerfield, Texas, 1954.
West, Marvin. Thank You, Lord for Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Powell,Tennessee: 1 Source Printing and Graphics, 2017.
White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Lebanon, Missouri. 150th Celebration. August
12, 2018.
Periodicals
Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church In the United States of America and Liberia, Africa.
Minutes of the Seventy-Ninth General Assembly. June 11-15, 1953.
Cumberland Presbyterian Banner. Volume IV, Number 39 (July 31, 1908). Tullahoma, Tennessee.
T. A. Havron, Editor and Publisher.
Cumberland Flag. Volume 51, Number 11 (November 1982).
Intermediate-Senior Quarterly. Volume 25, No. 4 (October, November, December, 1933). Rev. W.
H. McLeskey, Editor.
Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Souvenir Book. 113th General Assembly. June 15-20,
1987. Louisville, Kentucky.
Institutions
By-Laws of Bethel College, M’Lemoresville, Carroll County, Tenn. Adopted by the Board of Trustees,at Their Annual Meeting, Held August A. D. 1850. Trenton, Tennessee: Printed at the Star Spangled Banner
Office, 1850.
Catalogue of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. 1885. Lebanon, Tennessee: Printed at
the Register Book and Job Office, 1885.
Laws of Cumberland College, at Princeton, Kentucky: Revised and Amended by the Board of
Directors, August 1, 1841. Princeton, Kentucky: Printed by M. Rodgers, 1841.
Museum Items
Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Pulpit from the oldchurch that was downtown.
Hope Presbyterian Church. Valrico, Florida. Stained glass window made by Sidney and Lita
Swindle. Removed from the church when it closed.
Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paducah, McCracken County,
Kentucky. Communion Set.
Tennessee Synodical CPW. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Quilt. Has names of local church
CPW members. Women of Faith. Carolyn Mahew Jackson gathered signatures while serving in leadership
positions in the late 70s and early 80s. She completed this quilt top shortly before her death in July of 2016.
Quilted by Clarksville Cumberland Presbyterian Mission Quilters in 2016.
Rev. Joel Rice. Pulpit Robe.
Other Congregational Records
Austin, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Austin, Texas. Women’s Organization. Various
names and records. Ladies Aid Society 1915-1922, 1925-1941; Missionary Society 1935-1964, 19411942; 1943-1945, 1945-1951; Mamie Brown Auxiliary 1961-1976; Janie Thomas Auxiliary 1923-1955,
1967, 1983, 1986-1989; Senior Missionary Auxiliary 1951; Mattie Turner Missionary Auxiliary 19521955; Mora Griffith Circle 1969-2004; Cumberland Presbyterian Women 1976-1983, 1983-1991; Ruth andNaomi Auxiliary 1975-1985.
Canaan Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Madison County, Alabama. Court Document. This isto certify that David Maxwell, Wm. Gray Jr. And Daniel P. Friend are appointed Commissioners of the2019

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Canaan Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Madison County, Alabama and are hereby
autherised [sic] to transact any and all business pertaining to sd. Congregation assigned by session on
behalf of sd. Congregation. Finis E. Harris, George Davis, Wm. Gray Jr., Daniel B. Friend. This 18 ofMarch 1833.
Mount Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky. Deeds.
August 5, 1870 and August 25, 1884.
Nashville, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Nashville, Tennessee. Annual Report of theSession of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Nashville, to the Congregation, for 1869. Nashville,
Tennessee, 1870.
Photographs
General Assembly. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Photograph. Panoramic. Bowling Green,
Kentucky. May 15, 1913.
Grace Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Lincoln Park, Michigan. Photograph. 8 x 10, B & W.
Tenth Anniversary, April 24, 1949.
Rev. Samuel Coleman Lockett 1853-1922. Photograph. 10 ½ x 14. B & W.
Mt. Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. Sturgis, Kentucky. Photographs. Color,
8x10.
N.A.C.P.Y.F. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Photograph. 35th N.A.C.P.Y.F. July 14-21, 1958,
Ovoca, Tennessee.
Postcards
Arkansas Cumberland College. Clarksville, Arkansas. In 1920 the name was changed to The
College of the Ozarks. In 1987 the school achieved full university status and was renamed The Universityof the Ozarks. Postcard. Lithograph, divided back, about 1905.
Bethel College. McKenzie, Tennessee. Postcard. Lithograph, divided back, about 1903.
Union City Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Union City, Tennessee. Postcard. Divided back,lithograph, about 1910.
Willamette Presbytery. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Postcard. Group photo, divided back, real
photo, 1913.
Presbyterial Records
Gadsden Presbytery. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Minutes. October 29, 1932-June 29, 1939;
March 13-14, 1941-March 15-16, 1951; September 13, 1951-March 14, 1957; September 12, 1957-October
24, 1963; March 5, 1964-October 19, 1967. Original manuscript books.
Princeton Presbytery. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Minutes. April 3, 1906-October 3, 1922;
April 3, 1923-October 8, 1940; April 8, 1941-October 9, 1956.
Talladega Presbytery. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Minutes. November14, 1929-February 18,
1932 and May 29, 1932-July 21, 1932.
Sermons
Reverend Morris Grethel Clark 1921-2008. Sermons.
Reverend Dr. James David Hester 1931-2014. Sermons.
Reverend Dr. Robert McElroy Shelton 1934-2018. Sermons.
Session Records
Austin, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Austin, Travis County, Texas. Session Records.
February 28, 1846-June 13, 1852; January 1859-October 15, 1869; December 12, 1869-November 3, 1883;
June 29, 1884-May 15, 1898; June 6, 1898-November 15, 1904; December 2, 1906-December 3, 1918;
December 9, 1904-November 14, 1905; November 1906-July 1909; January 7, 1919-December 6, 1921;
January 10, 1922-November 5, 1931; January 12, 1932-December 15, 1940; March 18, 1949-April 11,
1963; May 14, 1963-January 12, 1964; January 12, 1964-December 20, 1981; January 17, 1982-December
17, 1989; January 28, 1990-December 20, 1994; January 17, 1995-December 27, 1998; January 26,
1999-December 16, 2002; July 25, 2000-December 10, 2000; February 25, 2002-December 16, 2002;
January 26, 2003; January 23, 2006-December 18, 2006; January 22, 2007-December 17, 2007; January
28, 2008-December 22, 2008.
Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Atoka, Tipton County, Tennessee. Session Records. April
18, 1932-March 26, 1962; June 27, 1962-February 12, 1978; November 12, 1978-August 23, 1981; April
12, 1988-July 24, 1994;  August 10, 1994-November 12, 1997.
Blackford Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Blackford, Webster county, Kentucky. Session
Records. December 22, 1904-August 29, 1924; May 31, 1925-April 5, 1942; September 4, 1949-September
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Brandon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Valrico, Hillsborough County, Florida. Name changed
to Hope Presbyterian Church, Valrico, Florida. Session Records. December 6, 1988-November 16, 1995.
Brooksville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Noxubee County, Mississippi. Session Records.
December 1, 1884-November 29, 1925.
Christ Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Tampa, Florida. Session Records. September 8,
2002-December 2015.
Forrest Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. Session
Records. January 9, 1956-March 4, 1959; October 6, 1958-December 20, 1964; January 6, 1965-December
14, 1970; January 11, 1971-December 12, 1977; January 8, 1978-December 19, 1983; January 16,
1984-August 21, 1989; September 18, 1989-December 18, 1995; January 15, 1996-November 15, 2000;
January 24, 2001-October 22, 2014.
Hope Presbyterian Church. Valrico, Hillsborough County, Florida. Session Records. October 14,
1999-October 9, 2006; November 13, 2006-December 20, 2016; January 24, 2017-May 15, 2018.
Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paducah, McCracken County,
Kentucky. Session Records. October 9, 1944-March 5, 1951; April 1, 1951-April 11, 1955; May 6,
1955-April 1, 1956; November 27, 1955-December 2, 1968; January 6, 1969-December 17, 1979; January
21, 1980-December 21, 1987; January 3, 1988-August 27, 1995; September 24, 1995-June 27, 2001; July25, 2001-June 23, 2005; July 27, 2005-August 1, 2007; and also 1928-1963 on microfilm.
Mount Hermon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Cookeville, Tennessee. Session Records. May
25, 1889-March 25, 1906; June 1907-April 1952; 1960-July 25, 1964; July 9, 1978-October 29, 2008.
Park Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. Session
Records. January 8, 1928-December 6, 1935.
Park Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. Namechanged to Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church by Mayfield Presbytery April 5,1938. Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.
Session Records. January 3, 1936-September 24, 1944.
Pilgrim’s Rest Cumberland Presbyterian Church. McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee. Session
Records. April 11, 1954-April 10, 1977; February 12, 1978-September 25, 2005.
Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky. Session Records.
January 22, 1887-March 12, 1918; March 9, 1919-October 3, 1965.
Union Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Repton, Crittenden county, Kentucky. Session
Records. December 1948-January 26, 1964; April 26, 1964-October 8, 1972.
Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Burlison, Tipton County, Tennessee. Session
Records. August 25. 1932-May 6, 1962.
Whitney Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Whitney, Hill County, Texas. Session Records. February
16, 1908-September 1940; April 13, 1941-February 17, 1980; March 9, 1980-June 27, 2015.
Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Steens, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Session
Records. June 8, 1890-September 14, 1905; April 11, 1915-May 12, 1935; July 15, 1950-Nov. 11, 1962;
January 1, 1963-February 20, 1972; December 9, 1973-January 27, 1991.
Synodical Records
Kentucky Synod. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Minutes. October 28-30, 1896; October 27-29,
1897. Printed minutes.
Illinois Synodical Camp. Illinois Synod. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. “Pop-Off.” Camp
Newsletter. August 7-12, 1934. Dixon Springs, Illinois.
In all judicatories, from the session of the congregation through presbytery, synod, and the General
Assemblies of both the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in
America, minutes form the legal record of the judicatory. Without these records there is often nothing to
document persons joining the church, ordination as elder and clergy, disciplinary actions, etc. It is important
to be aware that legally original minutes are always the property of the judicatory for which they are
created.  Should that judicatory cease to exist, the next higher judicatory becomes custodian responsible forsecuring and preserving the records of the extinct body.  It can be difficult to convince persons that records
kept by their relative are not family property but the General Assemblies of both denominations have ruled
the only legal repository for the records of extinct judicatories is the Historical Foundation.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That the General Assembly instruct presbyteries to obtainthe session records of a congregation at the time the church is closed and then deposit them in the
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V. BIRTHPLACE SHRINE
The Birthplace Shrine located at Montgomery Bell State Park near Dickson, Tennessee wasdedicated June 18, 1960.  This site consists of the Memorial Chapel and a replica of the Reverend Samuel
McAdow’s log house.  Since 1994, the Foundation has been responsible for the preservation and promotionof the Birthplace Shrine.  Four endowments provide funds for maintenance and repairs: the Grace Johnson
Beasley Birthplace Shrine Fund, the Birthplace Shrine Fund, the Henry Evan Harper Endowment for
Cumberland Presbyterian History, and the P.F. Johnson Memorial Endowment.  Gifts to these endowments
provide for the continued preservation of the Birthplace Shrine. Interested donors are encouraged to contact
the Foundation office.  Another means of support are the fees collected from couples who use the chapel
for their wedding ceremony.  These funds are added to the Birthplace Shrine Fund and earnings are used
for maintenance and special projects.  The Board encourages individuals and groups to visit the Birthplace
Shrine as an act of remembering our heritage and envisioning our future as Cumberland Presbyterians.
Recognizing the recognition and visibility that the Birthplace Shrine provides for the Cumberland
Presbyterian denominations, the Foundation both sponsors and regularly participates in three activities at the
Birthplace: Denomination Day, Easter Sunrise Service, and Christmas at the Bell.  Both the Denomination
Day and Christmas at the Bell events are costume re-enactments which interactively interpret denominational
history for both Cumberland Presbyterians and other park visitors.
Groups and individuals are encouraged to contact the Foundation to set up work days and special
projects.   The Foundation thanks the Heritage Committee of Nashville Presbytery and the Charlotte
Cumberland Presbyterian Church for their continuing volunteer upkeep of the property.

VII. FINANCIAL CONCERNS AND 2020 BUDGET
A. BUDGETS
The 2020 line-item budget of the Historical Foundation has been filed with the CPC General
Assembly Office.
B. ENDOWMENTS
Anne Elizabeth Knight Adams Heritage Fund
Rosie Magrill Alexander TrustPaul H. and Ann M. Allen Heritage Fund
Grace Johnson Beasley Birthplace Shrine Fund
Ethel Beal Benedict Heritage Fund
Birthplace Shrine FundJames L. and Louise M. Bridges Heritage FundMark and Elinor Swindle Brown Heritage Fund
Sydney and Elinor Brown Heritage FundCentennial Heritage Endowment
Walter Chesnut Heritage Fund
Lavenia Campbell Cole Heritage Fund
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America Heritage Fund
Cumberland Presbyterian Women Archival Supplies Endowment
Bettye Jean Loggins McCaffrey Ellis Heritage Fund
Samuel Russell & Mary Grace (Barefoot) Estes Endowment
Family of Faith Endowment
Gettis and Delia Snyder Gilbert Heritage FundJames C. and Freda M. Gilbert Heritage FundJames C. and Freda M. Gilbert Trust
Mamie A. Gilbert Trust
Henry Evan Harper Endowment for Cumberland Presbyterian History
Ronald Wilson and Virginia Tosh Harper Endowment
Historical Foundation Trust
Donald and Jane Hubbard Heritage Fund
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Robert and Kathy Hull Endowment
Into the Nineties Endowment
Joe Ben Irby Heritage Fund
P. F. Johnson Memorial Endowment
Irene A. Kiefer Endowment
Chow King Leong Endowment
Dennis Lawrence & Elmira Castleberry Magrill Trust
J. Richard Magrill Heritage Fund
Joe Richard and Mary Belle Magrill Trust
Gwendolyn McCaffrey McReynolds Heritage Fund
Jimmie Joe McKinley Heritage Fund
Edith Louise Mitchell Heritage Fund
Lloyd Freeman Mitchell Heritage Fund
Snowdy Clifton and Lillian Walkup Mitchell Heritage Fund
Rev. Charles and Paulette Morrow Endowment
Virginia Sue Williamson Morrow Heritage FundAnne Elizabeth Swain Odom Heritage Fund
Martha Sue Parr Heritage Fund
Florence Pennewill Heritage Fund
Morris and Ruth Pepper Endowment
Publishing House Endowment
Mable Magrill Rundell Trust
Samuel Callaway Rundell Heritage FundPaul and Mary Jo Schnorbus Heritage FundRoy and Mary Seawright Shelton Heritage Fund
Shiloh CPC Ellis County Texas Endowment
Hinkley and Vista Smartt Heritage FundJohn William Sparks Heritage Fund
Irvin Scott and Annie Mary Draper Swain Heritage Fund
F. P. Waits Historical Trust

Respectfully submitted,
Pat Ward, President
Susan Knight Gore, Archivist

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THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Introduction
Memphis Theological Seminary is the only seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Our history is traced back through the Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary in McKenzie
to the organization of the graduate School of Theology at Cumberland University and the Theological
Department at Bethel College, both of which began in 1852.  Those two schools of theology continued
the legacy begun in the work of founder Reverend Finis Ewing, who educated candidates for theministry in his home, and many other ministers, who trained young candidates in homes, churches, andon the trail.  For one hundred sixty-six years, Cumberland Presbyterians have been providing formal
theological education for the church’s ministers.  For two hundred years, the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church has valued the  importance  of  an  educated ministry.
With the denomination’s decision to move its seminary to Memphis in l 964, Memphis TheologicalSeminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church began to serve a larger and more diverse student body.
Though students from other denominations were admitted during the McKenzie years, the move to a major
metropolitan area opened the opportunity to attract more students from more denominations.   Today,
Memphis Theological Seminary has one of the most diverse student populations, in terms of denomination
and race, of any seminary in the United States.  This theological and denominational diversity provides arich environment for educating pastors, chaplains, Christian educators, and other leaders for the church of
Jesus Christ.  The sign on our campus that faces Union Avenue reads: “Memphis Theological Seminary:an Ecumenical Mission of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.”  Every Cumberland Presbyterian can beproud of the mission our seminary fulfills of educating our own church leaders, and leaders from more than
25 other denominations.
We, the trustees and administration of Memphis Theological Seminary, are privileged to be a part ofthis legacy, born out of and guided by the ecumenical and evangelical spirit of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.  We look forward to what God has in store for our ministry in the future.  With gratitude for God’s
grace, guidance and provision in the past year, we make the following report to the 188th General Assemblyof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,meeting June 9-14, 2019, in Huntsville,Alabama.

I. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A. OFFICERS
The following officers were elected by the Board to serve during the past year:• 2018 Vice-Moderator to Moderator - Reverend Nancy Cole (United Methodist, North Alabama
Conference) Reverend Cole assumed the Board chair following the resignation of the Reverend Jennifer  
Newell (Cumberland Presbyterian,Chattanooga,Tennessee) and was elected Moderator in May 2018.
• 2018 Vice-Moderator - Reverend Anne Hames (Cumberland Presbyterian, McKenzie Tennessee)
served as Vice-Moderator of the Board, through May 2018, until the election of Nancy Cole as Moderator
and Reverend Jimmy Mosby (who came on the MTS Board in June 2017) as Vice Moderator in May 2018.
• 2018-19 Secretary - Mrs. Sondra Roddy (Cumberland Presbyterian, Lexington, Kentucky)• 2018-19 Treasurer - Mrs. Cassandra Price-Perry (VP of Operations/CFO,MTS)• 2019 Vice-Moderator - Reverend Jimmy Mosby (United Methodist Minister, Arkansas
Conference) served as Vice-Moderator of the Board from May of 2018 - Feb.2019.
• 2019 Moderator - Reverend Nancy Cole (United Methodist, North Alabama Conference)
resigned from the Board January 7, 2019.
• 2019 Moderator - Reverend Jimmy Mosby (United Methodist, Arkansas Conference) was
elected to the office of Moderator in February 2019, following the resignation of Reverend Nancy Cole in
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2019• 2019 Vice-Moderator - Reverend Kip Rush (Cumberland Presbyterian, Nashville, Tennessee)
was elected Vice- Moderator following the election of Reverend Jimmy Mosby to Moderator of the Board
at the February 2019 Board meeting.
B. BOARD REPESENTATIVE
The Board’s representative(s) to the 2019 General Assembly will be elected in the May 2019
meeting.
C. MEETINGSThe Board met twice since the 2018 General Assembly: October 11, 2018 and February 8, 2019.
The Board is scheduled to meet on May I 0, 2019.  By rule of the General Assembly, thirteen of the twentyfour members are representatives of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The remaining trustees are
ecumenical partners, currently United Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian Church (USA)representatives.
D. EXPIRATION OF TERMS
The trustees who are eligiblet o succeed themselves and have agreed to serve another three year
term on the MTS Board are:•  Ms. Jane Folk (Presbyterian (USA), Memphis, Tennessee) eligible for 2 more terms.
•  Reverend Larry Hilliard (United Methodist, Gulfport, Mississippi) eligible for 2 more terms.
•  Reverend Deborah Smith (United Methodist, Cordova, Tennessee) eligible for 2 more terms
The three resignations from Board service listed below have been communicated to the Office of
the General Assembly and the NominatingCommittee:•  Reverend Nancy Cole (United Methodist, Leeds, Alabama) eligible to serve for another term
resigned from the MTS Board of Trustees.
•  Ms. Molly Williams (Cumberland Presbyterian, Dyer,Tennessee) eligible to serve another term
declined to be re-elected the MTS Board of Trustees.
•  Reverend RickKirchoff (United Methodist, Memphis,Tennessee) eligible to serve another term
declined to be re-elected the MTS Board of Trustees.
The trustees completing their terms on the Board this year who are ineligible for re-election are:•  Mr. Michael Allen (Cumberland Presbyterian, Alabaster, Alabama)•  Mrs. Diane Dickson (Cumberland Presbyterian, Houston, Texas)•  Reverend Inetta Rogers, (Baptist, Memphis, Tennessee)
We are grateful to God for all who have served in this important role on behalf of MTS and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.   Each has served faithfully and contributed greatly to the life of theseminary.
Following the resignations after the 2018 General Assembly of trustees Reverend Linda Howell(Cumberland Presbyterian, Keller, Texas) and Reverend Susan Parker (Cumberland Presbyterian,Rogersville, Alabama), and in keeping with the General Assembly requirement that a majority of thetwenty-four member Board represent the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the following Cumberland
Presbyterian trustees were elected by the CP Corporate Board to serve the unexpired terms of Howell andParker.
Reverend Gloria Villa Diaz, (Cumberland Presbyterian, Houston, Texas)
Reverend Wes Johnson, (Cumberland Presbyterian, Atlanta, Georgia)
E. UPDATE ONLEADERSHIPIn July 2018 the Board accepted the resignation of President Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown after
thirteen years of servant leadership.  On August 1 Reverend Susan Parker accepted the call to be the Interim
President.   Susan was serving on the Board in her fifth year of service.   Her background is in higher
education as a Vice President of Advancement at Athens State University.  She also served in two statewide
elected offices in Alabama: State Auditor 1998-2002 and Public Service Commissioner 2006-2010.  Susan
completed the Program of Alternate Studies in 2014 and in April 2014 was ordained as a Cumberland
Presbyterian minister at Rogersville Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rogersville, Alabama.  She served
various CP churches as Interim and Stated Supply from 2014-2018.   She still serves as Moderator andpreaches once per month at two CP churches in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

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At the October board meeting, Susan stated, “It is a tremendous honor to be selected to fill thisimportant role at a critical time of change at the Seminary.  The board, faculty, staff, students and alumni
have made me feel welcome and appreciated.   One of my favorite things about serving at MTS is themission of the institution expressed on the sign at the entrance that reads, ‘Memphis Theological Seminary
an ecumenical mission of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’.  I realize that it is likely the founders had
no idea just how diverse and ecumenical the seminary would become; now serving over twenty different
denominations.  I believe it is testament to the love of God by CP’s to be so welcoming to all of God’schildren.
F. PRIORITIESThe Board has reviewed and adopted the Strategic Plan but is still in the process of revising andenhancing this plan and the measurements of success.  Four major priorities of the plan are:
1. Strengthen our integration of Scholarship, Piety and Justice in our administrative andeducational support units and Board Governance as well as our degree programs. When we had
our site visits from ATS and SACS-COC last year we were made aware that our strategic planning,
ourcurriculum, and our administrative work did not flow from and draw upon our mission statement in
a consistent manner.  Our Quality Enhancement Plan for SACS-COC is dedicated to developing greaterawareness and integration of scholarship, piety, and justice among our students.  But we need to do similar
work across the institution to make sure not only students, but also faculty, staff, and Board members areformed in and share the mission of the institution.  Further, we need to draw upon that mission to shape
how we live out our mission statement in every dimension of our institutional life, so that the integration ofscholarship, piety, and justice is a shared goal for the work of the institution.
2. Ensure financial sustainability. We have relied heavily upon tuition and annual fund raisingfor our financial operation as an institution.  SACS COC saw a number of issues related to our financial
situation and placed MTS on “warning” status.  We need a more secure basis for the operations of theseminary so that we are not as dependent upon tuition and the annual fund to have a balanced budget.  
Endowment dollars for scholarships, faculty chairs, and other programs are necessary for the financial
sustainability of the Seminary.  Such financial sustainability is a basic need for the Seminary to carry out its
mission.
3. Create partnerships with other institutions and organizations to expand our academic
offerings for both traditional and on-line delivery. In response to enrollment challenges and the shiftingneeds of both churches and the larger society for theological education, MTS sees the need to expand
beyond its traditional academic programs to develop new ways for those to be delivered and to develop
new programs that address church and societal needs.  Our location in Memphis, Tennessee is an asset weneed to build upon.  We can partner with other educational institutions, large churches, as well as hospitals
and non-profits associated with a faith community.  We recognize numerous opportunities to collaborate
with different kinds of institutions to broaden our scope as we meet the needs for theological education thatis responsive to these various settings.  We also recognize the need to continue to expand and develop our
on-line offerings so that we can be flexible in addressing people from a variety of settings.
4. Create a culture of assessment that relates to strategic planning. Prior to our recent
reaccreditation we recognized we had not created a robust and viable program of assessment of ouracademic programs.  We began that work prior to the reaccreditation visits, but both SACS-COC and ATS
saw our need to fine tune those efforts and continue to integrate them into overall academic and institutional
planning.  At the same time, assessment of every aspect of our shared work at MTS in relation to strategicplanning for the whole institution was flagged as a weakness by the accrediting organizations, and our  
strategic planning has been very inadequate.  To create a culture of assessment, the lessons learned fromacademic assessment need to be integrated with the whole institution so that a clear plan for and process ofassessment can be carried out in the whole seminary and that assessment can lead to date based (rather than
anecdotal based identification of strengths and weaknesses to be addressed by the strategic plan.
G. ACCREDITATION ISSUES
American Theological Schools (ATS) and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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In March 2018, both accrediting agencies had reviews with on-site visits to the campus.  The ATS
accreditation was renewed for seven years but the institution was given a notation concerning student
learning outcomes.  In February 20l 9, that notation was removed due to the fact that MTS had satisfied theissues regarding outcomes.
At its meeting in December 2018, the SACS-COC Board of Trustees voted to place MTS under
the sanction of “warning” for twelve months.  This is the lowest level of sanction.  The seminary is andwill remain accredited.  The lack of reaffirmation without sanctions is due to several areas of deficiency.
The primary and most challenging issue is a balanced budget.  All the areas of concern are being addressedand documentation will be submitted to SACS-COC in September.  Their Board will make a decision in
December 2019 regarding the status.  The Seminary can have the “warning” removed, stay on “warning”
for another year or have the “warning” changed to”probation.”  MTS looks forward to working with the
SACS-COC team to continue to address and correct these deficiencies and remove the warning.
H. UPDATE ON THE HAMILTON CHAPEL/FINANCIALSTATUS
During the past several years, the student body at MTS has become more and more diverse in a
number of ways.  One of the changes that has taken place is the diversity in class offerings.  Currently,
students attend classes in the morning, afternoon, evenings, on-line/hybrid and off campus.  Because ofthesechanges, there is no longer the need for a large facility where all students would gather at the same time.
Therefore, the seminary began to consider other options for the chapel.
Due to the changing needs of the student population and the urgent need for a balanced budget
because of the SACS-COC warning, in February 2019 the Board voted to explore the possibility of asking
Mrs. Barbara Hamilton if her remaining gift for a stand alone chapel could be utilized in a different manner.
When consulted regarding her gift, Mrs. Hamilton said her concern was that the seminary needed anice chapel versatile enough to meet the needs but did not necessarily feel there was a need for a large standalone chapel.  Therefore, we made the decision to utilize the $ l.6M gift that remained for the constructionof a new chapel as follows: (1) major renovation of the existing chapel, (2) the endowment of a Methodist  
House of Studies Chair and (3) the remaining to be used to balance the annual budget.  These funds should  allow  the seminary to have  a balanced budget for several years, if the continuing fundraising is successful.
I. FUTURE FUNDING
While the Hamilton gift will enable the seminary to have a balanced budget, it does not meanthat the other regular funding is not necessary.  The seminary has been operating under a deficit budget
for many years.  The SACS-COC warning is a call to arms. There must be a balanced budget with three
years.  Thankfully, this can be done but not without continued and growing support from the Cumberland
Presbyterian family and others.
Donors site many reasons for contributing to MTS.  But most donors are focused on the importanceof training men and women to lead congregations in a diverse, changing and challenging time.  Never has
the church or the world needed more good leaders to seek the Kingdom of God on earth.
So please give.  Please ask your congregation, friends and other members of other denominations
to contribute.  It is a new day at MTS and we need your support.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That the General Assembly encourage Presbyteries to share themission, vision and passion of MTS to train and sustain men and women for the Christian ministry
and ask members to support the seminary with their financial resources and prayers.

II. ADMINISTRATION
A. PRESIDENT
Reverend Susan Parker, Ph.D. was selected by the Board to be interim president beginning August
2018.   Susan was ordained as a Cumberland Presbyterian minister in April 2014 after completing theProgram of Alternate Studies.  Prior to being named interim president, Susan was serving stated supply
and interim calls at CP and Presbyterian USA churches.   She spent several years in statewide elected
office in the state of Alabama and twenty-five years in higher education.  Susan holds a Ph.D. from the
University of Alabama, a Masters from UAB, Bachelors from Athens College and an Associates from
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A. VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS/DEAN
Dr. Pete Gathje became the Vice President of Academic Affairs/Dean in February 2017.  Pete
served previously as Professor of Ethics at MTS and Associate Dean of Curriculum and Instruction.He
is a lay Roman Catholic and is deeply committed to the mission of Memphis Theological Seminary,having taught on our faculty for the past ten years.
B. VICE PRESIDENT OFOPERATIONS/CFO
Ms. Cassandra Price-Perry began work with MTS in August 2010 as Vice President of Operations
and Chief Financial Officer. She is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of experience inbusiness and accounting.  Cassandra is an active laywoman in her Roman Catholic Church in Southaven,MS.  She has received high praise from our auditors and our Board for her work over the past almost
seven years.

III. INSTRUCTION
A. DEGREE PROGRAMSMemphis Theological Seminary offers four degree programs and three certificate programs,
including the certificate offered through the Program of Alternate Studies.  The Master of Divinity
is the basic degree program for persons preparing for ordained ministry in many denominations.  It
continues to be our largest degree program, with over 70% of students enrolled.  The M.Div. requires
84 semester hours and takes three years of full-time study to complete.
The Doctor of Ministry degree is a professional degree designed for pastors and other ministers
who have at least three years of full-time work in ministry after their M.Div. and who want to engage
in further theological reflection on the practice of ministry.  The D.Min. is designed around five twoweek residencies, in January and July, and the implementation of and report on a major project inministry.  It usually takes 3-5 years tocomplete.
A third program is the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry (MAYM).   Through our partnershipwith the Center for Youth Ministry Training in Brentwood, Tennessee, and the new certificate program inyouth ministry through the Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  we have over thirty students enrolled inthis degree program.  MTS currently has, we believe, the largest master’s program in yonth ministry in the
UnitedStates.
In the spring of 2016, we were approved by our accrediting bodies (The Southern Association ofColleges and Schools, and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada) to offer
a new degree, the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM).  This degree program began in the fallof 2016 with concentrations offered in Christian Education, Urban Ministry, and Social Justice Ministry.
The MACM is a 42 hour degree for persons interested in pursuing specialized ministries.  We plan tooffer additional concentrations in the future (possibly rural ministry, counseling,etc.)
At Commencement in May of 2018, Memphis Theological Seminary awarded  the Master of Arts
in Youth Ministry degree to twelve graduates.  Three persons were awarded the Master of Arts (Religion)
degree.  Three persons received the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry degree.  Thirty-eight persons wereawarded the Master of Divinity degree, and fourteen were awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree.
Cumberland Presbyterian Master of Divinity graduates were: Jamie Adams. Paul Earheart-Brown
and William Arnold.  Cumberland Presbyterian Doctor of Ministry were: Jin Koo Kang, Myeong R. Ree,and Cory D. Williams
B. CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
In addition to the four degree programs, MTS offers the following certificates: Program of
Alternate Studies of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Drug and Alcohol Addiction Counseling
Graduate Certificate, James Netters Certificate in Ministry and Certificate in Wesleyan Studies.
C. FACULTY
For the current academic year, Memphis Theological Seminary has thirteen full-time teachingfaculty, four administrative faculty members who teach part-time, and one Louisville fellow.  In addition,
the seminary curriculum is greatly enhanced by the work often to fifteen adjunct professors, most of whom
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Members of the MTS faculty continue to publish books and articles both for the academy andthe church.  Many faculty members preach in area churches on a regular basis, deliver lectures for local
churches and judicatories, deliver papers at academic conferences, and write articles for a wide range ofreaders.
Under the leadership of VP/Dean Gathje, the faculty implemented our new M.Div. on­line
hybrid program.  Twenty-two students are enrolled as a cohort and will be able to complete their entire
degree by coming to campus four times per semester for a two day intensive period and doing their
on-line classwork.
D. ENROLLMENT
Total enrollment in Memphis Theological Seminary for the fall term of 20l8 was 257, including all
degree and certificate programs.  We continued to see a drop in enrollment in our largest degree program,
the Master of Divinity.  Declining enrollments led again to painful budget adjustments during the year,
including the elimination of several part-time and full-time positions.   Our largest number of students
comes from the United Methodist Church, with 23.6% of total enrollment.  Cumberland Presbyterians are
the second largest denomination represented in the student body with about 13.3% of all students.
The Bridge Program. In 2018 an anonymous donor created the Whosoever Will Bridge Program.
This program will enable any student  who  completes  his/her  degree at  Bethel University and the M.Div
at MTS and then is called to serve full-time at a CP church to receive a stipend of $12,000 per year.  We
continue to work to recruit Cumberland Presbyterian students as we believe this program will help encourage more students to pursue their call and utilize both Bethel and MTS as the route of preparation.  We arethankful for the gift that made this possible.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That the Presbyteries inform all congregations of the Whosoever
Will Bridge program and provide probationers with the necessary information so they will be aware ofthis program.
E. PROGRAM OF ALTERNATE STUDIES (written by Dr. Michael Qualls, Director)
Memphis Theological Seminary has administered theProgram of Alternate Studies as an alternativeroute to ordained ministry in the Cumberland Presbyterian Churchs since its inception in 1984.  In addition to the basics of preparing ministers of word and sacrament in a myriad of circumstances weare becoming a reliable resource for foundational education of lay persons interested/involved incongregational leadership in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
•  A reduced rate tuition of $200 allows those not seeking ordination to take any of our online
or face-to-face courses.
•  A targeted lay-leader weekend conference will again be a feature of our SES in2019.  We ask
the General Assembly to help us promote these opportunities through the presbyteries.
SES 2019
The heart of the program is a fifteen-day period in the summer.  At that event students cometogether for community, fellowship, worship and intensive classroom experience.  Students may takeup to 9 courses of the 27 or so that are taught during three five-day blocks.  The 2019 Summer Extension School will be held on the Campus of Bethel University July 13-27.  Graduation will be July 13th at
11:00 am in Odom Hall with Reverend David Lancaster as our commencement speaker.  We anticipate 5
graduates.
ONLINE and WEEKEND CLASSES
In the “off season” we have offered eleven courses on-site in various locales or online in bothsynchronous (live interactive) and asynchronous format.  Three were in conjunction with MMT at a
Latino Conference at El Camino Church in the Miami area.  This enables students nearing graduation
to complete requirements and others to move more quickly along than their limited availability during
the summer school would allow.
PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY
Once again we will have the MTS MDiv. students in a joint class with the PAS students.  Thejoint class this year occurs in the first block, Educational Ministry in the Smaller Church featuring Dr.
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We are also collaborating to help current Cumberland Presbyterian MDiv. students complete the
Cumberland Presbyterian specific courses for credit by including the PAS courses as part of the course
requirements.  This is a viable model given the overlapping interests.
We have now opened a pathway for PAS courses to be considered, on a case by case basis, forpartial transfer credit (up to 17 hours possible) for anyone who wishes to pursue the MDiv. degree at MTS.
PAS graduates are encouraged to contact the MTS Registrar for evaluation.  The PAS office can assist withgetting transcripts.
PARTNERS IN MISSION
We continue to work with MMT and Cross Cultural Ministry Program Director to assist with assimilation of immigrant pastors/churches and to assist the global outreach of the Cumberland Presbyterianchurch.  These non-typical circumstances often call for additional flexibility and often are not in a position to financially sustain the costs of the resources.  We are grateful for the support of OUO andmission-minded partners to enable this important ministry.  We anticipate a large group in the first
official graduating class of PAS-Colombia in 2020.
STANDARDIZING SYLLABI
In response to the request of the 188th General Assembly the PAS Advisory Council approved aformat for course syllabi.  We have communicated this to all instructors and requested updatedcopies of theircourse syllabus. We also reflect appreciation for the flexibility inherent in a diverse faculty and continue toaffirm the many ways of learning/teaching reflected in an alternative educational environment.
RECOGNITION
The strength of the Program of Alternate Studies rests in its dedicated, capable and empathetic
teachers.  Throughout the existence of the program it has been privileged to access the best and thebrightest the denomination has to offer, from credentialed educators and theologians to acknowledged
ministry professionals.  We gratefully express appreciation to Reverend Clinton Buck who began teachingin the very first summer school (1984) and Reverend David Lancaster who began soon thereafter (1986).  
These faithful servants, and many others, have returned year after year to joyfully pour themselves into thelives of women and men who seek to gain insight and wisdom to fulfill the Lord’s calling.
IN MEMORIUM
Sadly, we seldom get to acknowledge the sacrificial service of our mentors adequately.  Please
help us express appreciation, to a true hero of the Program of Alternate Studies, the first Director, Dr.
William “Bill” Rustenhaven Jr.  Dr. Rustenhaven referred to the summer extension schools each Julyas “Mt. Bethel”, an allusion to the campus which hosted them and also to the Biblical experience ofJacob who discovered afresh the presence of God on his sojourn.
Rustenhaven took great delight in the relationships with students, traveling and visiting extensively
in their homes.  He served as pastor to them as well  as mentor.  He spent endless hours in informal
conversation with students who joined him as he would pull away to “burn incense,” a euphemism heoften employed to describe smoking his pipe.  He is remembered by students as a consummate instructor, both tender and tenacious.
I warmly associate myself with the concluding remarks in Dr. Rustenhaven’s report to the PAS
Advisory Council at the end of his first year as director.  The position I hold is one of great responsibility and is an awesome challenge.  At times I am ovenvhelmed.  Yet I feel strongly in the worth of thisprogram of educational preparation for ministry.  My prayer is for strength, wisdom and humility to
see if we can make a difference for the building of the Kingdom in and through our responsibility as
participants in that Kingdom. Please remember me in your prayers and concern.
Respectfully,
Michael Qualls, Director PAS

IV. FACILITIES
A. FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS
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to and from the Chapel.  Therefore, the entrance to the rear of Founders Hall is being renovated tomake this part of the entrance to the Chapel more attractive.  Also,the flooring outside the Chapel andsurrounding areas will be replaced.
In addition, funds and volunteers are being sought to repair the damage to the student housing andrental properties of the seminary.  A generous donor has agreed to pay for the materials and we are currently
seeking volunteer mission teams or individuals to do repairs, painting and pressure washing to preserve
these properties.
We have also applied for funds from the CPW General Assembly offering to do much needed
repairs to Cumberland Hall.
B. DEBT ONPROPERTY
The debt on property as of 12/31/18 was $2.5M.
C. SAFETYThe Office of Safety of MTS continues to explore ways to enhance the safety of our students inthe context of our urban campus. Through the use of lighting, security officers, secure locks, and wellarticulated safety plans, the seminary seeks to provide a safe environment for students and visitors to
our campus.
During the past seven years, MTS has contracted with a local security company to provide regularpatrols around our neighborhood.  This additional safety measure has been well received by our students
and by our neighbors.  We continue to seek ways to provide a safe environment for our campus community.

V. ADVANCEMENT AND FINANCE
A. BUDGETOur Board of Trustees will approve a budget for the 2019-2020 academic year at its May meeting.  Copies of that budget will be provided at the meeting of General Assembly.
Like seminaries across the country, we continue to face budget challenges from declining
enrollments.  The Board of Trustees has become more involved with the budgeting process to insure
funds are spent as wisely as possible.  Renewed efforts toward transparency and involvement of theboard have been undertaken.
B. SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
We continue to cultivate relationships with foundations whose mission closely aligns withours.  The following grants for scholarships and other projects have been received in recent years:
1. The Eli Lilly Endowment, Inc. - Center for Faith and Imagination
In December 2017, MTS was notified that it had been selected to receive a grant of $1 million
dollars from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., for use over five years to fund a Center for Faith and Imagination
at Memphis Theological Seminary.  Working with partners including the Methodist Healthcare Clergy
Coaching Network, the Center for Transfonning Communities, the Cumberland Presbyterian Pastoral Ministry
Development Team, and the Memphis Annual Conference of the UMC, the work of the Center will focus on
supporting and sustaining clergy in their first five years of ministry post seminary.  The new Center at MTS
will provide services to our graduates to help them develop networks of support, encouragement, and spiritual
depth to help them understand and survive the challenges of pastoral ministry in ourtime.
2. The Kemmons Wilson FamilyFoundation
The Kemmons Wilson family, founders of the Holiday Inn hotel chain and noted philanthropists in Memphis, has renewed funding of the Wilson Scholarships at $15,000 for this year.
3. The H.W. Durham Foundation
In 2018 the Memphis-based H.W. Durham Foundation renewed its gift of $5,000 to provide 5$1,000 scholarships for students who are 55+ years of age.  These Durham Scholars will represent
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C. ENDOWMENTS
One of the most exciting things this year has been the establishment of the Baird-Buck CP Houseof Studies. bSeveral years ago, the Baird and Buck families established an endowment designed to one dayreach the $1.2M required for an endowed chair.  Much progress has been made.  The families continue
to contribute and Dr. Clinton Buck continues to seek funding.  This year the families approved for theseminary to begin to spend a portion of the endowment annual earnings ($20,000) to fund the CP House ofStudies.  This intermediate step allows us to connect students more intentionally with their CP heritage andto create emphases on historical events of interest to the CP church.  Dr. Michael Qualls, the Director of
the Program of Alternate Studies, is leading the efforts to engage all CP students, prospective students,
faculty, staff and alumni in worship, fellowship, and lecture activities.  We are grateful for these activities
and all are enjoying the renewed emphasis on all things CP.
Currently we have 289 endowments.  These endowments are varied both in amount and purpose.  Scholarships, ofcourse, makeup the largest group.  But endowments are set aside for the generalfund, lectures, the library, music and other good purposes. The seminary welcomes endowments andhas recently set $5,000 as a minimum for establishing a new endowment.
D. ESTATE GIFTS
We continue to have conversations with friends and donors about the importance of remembering MTS (and their local churches, and other ministries they care deeply about) in their estate plans.
Almost daily we receive gifts in memory of someone.  We are grateful for these ways to honor theindividual and help the seminary at the sametime.
In September 2018 we were blessed to receive a gift of $133,196 from the Burnita Hudgins Charitable
Trust.  This generous gift was to fund the Sallie Clay and Alice Coooksey Endowment and for thegeneral fund.
We are deeply grateful for the generosity that faithful Cumberland Presbyterians and others
exhibit in remembering MTS, and other denominational ministries, in their estate planning.  The MTS
Advancement Staff and President are available to present programs on Planned Giving to churches,groups of churches, or presbyteries to encourage our members to remember their local churches anddenominational ministries that are important to them in their wills and other planned giving vehicles.
E. SEMINARY/PAS SUNDAY
We have many churches in  our denomination,  and  in other denominations  we serve who recognize Seminary Sunday in their local churches. This provides time for education of members about the workof MTS and the Program of Alternate Studies and provides an opportunity for members to make a special
one-time gift to support the work of the seminary. Please contact the seminary for more information on how
you can recognize Seminary Sunday in your local church, and to request a speaker for theoccasion.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That the third Sunday in August, (August 18, 2019)be included in the General Assembly Calendar as Seminary/PAS Sunday, and that Presbyteries encourage all churches to share information about MTS and PAS and receive a special offering onthat day, or on a more convenient day of the session’s choosing.
F. ANNUAL FUND
Memphis Theological Seminary could not operate without the faithful contributions of its alumni
and friends.  Annual Fund contributions help us keep the cost of tuition down, so hopefully students do notleave seminary with a large burden of debt to have to pay during their early years inministry.  Raising $1Myear after year for the Annual Fund is a daunting task.
The Whosoever Will Bridge program can help ease the burden on Cumberland Presbyterian
graduates by giving them a stipend of $12,000 per year for five years.  This is a tremendous blessing for
MTS and these students.
MTS friends and alumnia reencouraged to consider joining the”1852 Society,” a group of persons
who pledge to give at least $18.52 per month to help support the work of the seminary.  Information on
the “1852 Society” is available at the MTS display table during the week of General Assembly, and canbe accessed through our website: MemphisSeminary.edu.
In some respects, the income we receive from OUO puts us in a better position than many
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over the past twenty years.  Our income from OUO has remained relatively steady over that time
period.  However, as a percentage of our total income, OUO has fallen from almost 20% to about
3% of our operating budget.  We are grateful for the commitment of Cumberland Presbyterians to
the ministry of MTS, and all our common ministries, expressed so tangibly through giving to Our
United Outreach.
At the same time, we do not expect income from denominational contributions to increasesignificantly in the future.  This means that we are required to put more time and energy into fundraising than ever before.  We are grateful for the many alumni who have made a commitment tohelp raise funds through their own contributions, asking for their churches to contribute and also
putting MTS in their will.
G. AUDIT REPORTThe auditing firm of Cannon, Wright, Blount, PLLC. has audited the books of Memphis
Theological Seminary for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.  The audit was unqualified.  Copies of that report
have been filed with the office of the Stated Clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
Jimmy Mosby, Moderator of the Board of Trustees
Susan Parker, Interim President
Memphis Theological Seminary Board of Trustees

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THE REPORT OF THE
OUR UNITED OUTREACH COMMITTEE
The 2009 General Assembly established a denominational Our United Outreach Committee tobe made up of 12 voting representatives, one from each Synod and the rest from the church programs
and institutions.  Executives from the church programs and institutions participate on the Committee asadvisory members.  This Committee meets annually unless there is a needed called meeting.
A goal of the Our United Outreach Committee is to encourage ALL churches to contribute to Our
United Outreach.  Approximately 25 percent of the churches do not give anything with a high percentage
of other churches not giving at the 10 percent level.  This past year, 2019, the budgeted goal for Our United
Outreach was $2,600,000 – 97.74% giving was achieved.  The Committee seeks to involve ALL churcheswith Our United Outreach giving and at a greater level of participation.

I. OUR UNITED OUTREACH FUNDS ALLOCATIONThe Our United Outreach Committee met March 1, 2019, to allocate the Our United Outreachfunds for the 2020 year.  The Our United Outreach allocation basis for 2020 is $2,600,000.
A line item of $35,000 for Unification Task Force and $92,044 for the OUO Development Office,including the Director, Regional Representatives, and all expenses thereto, have been approved as guaranteedamounts and are deducted from the goal amount prior to allocation purposes.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That General Assembly adopt the following Our United Outreach
allocations for 2020:
The allocation is to be as follows:		

$2,600,000.00

Development Coordinator Office							and OUO Committee
Unification Task Force												Sub-total
127,044.00
			(Amount to be allocated)

Ministry Council				Bethel University				Children’s Home				Stewardship					General Assembly Office			Memphis Theological Seminary/				Program of Alternate Studies
Historical Foundation				
Shared Services				Contingency					Our United Outreach Goal

35,000.00

2,472,956.00$ 1,236,478.00			
123,648.00			
74,189.00			
148,377.00			
197,836.00			
173,107.00		

50%
5%
3%
6%
8%
7%

74,189.00			
395,672.00			
12,365.00			

3%
16%
.5%

(Next four items total 1.5%)
Comm. on Chaplains				
14,356.00			
Judiciary Committee				13,539.00			
Theology/Social Concerns			
5,045.00			
Nominating Committee			
4,155.00										 2,472,956.00
			92,044.00

.581%
.548%
.204%
.168%

$2,600,000.00

From the agencies listed above, all should be self-explanatory except maybe Shared Services.  
Maintenance, utilities, mowing, trash pick-up, pest extermination, and custodial are all examples of Shared
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II. OUR UNITED OUTREACH COMMITTEE REQUESTS
Our committee believes that many across our denomination may not fully understand the ministryof OUO in supporting, and making possible the entire ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  
We feel there is much work to do in educating individuals, congregations, and churches how their supportof OUO makes a difference in the life of our church.  We are searching for new ways to share the message,and promote the ministries that OUO makes possible in our denomination.
RECOMMENDATION 2: The OUO Committee request that General Assembly challengechurches to invite an OUO Representative or member of the OUO Committee to speak in theircongregations.
Respectfully submitted,
Reverend Bruce Hamilton, Chairperson
Mikel Davis, Vice-Chairperson
Robin Wills, Secretary
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THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON
MILITARY CHAPLAINS AND PERSONNEL
The General Assembly Commission on Military Chaplains and Personnel is made up of threemembers, each serving terms of three years on the Commission.  Those people are Reverend Cassandra
Thomas (2019) , Reverend Charles McCaskey (2020), and Reverend Tony Janner (2021).  They canserve up to 9 years (3 three year terms).  (Note: Reverend Thomas will rotate off the council after her
second term ends this year due to family reasons and another minister will be appointed to serve on
the commission by the GA).  These three members, along with the Stated Clerk, Reverend Michael
Sharpe, are also members of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP),
also doing business as Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies and Presbyterians Caring for Chaplains andMilitary Personnel.  The office is located at 4125 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington DC.  The Council
represents the following member denominations: Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America, Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad, and Presbyterian Church(U.S.A) in all matters relative to member chaplains who serve in all branches of the United States(U.S.) Armed Forces, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Federal Bureau of
Prisons, and United States Civil Air Patrol.  The Council ministers in appropriate ways to the familiesof Chaplains and to U.S. military personnel, veterans and their families of the member denominations.  
The Council also approves Seminary students of the member denominations for participation in the
U.S. Chaplain Candidacy programs of the military services.

I. SUPPORT OF THE PCCMP
Financial support for the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP)
is received from the four member denominations and individuals, church judicatories and individual
churches.  The constant decrease of financial support is an issue that the PCCMP is constantly dealing
with.  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church has a budget line in the denominational budget to support
the PCCMP.   The Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the individual churches have traditionallyreceived an offering on U.S. Memorial Day Sunday with those offerings being given directly to the
PCCMP for its budget.  However, other special days may be considered to receive this special offeringin the individual churches – the Sunday nearest U.S. Veterans day, “Four Chaplain’s Sunday” (the first
Sunday in February), the Sunday nearest the 4th of July or some other Sunday as a witness to support
the men and women who have or are serving in the U.S. military, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, theVeterans Affairs and the Civil Air Patrol.  These offerings should be sent to the General AssemblyStated Clerk and are forwarded to the PCCMP for the outreach, mission, and maintenance of the
PCCMP.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That each Cumberland Presbyterian Church provide an
opportunity for their congregations to receive an offering on the last Sunday of May, or anotherspecial day, to support our ministry through the PCCMP.
The PCCMP provides ecclesiastical endorsement for chaplains of the United States Armed
Forces from the four member denominations who are serving on active duty or serving the Reserves/
National Guard.  The PCCMP also endorses Ministers of Word and Sacrament who serve as chaplainsin the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Civil Air Patrol.  The PCCMP also provides special
training to chaplains and pastoral support to chaplains and their families who are endorsed for thosepositions from the four member denominations.  The PCCMP provides an influential voice for themember denominations to the U.S. National Council on Ministry to the Armed Forces in mattersrelating to the ministry and welfare of the endorsed chaplains.  The PCCMP also promotes a closer
communications between chaplains and their denominational bodies.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That individual congregations of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyerian Church in America determine and designate
special days through the year to hold up the chaplains and their families in the service to which
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II. MEETINGS, DIRECTOR, AND CPC/CPCA MEMBERS NOTESThe PCCMP, and the representatives of the member denominations normally meets at least
once a year.  This past year, the annual meeting was hosted by the Korean Presbyterian Church Abroadin Toronto, Canada.  All three CPC members were able to attend and participate in the decision makingof the council.  PCCMP Chair, Reverend Cassandra Thomas (CPC) and Director Lyman Smith led thecouncil through several days of decision-making and strategic planning.
The 2019 Annual Meeting will be hosted at the denominational headquarters of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tennessee, October 1-2, 2019.
The PCCMP held its 2018 Chaplains Credentialing Training and Family Retreat, August 5-10,
2018 in Montreat, North Carolina.  On the last night, the preacher was Chaplain Zachary Nash, USAF
Active Duty (CPC) with worship and communion support from Chaplain Candidate Garrett Burns(CPC), Reverend Sandy Thomas (CPC), Chaplain David Lockhart, US Army Active Duty (CPCA),
and an US Army active duty chaplain (KPCA).
Due to the stationing of chaplains and their families around the world with time zone challenges,
East Coast and West Coast training opportunities are planned to reach as many chaplains and theirfamilies as possible for reformed tradition renewal, Presbyterian updates, and self-care resources in2019.
Director Lyman Smith is providing excellent leadership and endorsement abilities to chaplainsand chaplain candidates.   His impeccable work with federal agencies, chaplain organizations,denominational leaders, and council members stabilized the council and its influence in multiple
spheres.   He is to be commended for his excellent service to our denomination on the behalf ofchaplains and their families and our presbyteries and congregations.
Reverend Cassandra (Sandy) Thomas (CPC) concludes her second year as chair of the council
as she rotates off the council at the 2019 Annual PCCMP Meeting.  She humbly thanks the GA for
allowing her to serve these past six years on the council.  Reverend Tony Janner is on the council’sCommunication Team and Reverend Charles McCaskey is on the council’s Pastoral Care Team.  They
provide keen insights and recommendations to the director and council.
The following is an approximate list of CPC and CPCA Chaplains (by categories) within the
PCCMP as of March 4, 2019:
CPCA: 1 Military Active Duty
CPC: 4 Military Active Duty
3 Military Reserves with 1 Pending for the Reserves
			2 Chaplain Candidates
7 Veteran Affairs (VA) with 2 Pending for the VA
13 *Retired *(Includes the 3 CPC members on the PCCMP)
Chaplain names and addresses are included in the Yearbook of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.  Information concerning the process of becoming a chaplain may be obtained by visiting the
PCCMP website: www.pccmp.org.
Submitted:
Members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Commission on Chaplains and Personnel
Reverend Cassandra (Sandy) Thomas
Reverend Tony Janner
Reverend Charles McCaskey

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THE REPORT OF THE
PERMANENT JUDICIARY COMMITTEEThe Judiciary Committee met March 7, 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama.  Present were Pam Brown,
Annetta Camp, Harry Chapman, Geoff Knight, Rachel Moses, Andy McClung, Jan Overton, Jim Ratliff,and Bill Tally.   Also present were Mike Sharpe, stated clerk, and Jaime Jordan, legal counsel.

I. INQUIRYAn inquiry to the committee asked if a person is eligible to serve simultaneously on the Board of
Directors for both Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary.  It is the committee’s opinion
that due to the limitations defined in General Assembly Bylaws 10.01.01, 10.01.02, 10.02.06, 10.02.07, aperson may not serve simultaneously on the Board of Directors for both Bethel University and Memphis
Theological Seminary.

II. COMMUNICATIONThe committee received and discussed “Arkansas Petition to 2019 Joint Meeting of the General
Assembly”.  It is the committee’s opinion that the Arkansas Petition to 2019 Joint Meeting of the General
Assembly deals with the subject of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s position on human sexuality
and, therefore, presents substantially the same question which was referred by the 2018 General Assemblyto the Permanent Judicial Committee, Unified Committee on Social Concerns, and the Ministry Council.
Because the petition presents the same question as one which remains within the control of the assembly,
the committee advises the stated clerk that it would not be in order for the Arkansas petition to be consideredby the General Assembly in its 2019 meeting.  This opinion is based on Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly
Revised, section 10, page 112.

III. REVIEW OF SYNOD MINUTES
The following synod minutes from 2018 were reviewed.  The committee appreciates the work andministries of our synods, and notes the following mistakes in the minutes:
Mission Synod•  A “secretary” was elected.  Our Rules of Order call for a “stated clerk”.
Tennessee Synod•  The minutes record that the Executive Council report was considered seriatim, but it appears
    the report was actually divided.  These are different actions (see Rules of Order 8.34 e and f).
•  No closing prayer is indicated.
•  The minutes record that Bedford County being part of Columbia Presbytery was “announced.”    It is unclear if this was informational or a ruling.
•  Copies of the incorporation papers should be included in the minutes.
•  The minutes indicate an appeal was dealt with. The appeal and written response should be    included in the minutes.
•  Nominations were treated as recommendations. This is improper. See Rules of Order 11.0.
Synod of the Midwest• No concerns
Synod of the Southeast• No concerns
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IV. REVIEW OF MISSIONS MINSTRY TEAMFUNCTIONING AS A PRESBYTERYThis committee fulfills the role of a synod in providing oversight and review of the Missions
Ministry Team as MMT functions as a presbytery in certain circumstances (GA Bylaw 11.05.06).  Thecommittee reviewed the 2018 minutes and found the following concerns:•  The minutes do not indicate that meetings were opened or closed with prayer.
•  The minutes do not indicate that a quorum was present.
•  The minutes state that a candidate was received but will be asked the constitutional questions forcandidacy at a later time.  This violates Constitution 6.15 in that the receiving body must hear the
person’s affirmative answers to the constitutional questions for candidacy before formal reception.

V. GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES
Geoff Knight was elected to serve as this committee’s representative to the 189th General Assembly.
Andy McClung was elected as the alternate.

VI. JOINT COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS
Pam Brown and Jan Overton were elected as representatives to serve on the Joint Committee on
Amendments.

VII. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE
Annetta camp is chairperson, Geoff Knight is vice-chair, and Jan Overton is secretary.
Respectfully submitted,
The Judiciary Committee

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THE REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEEThe Nominating Committee consists of a minister and a lay person from each synod, preferably fromdifferent presbyteries.  Members may serve a three year term, but cannot succeed themselves.  Cumberland
Presbyterian members of any board or committee can be re-elected to the same board after a two year
absence.  Ecumenical representatives may be re-elected to the same board after a one year absence.  With
the exception of the Nominating Committee any person elected to serve on a denominational entity may
serve three consecutive terms.  Filling an unexpired term counts as one term, thus members of any entity do
not always serve nine years before completing eligibility on a board/agency.
The members of the various Ministry Teams are no longer elected by the General Assembly, but are
to be appointed by the Ministry Council.
The Committee submits the following list of nominees:

I. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORPORATION(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(3) REV. BOBBY COLEMAN, 107 E Henson, Springdale, AR 72764, Salem Congregation, Arkansas
Presbytery, Great Rivers Synod, to succeed himself for a three-year term
(1) REV. RICKEY PAGE, 736 Rodney Drive, Nashville, TN 37205, West Nashville Congregation, Nashville
Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a three-year term

II. MINISTRY COUNCIL(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2) MS. CARLA BELLIS, 19264 Law 2170, Aurora, MO 65605, Orange Congregation, Missouri Presbytery,
Synod of Great Rivers, to succeed herself for a three-year term.
(1) MS. DEBBIE HAYES, 69 Cactus Drive, Benton, KY 42025, Unity Congregation, Covenant Presbytery,
Synod of the Midwest, for a three-year term.
(1) MR. TED SHIRAI, 25 Minami Kibogaoka, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN, Japan Presbytery,
Mission Synod, for a three-year term.
(1) REV. TIM SMITH, 214 Jeffery Drive, Fayetteville, TN 3733, Fayetteville Congregation, Columbia
Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a three-year term.
(2)REV. MIKE WILKINSON, 6900 Nubbin Ridge Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919, Knoxville Congregation,
Presbytery of East Tennessee, Southeast Synod, to succeed himself for a three-year term.
(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1) REV. MICHAEL CLARK, 2353 Blue Springs Road, Dechard, TN 37324, Winchester 1st Congregation,
Murfreesboro Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, to fill an unexpired one-year term.
YOUTH ADVISORY MEMBERS(shall be between the ages of 15 and 17 years of age, elected for a one year term
and is eligible for an additional one term)(2)MS. SYDNEY HOLDER, 6589 County Road 747, Cullman, AL 35055, Welti Congregation, Hope
Presbytery, Synod of the Southeast, for a one-year term.
(2)MS. MADISON HOLLAND, 565 County Road 17, Scottsboro, AL 35768, Scottsboro Congregation,
Robert Donnell Presbytery, Synod of the Southeast, for a one-year term.
(1) MS. LACEY YOUNG, 1211 Michael Drive, Alabaster, AL 35007, First Church Alabaster Congregation
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III. TRUSTEES OF HISTORICAL FOUNDATION(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2) MS. ROBIN MCCASKEY-HUGHES, 1205 Olde Bridge Road, Edmond, OK 73034, Stonegate
Congregation, Red River Presbytery, Mission Synod, to succeed herself for a three-year term(2) MS. ASHLEY LINDSEY, 2090 Claypool Boyce Road, Alvaton, KY 42122, Bowling Green Congregation,
Cumberland Presbytery, Synod of Midwest, to succeed herself for a three-year term.
(1)MS. MARTHA JO MIMS, 3011 Wolfe Road, Columbus, MS 39705, Mt Zion Congregation, Grace
Presbytery, Southeast Synod, for a three-year term

IV. TRUSTEES OF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1) MR. GREG ALLEN, 1138 Balbade Drive, Nashville, TN 37215, Brenthaven Congregation, Nashville
Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a three-year term
(1) REV. JILL CARR, PO Box 1547, Lebanon, MO 65536, White Oak Pond Congregation, Missouri
Presbytery, Synod of Great Rivers, for a three-year term(2) *MS. JANE ASHLEY FOLK, 4405 Dunwick Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76109, to succeed herself for athree-year term(2) *MR. LARRY HILLIARD, 206 E Bankhead Street, New Albany, MS 38652, to succeed himself for athree-year term
(1) MRS. CHERYL LESLIE, 3374 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38111, Germantown Congregation,
West Tennessee Presbytery, Synod of Great Rivers for a three-year term(1) *MS. LISANNE MARSHALL, 325 Meadow Grove Lane, Memphis, TN 38120, for a three-year term(1) *REV. DR. KEITH NORMAN, 2835 Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112, for a three-year term(2) *DR. DEBORAH SMITH, 584 E McLemore Avenue, Memphis, TN 38106, to succeed herself for athree-year term
(Members whose terms expire in 2020)(1) *MS. ANNA ROBBINS, 2714 Lombard Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111, to fill an unexpired one-year
term

V. STEWARDSHIP, FOUNDATION AND BENEFITS(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2) REV. KEN BYFORD, 23746 Highway 9 N, Piedmont, AL 36272, Piedmont Congregation, Grace
Presbytery, Southeast Synod, to succeed himself for a three-year term(2) MS. ANDREA SMITH, 1715 Water Cure Road, Winchester, TN 37398, Winchester Congregation,
Murfreesboro Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, to succeed herself for a three-year term.
(1) MRS. MARY JO RAY, 16 Nottingham Lane, Columbus, MS 39705, Mt Zion Congregation, Grace
Presbytery, Southeast Synod, for a three-year term
(1) MR. OWEN SMITH, 119 Pine Island Drive, Marshall, TX 75672, Marshall Congregation, Trinity
Presbytery, Mission Synod

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS:
VI. MILITARY CHAPLAINS AND PERSONNEL(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1) REV. SHELIA O’MARA, PO Box 170, Gadsden, TN 38337, Presbytery del Cristo, Mission Synod,
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
VII. JUDICIARY(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2) REV. JAN OVERTON, 3320 Pipeline Road, Birmingham, AL 35243, Crestline Congregation, Grace  
Presbytery, Southeast Synod, to succeed herself for a three-year term.
(2) MS. RACHEL MOSES, 1138 Blaine Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501, First Church CookevilleCongregation, Murfreesboro Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, to succeed herself for a three-year term
(1) REV. DR. ROGER REID, 637 Colburn Drive, Lewisburg, TN 37091, First Church Lewisburg
Congregation Columbia Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a three-year term.

VIII. NOMINATING(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1) MS. ALLISON CARR, PO Box 1547, Lebanon, MO 65536, White Oak Pond Congregation,
Missouri Presbytery, Synod of Great Rivers, for a three-year term
(1) MS. DIANN PHELPS, 4743 Happy Hollow Road, Hawesville, KY 42348, Dukes Congregation,
Cumberland Presbytery, Synod of Midwest, for a three-year term
(1) REV. MICAIAH TANCK, 902 Tipperary Drive, Scottsboro, AL 35768, Scottsboro Congregation,
Robert Donnell Presbytery, Southeast Synod, for a three-year term
(1) REV. BRENT WILLS, 4607 E Richmond Shop, Lebanon, TN 37090, Jerusalem Congregation,
Murfreesboro Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a three-year term

IX. OUR UNITED OUTREACH COMMITTEE(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(2) REV. BRUCE HAMILTON, 1037 Binns Drive, Monticello, AR 71655, Rose Hill Congregation,
Arkansas Presbytery, Synod of Great Rivers, to succeed himself for a three-year term
(Members whose terms expire in 2020)
YOUTH ADVISORY MEMBERS(shall be between the ages of 15 and 17 years of age, elected for a one year term
and is eligible for an additional one term)(1) MS. SIERRA ALEXANDER, 1014 Wren Street, Dyersburg, TN 38024, Dyersburg Congregation,
West Tennessee Presbytery, Synod of Great Rivers, for a one-year term
(1) MS. KAILEY SUNDSTROM, 309 Bryson Lane, Clarksville, TN 37043, Clarksville Congregation,
Nashville Presbytery, Tennessee Synod, for a one-year term
(1) MR. NATE WOOD, 17246 Highway K, Aurora, MO 65605, Orange Congregation, Missouri Presbytery,
Synod of Great Rivers, for a one-year term

X. UNIFIED COMMITTEE ON THEOLOGY AND SOCIALCONCERNS(Members whose terms expire in 2022)(1) REV. VIRGINIA ESPINOZA, PO Box 132, Boswell, OK 74727, Pigeon Roost Congregation, Choctaw
Presbytery, Mission Synod, for a three-year term
(1) REV. TERRA SISCO, 811 W Cheyenne Street, Marlow, OK 73055, Marlow Congregation, Red River
Presbytery, Mission Synod, for a three-year term
(1) REV. JO WARREN, 811 Wall Street, Morrilton, AR 72110, Trinity Congregation, Arkansas Presbytery,
Synod of Great Rivers, for a three-year term
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THE REPORT OF THE
PLACE OF MEETING COMMITTEE
The Place of Meeting Committee consists of the Moderator, a representative of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, and the Stated Clerk who serves as the chairperson.  The representative of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry is the Convention Coordinator.
The 165th General Assembly, “authorized the committee to select meeting places up to five years
in the future and that preference be given that keeps, insofar as possible, the General Assembly and theConvention of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, and guest rooms in one facility.  It is recognizedthat these places are hard to find and may cost some additional monies.  The place of meeting committee
will use its best judgment.”  The 173rd General Assembly approved exploring the use of college campuses
and very large conference centers in addition to hotels/convention centers.  When the Office of the General
Assembly receives an invitation from a congregation or a presbytery, the Stated Clerk makes a site visit.  If
adequate facilities are discovered, a follow up visit is made by the Stated Clerk, the Assistant to the StatedClerk, and the Convention Coordinator of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.
Commissioners, delegates to Conventions, and visitors are encouraged to stay at the General
Assembly/Convention hotel, to assure meeting the contracted room block.  Hotel contracts also include acommitment on food and beverages, thus it is important for boards/agencies to continue to sponsor special
meal functions.  The luncheons/dinners provide opportunities for the sponsoring agencies/boards to keep
the church informed about their respective programs, thus enhancing support.

I. INFORMATION ABOUT FUTURE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
Continued discussions with the leadership of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
regarding joint meetings of the General Assemblies in 2020 and 2021 may impact future meeting locations.
It is helpful to continue scheduling a few years in advance of the meeting to assure that adequate
hotel/convention space is available and to negotiate a good rate.   If a congregation or a presbytery isinterested in hosting the General Assembly/Convention, the Office of the General Assembly will provide
information on hosting responsibilities.   Hosting the General Assembly/Convention is a service to the
Church, allowing the Church to celebrate the good ministries occurring within a particular presbytery, andprovides persons within a presbytery the opportunity to participate more fully in the annual meeting.
In the event that no invitation is received in a particular year or a situation arises requiring a change
of venue for a particular year, the Corporate Board will be responsible for selecting a place of meeting.
The Office of the General Assembly has received an invitation from West Tennessee Presbytery tohost a future meeting of the General Assembly.

II. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS BY PRESBYTERIESThe following schedule shows the annual meetings and the year that the General Assembly last met
in the bounds of a particular presbytery.
Choctaw & Red River
  2018
Columbia
2005
Grace				 2017		East Tennessee		2003
Nashville
  2016
Covenant
2002
Cauca Valley & Andes
  2015del Cristo
2001
Tennessee-Georgia
  2014
Cumberland
2000
Murfreesboro			 2013		North Central		1980
Hope & Robert Donnell
  2012
Trinity
1969
Missouri			 2011		
Nashville
  2010West Tennessee
  2009Japan
  2008
Arkansas			 2007		
Respectfully submitted,
Michael G. Sharpe
Jo Ann Shugert
Jay Earheart-Brown

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THE REPORT OF THE UNIFIED COMMITTEE ON
THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONCERNS
I. MEETING AND OFFICERSThe Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns (UCTSC) met in Nashville, Tennesseeon November 2-3, 2018 and in Huntsville, Alabama, March 8-9, 2019.  The following officers were electedduring the fall meeting: Reverend Edmund Cox (CPCA) and Reverend Mitch Boulton (CPC) Co-Chairs;
and Reverend Nancy Fuqua (CPCA), Secretary.

II. EXPIRATION OF TERMS
The Committee notes that the terms of service for Reverend Byron Forester, Elder Joy Wallace
expire in 2019.  Reverend John Smith resigned from the committee to join the Presbyterian Church (USA).

III. GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVEThe Committee elected Reverend Edmund Cox (CPCA) to serve as the representative to the meetingof the CPC/CPCA General Assembles in Huntsville, Alabama.  Reverend Lisa Scott (CPC) was elected as
the alternate.

IV. GENERAL ASSEMBLY REFERRALThe 188th CPC General Assembly referred to the UCTSC to work jointly with the Permanent
Judiciary Committee and Ministry Council to develop a position statement on the issues of human sexuality
and to present the statement to the 189th General Assembly.  The UCTSC received many study papers on
the subject and are grateful to those who submitted papers.  Due to the complexity, various opinions andcultural differences on human sexuality, the UCTSC has not been able to finalize a statement in time for thisyear’s General Assembly
RECOMMENDATION 1: The UCTSC requests more time to consider other pertinent
information from various perspectives in order to set forth a loving, Biblical and theological soundresponse.
The UCTSC will continue it’s work on the referral, by seeking to hear voices from within the
church that would like to speak to this issue.  Anyone who would like to speak to the UCTSC, is invited
to contact either Co-Chairs or the Secretary of the committee.  Contact information can be found on the
UCTSC website (www.cumberland.org/uctsc).

V. STUDY PAPERS
The Committee is currently reviewing the following study papers.  1. “A Theological Statement on
Inclusion of the LGBTQIA Community in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.”  2. “Human Sexuality
in the Bible”.   3. “Homosexuality Activity and Marriage in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church”.   4.
“Authority of Jesus”.  The Committee expects to complete its review of these papers prior to the meetingsof the 190th General Assemblies.

VI. WORKS IN PROGRESSThe UCTSC has developed guidelines for a theological/social concerns panel made up ofrepresentatives of the CPC/CPCA to address emerging issues in a timelier way.  Panel responses would nothave the official sanction of the CPC or CPCA but would provide useful reflections for persons in our two
churches. The Committee expects to launch the panel during 2019. Communications announcing the panel
and its work will be distributed to both churches.

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Unified Committee on Theology and Social Concerns

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THE REPORT OF THE UNIFICATION TASK FORCE
I. MEETING AND OFFICERSThe Unification Task Force of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (CPCA) and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC) since the last meeting of the General Assemblies: November 1-2,
2018 and March 21-22, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.  Officers elected are: Elton Hall and Steve Mosley- co-chairs; and Craig White and Jay Earheart-Brown - secretaries.  Other members of the UTF from the
CPCA are: Leon Cole, Arthur Heywood, Lynne Herring, William Robinson, and Mitchell Walker.  Other
members from the CPC are: Perryn Rice, Robert Rush, Gloria Villa-Diaz, Joy Warren, and Mike Sharpe.
Steve Mosley and Perryn Rice were elected to serve as representatives of the UTF to the meetingsof the General Assemblies in Huntsville, Alabama.

II. WORK OF THE TASK FORCE
Members of the UTF have traveled widely in our two churches, and spoken to many different
gatherings of Cumberland Presbyterians, answering questions and providing educational sessions about
the Plan of Union.  We have also written articles for the church magazines, and worked to advocate for
Unification at every opportunity.  Members of our Task Force have covenanted to pray for unity between
our churches at noon each day, and we continue to seek God’s will for our churches.
We have consulted with the attorneys for our two churches and continue to seek the best way tobring about the proposed unification - the way that will be least disruptive, most cost effective, and honoring
to the traditions of both denominations.

III. PLAN OF UNION
Our latest revisions have been completed during this year with advice from counsel, and taking into
account continued input from across our churches.  Believing that the time is right for our two churches todecide if the time is right to move ahead, we offer the Plan of Union with the prayer that it will receive favorfrom commissioners to the General Assemblies of the CPCA and the CPC.
PROPOSED PLAN OF UNION
A Brief Overview
The 2014 General Assemblies, in concurrent session at Chattanooga, Tennessee, approved forstudy a Proposed Plan of Union.  That plan has been distributed widely across both denominations , andhas generated a great deal of discussion and feedback.  For almost four years the plan has been studied. We
are grateful for all the responses the Task Force has received, both positive and negative.  The Task Force
has carefully studied the responses, from the table discussions at Chattanooga, to the surveys distributed
at Presbytery meetings and on-line, to individual letters received by the GA offices and by members of
the Task Force.  On the basis of all the responses to the proposed plan, and several meetings attended bymembers of the Task Force, we voted in our November meeting not to ask for a formal vote on the plan atthe 2016 meetings of the General Assembly, which would have been the earliest possible date for such a
vote.
We, instead, spent significant time revising the Proposed Plan of Union, and presented it to the
concurrent meetings of the two General Assemblies in 2016, with the recommendation that the revised plan
be approved for study in the two churches.  At the 2017 General Assemblies, meeting concurrently near
Tampa, Florida, we proposed that 2017-2019 both churches devote two years to relationship building andcontinued study of the Plan of Union.  We then suggested that the plan be put to a vote at the concurrent
General Assemblies meeting in Huntsville, Alabama in June of 2019.  If approved by both Assemblies, thePlan of Union would be sent to the Presbyteries of both churches for approval of the Plan between the 2019and 2020 Assemblies.  If approved by a majority of Presbyteries of both churches, the 2020 Assemblies
would meet to finalize their business, adjourn sine die, and organize the new Assembly of the United
Church in 2021.
While we do not know what the outcome of such a vote at next year’s assemblies will be, we on the
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at the present, but put our energies into our cooperating when and where we can as brothers and sisters inChrist.  It is our sincere desire as members of the Task Force to see this union happen, and we have been
deeply enriched by our work together on this project for the past six years.  But ultimately it is the churches
who must decide this matter.
We urge the commissioners to the 2018 General Assemblies to read the Plan carefully and make any
proposed amendments the Assemblies would like to see incorporated into the plan this year, so that the Task
Force will have time to incorporate those changes before next year’ s vote.  Of course, the 2019 Assemblies
will have the opportunity to amend the Plan before approving it, but amendments made next year will haveto be dealt with in a well-structured manner in order to receive consideration by both Assemblies.
During the April meeting (2018), we decided to write, with consultation from our attorneys, draft
Bylaws, Standing Rules, and Constitutional Amendments that will be circulated to both churches prior to
the vote in 2019, so that there are as few details left hanging as possible.  We hope to have those documents
ready for distribution prior to the 2019 General Assembly meetings, so that commissioners and others will
have ample time to study them prior to the vote.
With thanksgiving to God for the relationships we have developed as we have worked together forthe past six years, and in hopes that all Cumberland Presbyterians may one day live and work together in
one church, the UTF submits the following Proposed Plan of Union.

Proposed Plan for Union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America“There is one, holy, universal, apostolic church. She is the body of Christ, who is her Head and Lord”(Confession of Faith 5.01).  “The church is one because her head and Lord is one, Jesus Christ.  Her onenessunder her Lord is manifested in the one ministry of word and sacrament, not in any uniformity of covenantal
expression, organization, or system of doctrine” (5.02).  “The church, as the covenant community of believers
who are redeemed, includes all people in all ages, past, present, and future, who respond in faith to God’scovenant of grace, and all who are unable to respond, for reasons known to God, but who are saved by his
grace” (5.06).  It is on this belief that the Unification Task Force recommends the union of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America (CPCA) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC).  We are one inChrist by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit!  We believe that becoming one will strengthen
our witness as Christian believers in the world, and that together we will be able to accomplish more for theglory of God.  United together in Christ by faith, we are united to one another in love.  In this communion
we share the grace of Christ with one another, bear one another’s burdens, and reach out to all other persons(Confession of Faith 5.10).
1.00 Mission Statement for the New Church
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United affirms the great commission of Christ: “Go, therefore, andmake disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.  And remember I am with you
until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20).  We celebrate our oneness in faith.  As disciples, we seek
through worship, global witness, and service to be the hands and feet of Christ and to live out the love ofJesus Christ to the glory of God.
2.00 The Confession of Faith and Government
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will use the Confession of Faith and Government of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, approved by both
General Assemblies of the former denominations in 1984 as its system of faith and government.
2.01  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will use the Catechism for Cumberland Presbyterians(2008) for instruction in the faith and will include it in an updated edition of the Confession of Faith andGovernment of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.
2.02  The CP Digest (CPC) and Summaries of Actions (for both denominations) will continue to serve as
resource tools.  A new Digest will begin with the formation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.
3.00 The Presbyteries and Synods
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new church, with the following presbyteries in each –Synod A*
Brazos River
Del Cristo
Red RiverHong Kong
Japan
Choctaw

Synod B*
Angelina
Arkansas
East Texas
Trinity
Andes
Cauca Valley
Emaus

Synod C
Covenant
Missouri
New Hopewell
Purchase
West Tennessee

Synod D
Cleveland, Ohio
Cumberland
North Central
Ohio Valley

Synod E
Columbia
Elk RiverMurfreesboro
Nashville

Synod F
East Tennessee
Hiawassee
Tennessee-Georgia
East Coast Korean

Synod G
Florence
Hope
HuntsvilleRobert Donnell
Tennessee Valley

Synod H
Birmingham
Grace
South Alabama
Tuscaloosa

For relationship building during the first six years, all synods will be encouraged to hold an annual
general meeting (Constitution 8.2) as opposed to a delegated meeting.   Synods may petition General
Assembly at any point for a change in boundaries.
* NOTE: There are dreams for organizing a third presbytery in Asia. As soon as it is practical to do so,whether before or after union, two additional synods could be constituted. Synod I would include Andes,
Cauca Valley, Emaus and any other presbyteries organized in Latin America. Synod J would include Hong
Kong, Japan, and any other presbyteries organized in Asia.
3.02  Presbyteries will remain as they are constituted at the time of union.  During the first six years of the
new church’s life, synods will be encouraged to study the most beneficial presbyterial boundaries within
their jurisdiction to fulfill of the mission of the church.  Presbyteries may petition their synod at any time
for a change in boundaries.
4.00 Commissioners and Youth Advisory Delegates to the General Assembly
4.01  Commissioners to General Assembly - Each Presbytery will be entitled to send 2 minister commissioners
and 2 elder commissioners to the General Assembly.
NOTE:   If presbytery boundaries remain as currently constituted at the time of unification, this willallow for a total possible membership in the General Assembly of 152 commissioners.  Of these potentialcommissioners, 60 would come from former presbyteries of the CPCA, and 92 would come from the former
CPC.
4.02   Youth Advisory Delegates - Each presbytery will be entitled to send up to two Youth Advisorydelegates to the General Assembly.
5.00 Moderator and Vice Moderator of General Assembly
5.01  The moderator/vice moderator will be elected each year during the first six years with the two offices
alternating between persons from the two former denominations.
5.02  The moderator and vice moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will reflect its diverse
nature, to include international representatives.  The church expects the moderator and vice moderator totravel within the denomination, sharing and gathering information among its local churches.  Expenses andparticular duties will be detailed in the Bylaws of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.
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6.01  The new church shall employ a Stated Clerk and an Associate Stated Clerk.  Both positions will be
full-time jobs.  During the first six years of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United, the Stated Clerk
will serve six years and the Associate Stated Clerk will serve four years, after which each would be elected
for a four-year period.  One position will be filled by a former CPCA and the other position filled by aformer CPC during their first terms.  The subsequent election of each position will allow for continuity
during transitions.  Particular duties and responsibilities of the Stated Clerk and Associate Stated Clerk will
be detailed in the Bylaws of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.  
7.00 Boards and Agencies of the General Assembly
7.01  Each church has programs in various stages of planning and implementation that are the result ofcommitment to ministry through the church.  Insofar as possible, these plans and programs will be continued
without interruption for a period of three years.   The Cumberland Presbyterian Church has covenantal
relationships with the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas and Bethel University
in McKenzie, Tennessee.  These covenantal relationships will remain in effect as they exist at the time ofUnification, to be renewed every four years.  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will continue
ecumenical partnerships, such as with the World Communion of Reformed Churches
7.02 Institutional Boards
The General Assembly shall have the following institutional boards: Trustees of Memphis TheologicalSeminary to include the Program of Alternate Studies and School of Continuing Education Committee, andTrustees of the Historical Foundation.  Representation on each Board of Trustees will remain as they are
constituted at the time of union.  
7.03 Administrative Boards
The General Assembly shall have the following administrative Boards: The Board of Stewardship,
Foundation and Benefits and The Board of Directors of the General Assembly Corporation.   During
the transition period, each of these boards will have equal number of members from each of the former
denominations.
7.04 Commission
The General Assembly shall have the following commission: Chaplains and Military Personnel.
Representation on the commission will be merged as they are constituted at the time of union until naturalrotation occurs.
7.05 Standing Committees
The General Assembly shall have the following standing committees: Theology and Social Concerns,
Judiciary, Our United Outreach, Nominating, and Multi-Cultural Ministry.
Committee representation on the Theology and Social Concerns Committee will remain asconstituted at the time of union until natural rotations occurs.
Judiciary and Nominating committees in both denominations will each be merged at the time ofunion.
Committee representation for Our United Outreach will be expanded to include two elected
representatives from each new synod (one voting representative from each of the former denominations
until natural rotation occurs).
The Committee on Multi-Cultural Ministry is a new committee that will reflect the diversity of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.  This committee will be comprised of eight (8) elected persons
that will reflect the celebrative understanding of humanity in the areas of culture, language, heritage, andexperience in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.  Believing that all have been created in God’s
image, this committee works to answer the question of our sameness in God’s image lived out in diverseways.
7.06 Program Board
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will have a Mission and Ministry Program Board to provide
coordination and oversight for those ministries formally planned and implemented by the two former
denominations.   After the three-year period, the new programming and denominational structure willconsist of the following ministry teams and auxiliaries:•   Christian Education & Nurture (Youth Convention & National Sunday School Convention,

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Discipleship Ministry Team)•  Missions (Evangelism, Missionary Auxiliary, Women’s Ministry, Missions Ministry Team)•  Clergy Care & Development (Pastoral Development Ministry Team)•  Communications (Cumberland Flag, Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine, Missionary Messenger,
Ministry Council website, Communications Ministry Team)
Composition of each ministry team will include equal number of persons from each of the former
denominations in the new church at the time of union.  Composition of the new Missions and Ministry
Program Board will include one staff person (serving as an advisory member) and one elected member
from each ministry team, along with one elected member representing each of the synods.  The elected
members will be equally representative of the two former denominations for the first six years.  A Ministry
Coordinator would provide executive leadership for the Mission and Ministry Program Board.
8. Denominational Staff & Personnel
The current breakdown of the number of denominational staff by the employing entities housed ateach Denominational Center is as follows:
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America Center in Huntsville, AL
General Assembly Office – 2.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Center in Memphis, TN
General Assembly Office – 2, Board of Stewardship – 3, Central Accounting – 1,
Historical Foundation – 2, Ministry Council – 17 (5 of which have distant office locations).
8.01 The new organizational structure will discontinue the positions of Administrative Director (CPCA)
and the Director of Ministries (CPC) and will create the positions of Associate Stated Clerk and Mission
and Ministry Program Coordinator.  The Stated Clerk and Associate Stated Clerk will be elected during
the General Assembly of 2021.  The Mission and Ministry Program Coordinator will be employed by theMission and Ministry Program Board.
8.02  Staffing for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will reflect the diversity of the new church.  
As new staff positions become available, equal opportunity employment practices will prevail.
8.03  Denominational Offices –During the first six years, steps are to be taken to assure that regional sites
be located in a minimum of three and a maximum of five locations.  Thus, neither the Center in Huntsvillenor the Center in Memphis will be designated as “the denominational center.”  By placing regional sites
in a variety of locations this will assure that all areas of the church will be served equally.  These regionalsites can make use of offices in existing churches, or in homes of regional staff persons.  Possible regional
locations could be Memphis, Huntsville, Louisville, Texas, South America, Asia, etc.
8.04 Global Staff -  There will be endorsed missionaries, mission liaisons, and partner missionaries in the
new church.  The new church will continue to support current and future missionaries and global work.
Current missionaries include – Patrick and Jessica Wilkerson  (Colombia, South America), Beth Wallace
missionary emeritus (Colombia, South America), Fhanor and Socorro Pejendino (Guatemala), Daniel &Kay Jang (Philippines), Kenneth & Delight Hopson (Uganda), Josue and Sara Guerrero (Brazil), Wilson
and Diana Lopez (Spain), David and Sarah Lee (Cambodia), Missionaries in undisclosed countries (2), CP
missionaries supported by their presbyteries – Iwao Satoh, Mission liaisons working in Haiti and Brazil.
Undisclosed (yet to be announced) missionary couple to be deployed to Guatemala.
9.00 Stewardship and Finance9.01 Legal control of assets of both churches will be transferred to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
United through appropriate legal transaction.  The intent of all designated gifts and endowments will behonored.
9.02 The Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will develop an approach to the financing of the programsof the church that reflects the stewardship understanding of the new constituency.  Such a unitary approach
will be developed as soon as possible after formation and no later than the end of the first six years.
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the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.  All future ordinations will be governed by the conditions
specified in the Constitution.  Persons who are recognized by their respective presbyteries as candidates
and licentiates at the time the new church is formed will fulfill the requirements as specified by presbytery
at the time they became probationers.  
11.00 The Name of the New Denomination
The name of the denomination shall be the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United.
12.00 The Logo of the New Church
A new logo will be fashioned by the new church.

III. REVISED TIMELINE FOR THE PLAN OF UNION· 2019 – Meeting concurrently in Huntsville, Alabama, the two assemblies vote on approving
the Plan of Union, Draft Bylaws and Draft Constitutional Amendments, pending approval of a majorityof presbyteries of the two churches. Any Constitutional amendments are sent to the Joint Committee on
Amendments for review and preparation of final wording. Both Judiciary committees and Joint Committee on Amendments will be reviewing draft documents at their March meeting.
· 2019-2020 – If approved by a majority of both assemblies, the Plan is sent to the Presbyteries of bothchurches for approval (Much like a Constitutional Amendment is circulated to Presbyteries for ratification).
· 2020 – The two Assemblies, meeting concurrently, announce the vote of their Presbyteries, andif approved by a majority of both, vote on final approval of Bylaws and Standing Rules for the General
Assembly of the new church (2/3 vote of approval necessary).  Constitutional amendments reviewed andprepared by the Joint Committee on Amendments are approved (3/4 vote of approval necessary to referamendments to Presbyteries for approval, and 3/4 of presbyteries, voting by simple majority, needed toapprove amendments).  If both assemblies approve Bylaws, the two assemblies vote to adjourn sine die,and will meet in 2021 to organize the new Assembly of the united Church.  The Unification Task Force isdismissed, and an Implementation Task Force is elected to guide the transition for the first few years to thenew denomination.
• 2021 – The new Cumberland Presbyterian Church United is officially organized.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That this Proposed Plan for Union be adopted by the General
Assemblies of the CPCA and the CPC; and that upon such approval, it be forwarded to the presbyteriesof the CPCA and the CPC for ratification during the 2019-2020 year. Presbyteries will be instructedto submit a report of their vote to their respective General Assembly clerks in time to be announced
by the 2020 General Assemblies.

IV. UNITY SUNDAY
Both denominations have added unity Sunday to our calendars for the fourth Sunday in June.  We
encourage presbyteries to encourage their churches to observe this day as a time to give thanks to God forthe unity we have in Christ, and to pray for greater unity among all Cumberland Presbyterians.
Members of this Task Force are deeply grateful for the trust placed in us, and the opportunity
afforded us to work on this task over the past several years. Our lives have been enriched by new anddeepened relationships, and our knowledge of and appreciation for our two denominations has been
increased immeasurably.
Respectfully submitted,
Unification Task Force
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THE REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF BETHEL UNIVERSITY
The 2018-2019 Bethel University school year has been a very busy year for our University.  OurFall 2018 total enrollment was 4,850 students.  1,315 of these students attend classes on our McKenzie
campus.  Another 168 attend in our Health Sciences College in the Physician Assistant Program, Nursing
Program and the Athletic Training Program.  The remainder 3,367 students attend either our adult programsor our dual enrollment programs in local Tennessee High Schools.
In the calendar year of 2018, we submitted our 10 year Reaffirmation Plan to Southern Associationof Colleges and Universities Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).  It was a University wide effect.  In
December 2018, at the annual SACSCOC meeting, we found that we were reaffirmed and reaccredited foranother 10 years.  We will have to send a financial monitoring report this October, 2019, to SACSCOC for
our only follow-up.  Our next 10 year reaffirmation plan for SACSCOC will be 2028.
Our Board of Trustees has announced that our long awaited Chapel should be completed during
the 2020-2021 academic school year.  As we write this report, our architects are finalizing the plans for ourcurrent site, adjacent to our Vera Low Center for Student Enrichment.  Initial plans have the chapel seatingover 1,200 at worship.
During this current academic year, Bethel has seen many awards/honors for our students.  Our Bass
Fishing Team was crowned National Champions for 2018 and The Bass Fishing Team of the year (the firsttime ever a school has received both awards).  Our sport programs have also been awarded The Gold Medal
for Champions of Character.  That is the highest award a school can be given and is not based on wins andlosses, but is based on a team’s GPA, Character and Service.  Both basketball teams went to the National
Tournament and our football team finished the regular season 10-0.
Our students have traveled on medical and humanitarian trips to Belize, Cuba, Columbia, andThailand this year.  Our Global Studies Department is growing fast and new trips are being planned.  If you
are interested in joining our group on a trip contact freemans@bethelu.edu.
In March of 2019, we finally won in our lawsuit with The Tennessee State Board of Education over
our ability to propose students for teacher licensure.  You may recall in July of 2016, The State of Tennessee
Department of Education said we could no longer recommend students for teacher licensure.  We had 7
court appearances and prevailed in every one.  There are now no more appeals available to The State ofTennessee.  The decision by The State of Tennessee, in July of 2016, has financially been very harmful toBethel University.  We are hopeful The State of Tennessee will make some financial amends.
Finally, we are excited to partner with The Memphis Theological Seminary and a donor in the“Whosoever Will Ministry Bridge” program.  Students from Bethel University who go on to attend theMemphis Theological Seminary can be eligible for a $1,000.00 tax free stipend for 60 months.  It is themost innovative idea to grow The Cumberland Presbyterian Church we have ever seen.
Please pray for Bethel University.  Please donate to Bethel University.  Please visit Bethel University.
Bethel Forevermore!
Dr. Walter Butler, President
Bethel University

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THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN’S HOME
Introduction
Because of the life-giving grace through Jesus Christ, we at Cumberland Presbyterian Children’sHome serve God by serving others.  We accept individuals as they are and help them through their journey.
We build relationships with those we serve through strength-based love and support.  We want our children
and families to be empowered as we strive to achieve excellence through our mission work.  Our mission
statement is:
In response to Christ’s love and example
we serve children and families by providing healing and hope.
Our ministry has continually focused on serving children and families for over 115 years.

I. OUR GOAL
Our goal is for children to be protected and live free from abuse and neglect while healing from thedevastating impacts of past trauma.  We do this in our Children’s Residential Program by providing both
emergency shelter and long term residential care to youth in foster care, so they flourish in a safe place.  In
addition to housing, we provide therapeutic services such as weekly individual and group counseling, casemanagement, life skills training and other supportive services.  The Family Residential Program provides
transitional housing, case management, counseling, parent education and other supportive services to single
parent families who are experiencing crisis.  The goal of the Family Residential Program is to help families
find a new beginning and work toward independence and healing.  Our goal is to engage our community byhaving a thriving volunteer program and welcoming environment for all who support us in our undertaking
by building relationships with our community partners and individuals who wish to make a difference in the
lives of children and families.  We serve to bring ourselves and others closer to God.

II. OUR VALUES
Our values are based on the greatest commandments.  Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength: this is the first commandment.  Thesecond is this: Love your neighbor as yourself.  There is no commandment greater than these.  Mark 12:30-31.
All we are and all we do at the Children’s Home is an act of love for our neighbors.  Our neighbors
who are so in need.  The Child Welfare Information Gateway reported 437,465 children in foster care acrossthe country.  Within Texas Region 3, where the Children’s Home is located, there are 3,681 children in
foster care, but only 214 homes for these children.  National statistics indicate that children in foster careare nine time more likely to commit a crime, 25 time likely to get pregnant as a teenager and there is a 30%
chance they will continue the cycle of abuse against their own children.
The Children’s Home provides hope and healing for vulnerable children and families as an act oflove for God and our neighbors.  We use our guiding principles of faith, acceptance, care, and excellence inall we do at the Children’s Home.

III. OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND GOVERNANCE
Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home is a non-profit and tax exempt under IRS Code section
501(c)(3).  Our board currently has 15 trustees (up to 18 total) and they meet twice per year in February and
September.  Ten of those seats must be filled by members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church or the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church of America.

IV. OUR CURRENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chair: Mr. Charles Harris; Vice Chair: Mr. Brian Martin; Secretary: Mrs. Guin Tyus; Board at
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Patricia Long; Mr. Cameron Marone; Reverend Joyce Merritt; Mr. Knight Miller; Reverend Dr. Perryn
Rice; Mr. Sam Suddarth; Mr. Jay Thomas; and Mr. Matthew Whitten.

V. FINANCIALS
Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home depends on denominational support, OUO, donations,grants, planned-giving, investments, fee for service revenue, and endowments to operate.  Relationships
with our donors are essential to growing and expanding our relationships to others who wish to be involved
with our mission.  We need your support.  We need monetary donations, gifts in kind, and benefit fromannual and legacy giving.  Our goal is to provide the best care and the best environment for our children
and families.  The following is the breakdown in revenue received in these key categories.  Based on ourannual audit, in 2017 the Children’s Home received the following in donations and revenue for our home.
•  25% in individual contributions and grants•  23% in Texas Department of Family & Protective Services reimbursement revenue•  2% in other program fees
•  2% in denomination support•  3% in income on long term investments•  13% on unrealized gains on investments•  1% on oil and gas royalties•  16% on rental revenue
In 2019, the Children’s Home is working hard to decrease costs and ensure we are being goodstewards of the donations and support we have received throughout our history.  Continued giving allows
us to fulfill our mission and build our endowments.  The Children’s Home legacy continues to flourish.
Cumberland spends approximately 83% of all revenue on our children and families.  The small reminder isspent on administrative and fundraising costs.

VI. OUR PROGRAMS
A. CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
The Children’s Home has two cottages dedicated to long term residential care and one emergency
shelter cottage that provide housing and services for children in foster care who have been removed fromtheir homes as a result of abuse or neglect.
Cole Cottage: A long term care cottage that serves 8 children, boys and girls, ages 11-17 with abasic or moderate level of care.  In addition to residential housing, we provide case management, weekly
counseling with on-site therapists, life skills training, mentoring, culturally competent activities, spiritualdevelopment, access to individualized therapeutic activities and access to medical, dental and behavioral
health.  The average length of stay in Cole Cottage is approximately one year.
Heard Cottage: A long term care cottage that serves 10 girls ages 11-17 with a specialized level ofcare.  Children who need specialized level of care have severe problems in one or more areas of functioning,
including: unpredictable, non-violent, anti-social acts, physical aggression, withdrawal and isolation, selfinjurious actions, primary diagnosis of substance abuse or dependency, developmental delays or intellectual
disabilities, medical or habilitative needs that require assistance.  Beyond long term residential care, theChildren’s Home treatment team and chaplain provide case management, weekly individual and group
counseling with on-site therapist, life skills training, mentoring, culturally competent activities, spiritualdevelopment, access to individualized therapeutic activities and access to medical and dental care.  Theaverage length of stay for the Specialized Cottage is anticipated to be six months.
Currie Long Cottage: A emergency shelter for foster care youth ages 5-17.  We serve 8 children
with an average length of stay of approximately 90 days.   The Children’s Home treatment team andchaplain provide case management, weekly counseling with on-site therapists, life skills training, culturallycompetent activities, spiritual development, and access to medical and dental care.  
B. FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
This program serves single parent families in crisis by providing transitional housing, casemanagement, family counseling, financial coaching through United Way and education assistance througha local community college.  Our program helps them work toward self-sufficiency and independence.  We
have four duplexes on campus that serve eight families and up to 36 children between them.  Eligibility
for the Family Residential Program requires participants be at or below 80% of the HUD income limits fortheir family size, have full custody of at least one child, be employed or in school full time, have a reliable

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transportation, must pass a criminal background check and drug test and must be willing to fully participate
in weekly case management, counseling and parenting classes.  The average length of stay for single parent
families is one year.

VII. OUR SUCCESSESIn 2018, we served approximately 68 children in our Children’s Residential Program and 12 single
parent families in our Family Residential Program.  We provided 472 counseling sessions to children in
our residential program and 274 counseling session to families in our program.  We also have a growing
volunteer base filled with individuals from churches, business organizations, educational institutes, and ourcommunity who wish to become involved in our ministry.
It’s important to understand both our quantitative impact and the number of children and families
we serve, but also the qualitative impact.  We would like to share a recent success story from both ourChildren’s Residential Program and our Family Residential Program.
Children’s Residential Program Success: Isabella (her name has been changed) came to Cumberland
in our emergency shelter at the age of 14 and worked her way into our long term care program.  Prior tocoming to Denton, all of her siblings had been adopted, but Isabella had spent 4,272 days in foster care,been in 20 different placements and attended 12 different schools.  While here she was further devastated by
two failed adoptions.  But being with us for an extended period of time helped Isabella learn better ways todeal with her feelings, she began to trust others and was able to positively interact with others.  While living
at the Children’s Home, one of her teachers at Denton High School decided to foster Isabella.  Her teacher
and new foster mother sent us an update last month.  She said: “I saw in the classroom that she had a heartof gold and learned that she wanted nothing more than to share her heart with a family.  We’re proud toannounce that we finalized her adoption yesterday!!!  Isabella thought we were at the courthouse for family
pictures.  When we announced to her that this was actually her adoption day...I wish you could have seen
her reaction!  She couldn’t believe it at first and then proceeded to double over and cry many tears of joy!
Thank you for your support along the way!”
Family Residential Program Success: Maritza (her name has been changed) lived at the Children’sHome for about a year.  She recently told us, “My daughters and I experienced emotional abuse and physicaltrauma before moving to Cumberland’s Family Residential Program.  My husband leaving us and losing
my home was devastating for me, but even more so for my daughters.  After that, my daughter was also
diagnosed with Leukemia. Cumberland helped us by providing low-cost housing and case management
to help sort through all the difficult circumstances.  We were also able to see a counselor to help us workthrough some emotional issues.  The Journey’s class helped me learn to be a better parent and helped melearn to manage my finances and really just helped me to be a better person in general.  It has really beena blessing to be here at Cumberland.  The support and love that we have received has helped me begin totrust in God again.  Knowing there is a place like Cumberland to help my family is what I needed to show
my daughters that there is a God.  Thank you for your support.”

VIII. OUR STAFF
Our staff is passionate about the work they do.  We work each day to carry out the mission that God
has called us to do.  We invite everyone to come and visit.  Come and join us in our work so that we canmake a difference in the lives of others together.  We want to continue to share the news about the amazing
work we do at Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home.  We are thankful for our staff, our board, ourdonors, our supporters, and our friends.  Please keep the Children’s Home close in your prayers.
Respectfully submitted,
Courtney Banatoski
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THE REPORT OF THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS
The Joint Committee on Amendments met March 7. 2019, in Huntsville, Alabama.  Representing
the CPCA were Willie Cowan and Vanessa Midgett.  Representing the CPC were Geoff Knight and Jan
Overton.  Also present were Craig White (Stated Clerk, CPCA), Mike Sharpe (Stated clerk, CPC), Jaime
Jordan (legal counsel, CPC), and Andy McClung (secretary).

I. REFERRALS
The committee reviewed the proposed constitutional amendments referred to us by the 188th
General Assembly, slightly adjusted the wording of the proposed amendment to 7.06 to make it morecompatible with CPCA structure, and approved these proposed amendments as ready to be placed before
the 189th General Assembly.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That the Preamble to the Constitution be amended by inserting
the following paragraph between the first and second existing paragraphs: “Cumberland Presbyterian
congregations are found around the world. While the mission of the church is the same everywhere,
the forms and structures of the Constitution and Rules of Discipline do not always fit seamlessly withthe cultures, traditions, and legal systems of some countries. In countries other than the United States
the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of Discipline should be applied so far as possible, but
the Constitution and Rules of Discipline are, at heart, documents which exist to promote spiritual
objectives. If there are instances in which the letter of the Constitution and/or Rules of Discipline
cannot be applied without compromising the mission of the church and the spiritual objectives
identified in the Confession of Faith, it is the spirit of the law, rather than the letter, which must
prevail.”That Constitution 3.03 be amended to read: “The authority of each level of church government
is limited by the stated provisions of the Constitution. Although each judicatory exercises exclusive
original jurisdiction over all the matters specifically belonging to it, the lower judicatories are subject
to the review and appellate authority of the next higher judicatory.”
That Constitution 3.35 be amended to read: “A particular church shall not sell, convey,
lease, pledge, mortgage, or encumber its real property used for purposes of worship, nurture, or
ministry without the written permission of the presbytery in which the particular church is located,transmitted through the session of the particular church. In granting its permission, the presbytery
does not become a party to the church’s agreement, nor a guarantor of any indebtedness.”
That Constitution 7.06, which refers to the relationships of pastor, assistant/ associate
pastor, stated supply, and interim pastor, be amended to read “A person shall enter into one of these
relationships with a particular church only with the approval of the presbytery in the bounds ofwhich the particular church is located. The church session shall bear responsibility for the selectionof the person, and the presbytery’s approval shall relate to the person’s ministerial credentials,
commitment to the theology and government of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church/Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America, and standing in his or her current presbytery, if any. The presbytery
may authorize its board of missions or equivalent body to act on its behalf in examining the call andto give tentative approval to a relationship between a particular church and a minister, licentiate, or
candidate, subject to formal approval at a meeting of the presbytery.”That Constitution 8.5(f) be amended to read “In general, to order with respect to thepresbyteries, sessions, and churches under its care according to the government of the church,whatever pertains to their spiritual welfare and the edification of the church.”That Constitution 9.4 (d) be amended to read “Institute and review the work of denominational
entities.”
That Constitution 9.4(g) be amended to read “Take care that the lower judicatories observe
the government of the church and exercise its review and appellate authority to redress what they
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That Constitution 9.4(m) be amended to read “Keep watch over the affairs of the wholechurch.”II. UNIFICATIONThe committee reviewed potential constitutional amendments to Constitution 9.2, 10.5,11.1, 11.2,
11.3, 3.32a & b which will be necessary if unification of the CPC and CPCA occurs, noting that the two
Assemblies will need to specify when the changes take effect.
Respectfully submitted,
The Joint Committee on Amendments

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THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYEVALUATION COMMITTEE

Relative to Memphis Theological Seminary and the Historical Foundation
To the 189th Meeting of General Assembly on June 9-14, 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama.

I. MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
A. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIRECTIVE
1.   The 188th General Assembly charged the Evaluation Committee with the responsibility ofassessment of the Memphis Theological Seminary with respect to:•  Make-up of the Board of Trustees of the Memphis Theological Seminary;•  Short and long term goals of the Board of Trustees;•  Board’s fiduciary responsibilities and the governance of the Seminary;•  Financial solvency and stability of the Seminary;•  Recruitment and hiring procedures of the faculty and staff of the Seminary;•  Recommendations to the General Assembly related to the Board of Trustees;•  Curriculum and theology taught at the Memphis Theological Seminary as it relates to the practices
and beliefs of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church as set forth in the Confession of Faith;•  Make-up (theological/diversity) of the faculty (full-time and adjunct) and staff of the Seminary;•  Practical preparation and skill set training provided by the Seminary to equip and prepare seminary
students to become and succeed as ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church;•  Statistical review of the placement of recent graduates of the Seminary in churches within the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church;•  Relationship between the Seminary and the Presbyteries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church;•  Recommendations to the General Assembly for improvement of the faculty, staff, curriculum andprograms provided by the Seminary based upon the above assessment.
•  Other relevant area of inquiry as determined by the Evaluation Committee.
2.  The Evaluation Committee met with the interim President, Dr. Susan Parker, and a member  of the committee attended a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary.  This
preliminary report addresses the following items referred by General Assembly.
B. THE MISSION OF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1. Clarification of the purpose of MTS.
a.  Is it primarily an ecumenical mission of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with a secondary
purpose of educating Cumberland Presbyterians for ministry?
b.  Is the primary purpose to educate Cumberland Presbyterians for ministry in an ecumenicalsetting?
c.  Does it serve a dual purpose of being the primary means of educating Cumberland Presbyterians
for ministry as part of an ecumenical mission of the denomination?
2. Do we affirm a need for an ecumenical graduate school?
(see Appendix 1 for the Amended and Restated Charter of MTS, the Mission Statement, Vision
Statement, and Values Statement)
RECOMMENDATION 1: That we affirm our need for an ecumenical seminary.
C. PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
1.  It is critical that the next president of MTS have experience in and enthusiasm for fundraisingand strategic planning (see Appendix section I.A. for Presidential Search information and the concerns of
ATS and SACS/COC).
2.  While we acknowledge the need to hire the most qualified person for the position of president,
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RECOMMENDATION 2: That General Assembly encourage Memphis TheologicalSeminary to strengthen the Cumberland Presbyterian presence in leadership and teaching at theseminary.
D. THE INTERIM PRESIDENT
1.  Dr. Susan Parker has been Interim President since August 2018. She is an ordained Cumberland
Presbyterian minister and former board member of MTS. She received her Ph.D. in higher education
administration from the University of Alabama.
2.  She is doing an excellent job leading MTS during this interim period, but she stressed her desire
for it to be a temporary position.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That we express our appreciation to Dr. Parker for her leadershipat Memphis Theological Seminary during this critical interim period (see Appendix section III for
additional information on Dr. Parker).
E. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1.  The size of the Board inhibits communication and participation (see Appendix section IV for
Board of Trustees information).
RECOMMENDATION 4: That the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary
reduce the number of trustees from 24 to 14 by 2024 and that after any given trustee election the
majority of members must be Cumberland Presbyterian.
Notes: 1) This would require a change in the General Assembly Bylaws.
		2) A suggested formal to decrease membership would be to reduce each elected class sizeby two beginning in 2020 and each subsequent class through 2024.
2.   We need to identify and recruit individuals with expertise in fundraising and finances for the
Board of Trustees.
RECOMMENDATION 5: That the Board of Trustees and Memphis Theological Seminary
leadership actively identify and recruit individuals with the skill set in fundraising and fiscal
responsibility to serve on the Board of Trustees so that the denominational Nominating Committee
can recommend candidates from pool of individuals with those skills to serve on the MTS Board.
3.  We need to ensure proper leadership training including the development of a Strategic Plan
and the ability to execute said plan.  A review and analysis of the MTS Accreditation Report by an outside
Accreditation Compliance Officer and examiner for SACS recommends hiring a SACS Consultant to help
guide MTS with the remediation of the issues presented in the Accreditation Reports.
RECOMMENDATION 6: That the Board of Trustees and Memphis Theological Seminary
leadership seek to employ a SACS consultant to help develop a strategic plan and move towards
compliance in other areas mentioned in the SACS report to MTS.
F. ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT
1. ATS and SACS/COC: There was no concern and no recommendations regarding the academic
program from the accrediting agencies.   The faculty and the academic content of the institution wereconsidered to be strengths of MTS. They made the following comments:a.   “The evaluation committee commends MTS for its student body that is richly diverse in    
race, ethnicity, gender, and ecclesial families… The school’s commitment to racial, ethnic, gender, anddenominational diversity is one of its unique strengths.”b.   “The faculty has a diverse makeup in terms of gender, race, and denominational affiliation.
This diversity is mirrored in the school’s administration as well.   The school’s diversity lends itself toa rich tapestry of life experiences, viewpoints and cultural practices, which is beneficial to the students’development.”

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2. Curriculum and Theology:  The research shows that the curriculum and theology taught at
MTS relates well to the practices and beliefs of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
3. Practical Preparation and Placement:   Over the past three years MTS has had a student
placement rate of 83.5%.  The national average is 77%.
4. Placement of Cumberland Presbyterian Graduates:  60% are serving as pastors, 30% statethat they do not have a call, and 10% are serving in other denominationally related positions, such as
chaplains.
G. FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
1.  The financial position of Memphis Theological Seminary must be strengthened.
a.  The Seminary has had significant operational deficits for the last three years:
2015-16 ($431,318)
2016-17 ($1,232,317) 2017-18 ($510,122)b.  The Seminary has taken major steps to bring expenses down while bolstering revenue.  Thebudget projections for fiscal years 2019-2021 reflect a zero-dollar loss for each respective year.  
This projected move to greater financial stability hinges on increased enrollment (tuition) andcontributions, as well as more intentional day-to-day fiscal management.
2.  However, the Seminary has a one-million-dollar line of credit with First Tennessee Bank andhas utilized $700,000.  Furthermore, as of December 31, 2018 the Seminary has over $2.5 million-dollar
outstanding note payable due to the People’s Bank of Mississippi in 2025.  Property (Hillard-Cumberland,
Founder’s-Brown Shannon) has been mortgaged to guarantee the note payable.  Monthly interest payments
are being met.   These obligations are considerable in the light that the Seminary has no Development
Department.
3.   In the last three years from fifteen percent to thirty-two percent of operating revenue camefrom a single individual which leaves the Seminary vulnerable if this individual decides not to continue or
becomes incapable of continuing the donations.
H. ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SEMINARY AND THE
PRESBYTERIES
1.  A survey was circulated to assess the relationship between MTS and our Presbyteries (seeAppendix 2).  Only six (6) presbyteries responded.
2.   Of those responding, 66.6% believe that it is necessary to have a denominational seminary,
83.3% preferred the Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) to MTS, and PAS had a slightly higher satisfaction
rating than MTS.
3.  The low number of presbyteries that responded to the survey limits our ability to adequately
assess the relationship between MTS and our presbyteries.  We feel that the survey should be circulated
again in an attempt to give us a better assessment.
4.  Since 83.3% of those responding indicated that they preferred PAS to MTS, should the PAS
program be evaluated?  It is a certificate program and not a degree program.  Is it adequately preparing
people for ministry?
RECOMMENDATION 7: That the Evaluation Committee continue to:• Assess the relationship between Memphis Theological Seminary and the Presbyteries of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
• Monitor the financial solvency and stability of Memphis Theological Seminary in light ofthe concerns of both accrediting agencies. MTS has until April 2, 2020 to show that their financial
resources are adequate for long-term stability.
• Assess the short and long-term goals of Memphis Theological Seminary. MTS has until
November 1, 2019 to develop a coherent and comprehensive institutional strategic plan.
• Montior progress made by MTS towards compliance with findings addressed in the ATS
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II. HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
A. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIRECTIVE
1.   The 188th General Assembly charged the Evaluation Committee with the responsibility ofassessment of the Historical Foundation with respect to:•  The stated mission of the Historical Foundation•  Progress towards continuance of their stated mission•  Procedures, tool and equipment used and/or needed by the Historical Foundation to continue theirstated mission•  Recommendations to the General Assembly related to the Historical Foundation•  Other relevant area of inquiry as determined by the Evaluation Committee.
2.  The Evaluation Committee met with the director, Susan Gore, and a member of the committee
attended a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation.  This report addresses the issues
referred by General Assembly.
B. MISSION OF THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
1.  The Charter states “the corporation was formed to collect and preserve the materials of, andto promote the knowledge of the history of, the churches, institutions, and people of the Cumberland
Presbyterian denominations; and to establish and maintain a library, archives, and museum for the acquisitionand care of such material and records.”
2.   Great effort is exhibited in collecting materials related to the history of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  This effort accounts for the majority of the director’s time.  There is a professionalarchivist who works part time.  This archivist aids those who are doing research at the Archives as well
as responding to request for information.  The Director and part time archivist work to digitize as muchmaterials as time allows.  Preservation of materials is a critical issue, as the facility is not designed as such.
Water infiltration continues to be an issue.  Most materials are stored in boxes not designed for archival
preservation.
3.  The promotion of the history of the church increasingly relies on electronic/internet means.  TheHistorical Foundation has more data online than any other denominational entity, and has more “hits” than
all other denominational sites combined.
4.  Materials for and promotion of Denominational Day remain the primary means of print promotion.
The Historical Foundation provides events regularly at the Birthplace Shrine within Montgomery Bell
State Park.  Many of these events regularly attract members of the general public as well as Cumberland
Presbyterians.  Displays at the General Assemblies of the CP and CPCA also provide information relative
to the work and purpose of the foundation.
5.  The Historical Foundation’s ability to “establish and maintain a library, archives, and museum
for the acquisition and care of materials and records” is a distinct challenge.  Limited personnel, space, andmaterials challenge the ability to meet this function of the charter.  If “acquisition and care of materials andrecords” are critical to the denomination, then General Assembly in conjunction with the Board of Trusteesof the Historical Foundation must take steps to insure the viability of this aspect of the Charter.
C. PROGRESS TOWARDS CONTINUANCE OF THEIR STATED MISSION
1.  Evaluation and observation by the committee revealed how committed the Director is to themission of the Historical Foundation.  However, the purposes as outlined in the charter are more than one
person can do.  The “acquisition and care of materials and records” can’t be done adequately by volunteers.
As a result, priority is given to the acquisition of materials.
2.  Adequate funding is not available to meet stated purposes of the charter. Endowments haverecently reached a level to begin providing funding. Donations to the foundation are limited in amount andindividuals.

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3.  Concerns raised need to be addressed by General Assembly and the Trustees of the HistoricalFoundation.  This need is heightened by the likelihood the director will be retiring in the near future.
D. PROCEDURES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED TO CONTINUE THEIR STATEDMISSION
1.  Materials contained in the collection are in varied formats. Computers able to access storage
devices such as floppy disk of all sizes, microfiche, and print require possession and maintenance of outdated
equipment.  Many of these in possession of the Historical Foundation have been donated as cast off fromother agencies.  Malfunction in any of these devices will inhibit future work in the Archives.
2.  The link to the Historical Foundation provided through cumberland.org provides a list of needsof the Archives.
E. FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
1.  For the year ending December 31, 2016 the net assets were $1,780,508 with a net change of$29,246.  (page 186) from the 187th meeting of the General Assembly.
2.   For the year ending December 31, 2017, the net assets were $1,907,840 with a net change
of $127,332 (page 155) from the 186th meeting of the General Assembly.  In 2017, investments gained$163,485.13.
3.  For the year ending December 31, 2018, the net assets total $1,838,250.66 with a net change(loss) of $69,585.00.  The loss for the year is primarily the result of loss on endowments during the 4th
quarter as result of down turn in stock market.  In 2018, investments lost $45,240.68.
4.  For the year ending December 31, 2018, the income was $193,818.07 with 37% coming from
Our United Outreach (OUO); 37% from contributions; and the remainder from investments and endowment.
Expenses were $263,503.07 with salary and benefits accounting for roughly 40% of the budget.  The financial
reversals from investment incomes in 2017 and 2018 highlight the need for more strategic planning in termsof budgeting and development and/or increased funding from OUO.
RECOMMENDATION 7: That General Assembly recommend that the Board of Trusteesof the Historical Foundation review and/or revise the charter in light of the issues raised in thisevaluation.
RECOMMENDATION 8: That the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation develop
a long-range strategy to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Charter and include a transition
strategy for replacing the Director and part time archivist.
RECOMMENDATION 9: That the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation engage
in leadership training. (It might be possible to partner with MTS who will be providing this training
for its board.)
RECOMMENDATION 10: That the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation develop
a job description for the director and part time archivist.
RECOMMENDATION 11: That General Assembly revise funding strategies enabling theHistorical Foundation to fulfill the requirements of the charter.
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Henson, Chair
Larry Blakeburn
Bobby Coleman
Charles McCaskey
Rickey Page
Lisa Scott
Judi Truitt

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APPENDIX 1
I. THE MISSION OF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
A.  The Amended and Restated Charter of MTS states: “The Corporation is organized exclusively for thefollowing purposes: to maintain and operate a theological seminary or graduate school for the instruction,
education, training and preparation of persons called of God to the ministry, mission work, Christianeducation work or other service in the Church, and especially in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church…”(Section I B, page 1, Recommendation 1)
B.   MTS Mission Statement: “To educate and sustain men and women for ordained and lay Christianministry in the church and the world through shaping and inspiring lives devoted to scholarship, piety andjustice.” (Section I, page 1)
C.   Under Our Values, MTS states: “The identity of Memphis Theological Seminary has been shaped   by the tradition of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, its location in Memphis, a partnership with thebroader Christian community, a commitment to dialogue with people of other faiths, and participation in thecommunity of higher education.” (Section I, page 1)
D.  The Vision Statement: “Memphis Theological Seminary pursues its mission so that Christian leaders
and the churches they serve can effectively proclaim and embody God’s mission of redemption, justice, andpeace in service to the new creation in Jesus Christ.” (Section I, page 1)
II. PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
A.  “Memphis Theological Seminary is searching for its eighth president.  We are seeking a President who
has experience in and enthusiasm for fundraising and strategic planning, who is an effective communicator,
demonstrates collaborative leadership skills, and values and embodies the MTS mission.”  (Section II A,
page 1)
B.   It is critical that the next president have expertise in fundraising and strategic planning.   MTS is
accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS), and regionallyby the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS/COC). MTS
has until November 1, 2019 to address their concern about comprehensive strategic planning: “regarding
the development of a coherent and comprehensive institutional strategic plan that focuses the school’s core
mission on key priorities linked to specific strategies for how these major challenges will be addressed…”
April 2, 2020 is the deadline to address their concern about the financial stability of MTS: “The institution’s
financial resources are not adequate for long-term institutional viability and there is no credible plan toaddress this issue in a timely and effective manner.”  (Section II A, page 1)
C.  MTS has sustained losses from operations in unrestricted funds in four of the last five fiscal years.  Over
this same period, tuition revenue has decreased due to decline in student enrollment.  MTS has eliminated22 positions in the last three years, many of which were part time, and now has 40 employees on the payroll.
The seminary also eliminated the vice president of advancement position and all those employed in thatarea.  They were not raising enough money to pay their salaries.  (Section II A, page 1)
D.  MTS was placed on “warning” by SACS. While “warning” is not what any institution is seeking, it iscertainly better than being placed on “probation”.  The implication of warning is basically, “You are notmeeting the standards, but we think you can.”  The implication of probation is, “You are not meeting thestandards and we are not sure you can.” (Section II A., page 1)
E.   It is critical for MTS to hire the most qualified person for the position of president, regardless ofdenominational affiliation; however, the seminary needs a strong Cumberland Presbyterian presence in theadministration and on the faculty.  The Interim President is Cumberland Presbyterian but the Academic
Dean is not.   We have one faculty member who is Cumberland Presbyterian. (Section II B, page 1,
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III. THE INTERIM PRESIDENT (Section III A&B, Recommendation 3)
A.  Dr. Susan Parker, Ph.D. has been Interim President since August 2018.  She is an ordained Cumberland
Presbyterian minister and former board member of MTS.  She received her doctorate in higher education
administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  She is the first female president in MTS
history.  She worked in higher education for twenty-five years at Calhoun Community College and Athens
State University.
B.   Dr. Parker is doing an excellent job leading MTS and cultivating a culture of transparency in theaftermath of layoffs and budget cuts.  She has experience in strategic planning and fundraising, which is
critical if the seminary is going to survive and thrive.  She does not plan on being in this position for morethan two years.
IV. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Section IV, Page 1, Recommendations 4 & 5)
A.   The General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church elects all members of the school’s  
governing board, the board of trustees.  The trustees are, in turn, responsible to the General Assembly.  
According to the bylaws of the General Assembly, there is to be a total of twenty-four trustees, divided inthree classes of eight.  The term of service is three years.  Members may be reelected to two subsequent,
back-to-back, three-year terms.  At least eleven of the twenty-four positions are to be held by ecumenicalpartners of MTS.  The board of trustees convenes formally three times per year and understands that its roleis one of strategic oversight and policy-making rather than attending to the day-to-day operations of theschool, which it delegates to the President and administrative team.  The board recognizes the difference
between governing the school and managing it.   The board’s primary responsibility is to focus on theschool’s long-term viability and strategic vision.
B.  The size of the board inhibits communication and participation.  In an attempt to facilitate engagement
and maximize the effectiveness of the Board of Trustees, we are recommending a reduction in the numberof board members.
C.  The composition of the Board of Trustees is also a concern. MTS received a grant to help with Board
development through a program called “Wise Stewards,” which includes a consultant.  This will be a wiseuse of time by the Board, but it would also be helpful to identify and recruit individuals with expertise in
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MEMORIALS
I. MEMORIAL FROM MISSOURI PRESBYTERYREGARDING THE PROGRAM OF ALTERNATE STUDIESWHEREAS the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination was formed out of the Revival of 1800 resulting
in the rapid creation of many churches on the frontier of western territories;
WEREAS the newly created denomination leadership felt the urgent need to provide ministerial leadership
required exceptions be made to educational requirements for ordination;
WHEREAS through the history of the denomination, there have been various routes of alternative education
leading to ordination that did not require a traditional seminary educational degree;
WHEREAS those alternative education paths have produced ministers that were effective in spreading thegospel of Jesus Christ and serving the needs of the Church;
WHEREAS many called to the ordained ministry have been, and will continue to be bi-vocational pastorsneeding to maintain full-time employment outside the pulpit;
WHEREAS current educational theories have identified that adult learners respond to a variety of learning
styles;WHEREAS the current Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) is a certificate, non-degree awarding program
requiring 35 courses;
WHEREAS the program length has made it difficult for some who attend PAS in response to their call toministry to maintain their current employment;  
WHEREAS many students in PAS are currently ministering to churches; andWHEREAS it is the goal of PAS to provide an alternative educational pathway to ministry for the preparationof ministers in the Cumberland tradition,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that alternative methods of education and assessment of learning
should continue and be reviewed so that those called to ministry can be prepared in an alternative
to seminary attendance;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that  instructors should use a variety of teaching and evaluation oflearning methods that are compatible with alternative types of preparation for ministry;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that PAS should explore granting credit for relevant pastoral
experiences as they do for educational experience, including but not limited to creative expression
and application of ministerial principles, alternate measures of assessment, independent study, andassessment of applied ministry activities on-site or through distance learning; and  
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that  it is encouraged that the directors of PAS evaluate the number ofcourses, consider combining courses and streamlining the curriculum, continue to offer weekend
and on-line courses, and create a multi-year schedule of courses to afford ample opportunity forplanning a satisfactory completion of the program.
I certify that this is a true copy of a memorial adopted by Missouri Presbytery on March 16, 2019.
Signed Larry Nottingham, Stated Clerk, Missouri Presbytery

II. MEMORIAL FROM MISSOURI PRESBYTERYREGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOGNITION
OF ORDINATION
WHEREAS there are ministers from another ecclesiastical body that desire to have their ordination
recognized and become ministers in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church;
WHEREAS the constitution of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CP) currently states the following:
6.40 Recognition of Ordination
6.41 A minister of another ecclesiastical body who desires to become a minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America shall appear before thecommittee on the ministry of the presbytery in which he or she wishes to be received. The committee
on the ministry shall investigate the following:a. Whether the minister has proper credentials from his or her ecclesiastical body;b. Whether the minister has a degree from a college and graduate school of theology;

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c. Whether the minister has a knowledge of the history, theology, and government of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America;
d. Whether the minister seems fit for service as a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
6.42 The committee on the ministry, if satisfied in each of the areas described in Section 6.41 may
recommend to presbytery that the minister be received as an ordained minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, upon giving affirmative
answer to the questions put to licentiates at their ordination.  Such procedure shall not exclude theopportunity for presbytery to examine the minister.
WHEREAS currently the Committee on the Ministry (COM) in Missouri Presbytery has been told that they
are not to recommend recognition of the ordination until the minister of another ecclesiastical bodyhas taken classes through the Program of Alternate Studies of CP History, CP Polity, Cumberland
Presbyterian Theology I and Cumberland Presbyterian Theology II;
WHEREAS the COM has also been told that the minister must take two (2) of these courses on site at theProgram of Alternate Studies (PAS) summer session;
WHEREAS the ministers already have a degree from a college and graduate school of theology andcompleting four classes at PAS would take a substantial period of time as well as at current fees
cost the individual or the presbytery at least $1,480 in class fees, $163 in room and board plus travel
expenses;
WHEREAS some of those wanting their ordination recognized are nearing or at retirement age;
WHEREAS there are CP churches that want the services of these ministers and want these ministers toprovide all the sacraments granted ordained CP ministers;
WHEREAS there are opportunities other than PAS for a minister to experience CP culture and develop
friendships throughout the denomination such as attendance at presbytery meetings, presbyterial
retreats and denominational retreats or conferences;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the presbyterial COM should be allowed to individualize theprogram needed for each minister of another ecclesiastical body who is seeking to have theirordination recognized.  This would be determined after a review of previous education, interview ofthe person and review of the individual circumstances leading to wanting the ordination recognized;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that if formal coursework is needed, PAS should develop a courseof study (not 4 courses) specifically for the minister seeking this recognition of ordination.  This
course of study should be offered as independent study, online study, weekend class, or at PAS
summer session;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the presbyterial COM should make the minister, seeking tohave their ordination recognized, aware of the various opportunities to experience CP culture
and encourage attendance at PAS but that would not be a requirement for the ordination being
recognized.
I certify that this is a true copy of a memorial adopted by Missouri Presbytery on March 16, 2019.
Signed Larry Nottingham, Stated Clerk, Missouri Presbytery

III. MEMORIAL FROM PRESBYTERY DEL CRISTOREGARDING A DENOMINATIONAL DAY
OF PRAYER AND FASTING
189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Believing that God, in creating persons, gives us the capacity and freedom to respond to God’smighty act of reconciling love accomplished in Jesus and that we are responsible for our choices and actions
toward God, one another and the world;
Confessing that we rebel against God, reject our dependence, abuse the gift of freedom, willfullysin, both individually and collectively, and stand in need of God’s redemption;
Rejoicing that God acts to heal the brokenness and alienation caused by our sin to restore us throughthe reconciliation of Jesus Christ and the outpouring the Holy Spirit calling every person toward repentanceand faith;
Responding to God’s acts of saving grace and forgiveness of sin, we make honest confession of sin
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our choices, actions, and prayer;
Recalling that the renewal of believers is solely of God’s grace, that when we trust in the Lord
Jesus, we are recreated, born again, renewed in spirit, and made new persons in Christ who are empoweredby the illuminating influence of the Holy Spirit to love and glorify God and to love and serve our neighbor;
Reminding all Cumberland Presbyterians that prayer is inseparable from the Christian life and to
be a Christian is to pray and to join others in prayer and that we pray not primarily to receive from God but
as an expression of our creaturehood and our dependence upon God as our Creator;
Guided by the primary purposes of prayer being to enter the presence of God, to experience anew
God’s judgement, grace, and power, to praise God and to invite God into our world and into our lives;
Declaring that the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, being nurtured and sustained by worship,by the proclamation and study of the word, and by the celebration of the sacraments, is commissioned towitness to all persons who have not received Christ as Lord and Savior;Calls upon the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church who is meeting
concurrently with the 144th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and;
Requests that a denominational day of Prayer and Fasting be set and observed by all members of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at every level and in every nation to renew and revitalize us to bear
witness to God’s mighty act of reconciling love accomplished in Jesus Christ by which the sins of the world
are forgiven.
Submitted by: Karen Avery, Presbytery del Cristo on March 15, 2019

IV. MEMORIAL FROM NASHVILLE PRESBYTERYREGARDING SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
WHEREAS the Confession of Faith, Section 5.18, states that the Sacrament of Baptism “symbolizes thebaptism of the Holy Spirit and is the external sign of the covenant which marks membership in thecommunity of faith”, and
WHEREAS the Confession of Faith, Section 5.21, states that “in administering the sacrament the pouring
or sprinkling of water on the person by the minister fittingly symbolizes the baptism of the Holy
Spirit”, and
WHEREAS the General Assembly in 1968 granted a Memorial which allowed a minister to “perform thesacrament of baptism with the mode best suited to the specific situation” (Digest, page 18, 2.63d“interpretative”), and
WHEREAS the resulting practice of baptism over the years by Cumberland Presbyterian ministers is now sovaried so as to have lost seemingly its connection to baptism as defined in the Confession of Faith,and has opened the door for practices not affirmed in the Confession such as “infant dedications”
and repeating the sacrament (despite Section 5.19 of the Confession) under the guise of “believer’s
baptism”,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Nashville Presbytery memorializes the General Assembly to refer
this Memorial to the General Assembly’s Permanent Committee on the Judiciary to report backto the next General Assembly and to provide guidance and direction, particularly to presbyteries,
on how to maintain and affirm the Confession of Faith in relation to the Sacrament of Baptism inactual practice.
Respectfully Submitted, Reverend Fred E. Polacek

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENCIES
I. OFFICE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
A. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICE
                 Revised     Proposed					2019		2020
INCOME
Our United Outreach$197,836 $197,836
Endowments/Interest
20,00020,000Interest on Cash Funds Management
2,500
2,500
Sales of yearbook/digest      2,000
    2,000
TOTAL INCOME			$222,336 $222,336
EXPENSEECUMENICAL RELATIONSWorld Communion of Reformed Churches
CANAAC
Ecumenical Travel
Sub-Total		
LIAISON WITH CHURCH
General Assembly Meeting
Preliminary Minutes
GA Minutes/Mailing
Yearbook/Mailing
Travel/Moderator
Travel/Stated Clerk & Staff
Sub-Total		
OFFICE
Computer Supplies
Equipment/Supplies
Postage
Sub-Total			PERSONNEL
Salaries/Housing
FICA (Asst to Stated Clerk)
Retirement
Health Insurance
Disability Insurance/Worker’s Compensation
Sub-Total			$139,420
4,300
6,800
  30,000
800$181,320$139,420
    4,300
6,800
  30,000
800$181,320

STATED CLERK’S CONFERENCE/BOARD EXPENSE
Legal Fees / Clerk’s Conference
Corporate Board Expense					
Sub-Total			$    1,963      2,000$    3,963$    1,963
    2,000$    3,963

TOTAL EXPENSE			
From Reserves$235,783$   13,447$235,783$ 13,447$    6,000
2,000     1,000$    9,000$    6,000
    2,000
    1,000$    9,000$ 10,000
5,000
500
2,500
8,500
  8,500$ 35,000$ 10,000
    5,000
    500
    2,500
    8,500
    8,500$ 35,000$   2,000 $    2,000
    2,500
2,500
  2,000		   2,000$   6,500 $    6,500

B. GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEESINCOME
Contingency
Nominating Committee
Commission on Chaplains
Judiciary Committee
Theology and Social Concerns Committee
Our United Outreach Committee$ 12,365 $ 12,365
2,770
2,770
  9,570
9,570
9,026
9,026
     3,363		
    3,363
   92,044
92,044TOTAL INCOME		

$129,138$129,138

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Proposed2019		2020

					
EXPENSE
Contingency
Nominating Committee
Commission on Chaplains
Judiciary Committee
Theology and Social Concerns Committee
Our United Outreach Committee$ 12,365 $ 12,365
2,770
2,770
9,570
  9,570
9,026
9,026     3,363		
    3,363
   92,044
92,044TOTAL EXPENSE		

$129,138$129,138$     15,000$              0$     15,000$              0514,008
108,160
51,362
1,030
609
7,500
361
996

   521,376
   108,160     54,562       1,030          609       7,500          361          996

1,250
2,900

       1,250       2,900

1,116,634
6,720

1,159,724        6,720

500        5,000

Birthplace Shrine Chaplaincy

3,750        3,750

Children’s Fest

9,900        9,900

Clergy Crisis

6,000       6,000

CP Magazine Subscriptions

30,000     30,000

Cumberland Presbyterians Resources

69,360     66,320

CPWM
Convention
Convention Offering
GeneralSales Merchandise			Girls and Young Women Council

8,000       8,000250          2503,000       3,000
700		
700
8,000
       8,000

CPYC

98,165

   112,750

Discipleship Blueprints

2,400       2,400

105,640

   108,680

II. MINISTRY COUNCIL
INCOME
Endowments
GrantsILP Transfers
MMT Budget Reserve Fund
MMT New Church Development
DMT Contingency FundDMT Faith in 3D
DMT Faith Out Loud
DMT Revolving Publication FundDMT Young Adult Ministry
CMT The Cumberland Presbyterian
Contributions/Gifts
DMT - General
MC - General
Our United OutreachOUO Income
In lieu of Our United Outreach
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Revised
Proposed2019		2020$   13,500$           3,500

Leader Development

5,492           5,492

Missionary Setup

15,000         15,000

Missionary Support

256,088       352,348

New Church Development (NCD) Subsidies

157,194       157,194

New Exploration Iniative - NCD

71,650   71.650

NPI: Children’s CP Curriculum

500           1,000

Presbyterian Youth Triennium

5,000           5,000920              920

Stir

1,500

           1,500

The Symposium

6,000           6,000

Third Age Ministry500              500

Young Adult Ministry

8,000           8,000

Youth Evangelism Conference

2,350           2,350

Youth Ministry Planning Council

648                 0Program Planning Calendar - Sales

Youth Workers Retreat

4,500		          4,500

TOTAL INCOME			$2,720,537

EXPENSES
Ministry Council Administration Salaries
Salaries
Clergy Housing Allowance
Health Insurance
Retirement
FICA
Tax Sheltered Annuity
Insurance/Disability$   838,040     $    838,040
180,196    180,196
139,200
    145,920      54,192
54,192      35,894
35,894
10,266      10,266
4,366        4,366

Ministry Council Administration General Expenses
Annual Credit Card Fees
Computer Equipment
Computer Software (Wufoo, Adobe, BaseCamp)
Educational Publications for Distribution
Employee Events
Employee Recognition
Government Fees (annual reports)
Legal
MC Supplemental Report
P & C Insurance$   3,678
0
10,175
3,000
2,500
3,550
40
2,000
5,000
16,263$2,213,818$        4,678        6,500      12,550        3,000        2,500        3,550             40        2,000        4,000      15,150

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Revised
Proposed2019		2020
1,997
2,246
2,892
14,4001,040
12,0001,8000        1,997        2,246        4,092      14,400        1,040      12,000        1,800        1,200500        5,000$   40,500$      40,500

Birthplace Shrine Chaplaincy: Chaplain’s Stipend

3,750        3,750

Children’s Fest

9,900        9,900

Clergy Crisis Support: Distribution

6,000        6,000

Coalition of Applachian Ministry

12,700      12,700

CP Magazine

54,033      54,033

Cumberland Presbyterian Resources

69,940      71,868

CPWM
GeneralSales Merchandise
Convention

9,100
2,000
12,200        9,100        2,000      12,200

CPYC

98,165

    112,750

Cross-Culture Immigrant Leadership Training

4,000        4,000

Discipleship Blueprints

2,400        2,400

Ecumenical Stewardship Center

4,500        4,500

Encounter

36,812      36,812

Family Ministry550           550

General Assembly

36,550      36,550

General Consultants

22,400      52,400

Kaleo

13,500        3,500

Leadership Referral Services

2,100        2,100

Leader Development

5,492        5,492

Ministers
Encouragement & Recognition
Retreat

3,818
1,000

        3,818        1,000

Staff Resource Materials
Subscriptions/Membership
Telephone/Internet
Temporary Help
MC/Elected Team Member Recognition
Office Supplies
Postage
Professional Development
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Revised
Proposed2019		2020

Missionary Messenger

59,480       59,480

Missionary Setup

15,000       15,000

Missionary Support

256,088     352,348

National Farm Worker

4,300         4,300

New Church Development (NCD) Subsidies

157,194     157,194

New Exploration Initiative

71,650       71,650

New Program Iniatives
Children’s Curriculum
CPWM Girls and Young Women Council

1,000
8,000

         1,000         8,000400                05,000         5,000

195,120     195,120

Program Planning Calendar

5,150         5,150

Project Vida

8,500         8,500

Stir

5,000

         5,000

Support Ministries

1,000         1,000

The Symposium

16,000       16,000

Travel (includes elected member travel)

80,060       88,510

Web Development/Maintenance

2,000

2,000

Young Adult Ministry

14,300       14,750

Youth Evangelism Conference

7,350         5,000

Youth Ministry Planning Council - UBCD

6,000         5,000

Youth Workers Retreat

4,500         4,500$2,720,537$              0$ 2,879,042$                0PREP Staff Expenses
Presbyterian Youth Triennium
Presbyteries/Councils

TOTAL EXPENSES			     Surplus/(Deficit)

III. BOARD OF STEWARDSHIPINCOME
Contributions
Contributions/Gifts
ILP Contributions
Endowment Contributions
		
Total Contributions			
Our United Outreach
Investment Earnings
Endowment Earnings
ILP Earnings
Endowment WF Income
Total Investment Earnings					$      3,000 $         3,000
2,000         2,000
  20,000		       20,000
25,000		 25,000
135,000

    135,000

96,000       96,000
8,000         8,000
   19,400		   19,400
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Proposed2019		2020

Realized Gain/Loss - Endowment
Unrealized Gain/Loss - Endowment
		Total Investment Gains/Losses			

10,000       10,000
   116,000		     116,000
126,000		 126,000

Service FeesManagement Fees - Acct CoordinatorManagement Fees		
Total Service Fees			         1,600
1,600
61,000		       61,000
62,600		 62,600

TOTAL INCOME$472,000

		

$ 472,000

EXPENSE
Salaries		Benefits

		
EventsSalaries
Housing Allowance
Total Salaries			

$205,783 $     207,751
  21,000      21,000
226,783		 228,751

Health Insurance
Retirement
FICA
Insurance/Disability
Total Benefits			

70,500       70,500
11,339       11,438       10,202
10,117      1,000		         1,000
92,956		 93,140

Conference/Events		
Tax Guide for Ministers					
Total Events			
Board Expense
Board/Agency Travel
Board/Agency Recognition		
Total Board Expense			
Resource Purchases
		
Subscriptions					Total Resources Purchases			Contracted Services
Legal
Audit
Temporary Help		
Total Contracted Services			
Insurance
Insurance/Liability					Professional Development
Subscriptions & Membership		
Total Professional Development			Payment/Subsidies
ESC Stewardship Expense
ILP Withdrawal
Endowment Distribution
		
Total Payments/Subsidies			Equipment
Office Equipment
Computer Equipment
Computer Maintenance
Computer Software		Total Equipment			
Supplies
Computer Supplies
Office Supplies
		
Total Supplies			            500500     4,100		         4,500
4,600		5,000$

15,000       13,000
600 $
200
15,600		 13,200
600		
600		

100
100

            500500         2,100
2,100
  1,000		         1,000
3,600		3,600  4,200		        4,200
4,200		
4,200
100		
100		

449
449

         3,500
3,500         2,500
2,500
  102,000     102,000
108,000		 108,000            800800         2,000
2,000            150150
$ 500 $
500
3,450		3,450            500500      3,000		         3,000
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Postage/Shipping
Postage
Shipping		
Total Postage/Shipping			Employee Recognition
Employee Recognition		
Total Employee Recognition			
TravelStaff Travel
		
Total Travel			Miscellaneous		
Miscellaneous					
Total Miscellaneous			
Organization
Organizational Expense		Total Organization			
TOTAL EXPENSE			

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1,486         1,486
325		 325
1,811		1,811      1,200		         1,200
1,200		1,200      4,500		         4,500
4,500		4,500      1,000		         1,000
1,000		
1,000
100		
100		
$472,000

100
100$ 472,000

IV. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONINCOME
Our United Outreach
Endowments
Gifts				$    73,000 $    70,000
    72,000
75,000    23,800		    63,000

TOTAL INCOME$ 171,800

		

EXPENSE
Salaries
FICA / Retirement
Insurance
Board Travel
Legal Fees
Continuing Education
Subscriptions/Memberships
Archival Equipment
Computer Supplies
Office Supplies
PostageAcquisitions
Birthplace Shrine
Employee Recognition
Staff Travel
Denomination Day Project
Purchases for Resale
Temp Help
Property Insurance/Liability Insurance
Advertising/Promotion
TOTAL EXPENSE$  205,000$    97,128 $    86,000
    15,160
14,764
    10,000
10,034
    12,000
7,000         500200         5002,000      4,000
2,000      4,000
2,000
500
         5002,000      2,000
125
240
5,649
    20,000
5,000
    13,500
600		 600
6,000
    12,000       5,000
    10,000800      1,000
5,000      6,000
4,000             4.000       2,000		      3,000
		

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V. MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
REVENUE
Student Tuition Fees
Investment
Endowment Draw
Gifts and Grants
Other Revenues
TOTAL REVENUE$			

$2,023,950
303,431200,000
1,000,000     102,009$3,629,390

EXPENSES
Business OfficeDean’s Office
Chapel
Educational Development Committee
Advancement Office
Doctor of Ministry
Facilities
Faculty
Financial Aid
Information Technology
Library
President’s Office
Admissions
Registrar & Institutional Research
Housing
Student Services
Student Government
Scholarships
Program of Alternate Studies
Formation For Ministry
Summer Classes
January Classes
Certificate & Continuing Education
Methodist House of Studies
Depreciation
TOTAL EXPENSES			     Increase (decrease) in net assets$   332,733$  304,508
116,412
    109,933
1,900        1,900
15,000      10,000
335,951
    178,741
61,550      65,630
497,531    492,032
815,646
    653,704
52,659      51,078
190,779
    183,040
238,664    193,913
261,823
    250,589
110,881    121,634
99,125
    104,280
120,695
    119,115
0      76,802
2,700        2,145
347,483
    334,638
123,364    130,475
89,556      90,172
34,800               08,000               015,950               024,432               0    197,752		    207,259$4,134,033		$3,721,588(504,643)              (0)$ 1,950,725
    315,000
    200,000
1,000,000
    255,863$ 3,721,588

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VI. SHARED SERVICESREVENUE
Our United Outreach
TOTAL REVENUE$			$   346,967$ 346,967

EXPENSES
Salaries
Health Insurance
Retirement
FICA
Accounting Coordinator
Audit
Payroll Service
Bank Charges
Technology System Consultants - EMS
Software Maintenance Agreement - Blackbaud
Building & Maintenance
Pest Control
Lawn & Ground Maintenance
Lawn Treatment
Utilities - Building 1
Utilities - Building 2
Janitorial Service
Security System Monitoring
Trash Collection
Telephone/Internet
Heating & AC Maintenance Agreement
Insurance/Liability
Office Equipment Maintenance
Computer Maintenance
Computer Software
Office Supplies
Postage
Employee Events
TOTAL EXPENSE
Surplus/Deficit$     53,332$    54,665
31,659      19,200        2,733
2,667        4,182
4,080
1,600
        1,600
22,500      22,500
7,400        8,500
14,000      14,000
18,000      18,000
17,000      18,500
45,845      45,845
840           90018,500      18,500
1,500        1,500
24,650      25,000
17,000      19,000
8,100        8,100
1,200        1,200
2,500        2,800
10,000      11,000
12,000      12,000
11,844      12,000
14,000      16,500500           500        2,500
2,500
2,000
        2,400           750750      1,000		        1,000$ 346,967$  345,375$            0$             0$345,375
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FOR INFORMATION ONLY
(Because this petition presents the same question as one which remains within the control of
the assembly (a referral from the 188th General Assembly re: Human Sexuality), the General
Assembly Permanent Committee on Judiciary advised the clerk that it would not be in order for
the Arkansas Petition to be considered by the General Assembly in its 2019 meeting see page 99, Section II. Communication, of the Preliminary Minutes).
Arkansas Petition to 2019 Joint Meeting of the General Assembly
WHEREAS the Confession of Faith for Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America states in Section 6.17:
6.17  Marriage is between a man and a woman for the mutual benefit of each, their children, andsociety. While marriage is subject to the appropriate civil law, it is primarily a covenant relationshipunder God.  As such, it symbolizes the relationship of Jesus Christ and the church, and is thathuman relationship in which love and trust are best known.
WHEREAS the Constitution of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterians
Church in America states the following in Sections 2.61 and 2.73:
2.61   The office of minister of word and sacrament is unique in the life of the church as toresponsibility and usefulness.  God calls persons and sets them apart for this ministry.  The persons
who fill this office should be sound in the faith, exemplary in conduct, and competent to performthe duties of the ministry.  Persons who become ministers of  the word  and  sacrament are due suchrespect as belongs to their office, but are not by virtue of their office more holy or righteous thanother Christians.  They share in the same vocation that belongs to all Christians to be witnesses to
the gospel in word and deed.  They differ from other Christians only with regard to the office towhich they are called, which is their station in life.
2.73  Persons who fill the office of elder may be male or female, young or old.  Elders share in
the same vocation that belongs to all Christians to be witnesses to the gospel, but the vocation ofthis office places an additional responsibility of leadership upon them.  They should exemplify thegospel by their good character, sound faith, wisdom, maturity of judgment, discretion, conversation,knowledge of the doctrine and government of the church, and competency to perform the duties ofthe office.
WHEREAS the Constitution has within in it the means by which the Presbyteries can decide the direction
ofdoctrine and polity for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America.   These means are stated clearly in Section 11.0 "Amendments" of the Constitution of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. Section 11. lthrough 11.4 are as follows:
11.1    Amendments to the Confession of Faith, Catechism, Constitution, Rules of Discipline,
Directory for Worship, and Rules of Order may be proposed to the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church or the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America.  If received favorably by either General Assembly, all proposed amendments shall bereferred to a Joint Committee on Amendments composed of the five members of the PermanentCommittee on Judiciary of each General Assembly for preparation for the two assemblies for action.
11.2  When a proposed amendment to the Confession of Faith, Catechism, Constitution, or Rulesof Discipline is presented by the Joint Committee on Amendments to the General Assembly of eachchurch, on recommendation of each assembly the amendment may be transmitted to its presbyteries
by three-fourths vote of the members thereof voting thereon, provided there is present and voting
not less than 75% of the full membership of the assembly based on the complete representation of
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11.3  An amendment to the Confession of Faith, Catechism, or Rules of Discipline shall have been
adopted when, on its transmission by both assemblies to their presbyteries, a three-fourths majority
ofthe presbyteries ofeach General Assembly shall have approved it and such approval is declaredby each General Assembly to have been given. The vote of a presbytery shall be by simple majority.
11.4  An amendment to the Constitution shall have been adopted:
a.  For both churches, when a three-fourths majority of the presbyteries of each General Assembly
shall have approved it and such approval is declared by each General Assembly to have been given;each presbytery voting by simply majority, and,b.  For either church when a three-fourths majority of its presbyteries shall have approved it and suchapproval is declared by its General Assembly to have been given; each presbytery voting by simple
majority. In such instances the amendment shall be identified as applicable to the Constitution of
the church adopting it, and the original section to which the amendment was applied shall remain apart of the Constitution of the church rejecting it.
c.  Presbyteries shall act upon an amendment referred by the General Assembly within the first yearof the referral and report their vote no later than the next meeting of the General Assembly after theamendment was transmitted to the presbyteries.
THEREFORE, Arkansas Presbytery petitions the 2019 General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church meeting concurrently with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of America to place the following
amendments to the Constitution before Presbyteries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America as directed by Section 11.1 and 11.2 of the Constitution.
The Amendment to be placed before the Presbyteries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church andCumberland Presbyterian Church in American is that the following paragraphs be added to the Constitution
as 4.2 and 7.02 and the numbering of the sections 4.0 "Sessions" and 7.0 "Relations Between Ministers,
Licentiates, or Candidates and Churches" be renumbered to include their insertion.
4.2 When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as describedin the Confession of Faith 6.17, with no desire to abstain, then such a situation makes that person
ineligible to serve as an elder on the session of a church.
7.02 When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as describedin the Confession of Faith 6.17, with no desire to abstain, then such a situation makes that person
ineligible to serve a church in any of the relationships stated in 7.01.
If amended Section 4.0 "Sessions" will appear as follows in the Constitution:
4.0  SESSION
4.1  The session of a particular church consists of the minister in charge and elders elected by the
congregation.  There must be a minimum of two elders, but the actual number shall be detennined by the
congregation in accordance with such rules as it may establish.
4.2  When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as describedin the Confession of Faith 6.17, with no desire to abstain, then such a situation makes that person ineligible
to serve as an elder on the session of a church.
4.3  In a church which has no pastor, or in the absence of the minister in charge or of the moderator
appointed by presbytery, the session may meet and transact any business.
4.4  The session may be convened when two or more of its members so request.  The minister incharge may convene the session at any time during or immediately following a regular service of worshipand at other times by giving proper notice to session members.
4.5  A majority of the session constitutes a quorum unless the congregation has set a quorum
otherwise; but any two elders, in conjunction with the minister may receive members and grant letters of
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4.6  The session is charged with pastoral oversight of the particular church and has the responsibility to:a.  Call a pastor(also an associate/assistant pastor) subject to the approval of presbytery;(Form for issuing a call to a pastor or associate/assistant pastor, see Constitution, Appendix 4 .)b.  Receive members into the church;c.  Resolve questions of doctrine and discipline in the congregation;d.  Admonish or suspend members found guilty in a disciplinary hearing, subject to appeal topresbytery;e.  Urge upon parents the importance of presenting their children for baptism;
f.  Grant letters of dismission, which when given for parents shall always include the names of theirbaptized children;g.  Ordain and install elders and deacons when elected and require these officers to devote themselvesto their responsibilities;h.  Examine the proceedings and supervise the work of the deacons;i.  Establish and give oversight to church schools, Bible classes, fellowship and other organizations
within the church, with special attention being given to nurture of the children;j.   Encourage the stewardship ofchurch members, order and supervise collections for Godly
purposes, and in general, oversee the finances ofthe church;k.  Assemble the congregation and provide for worship when there is no minister;I.  Initiate and coordinate the best measures for promoting and extending the work of the church;m.  Elect representatives to the higher church judicatories, and require on their return a report oftheir diligence and the decisions of the judicatory;n.  Observe and carry out the injunctions of the higher judicatories.
4.7   The session may designate two elders, either of whom, when authorized by the presbytery, may
administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to the congregation.
4.8  The members of the session, excluding the minister, are the trustees ofthe church.  They shall hold title
to the property of the church and shall execute all transactions required by civil law.  If it seems desirable
the session may elect a smaller number of persons to serve as trustees.  In this instance the trustees may act
only as specifically authorized by the session.  The tenure of office of such trustees may be for an indefinite
period or for definite terms on a rotation basis.
4.9  Each session shall keep an accurate record of its proceedings which must be submitted to presbytery, atleast annually, for review.  Each session shall also keep a record of congregational meetings, of marriages,of baptisms, of additions, and ofthe death and dismission of church members.
If amended Section 7.0 "Relations Between Ministers, Licentiates, or Candidates and Churches"
will appear as follows in the Constitution:
7.00 RELATIONS BETWEEN MINISTERS, LICENTIATES, OR CANDIDATES AND CHURCHES
7.01  A person may be called to a particular church to one offour relationships: pastor, associate/assistantpastor, stated supply, or interim pastor.
7.02  When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as described in
the Confession of Faith 6.17, with no desire to abstain, then such a situation makes that person ineligible toserve a church in any of the relationships stated in 7.01.
7.03  The office of pastor is to be held only by an ordained minister, whom the particular church has called
for an indefinite time and to whom the presbytery has entrusted the spiritual care ofthe church, including
the office ofmoderator of the session.
7.04  The office of associate/assistant pastor is to be held only by an ordained minister whom the particularchurch has called for a definite or indefinite time to fulfill various pastoral functions as outlined by the
church issuing the call, and approved by the presbytery.  In the absence of the pastor, the associate pastor
may, with the approval of the pastor and session, serve as moderator of the session or of a congregational
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7.05  The office of stated supply may be held by an ordained minister, a licentiate, or a candidate, whom theparticular church has called for an indefinite time, or, in the case ofan interim supply, for a definite time, forless than full time work.  An ordained minister serving as stated supply may fulfill all duties and functions
pertaining to the spiritual care of the church, including moderating the session.  A licentiate or a candidate
serving as stated supply may fulfill the duties and functions except moderating the session, administering
the sacraments, and solemnizing marriages.
7.06  The office of interim pastor is to be held by an ordained minister who is invited by the session of achurch without an installed pastor.  An interim pastor may preach the word, administer the sacraments, andfulfill pastoral duties for a specified period of time not to exceed twelve months, while the church is seeking
a pastor.  An interim pastor may not be called to be the next installed pastor or associate/assistant pastor ofa
church served as interim pastor.
7.07  A person shall enter into one of these relationships with a particular church only with the approvalof the presbytery in the bounds of which the particular church is located.  The church session shall bear
responsibility for the selection of the person, and the presbytery's approval shall relate to the person's
ministerial credentials, commitment to the theology and government of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, and standing in his or her current presbytery, if any.
The presbytery may authorize its board ofmissions to act on its behalf in examining the call and to givetentative approval to a relationship between a particular church and a minister, licentiate, or candidate,subject to formal approval at a meeting of the presbytery.
7.08  The relationship between a minister, licentiate, or candidate and a particular church may be dissolved
only by presbytery, acting on the request ofboth parties, or on the request of one party if sufficient reasonsare presented, or when, in the opinion of the presbytery, the well-being ofthe particular church demands it.
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The
Proceedingsof theONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
of theCUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
session held in

HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
June 9 - 14, 2019

At Huntsville, Alabama and within the facilities of the Von Braun Convention Center, there theninth day of June in the year of our Lord, two thousand nineteen, at the appointed hour of seven thirtyo’clock in the evening, Minister and Elder Commissioners from the various presbyteries, youth advisorydelegates and visitors assembled for Concurrent meetings of the General Assemblies of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.

FIRST DAY – SUNDAY – JUNE 9, 2019
OPENING WORSHIPAt Huntsville, Alabama and within the North Hall of the Von Braun Convention Center, theone hundred eighty-ninth General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the one hundred
forty-fourth General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, the Convention of
Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, and visitors gathered for worship at 7:30 p.m.  Participantsin the service were Ms. Yvonne Frierson, National Missionary Society President (CPCA); Elder Lewis
Leon Cole, Jr., Cleveland-Ohio Presbytery, Moderator (CPCA); Ms. Cathy Littlefield, Women’s Ministry
Convention President (CPC); and Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown, West Tennessee Presbytery, Moderator(CPC).  The Music Director was Elder Victor Garth, Mt. Zion (CPCA).  Special Music was offered by the
Host Choir.  The Pianist was Mr. Michael Knotts, Madkins Chapel (CPCA).  An offering of $2,652.61
was taken and will be shared between the Clergy Crisis Fund (CPC) and the North Alabama Sickle Cell
Foundation (CPCA).
Reverend Stan Wood, New Hopewell Presbytery (CPCA) presented the sermon, “Walk In Love,”taken from the scripture passage Ephesians 5:1-2.  The Sacrament of Holy Communion was led by cocelebrants Reverend Joy Warren, Murfreesboro Presbytery (CPC) and Reverend Mitchell Walker, Sr.,
Huntsville Presbytery (CPCA).  Serving communion from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America:
Reverend Theoldis Acklin, (Huntsville Presbytery); Reverend Kay Ward Creer, (East Texas Presbytery);
Reverend Nancy Fuqua, (Florence Presbytery); Elder John W. Humphrey, (Huntsville Presbytery);
Reverend Robert Jefferson (Huntsville Presbytery); Elder Deborah Smith, (Huntsville Presbytery); Elder
Brenda Sutherlin, (Tennessee Valley Presbytery), and Elder Thomas Ward (Huntsville Presbytery). Serving
communion from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church: Elder Sally Sain, (Columbia Presbytery); ElderLina Maria Velasquez, (Emaus Presbytery); Elder IP Shun-Tak Andy, (Hong Kong Presbytery); Reverend
Tiffany McClung, (West Tennessee Presbytery); Elder Debbie Shanks, (North Central Presbytery);
Reverend Alfonzo Marquez, (Presbytery of East Tennessee); Reverend Wilfrido Quinones, (Cauca Valley
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SECOND DAY – MONDAY – JUNE 18, 2018
The day began with orientation for Commissioners and YAD’s at 8:00 a.m. led by Stated Clerk
Michael Sharpe.  Following the orientation, the YAD’s were dismissed with Nathan Wheeler, Director ofYouth and Young Adult Ministry.  The Chairs and Co-Chairs of the GA Committees met with Engrossing
Clerk Vernon Sansom for further orientation.
A joint opening devotion was held at 10:30 a.m. in North Hall 2 & 3.  Participants in the devotion
were: Liturgists Reverend Mitchell Walker, Sr., Huntsville Presbytery (CPCA) and Reverend Joy Warren,
Murfreesboro Presbytery (CPC); Pianist Mr. Michael Knotts, Madkins Chapel (CPCA); and Music Director
Elder Victor Garth, Mt. Zion (CPCA).
The Unification Task Force presented a very informative and uplifting presentation on the upcoming
vote on unification that is before both General Assemblies this week.  We heard greetings from both host
pastors, Reverend Chris Warren led in the singing of “They Will Know We are Christians by Our Love.”  
Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond gave a reflection on Ephesians 5:1-2.
The Unification Task Force presentation answered three questions: Why union?, What Is the plan?,and How do we unify?
Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown (CPC) and Elder Leon Cole, Jr. (CPCA) answered the question“Why Union?”  We need each other.  Our children are calling us to be one and we need to be an example tothe nation.  3. We are more alike than different.
Reverend Gloria Diaz (CPC) answered the question, “What is the Plan?”  She discussed the Plan ofUnion that has been published.
Reverend Steve Mosley (CPC) and Reverend Perryn Rice (CPCA, CPC) answered the question,“How do we unify?”  By simple majority on the General Assembly level to send to presbyteries.  Each
presbytery passes by simple majority.   If passed by a simple majority of the presbyteries, the General
Assemblies vote on final approval of Bylaws and Standing Rules (2/3 vote of approval necessary) for the
General Assembly of the new church.  Constitutional amendments will be reviewed and approved by 3/4
vote and 3/4 of the presbyteries by simple majority vote.  If both assemblies approve the Bylaws, the two
assemblies vote to adjourn sine die, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church United will be organized in
2021.
THE ASSEMBLY IS CONSTITUTEDThe Moderator, the Reverend Earheart-Brown, called the assembly to order at 2:00 p.m. with fortyseven (47) ministers, forty-four (44) elders for a total of 91 Commissioners and 25 Youth Advisory Delegatespresent.  The constituting prayer was offered by Reverend Mark Hester, Presbytery of East Tennessee.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The Moderator thanked the Commissioners for their service to the 189th General Assembly before
asking for a motion that the agenda, as found in the Preliminary Minutes, be adopted.  On Motion, theagenda was adopted.
REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Reverend Virginia Espinoza, Choctaw Presbytery, presented the Report of the Credentials
Committee.   There were forty-six (46) ministers, forty-three (43) elders, for a total of eighty-nine (89)commissioners and twenty-one (21) youth advisory delegates registered as of 2 p.m. On motion, the reportof the Credentials Committee was received, marked Appendix “A” and filed.
ELECTION OF THE MODERATOR
Moderator Earheart-Brown declared the floor open for nominations for the Office of Moderatorof the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.   Reverend Shelia C. O’Mara,
Presbytery del Cristo, and Reverend Michael Clark, Murfreesboro Presbytery, were nominated.   Afterasking for further nominations and there being none, the Moderator declared nominations closed and moved
to hear from those speaking on behalf of the nominees.
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Reverend Nancy J. Fuqua, (CPCA), was given permission to speak on behalf of Reverend O’Mara.
The Moderator called both nominees to the podium to share with the body their qualifications andvisions for holding the office of Moderator.  Following the hearing of both nominees, the Moderator called
for commissioners to cast their votes.  The ballots were collected by the credentials committee who met
with the Stated Clerk to count the ballots.
While the ballots were being counted, the Moderator introduced the Ministry Council Team
Leaders.  Reverend Milton Ortiz, Missions Ministry Team Leader, introduced Reverend Cardelia HowellDiamond as the new Director of Women’s Ministry and Reverend Kristi Lounsbury as the new Directorof Congregational Ministry; Reverend Elinor Brown introduced Cindy Martin who has been moved to theposition of Resources Distribution Manager, and the new Coordinator of Adult Ministry, Reverend Chris
Fleming; Reverend Steven Shelton, Communications Ministry Team Leader, introduced Matt Gore as the
new Editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine.
The Moderator introduced the new Director of the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home,
Courtney Banatoski, and the Interim President of Memphis Theological Seminary, Dr. Susan Parker.
The Moderator shared the following prayer concerns with the body: Reverend Tom Spence (RedRiver Presbytery) who had a light stroke, and the family of Jacob Kennemer who passed away suddenly.
Jacob was the grandson of Reverend Richard and Marsha Hughes and the nephew of Reverend Darren
Kennemer.
Reverend Virginia Espinoza, Credentials Committee chair, announced that by a vote of 57 to
31, Reverend Shelia O’Mara was elected Moderator of the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.   Reverend Nate Matthews escorted Moderator O’Mara to the podium.   Former
Moderator Jay Earheart-Brown presented Moderator Shelia O’Mara the Moderator’s Cross and gavel.
Moderator O’Mara appointed Reverend Geoff Knight, (Trinity Presbytery) as Parliamentarian.
ELECTION OF THE VICE-MODERATOR
Moderator O’Mara opened the floor for nominations for Vice-Moderator of the 189th General
Assembly.  Reverend Michael Clark, Murfreesboro Presbytery, was nominated to be Vice-Moderator of the189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  There being no other nominations, theModerator declared Reverend Michael Clark to be Vice-Moderator of the 189th General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
PRESENTATION BY THE STATED CLERKThe Stated Clerk, Reverend Michael Sharpe, invited retiring Moderator Jay Earheart-Brown tothe podium.  The Stated Clerk thanked Moderator Earheart-Brown for his service to the 188th General
Assembly.  The Stated Clerk presented the former Moderator with replicas of the moderator’s cross andgavel used in the 188th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
COMMUNICATIONS
Reverend Jimmy Peyton, Hope Presbytery, made the motion that the Arkansas Petition be accepted  as a communication for consideration.  The Parliamentarian, Reverend Geoff Knight explained that thecommunication could not be considered when the same issue is under referral until such time as the referral
has been brought back to the General Assembly and dealt with.  The Motion was ruled out of order by theModerator.  The ruling of the Moderator was appealed by motion and seconded.  The appeal failed and theruling stands.
The Stated Clerk reported that there were no communications.
CORRECTIONSThe Engrossing Clerk, Reverend Vernon Sansom, called the attention of the body to changes to thePreliminary Minutes: On page 5, Reverend Joy Warren and Elder Pete Miller, Murfreesboro Presbytery,should be deleted as the presbytery is only eligible to have 3 elder and 3 minister commissioners (theCredentials Committee wrote their report with this change in mind). On page 83 in the Preliminary Minutes,
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INTRODUCTIONSThe Stated Clerk introduced the Board/Agency Representatives:
Bethel University
Robert Truitt
Commission on Chaplains
Cassandra ThomasChildren’s Home
Courtney Banatoski
Rickey Page
GA Evaluation Committee
Historical Foundation
Pat Ward
Judiciary
Geoffery Knight
Memphis Theological Seminary
Vanessa Midgett
Ministry Council
Charelle Webb
Our United Outreach
Bruce Hamilton
		Stewardship				Gary Tubb
Theology and Social Concerns
Edmund Cox (CPCA)
Mitch Boulton (CPC)
Unification Task Force
Perryn Rice (CPCA)
Steve Mosley (CPC)
COMMISSIONER RESOLUTIONS
A resolution was presented by Cauca Valley Presbytery concerning ordinations and marriage.  TheModerator ruled that the resolution was out of order because it could not be considered when the same issue
is under referral until such time as the referral has been brought back to the General Assembly and dealt
with.
A Motion was made that any further papers brought before this body be forwarded to the United
Committees on Theology and Social Concerns for their consideration.  Motion was seconded.  After somediscussion, the question was called for and seconded.  Motion carried.
It was noted that all resolutions pertaining to the issue of sexuality that were brought to the bodyfor consideration will be distributed to commissioners and the Theology and Social Concerns Committee
for information only and to let the sending presbyteries voices be heard.
The Stated Clerk reminded the body that the Bookstore, concessions and displays are in the East
Hall #3.
The Moderator asked for prayers during the week for herself as she serves as Moderator.
RECESSa.m.

A Recess was announced by the Moderator following prayer at 3:47 p.m. until Thursday at 9:30
The Committees met at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
EVENING PROGRAM

There was a joint moderator and women’s ministry reception at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America Center and Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.  All in attendanceenjoyed fellowship and hors d’oeuves while greeting Moderators of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America and Cumberland Presbyterian Church as well as honoring the Officers of the Women’s Ministry.

THIRD DAY – TUESDAY – JUNE 11, 2019
The General Assembly began the day with a Joint Fun Run & Walk at 7:00 a.m. at Big Springs
International Park.  The day was devoted to committee work from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and an evening
session at 7:00 p.m.  The attendance for the day: forty-five (45) Minister Commissioners, forty-five (45)
Elder Commissioners for a total of ninety (90) Commissioners and twenty-five (25) Youth Advisory
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EVENING PROGRAM
At 8:30 p.m., commissioners and visitors participated in a Joint Reception honoring Women in
Ministry in South Hall, Ballroom 1.  Attendees enjoyed fellowship, refreshments, and wonderful door
prizes.  It was noted that 16 years ago at the first reception honoring Women in Ministry there were justenough participants to sit around one table.  Sixteen years later, the event was so well attended that there
was a full room filled with CP’s showing their support for Women in Ministry.

THIRD DAY – WEDNESDAY – JUNE 12, 2019
The General Assembly and visitors began the day with a joint devotional at 8:30 a.m. led by
the National Missionary Society (CPCA).   Leading the service were Sister A.M. Phillips, Texas Synod(CPCA), Sister Rita Godwin, Tennessee Synod (CPCA), Sister Annie Harris, HPMS President, Alabama
Synod (CPCA), Sister Yvonne Frierson, CPCA NMS, President, Alabama Synod (CPCA), and Elder Leon
Cole, CPCA Moderator.  The devotional, “Walk in Love,” based on Ephesians 5:1-2, was offered by Sister
Venessa Edmonds, Hills Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, Alabama Synod.
The Committees used the remainder of the day in meetings, preparing and reviewing reports andcollecting signatures.  Attendance for the day: forty-five (45) minister commissioners, forty-three (43) elder
commissioners for a total of eighty-eight (88) and twenty-four (24) youth advisory delegates.
The evening program was presented at 7:00 p.m. by the Discipleship Ministry Team.  The program,
Soul Shop gave training on suicidal desperation among adolescents and also, how to help prevent suicide
among adolescents.

FOURTH DAY – THURSDAY – JUNE 13, 2019
At 8:30 a.m., the General Assembly and visitors began the day with joyful singing and a devotional
based on I John 4:16, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?,” led by Youth Advisory Delegate, Olivia Pruitt,
Missouri Presbytery.  The opening prayer was offered by Reverend Joy Warren, Murfreesboro Presbytery(CPC).  The Closing Prayer was offered by Reverend Mitchell Walker, Sr., Huntsville Presbytery (CPCA).
At 9:00 a.m., Reverend Milton Ortiz, Missions Ministry Team Leader, led a commissioning service
for the Lopez family, Reverend Wilson and Reverend Diana Lopez and their daughters, Marcel and Valery,as they prepare to begin their missionary work in Spain.  The service began with the singing of “How Great
Thou Art” in Spanish.  Reverend Lynn Thomas, Director of Global Cross-Cultural Missions, gave a brief
devotion from Acts about the spreading of the Gospel after being sent from the church in Antioch.
Reverend Wilson Lopez addressed the body asking for prayers as they start their ministry to Spain.
The Moderator and Vice-Moderator laid hands on the Lopez family as they were commissioned throughprayer in English and in Spanish for their mission to Spain.  Lynn Thomas blessed the Lopez family andpronounced a benediction.
CALL TO ORDER
The Moderator, Reverend Shelia O’Mara, called the assembly to order at 9:36 a.m.  There were
forty-seven (47) ministers, forty-two (42) elders for a total of eighty-nine (89) commissioners and twentytwo (22) youth advisory delegates present.  The opening prayer was shared by the Moderator.
GREETINGS AND PRESENTATIONThe body was greeted by Elder Leon Cole, Retiring Moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America.  He reported that this concurrent meeting of the General Assemblies of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America felt more like one single
meeting rather than two separate meetings.  He also announced that the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America General Assembly voted to go forward with the unification plan.  He urged that we continue
to have fellowship between the two denominations regardless of the results of the presbytery votes.  ElderCole offered a prayer for our General Assembly meeting.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Stated Clerk, Michael Sharpe, shared some “housekeeping” details.
•  Reminder to invite the youth advisory delegates to vote prior to the commissioner vote.
•   Instructed commissioners and youth advisory delegates wishing to address the Assembly toapproach the microphone, introduce themselves by name and the presbytery they represent.
•  To please write out any motions and give a copy to the Engrossing Clerk before returning to theirseat.
•  As committee reports are presented, committee members will come forward and be seated in thefront rows of chairs•  The Stated Clerk explained how the indicator cards convey responses toward content of speech
and to indicate the mood of the General Assembly.
•  Each commissioner received a copy of the Ten Essential Rules of Order to assist with following
Robert’s Rules of Order.
Moderator O’Mara reported that a prayer will be offered before each report is presented.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONCERNS/UNIFICATION TASKFORCEThe Moderator offered a prayer for this report and the Committee who presented it.
Reverend Linda Snelling, Red River Presbytery, introduced the readers of The Report of theCommittee on Theology and Social Concerns/Unification Task Force:  Youth Advisory Delegates Kenzie
Cornelius, Hope Presbytery, and Grace Holland, West Tennessee Presbytery.
Following the reading of the report, a motion was made by Reverend Edurado Montoya, North
Central Presbytery, to receive the report and adopt the recommendations.  Motion Seconded.
A motion to divide the question was made and seconded resulting in each recommendation being
dealt with separately.
After discussion of Recommendation  1, the Youth Advisory Delegates were polled, and the majorityof the Youth Advisory Delegates were in favor of this recommendation.  By vote of the Commissioners,
Recommendation 1 passed.
After discussion of Recommendation 2, the question was called for and seconded. Motion passed.
The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled, and the majority were in favor of this recommendation.  By
vote of the Commissioners, Recommendation 2 passed.
Recommendation 3 – a motion to amend the recommendation by changing the word “ratification”
to “approved” was made and the motion seconded.  After further discussion, the Youth Advisory Delegateswere polled, and they are in favor of the amendment.  By vote of the Commissioners, the motion to amend
carried.
After further debate on Recommendation 3 as amended, the question was called for and seconded.
Motion to call for the question passed.  The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled as being in favor of
Recommendation 3 as amended.  By vote of the Commissioners, Recommendation 3 as amended passed.
By vote of the Commissioners, The Report of the Committee on Theology and Social Concerns/
Unification Task Force was concurred in and the Recommendations, as amended, were adopted.
Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown, West Tennessee Presbytery, asked that the body give thanks for
those who worked hard for many years on this issue and who are no longer with us: Beverly St. John,
Marion Sweet, Margaret McKee and James Knight.
The report was marked “B” and filed.
RECESS
The Moderator announced a 15-minute Recess.
BUSINESS CONTINUEDThe Moderator called the meeting back to order at 10:55.
The Moderator introduced the incoming Moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in
America, Reverend Theodis Acklin and invited him to address the body.  Moderator Acklin reported that helooks forward to our two denominations working together toward unification.

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A Motion was made and seconded to seat Reverend Theodus Acklin as an advisory member. Motion
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Moderator granted an excuse for Elder Sally Sain, Columbia Presbytery, at 10 a.m. to attend afamily funeral.
The Moderator reported that a letter that was distributed before the meeting of the General
Assembly began does not express the views of all of the Youth Advisory Delegates and should not havebeen distributed.
THE REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEEThe Moderator offered a prayer for the work of the Nominating Committee as well as those being
nominated and the report that has been sent to this body.
The Report of the Nominating Committee was presented by Reverend Derek Jacks, Grace
Presbytery. Reverend Jacks made a motion to place the names in the Report of the Nominating Committee
as printed in the Preliminary Minutes into nomination.  Motion seconded.  The moderator opened the floor
for further nomination.  There being no further nominations, the nominations were closed.  By vote of theCommissioners, the Report was concurred in and those nominated were elected to the named positions.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY COUNCIL
Moderator offered a prayer for the Ministry Council and Ministry Council Committee as well as thereport that is before the body.
The Report of the Committee on Ministry Council was presented by Reverend Mark Hester,
Presbytery of East Tennessee.  The report was read by Youth Advisory Delegate Hannah Davis, Arkansas
Presbytery.
Reverend Hester made the motion that the report be concurred in and the recommendations be
adopted.  Motion seconded.  (A document is included with the report on the situation in Hong Kong.)
The youth were polled, and they were in favor of this report.  By vote of the Commissioners, theReport of the Committee on Ministry Council was concurred in and the recommendations adopted.  Thereport was marked “C” and filed.
Reverend Lynn Thomas, Director of Global Cross-Cultural Ministries, shared with the body thesituation in Hong Kong and the protests that were happening currently.   Reverend Thomas invited theCommissioners from Hong Kong to the podium and led the body in prayer for all in Hong Kong affectedby the unrest, especially our churches and members in Hong Kong.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
The Moderator prayed for the Committee on Judiciary.
The Report of the Committee on Judiciary was presented by Reverend Tammy Greene, Presbytery of
East Tennessee.  The report was read by Youth Advisory Delegates Noah Jenkins, North Central Presbytery;
Robert Rush, Red River Presbytery; Will Suiter, West Tennessee Presbytery; and Brandon Smith, Presbyteryof East Tennessee Presbytery.
A motion was made by Reverend Greene that the report be concurred in and its recommendations
be adopted.
A Motion was made that the question be divided.  Motion seconded.  The recommendations wereconsidered separately.
RECESS
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INTRODUCTION OF CPWM CONVENTION PRESIDENTThe Moderator introduced Mrs. Judy Truitt, president of the CPWM Convention.  She reported that
there were about 100 in attendance at the Convention.  Mrs. Truitt reported that the CPWM was in good
shape and the program for the week was a very good one.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (continued)
The Moderator took the Report of the Committee on Judiciary Report off the table for continued
consideration.   The Chair of the Judicatory Committee clarified the amendments in the report andwas available for questions.   The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled, and they were in favor of
Recommendation 1.  On Vote of the Commissioners, Recommendation 1 was adopted.
The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled, and they were in favor of Recommendation 2. On voteof the Commissioners, Recommendation 2 was adopted.
A Motion was made to amend the report to include Recommendation 3, “That the Unified Committeeon Theology and Social Concerns be instructed to propose a report for the 190th General Assembly on how
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America can better teach,practice and hold ministers and sessions accountable for following our theology of baptism.”
The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled, and they were in favor of Recommendation 3.  On Voteof the Commissioners, Recommendation 3 was adopted
By vote of the Commissioners, The Report on Judicatory, as amended, was concurred in and therecommendations adopted.
The report was marked “D” and filed.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHAPLAINS/HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Moderator O’Mara called Vice-Moderator Michael Clark to take the Podium.
The Vice Moderator offered a prayer before receiving the report.
The Report of the Committee on Chaplains/Historical Foundation was presented by Reverend Lisa
Cook, Nashville Presbytery.  The report was read by Isaac Ebry, Cumberland Presbytery.
A motion was made by Reverend Cook to concur in the Report of the Committee on Chaplains/
Historical Foundation and adopt the recommendations with noted editorial changes.  Motion Seconded.
The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled and approved the report.  By vote, The Report of theCommittee on Chaplains/Historical Foundation was concurred in and the recommendations, as edited,
adopted.
The report was marked “E” and filed.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STEWARDSHIP/ELECTED OFFICERS
The Vice-Moderator offered a prayer for the Report and all who are touched by it.
The Report of the Committee Stewardship/Elected Officers was presented by Reverend Mary
Catherine Kirkpatrick.  The report was read by Mr. Randy Gannon, Nashville Presbytery; Reverend Alan
Mink, Red River Presbytery; Reverend Chris Darlin, Cumberland Presbytery; Sarah Davis, YAD, Arkansas
Presbytery; Reverend Brian Tanck, Robert Donnell Presbytery; Nyah Anderson, YAD, Robert Donnell
Presbytery; and Olivia Pruitt, YAD, Missouri Presbytery,
A Motion was made to amend the Report with the date of Ash Wednesday as a day of prayer andfasting.  The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled as being in favor of the amendment.  By vote of theCommissioners, the motion to amend passed.
A Motion made to make an editorial change on the Report of the Moderator on “d” to add “andagencies.”  The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled as in favor of the editorial change.  By vote of theCommissioners, the editorial change passed.
A motion was made by Elder Randall Hooper, Covenant Presbytery, and seconded, to amend
Recommendation 9 by placing “All GA Agencies” before “include” passed.
The Motion that the report, as amended, be concurred in and the recommendations adopted carried.
The Report was marked “F” and filed.
Reverend  Jay Earheart-Brown offered a prayer for the memory of Former Vice Moderator Reverend
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for their service.  The Vice-Moderator stated that the Youth Advisory Delegates are not the future of thechurch, they are the church.
MODERATOR RETURNED TO THE PODIUMThe Vice-Moderator turned the podium back to Moderator O’Mara.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN’S HOME/HIGHER EDUCATIONThe Moderator offered a prayer for the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home and ourinstitutions of Higher Education.
The Report of the Committee on Children’s Home/Higher Education was presented by Reverend
Jimmy Peyton, Hope Presbytery.  The Youth Advisory Delegates who read the report were Victoria Hassell,
Covenant Presbytery; Daniel Fowler, Grace Presbytery; Anna Wood, Presbytery of East Tennessee; andColten Lash, North Central Presbytery.
A motion was made by Reverend Peyton that the report be concurred in and the recommendations
adopted.  The motion was seconded.
The Moderator asked that Recommendation 10 be considered separately.  A motion was made toamend Recommendation 10 to read: (after 6 directors) “ at least 1/2 of the directors be members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church or Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.  It is understood that thisreduction in the number of trustees will be accomplished over a period of three years.”  Motion seconded.
A motion was made to amend the amendment to strike “1/2” and replace with “50% + 1.”
By vote of the Commissioners, the amendment to the amendment carried.
By vote of the Commissioners, the amended amendment to Recommendation 10 carried.
By vote, the amended Recommendation 10 carried by the required 2/3rds majority vote.
The vote on the remaining Recommendations 1-9,  11-18 carried.
By vote, The Report of the Committee on Children’s Home/Higher Education was concurred in andthe recommendations, as amended, adopted.  (The Youth Advisory Delegates were polled before each voteand polled in favor)
The report was marked “G” and filed.
Reverend Michael Qualls offered a prayer of thanksgiving for the life and memory of Reverend
William “Bill” Rustenhaven, the first Director of the Program of Alternate Studies, pastor, teacher, andmentor for many.
RESOLUTION OF GRATITUDE
A Resolution of Gratitude was presented by Reverend Steve Delashmit, Cumberland Presbytery,which reads:
The 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church wishes to express its thanks
and gratitude to God for the opportunity to assembly and to serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in the
power of the Holy Spirit through the ministries and work of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The body of this 189th General Assembly, meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, wishes to thankRobert-Donnell Presbytery (Cumberland Presbyterian Church) and Huntsville Presbytery (Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America) for their hard work and warm hospitality in hosting this assembly; topastor hosts, the Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond and the Reverend Terrence Haley, and to all local
Cumberland Presbyterian churches and Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America churches who helped
organize and plan this assembly.  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” as dearly loved children of God.
The body wishes to thank Moderator, the Reverend Shelia O’Mara, for her leadership and guidance
during deliberations and Vice-Moderator, the Reverend Doctor Michael Clark.  Our prayers go with you
both as you represent our church through this coming year.  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” asdearly loved children of God.
The body wishes to thank retiring Moderator, the Reverend Doctor Jay Earheart-Brown, for his
wonderful leadership throughout this past year.  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” as a dearly loved
child of God.
The body wishes to thank our Co-Worship Directors, Reverend Joy Warren (CPC) and Reverend
Mitchell Walker (CPCA), for the worship services we have been able to participate in.  We praise the Spirit
for Vanessa Edmonds and the Reverend Doctor Stan Wood (CPCA) and Youth Advisory Delegate, Olivia
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under the direction of Elder Victor Garth (CPCA).  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” as dearly loved
children of God.
The body wishes to thank the staff of the General Assembly Office: Reverend Mike Sharpe, StatedClerk; Reverend Vernon Sansom, Engrossing Clerk; and Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughn, Assistant to the StatedClerk; for their tireless leadership and support.  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” as dearly loved
children of God.
The body also gives thanks for each committee chairperson and for each commissioner and youth
advisory delegate who has participated in the deliberations of the Assembly.  Now go and continue to “Walkin Love” as dearly loved children of God.
The body wishes to celebrate and give thanks to Reverend Wilson and Reverend Diane Lopez,
Cauca Valley Presbytery, who were commissioned as missionaries to Spain.  May they go and continue to“Walk in Love” as dearly loved children of God.
The body wishes to thank the Joint Unification Task Force for its diligence and hard work “for sucha time as this.”  Now go and continue to “Walk in Love” as dearly loved children of God.
Finally, brothers and sisters let us thank God for His Word, the Word written, the Word spoken andthe Word made flesh.  Now let us go, “Walk in Love”, follow God’s example, as dearly loved children andwalk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice
to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV)
A Motion was made and seconded to adopt the Resolution of Gratitude. Motion Carried.
Reverend Alfonzo Marquez asked the body to recognize and pray for the Casa de Oracion Houseof Prayer and Pastor Reverend Neil and Lidia Agular, Decatur, Alabama,
READING OF THE MINUTES
The minutes for Wednesday and Thursday were read by the Engrossing Clerk, Vernon Sansom.  On
motion, the minutes were approved as read.
RECESS
The Moderator announced a short recess to prepare for Closing Worship.
CLOSING WORSHIPThe Closing Worship began with the Invocation and Call to Worship by Reverend Mitchel Walker,
Sr. (CPCA).  Reverend Chris Warren, Murfreesboro Presbytery led the music with Mrs. Frances Dawson,
Robert Donnell Presbytery, serving as pianist.
The Memorial Rolls of Elders for Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in America and Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church were read by the Reverends
Walker and Warren.  Reverend Walker offered a prayer of thanksgiving for those named.
The Homily “Walk In Love” was offered by Reverend Joy Warren.  The Closing Prayer was offeredby Reverend Mitchell Walker, Sr.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting of the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church to meet June 7-12, 2019 at in Louisville, KY.  Motion passed at 3:23 p.m.
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Table of Contents

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Page

Independent Auditor’s Report .................................................................................................................................... 3
Financial Statements
Statements of Financial Position ......................................................................................................................... 5
Statement of Activities ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Statement of Functional Expenses ...................................................................................................................... 7
Statements of Cash Flows ................................................................................................................................... 8
Notes to the Financial Statements ....................................................................................................................... 9
Supplementary Information
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ................................................................................................... 20
Non-Financial Section
Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on
Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements
Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards ...................................................................... 22
Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance for a Major Program and on
Internal Control over Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance ............................................................. 24
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs .................................................................................................... 26
Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings ....................................................................................................... 27

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THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHINDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORTTo the Board of Trustees
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Memphis, Tennessee
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (a nonprofit organization), which comprise the statement of financial position as of July 31,
2018, and the related statements of activities, functional expenses, and cash flows for the year then ended, andthe related notes to the financial statements.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordancewith accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design,
implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial
statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards
applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of
the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in thefinancial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of thefinancial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express nosuch opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
OpinionIn our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church as of July 31, 2018, and thechanges in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.

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Other Matters
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The
accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards, as required by Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements forFederal Awards, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial
statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to theunderlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional
procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and otherrecords used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional
procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our
opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated November 13, 2018,
on our consideration of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control
over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts,
and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is solely to describe the scope of our testingof internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an
opinion on the effectiveness of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal
control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed inaccordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering Memphis Theological Seminary of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.
Report on Summarized Comparative Information
We have previously audited Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s 2017financial statements, and we expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those audited financial statements in ourreport dated November 8, 2017. In our opinion, the summarized comparative information presented herein as ofand for the year ended July 31, 2017, is consistent, in all material respects, with the audited financial statementsfrom which it has been derived.

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Statements of Financial Position

July 31, 2018 and 2017

ASSETS
2018
Cash and cash equivalents
Investments, at fair value
Tuition and fees receivable, net of allowance of$108,554 in 2018 and $89,146 in 2017
Pledges receivable, net of discounts on pledges and allowance
Other receivables
Capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation
Cash value of life insurance
Land held for sale
Other assets
Total assets$

2,980,258
11,632,087

2017$

25,64995,962
301,391
3,601,972
27,70327,44873,0172,442,549
11,202,716
50,000460,261
159,164
3,124,753
31,97027,44838,763$18,765,487$

17,537,624$

316,269
950,000
2,543,779$

375,061
910,000
1,588,012

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Line of credit
Note payable
Total liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Board designated
Other unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets

See independent auditor’s report and notes to the financial statements$

3,810,048

2,873,073

81,1182,390,308
5,521,437
6,962,576

125,2902,378,689
5,413,312
6,747,260

14,955,439

14,664,551

18,765,487$

17,537,624

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Statement of Activities

For the Year Ended July 31, 2018(with summarized comparative totals for the year ended July 31, 2017)

Unrestricted
Operating Revenues and Support
Tuition and fees, net of scholarships of$380,284 and $420,331
Contributions and grants
Other revenue and support
Net assets released from restrictions

2018
Total

3,963,927(314,722)

168,5073,817,712

4,876,147

1,674,356
297,394
266,337
102,688
131,022
123,100--

1,674,356
297,394
266,337
102,688
131,022
123,100

1,900,920
361,995
290,504
65,576
105,404
122,457

1,159,343
719,809--

1,159,343
719,809

1,064,921
554,817

4,474,049--

4,474,049

4,466,594

Increase (decrease) in net assets fromoperations(510,122)(314,722)

168,507(656,337)

409,553

Non-operating revenues and expenses
Investment income

527,078

419,866281

947,225

1,270,806

Change in net assets

16,956105,144

168,788

290,888

1,680,359

2,503,979(49,509)2,454,470

5,413,312
2,981
5,416,293

6,747,260
46,528
6,793,788

14,664,551
14,664,551

12,984,192
12,984,192$ 2,471,426$ 5,521,437$ 6,962,576$ 14,955,439$ 14,664,551

Total expenses

Net assets, beginning of year
Reclassifications of net assets
Net assets, beginning of year - as restated
Net assets - end of year

See independent auditor’s report and notes to the financial statements$

1,610,703
2,115,847
91,162
-

2017
Total

168,507-

Expenses
Educational program services
Instruction
Library
Student services
Financial leadership for ministry
Program for alternative studies
Academic support
Supporting services
Institutional support
Development and fundraising$

Permanently
Restricted- $1,126,829(1,441,551)

Total operating revenues and support$ 1,610,703
820,511
91,162
1,441,551

Temporarily
Restricted$

1,718,815
3,006,514
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For the Year Ended July 31, 2018(with summarized comparative totals for the year ended July 31, 2017)
Supporting Services
Security
Services-

221,563
53,314

49,843

21,613$ 2,372,060
427,032

2018
Total

207,396

39,58924,563$ 2,603,386
483,607

2017
Total

Development
and FundRaising

Facilities
Operations

$

563

3,159

190,696148,233
200,125

Institutional
SupportAcademic
Support$ 146,251
42,700-5,785

58,297

248,810
136,565

33,875

Educational Program Services
Financial Program for
Leadership Alternativefor Ministry
Studies

90,446
22,591

1,877-

41,5542,654
47,464

29,628Student
Services

560

1,141

-

181,350
32,449-114,628
71,13772,3091,360$

71,81813,525$56,014
2,121

-

$

-

-

$

$

-

1,505

3,668

59,896--

77,711
66,875

431,706
88,775$ 187,048
16,217
250
8,488

2,591

(191)
-

-

-

-

-

188,060(59,896)$

87,85014,958
89
3,229
1,805

-

-

2,486
-

-

1,090
-

-

(746,219)

-

200
1,526
4,612

28,474--

103,138
20,395
153,573
76,657

LibraryStatement of Functional Expenses

Instruction

$

2,042
8,521
1,668
2,435

-

74,644
66,87597,421
19,565
129,666
119,024--452
24,069--80,767
-

416
-

-

8,507
-

96,96919,565(14,364)
119,024

6,606-

35,440150,852751-

299,480
188,060-

299,480
-

-

-

-

5,407

-

-

5,822

-

8,318

$

$ 1,159,343

-

-

$

-

44,209$ 123,100

9,357

135,163$ 131,022

293,908

Salaries andWages$ 1,063,069
Benefits
173,592
Professional
Development
18,074
Travel/AutoExpense22,968
Office Supplies
and Expense
13,634
Consultants /Professional
3,433
Special Events
23,622Student /Covenant
Groups29,628
Repairs andMaintenance165
Utilities
Insurance
ExpenseProperty Taxes
Other Expense
22,240Interest Expense
Capital Campaign
ExpenseDepreciation
Allocation of Facilities
Operations &Security
303,931$ 102,688$ 4,466,594$ 266,337$ 4,474,049$ 297,394

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719,809$ 1,674,356

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Statements of Cash Flows

For the Years Ended July 31, 2018 and 20172018

Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Change in net assets
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation
Capital gains on investments
Bad debt expense
Discount on pledges
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Tuition, fees and other receivables
Pledges receivable
Other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$

290,888

1,680,359

150,852(1,155,210)
18,000(20,129)(135,625)
382,124(34,254)(58,792)

140,717275,046
4,674
71,702(190,895)

1,166,011(175,837)(50,410)620,096
4,267(665,279)(472,585)(69,070)
766,706
4,722(121,681)(267,163)

108,092

40,0002,600,250(1,644,483)

810,000(59,321)995,767

750,679

537,7092,024,782

2,442,549

417,767

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Purchases of investments
Reinvestments of investment earnings
Sale of investments(Increase) decrease in cash surrender value of life insurance
Purchases of property and equipment
Net cash flows provided by (used for) investing activities

Net cash flows provided by financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year$

188,060(823,220)
17,749(17,825)

Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Increase (decrease) in line of credit
Proceeds from issuance of note payable
Principal payments on notes payable

2017

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year$

2,980,258$

2,442,549

Supplemental Disclosure:Interest paid during the year$

116,967$

76,095

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July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 1 – Organization and Purpose
The Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (the “Seminary”) is an ecumenicalProtestant seminary serving the Mid-South region from its campus in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis TheologicalSeminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church provides postgraduate theological education to clergy andchurch leaders of the parent denomination and qualified students from other denominations. Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is governed by a Board of Trustees elected by theGeneral Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
Financial Statement Presentation
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church prepares its financial statements inaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which involves theapplication of accrual accounting. Under generally accepted accounting principles, Memphis TheologicalSeminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church reports information regarding its financial position and activities
according to three classes of net assets as follows:
Unrestricted Net Assets — Net assets that are not subject to donor-imposed stipulations. Unrestricted net
assets may be designated for specific purposes by action of the Board of Trustees or may otherwise belimited by contractual agreements with outside parties.
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets — Net assets whose use by the Seminary is subject to donor-imposed
stipulations that can be fulfilled by actions of the Seminary pursuant to those stipulations or that expire by
the passage of time.
Permanently Restricted Net Assets — Net assets subject to donor-imposed stipulations that they be
maintained permanently by the Seminary. Generally, the donors of these assets permit the Seminary to
use all or part of the investment return on these assets.
Contributions
Contributions received by Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church are recorded
as unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted support depending on the existence and/or
nature of any donor restrictions. Temporarily restricted net assets are reclassified to unrestricted net assets uponsatisfaction of the time or purpose restrictions.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid totransfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Notes 3
and 4 for discussion and computation of fair value.
Unrealized holding gains and losses are included in current year revenue and support as a component ofinvestment income. Realized gains and losses are computed using the specific identification method.
Capital Assets
All acquisitions of property and equipment and expenditures for repairs and maintenance that prolong the useful
lives of assets in excess of $1,000 are capitalized at cost. Expenditures for normal repair and maintenance are
expensed to operations as they occur. Depreciation is provided through the straight-line method over the assets’estimated useful lives which range from three to ten years for equipment, fifteen years for library books andtwenty-five to forty years for buildings.
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents are defined as short term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known
amounts of cash and are so near maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because ofchanges in interest rates.

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July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements andaccompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Income Taxes
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a not-for-profit organization that is
exempt from income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and is also exempt from state income
taxes. The Seminary is generally no longer subject to federal and state audit for tax years prior to the year ended
July 31, 2015.
Donated Property, Equipment and Services
Donations of property and use of property are recorded as support at their estimated fair value at the date of
donation. Such donations are reported as unrestricted support unless the donor has restricted the donated asset
to a specific purpose. No property was donated in 2018 or 2017.
Donated services are recognized as contributions if the services (a) create or enhance non-financial assets or (b)require specialized skills, are performed by people with those skills, and would otherwise be purchased by theOrganization. There were no contributed services recorded in 2018 or 2017.
Functional Allocation of Expenses
The cost of providing the various educational programs and supporting services has been summarized on afunctional basis in the statement of functional expenses. Accordingly, certain costs have been allocated among
the programs and services benefited.
Subsequent Events
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church evaluated all events or transactions that
occurred through November 13, 2018, the date Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church approved these financial statements for issuance.
Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement
FASB ASC Subtopic 820-10 Fair Value Measurements,(formerly SFAS No. 157), defines fair value as theexchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or mostadvantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at themeasurement date. SFAS No. 157 established a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used tomeasure fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize theuse of unobservable inputs.
The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows: Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets
that are not active; or inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
 Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to thefair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow
methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

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Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement (continued)
The estimated fair value of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church's financial
instruments has been determined by management using available market information. However, considerable
judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the fair values
are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions may have a material
effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, net receivables, cash value of life insurance, payables,
accrued liabilities, and debt are a reasonable estimate of their fair value, due to their short term nature, method ofcomputation and interest rates for current debt.
All financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) have been segregatedinto the most appropriate level within the fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to determine the fair value
at the measurement date.
The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Seminary’s financial instruments at fairvalue as of July 31, 2018:

Total
Investment securities
Cash/cash equivalents
Money market funds
Bonds and bond funds
Common and preferred stocks
Real estate investment funds
Mutual funds
Private investment entities
Total investments
Land held for sale$

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

318,889
2,269
6,202
181,601
843,339
302,039
9,977,748$

318,889
2,269
6,202
181,601
302,039-$

843,339-$

9,977,748$ 11,632,087$

811,000$

843,339$

9,977,748

$

$

-

$

-

$

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Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement (continued)
The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Seminary’s financial instruments at fairvalue as of July 31, 2017:

Total
Investment securities
Cash/cash equivalents
Money market funds
Bonds and bond funds
Common and preferred stocks
Real estate investment funds
Mutual funds
Private investment entities
Total investments
Land held for sale

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

110,737
3,262
22,698
146,615
841,094
601,257
9,477,053$

110,737
3,262
22,698
146,615
601,257-$

841,094-$

9,477,053$ 11,202,716$

884,569$

841,094$

9,477,053

$

$

-

$

-

$

27,448$27,448The private investment entities are investments entered into by the Board of Stewardship to achieve greater rates
of return. They include funds whose inputs used to determine fair value are considered unobservable and are
therefore Level 3 inputs.
The carrying value of the above land held for sale is based on expected recoverability at the time of sale.
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church uses appraised values and otherinformation available to determine the carrying value. The inputs used to determine fair value are consideredunobservable and are therefore Level 3 inputs.
Transactions in Level 3 assets for the years ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, were as follows:

2018

2017

Private investment entities
Beginning balance
Change in allocation of investments
Reinvestments
Realized/unrealized gains (losses)$

9,477,053 $(383,013)
448,090435,618

8,436,846
896,525
94,17449,508Ending balance$

9,977,748$

9,477,053

Beginning balance$

27,448$27,448Ending balance$

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Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement (continued)
Investment income was as follows for the years ended July 31, 2018 and 2017:

2018

2017

Investment income
Realized investment gains
Unrealized investment gains$

124,005
39,212784,008$

115,596
51,964
1,103,246

Net investment income$

947,225$

1,270,806

Note 4 – Endowments
Nearly all of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s investments, which containendowments, are managed by the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Inc., and maintained in pooled investment accounts with other funds. The investments
generally originate from gifts and contributions for which separate identifiable investment accounts are createdthat indicate the source of the funds and/or the purpose for which the funds are to be used. Many of theseaccounts are designated for monthly distributions to Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church based on one-twelfth of 5% of the rolling average value. The Board of Stewardship,
Foundation and Benefits, issues an aggregate amount to Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and charges the applicable accounts for their proportionate share. In addition, Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church can request on an as needed basis, additional
distributions that will be used for the purpose for which the account was created.
The Seminary has interpreted the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”) requiring a
portion of a donor restricted endowment of perpetual duration be classified as permanently restricted assets. The
amount of the endowment that must be retained permanently is in accordance with explicit donor stipulations as
outlined in their respective endowment agreements. The Seminary has other endowment funds that are
temporarily restricted by the donor as to purpose and are classified as temporarily restricted until they are
expended on their respective purposes. Investment income and net appreciation on these permanently andtemporarily restricted endowments is classified as temporarily restricted or permanently restricted if so directed by
the donor in the respective endowment agreements or as unrestricted in the absence of donor instructions. The
Seminary has other donated funds and board designated funds that are included in investments and are not
restricted as to use. These funds, as well as investment income and net appreciation on these funds areclassified as unrestricted. Expenditures (withdrawals) of the temporarily restricted and unrestricted funds areapproved by management. The funds held by the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Inc. are invested with the primary objective of providing a balance between
capital appreciation, preservation of capital, and current income. This is a long-term goal designed to maximize
returns without undue risk. The Board of Stewardship selects the investment portfolio where the endowments will
be invested as described in the Investment Policy of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church Center, which outlines
the asset allocations, permissible investments, and objectives of the portfolios.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 4 – Endowments (continued)
Changes in endowment net assets for the years ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, were as follows:
Unrestricted
Board
Designated
Other
Balance at July 31, 2016$

Investment return:
Investment income
Change in market value
Total investment return
Contributions
Appropriation of endowment
assets for expenditure
Reclassifications
Balance at July 31, 2017
Investment return:
Investment income
Change in market value
Total investment return
Contributions
Appropriation of endowment
assets for expenditure
Reclassifications
Balance at July 31, 2018$78,574$

1,696,067

Temporarily
Restricted

Permanently
Restricted$$

1,951,220

Total

6,546,696$ 10,272,557

998
16,33817,336
100,000

35,175
597,645
632,820
104,006

32,897541,228
574,125-

268,579

69,0701,155,211
1,224,281
472,585

144,592
73,972442,937(5,957)179,178-(68,015)766,707-125,290

1,983,999

2,346,167

6,747,260

11,202,716

419
6,740
7,159
-

25,188421,136446,324
7,330

24,803395,063
419,866-

281
281
168,50750,410823,220873,630
175,837

8,707(42,624)

375,219(6,885)

236,170
2,981

46,528620,096-6,962,576$ 11,632,087

81,118$2,055,549$

2,532,844$

Note 5 – Capital Assets
Capital assets are as follows at July 31, 2018 and 2017:2018
Building and improvements
Furniture and equipment
Library books
Vehicles$

4,014,225
924,566
1,907,852
19,0996,865,742
4,619,744
2,245,998
712,508
643,466$

4,379,338
903,709
1,885,318
44,014
7,212,379
4,747,257
2,465,122
208,650
450,981$

3,601,972$

3,124,753

Less accumulated depreciation
Land
Construction in progress
Capital assets, net

2017

Depreciation expense for the years ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, was $188,060 and $150,852, respectively.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 6 – Concentration of Credit Risk
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has cash equivalents invested by the
Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits. At July 31, 2018, these funds total $2,597,460 and are notinsured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
In addition, Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church maintains cash balances inaccounts at a well-established financial institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. These balances are insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to certain limits. At July 31, 2018, Memphis Theological Seminaryof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church had no uninsured balances.
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church's tuition and fees receivable are fromstudents for which the majority receive some form of financial assistance. Management maintains an allowance
for uncollectible based on periodic reviews of each individual student's account.
Note 7 - Pledges Receivable
Pledges receivable primarily represent pledges from numerous donors for a capital/comprehensive campaign
totaling $297,472 and $379,596 at July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Pledges receivable also include a pledge
to offset the cost of a faculty member totaling $50,000 and $100,000 as of July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
These amounts have been discounted to present value using a rate of 3.07%. Management considered allpledges receivable at July 31, 2017, to be fully collectible; however, as of July 31, 2018, management has madean allowance for uncollectible amounts for the capital/comprehensive campaign.
The pledges, net of the discount, are due to be received as follows:

Less than one year
One year to five years
Gross contributions receivable$

Less: discount to present value
Less: allowance for doubtful pledges
Contributions receivable, net

2018347,472
347,472$(1,510)(250,000)$

97,472

2017308,396
171,200
479,596(19,335)-$

460,261

Note 8 – Line of Credit
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has a $1,000,000 unsecured revolving
line of credit agreement with a local bank that matures December 2019. Borrowings outstanding under theagreement ($950,000 at July 31, 2018 and $910,000 at July 31, 2017) bear interest at the bank’s prime rate (5.00
percent at July 31, 2018). The line is guaranteed by the Board of the Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 9 – Note Payable
Notes payable consist of the following at July 31, 2018 and 2017:2018
Note payable, due in monthly installments of $15,777 bearing
interest at 4.00% through October 2027 and a single balloon
payment of the remaining unpaid balance in November 2027

$

2017

2,543,779

Note payable, due in monthly installments of $10,052 bearing
interest at 3.85% through November 2025 and a single balloon
payment of the remaining unpaid balance in December 2025$$

2,543,779-

1,588,012$

1,588,012

The note payable is secured by property owned by the Seminary and located at 168 East Parkway South,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Scheduled principal payments required for the years ending July 31 are as follows:

Amount
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Thereafter$

89,11892,74896,527
100,460
104,553
2,060,373

Total notes payable$

2,543,779

Note 10 – Retirement Plan
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church sponsors a qualified defined contribution
retirement plan for eligible employees as defined by the plan under IRC Section 403(b). Employees are eligible toparticipate in the plan immediately upon hire and contributions to the plan are vested immediately. Eachparticipant in the plan may make voluntary contributions to the plan of up to the lesser of twenty percent (20%) ofannual compensation received by the participant during the plan year, or the maximum allowed by law. Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church matches participant’s contributions to a maximumof 3.5%. Contributions to the plan by Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church forthe years ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, were $58,458 and $61,162, respectively.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 11 – Related Party Transactions
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Board of Stewardship are
separate corporations but both are affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in that the governing boardof the Church elects the members of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and the Board of Stewardship. There are no common board members between Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Board of Stewardship. Amounts due toand from the Board of Stewardship as of July 31, 2018 and 2017, are as follows:

Seminary assets held by the Board of Stewardship:
Seminary cash held
Seminary investments held
Other Receivables

2018

2017

$ 2,597,460$ 11,442,105$
300,000$ 2,274,236$ 11,100,096$
148,612Note 12 – Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
Temporarily restricted net assets consist of the following at July 31, 2018 and 2017:

Endowment restrictions
Capital campaign restriction
Comprehensive campaign restriction
Faculty salary restriction
Financial Leadership/Thriving in MinistryCenter for Pastoral Formation
Other restrictions

$

$

2018
2,532,844
109,648
1,791,997
48,49034,869982,539
21,0505,521,437

$

$

2017
2,346,167
839,276
1,983,482
96,116143,271
5,000
5,413,312

Note 13 – Concentration of Revenue
In the year ended July 31, 2018, approximately 26% of total operating revenues and support was received fromone grantor. In the year ended July 31, 2017, approximately 32% of total operating revenues and support wasreceived from one individual.
Note 14 – Future Operations
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has sustained losses from operations inunrestricted funds in four of the last five fiscal years. Over this same period, tuition revenue has decreased due
to declining student enrollment. Contributions over that period have fluctuated, but a significant portion ofcontributions have been restricted by the donors as to use other than for operations. Unrestricted contributions
for the year ended July 31, 2018, increased from the prior year and management has reduced expenses forsalaries and various other expenses. Therefore, the Seminary has experienced improvements in the results ofoperations for the year ended July 31, 2018; however, continued losses could still increase the use of unrestricted
endowment funds and cause significant cash shortages. Management is committed to taking continued steps toincrease enrollment, seek additional contributions, and bring expenses in line with revenues.

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Presbyterian Church
MEMPHISTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Notes to the Financial Statements

July 31, 2018 and 2017

Note 15 – Commitment
In March 2017, Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church entered into anagreement with an architectural firm to construct a building at a cost of $2,750,000. As of July 31, 2018,
construction of the building had not begun. The construction cost is expected to be completely funded throughcontributions designated for the purpose of the project.
Note 16 – Reclassifications of Net Assets
During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2018, management determined that in the prior year, two of the Seminary’s
endowment funds had been classified incorrectly as unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted.
These determinations were made on the basis of a review of the endowment documents. Reclassifications weremade to correct the net asset presentation of these funds.

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Presbyterian Church
PresbyterianSEMINARY
Church
MEMPHISTHEOLOGICALOF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards

For the Year Ended July 31, 2018Federal Grantor/
Pass-Through Grantor/
Program or Cluster Title

CFDA
Number

U.S. Department of Education Federal
Family Education Loan Program

84.032

Total
Expended$

1,684,358

Basis of Presentation
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal award
activity of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church under programs of the federal
government for the year ended July 31, 2018. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance withthe requirements of Title 2 CFR U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because theSchedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets or
cash flows of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures arerecognized following the cost principles contained in OMB Circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational
Institutions, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church elected not to use the ten per cent de minimis
indirect cost rate option.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ONCOMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMEDIN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDSTo the Board of Trustees
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Memphis, Tennessee
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America
and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by theComptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of Memphis Theological Seminary of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (a nonprofit organization), which comprise the statement of financial position asof July 31, 2018, and the related statements of activities, functional expenses, and cash flows for the year thenended, and the related notes to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated November 13,
2018.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered Memphis Theological Seminary of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine theaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinion on thefinancial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Memphis
Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express
an opinion on the effectiveness of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s
internal control.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or
employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct,
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements
will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enoughto merit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section
and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses orsignificant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal
control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been
identified.
Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church’s financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its
compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance withwhich could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However,providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we
do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or othermatters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

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Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and theresults of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the organization’s internal control oron compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government AuditingStandards in considering the organization’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is
not suitable for any other purpose.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR A MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON INTERNALCONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE
To the Board of Trustees
Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Memphis, Tennessee
Report on Compliance for a Major Federal Program
We have audited Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s compliance with thetypes of compliance requirements described in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have a direct andmaterial effect on Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s major federal
program for the year ended July 31, 2018. Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church’s major federal program is identified in the summary of auditor’s results section of the accompanying
schedule of findings and questioned costs.
Management’s Responsibility
Management is responsible for compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of its
federal awards applicable to its federal program.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church’s major federal program based on our audit of the types of compliance requirements
referred to above. We conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and the audit requirements of Title 2
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Those standards and the Uniform Guidance require thatwe plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types ofcompliance requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal
program occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about Memphis Theological Seminaryof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s compliance with those requirements and performing such otherprocedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for the major federal
program. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of Memphis Theological Seminary of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s compliance.
Opinion on a Major Federal Program
In our opinion, Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church complied, in all material
respects, with the types of compliance requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effecton its major federal program for the year ended July 31, 2018.
Report on Internal Control over ComplianceManagement of Memphis Theological Seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is responsible forestablishing and maintaining effective internal control over compliance with the types of compliance requirements
referred to above. In planning and performing our audit of compliance, we considered Memphis TheologicalSeminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control over compliance with the types ofrequirements that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal program to determine the auditing
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance fora major federal program and to test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform
Guidance, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over
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compliance. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of Memphis Theological Seminary of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s internal control over compliance.
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control over compliancedoes not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, toprevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program on atimely basis. A material weakness in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility that material
noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected andcorrected, on a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal
program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control over compliance, yet important enough tomerit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraphof this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over compliance that might bematerial weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify any deficiencies in internal control overcompliance that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have notbeen identified.
The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of our testing ofinternal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements of the Uniform
Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose.

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Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs

For the Year Ended July 31, 2018

SECTION I - SUMMARY OF AUDITOR'S RESULTS
Financial Statements
Type of auditor's report issued:

Unmodified

Internal control over financial reporting:- Material weakness(es) identified?

yes

X

no

- Significant deficiencies identified that are notconsidered to be material weaknesses?

yesXnone noted

yes

X

no

- Material weakness(es) identified?

yes

X

no

- Significant deficiencies identified that are notconsidered to be material weaknesses?

yesXnone noted

yes

X

no

- Noncompliance material to financial statements
noted?
Federal Awards:
Internal control over major programs:

Type of auditor's report issued on compliance formajor program:

Unmodified

Any audit findings disclosed that are required
to be reported in accordance with
2 CFR section 200.516(a)?
Identification of major programs:
CFDA 84.032

U.S. Department of Education Federal
Family Education Loan Program

Threshold for distinguishing type A and B programs:$750,000

Auditee qualified as low risk auditee:

X

yes

no

SECTION II - FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
There are no financial statement findings for the year ended July 31, 2018.
SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
There are no federal award findings or questioned costs for the year ended July 31, 2018.

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Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings

For the Year Ended July 31, 2018

There were no findings or questioned costs for the year ended July 31, 2017.

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APPENDICESREPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE(Appendix A)
The Credentials Committee certifies the list of commissioners on pages 5 and 6 of the Preliminary
Minutes with the following change:
On the part of Minister Commissioners, Paul Lanz, West Tennessee Presbytery; Nate Matthews, delCristo Presbytery; and Gin Soo Park, Cumberland East Coast Presbytery; are not present.
Enrollment as of 2:00 p.m. is certified as forty-six (46) ministers, forty-four (44) elders and twentyfive (25) youth advisory delegates.
Respectfully submitted,
Reverend Virginia Espinoza, Chair
Elder Larry Nottingham, Co-Chair
Elder Sally Sain
Youth Advisory Delegate Noah Jenkins

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONCERNS/UNIFICATION TASK FORCE(Appendix B)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows:  The Report of the Unified Committee on Theology andSocial Concerns and The Report of the Unification Task Force.

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Appearing before this committee were: Reverend Edmund Cox (CPCA) and Reverend Mitch
Boulton (CPC), representatives of Theology and Social Concerns; Reverend Perryn Rice (CPCA) and
Reverend Steve Mosley, representatives of the Unification Task Force (CPC); Reverend Mike Wilkinson,president of the Ministry Council; Ms Edith Old, Director of Ministries; Ms. Charelle Webb, representative
Ministry Council; and Reverend Jacqueline DeBerry, non-commissioner representing herself.

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
A. UNIFIED COMMITTEE ON THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONCERNS
The committee considered the report, and after consultation with representatives of the Unified
Committee on Theology and Social Concerns, the committee concurs in the report and makes the following
recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Unified Committeeon Theology and Social Concerns, “that the UCTSC requests more time to consider other pertinent
information from various perspectives in order to set forth a loving, Biblical and theological soundresponse,” be adopted.
Our Committee acknowledges the diligent work done by the UCTSC on the subject of humansexuality.  They have received and studied input from the members of the CPCA and the CPC and arerequesting additional feedback.  One opportunity for members of the denomination to address the UCTSC,

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either directly or by teleconference, is on August 24, 2019 (location TBD).  Additional study papers may
be submitted by October 1, 2019 to the UCTSC.  Contact the chair of the UCTSC for further information.
(www.cumberland.org\uctsc\)
The Committee adds this additional recommendation to encourage a timely conclusion by the
UCTSC.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That the UCTSC return a response to the 190th General Assemblyof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
B. UNIFICATION TASK FORCE
The committee considered the report, and after consultation with representatives of the Unification
Task Force, the committee concurs in the report and makes the following recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION 3: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Unification Task
Force, that this Proposed Plan for Union be adopted by the General Assemblies of the CPCA andthe CPC; and that upon such approval, it be forwarded to the presbyteries of the CPCA and the
CPC for ratification during the 2019-2020 year. Presbyteries will be instructed to submit a report oftheir vote to their respective General Assembly clerks in time to be announced by the 2020 General
Assemblies,” be adopted.
C. FURTHER ACTIONS++
The committee received a communication from the Ministry Council.  After discussions with the
Ministry Council and the Unification Task Force, action is not needed at this time.
The committee also heard from Reverend Jacqueline DeBerry at her request.   She had someclarifying questions. The committee answered her questions to the best of our ability.
Respectfully Submitted,
Committee on Theological and Social Concerns/Unification Task ForceREPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MINISTRY COUNCIL(Appendix C)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows: The Report of the Ministry Council, and The Memorialfrom Presbytery del Cristo Regarding a Denominational Day of Prayer and Fasting.

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Appearing before this committee were: Mrs. Edith Old, Director of Ministries; Ms. Charelle Webb,
Representive from Ministry Council; Reverend Pam Phillips-Burk, Pastoral Development Ministry Team;
Reverend Steven Shelton, Communications Ministry Team; Reverend Elinor Brown, Discipleship MinistryTeam; Reverend Milton Ortiz, Missions Ministry Team; Reverend Lynn Thomas, Global Cross-Cultural
Ministries; and Reverend T. J. Malinoski, Evangelism and New Church Development Director.

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
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We commend the members of the Ministry Council on their excitement and enthusiasm about
their tasks, exceptional stewardship of all their resources, the creation of a cooperative and empowering
environment, and the success of their hard work.  We make the following recommendations:
RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Ministry Council,“That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to call upon both lay and ordained
Cumberland Presbyterians to start new communities of faith in their homes, neighborhoods, towns,
cities, and local settings with the encouragement and support of their church session, presbyterialboard of missions, presbytery, synod, and MMT for the purpose of extending the Gospel of Jesus
Christ,” be adopted.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That Recommendation 2 of the Report of the Ministry Council,“That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to promote and encourage all congregations
to consider Beth-El Farmworker Ministry as a mission field for Cumberland Presbyterian churchgroups looking for short mission trip opportunities and experiences,” be adopted.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That Recommendation 3 of the Report of the Ministry Council,“That the 189th General Assembly be called to pray during the General Assembly for our missionaries.
Also, that the General Assembly prays that God continues to call churches and individuals to support
these missionaries,” be adopted.
(This prayer is suggested at the end of the commissioning ceremony. Youth Advisory Delegate Chandler
Anderson has volunteered to offer this prayer.)
RECOMMENDATION 4: That Recommendation 4 of the Report of the Ministry Council,“That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries to encourage all congregations to engage,
promote, support, and participate in opportunities to grow the Kingdom of God in denominational
ministries through the following: Explore denominational resources for Small Group Studies,Children and Youth Ministry, and Adult Bible Study; Pray for and support our missionaries throughthe Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering Fund; Visit and advocate for our Ministry Partners, BethEl Farmworker Ministry, Project Vida, Coalition of Appalachian Ministries, and National Farm
Workers Ministry; Encourage students to attend Bethel University and Memphis TheologicalSeminary; Support global and local mission opportunities,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 5: That the 189th General Assembly request presbyteries toencourage all congregations to engage, promote, support, and participate in opportunities to growthe Kingdom of God in denominational ministries through the following: explore denominational
resources for Small Group Studies, Children and Youth Ministry, and Adult Bible Study; pray forand support our missionaries through the Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering Fund; visit and advocate
for our Ministry Partners, Beth-El Farmworker Ministry, Project Vida, Coalition of Appalachian
Ministries, and National Farm Workers Ministry; encourage students to attend Bethel University,
Memphis Theological Seminary, and the Program of Alternate Studies; and support global and local
mission opportunities.
B. DECLARATION FROM HONG KONG PRESBYTERYThe Committee heard a report from our Commissioners from Hong Kong Presbytery on the
declaration passed by the Hong Kong Presbytery concerning the increased Chinese pressure on the citizens
of Hong Kong concerning the amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance.  The Ministry Council
Committee supports Hong Kong Presbytery as the presbytery defends the rights of the citizens.
RECOMMENDATION 6: That the 189th General Assembly pray for Hong Kong, China,
Hong Kong Presbytery, and the churches in Hong Kong and especially the families of the Hong Kong
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REGARDINGARECOMMENDATION 7: That the Memorial from Presbytery del Cristo which states:“189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Believing that God, in creating persons, gives us the capacity and freedom to respond to God’smighty act of reconciling love accomplished in Jesus and that we are responsible for our choices andactions toward God, one another and the world;
Confessing that we rebel against God, reject our dependence, abuse the gift of freedom,
willfully sin, both individually and collectively, and stand in need of God’s redemption;
Rejoicing that God acts to heal the brokenness and alienation caused by our sin to restore us
through the reconciliation of Jesus Christ and the outpouring the Holy Spirit calling every person
toward repentance and faith;
Responding to God’s acts of saving grace and forgiveness of sin, we make honest confession ofsin against God, our brothers and sisters, and all of creation, amending the past so far as in our power
through our choices, actions, and prayer;
Recalling that the renewal of believers is solely of God’s grace, that when we trust in the
Lord Jesus, we are recreated, born again, renewed in spirit, and made new persons in Christ who areempowered by the illuminating influence of the Holy Spirit to love and glorify God and to love andserve our neighbor;
Reminding all Cumberland Presbyterians that prayer is inseparable from the Christian life
and to be a Christian is to pray and to join others in prayer and that we pray not primarily to receivefrom God but as an expression of our creaturehood and our dependence upon God as our Creator;
Guided by the primary purposes of prayer being to enter the presence of God, to experience
anew God’s judgement, grace, and power, to praise God and to invite God into our world and into
our lives;
Declaring that the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, being nurtured and sustained byworship, by the proclamation and study of the word, and by the celebration of the sacraments, iscommissioned to witness to all persons who have not received Christ as Lord and Savior;Calls upon the 189th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church who ismeeting concurrently with the 144th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in
America and;
Requests that a denominational day of Prayer and Fasting be set and observed by all membersof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at every level and in every nation to renew and revitalize us
to bear witness to God’s mighty act of reconciling love accomplished in Jesus Christ by which the sinsof the world are forgiven.
Submitted by: Karen Avery, Presbytery del Cristo on March 15, 2019,” be adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
The Ministry Council Committee

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY(Appendix D)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows:  The Report of the Permanent Committee on Judiciary;
The Report of the Joint Committee on Amendments; and The Memorial from Nashville Regarding
Sacrament of Baptism.

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Reverend Geoff Knight, representative of the Permanent Judiciary Committee; Stated Clerk, and316

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Reverend Mike Sharpe appeared before the committee.  

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
A. REPORT OF THE PERMANENT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
The committee concurs in the Report of the Permanent Judiciary Committee.
B. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS
		RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Joint
Committee on Amendments, “That the Preamble to the Constitution be amended by inserting thefollowing paragraph between the first and second existing paragraphs: “Cumberland Presbyterian
congregations are found around the world. While the mission of the church is the same everywhere,
the forms and structures of the Constitution and Rules of Discipline do not always fit seamlessly withthe cultures, traditions, and legal systems of some countries. In countries other than the United States
the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of Discipline should be applied so far as possible, but
the Constitution and Rules of Discipline are, at heart, documents which exist to promote spiritual
objectives. If there are instances in which the letter of the Constitution and/or Rules of Discipline
cannot be applied without compromising the mission of the church and the spiritual objectives
identified in the Confession of Faith, it is the spirit of the law, rather than the letter, which must
prevail.”That Constitution 3.03 be amended to read: “The authority of each level of church government
is limited by the stated provisions of the Constitution. Although each judicatory exercises exclusive
original jurisdiction over all the matters specifically belonging to it, the lower judicatories are subject
to the review and appellate authority of the next higher judicatory.”
That Constitution 3.35 be amended to read: “A particular church shall not sell, convey,
lease, pledge, mortgage, or encumber its real property used for purposes of worship, nurture, or
ministry without the written permission of the presbytery in which the particular church is located,transmitted through the session of the particular church. In granting its permission, the presbytery
does not become a party to the church’s agreement, nor a guarantor of any indebtedness.”
That Constitution 7.06, which refers to the relationships of pastor, assistant/ associate
pastor, stated supply, and interim pastor, be amended to read “A person shall enter into one of these
relationships with a particular church only with the approval of the presbytery in the bounds ofwhich the particular church is located. The church session shall bear responsibility for the selectionof the person, and the presbytery’s approval shall relate to the person’s ministerial credentials,
commitment to the theology and government of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church/Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America, and standing in his or her current presbytery, if any. The presbytery
may authorize its board of missions or equivalent body to act on its behalf in examining the call andto give tentative approval to a relationship between a particular church and a minister, licentiate, or
candidate, subject to formal approval at a meeting of the presbytery.”That Constitution 8.5(f) be amended to read “In general, to order with respect to thepresbyteries, sessions, and churches under its care according to the government of the church,whatever pertains to their spiritual welfare and the edification of the church.”That Constitution 9.4 (d) be amended to read “Institute and review the work of denominational
entities.”
That Constitution 9.4(g) be amended to read “Take care that the lower judicatories observe
the government of the church and exercise its review and appellate authority to redress what they
may have done contrary to order.”That Constitution 9.4(m) be amended to read “Keep watch over the affairs of the wholechurch,” be adopted.

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C. THE MEMORIAL FROM NASHVILLE PRESBYTERY REGARDING SACRAMENT OFBAPTISM
It is the opinion of this committee that this memorial was directed inappropriately to the Permanent
Judiciary Committee.  Therefore, the Memorial from Nashville Presbytery which states:“WHEREAS the Confession of Faith, Section 5.18, states that the Sacrament of Baptism“symbolizes the baptism of the Holy Spirit and is the external sign of the covenant which marks
membership in the community of faith”, and
WHEREAS the Confession of Faith, Section 5.21, states that “in administering the sacrament
the pouring or sprinkling of water on the person by the minister fittingly symbolizes the baptism of
the Holy Spirit”, and
WHEREAS the General Assembly in 1968 granted a Memorial which allowed a minister to“perform the sacrament of baptism with the mode best suited to the specific situation” (Digest, page18, 2.63d “interpretative”), and
WHEREAS the resulting practice of baptism over the years by Cumberland Presbyterianministers is now so varied so as to have lost seemingly its connection to baptism as defined in the
Confession of Faith, and has opened the door for practices not affirmed in the Confession such as“infant dedications” and repeating the sacrament (despite Section 5.19 of the Confession) under theguise of “believer’s baptism”,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Nashville Presbytery memorializes the General
Assembly to refer this Memorial to the General Assembly’s Permanent Committee on the Judiciary
to report back to the next General Assembly and to provide guidance and direction, particularly topresbyteries, on how to maintain and affirm the Confession of Faith in relation to the Sacrament of
Baptism in actual practice.
				
Respectfully Submitted, Reverend Fred E. Polacek,” be denied.
Respectfully submitted,
The Judiciary Committee

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CHAPLAINS/HISTORICAL FOUNDATION(Appendix E)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows: The Report of the Board of Trustees of the HistoricalFoundation, The Report of the Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel and The Report of the
Evaluation Committee, Part II, Recommendations 7-11.

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Appearing before this committee  were: Ms. Susan Knight Gore, Archivist, Historical Foundation;
Ms. Pat Ward, Board Representative, Historical Foundation; Navy Chaplain Lyman M. Smith (CAPT, CHC,USN), Director of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel, and Reverend Cassandra
Thomas, representative to the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel; Colonel David
Lockhart, Chaplain at Fort Gordon Army Base, Augusta, Georgia; Reverend Tony Janner, retired Air
Force Chaplain, member of the PCCMP; and Reverend Rickey Page, representative to the GA Evaluation
Committee.

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
A. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONThe Committee appreciates the work being done by Archivist, Ms. Susan Knight Gore and theBoard of Trustees of the Historical Foundation, and commends them for their dedication to the preservation

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of the records of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Church records and session minutes are of profound historical significance and importance.  Whenthe records of a congregation are lost, very little of that congregation’s story may ever be recovered orrecreated for preservation and research.  Every effort must be made to secure congregational records before
a church closes and the property is sold.  
Preservation of materials is a critical issue for the Historical Foundation and the infiltration of water
into the Archives makes it difficult to properly store and protect the Church’s historical documents.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Board of Trusteesof the Historical Foundation, “that the General Assembly instruct presbyteries to obtain the session
records of a congregation at the time the church is closed and then deposit them in the HistoricalFoundation,” be adopted.
RECOMMENDATION 2: That the Center Interagency Team prioritize a permanent
solution to the problem of water incursion into the Center building, especially in the portion of thebuilding occupied by the Historical Foundation.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That presbyteries instruct their congregations to lift up the
Denomination Day offering on the first Sunday in February as an important source of funding for theHistorical Foundation and their work in preserving our history.
B. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON MILITARY CHAPLAINS AND PERSONNELThe Committee reviewed the Report of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military
Personnel, prepared and presented by members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church who serve on theCouncil.
The Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel, also known as the Presbyterian
Federal Chaplaincies, receives its support from four member denominations: Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad, and Presbyterian
Church USA.  
There are more chaplains today than there are pastors, yet there are still not enough chaplains to meetthe needs of those employed by the military, prison system, and federal agencies.  The PCCMP is working
to make sure Presbyterian chaplains meet the highest standards for ordination and commissioning.  As of
March 4, 2019, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America had one chaplain on military active duty,
and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church had four chaplains on military active duty, three chaplains in the
military reserves with one more pending, two chaplain candidates, seven Veteran Affairs chaplains with two
more pending, and 13 retired chaplains.  The Moderator of the 189th General Assembly, Reverend Shelia
O’Mara, is a retired military chaplain and the Vice-Moderator of the 187th General Assembly, Reverend
Lisa Scott, recently accepted the position of Supervisory Chaplain at the Kansas City VA Medical Center,
Kansas City, Missouri.
Presbyterian Chaplains will be present at Triennium this year, ministering to those in attendanceand encouraging them to listen for God’s call on their lives.
The Committee is grateful to the Commission on Military Chaplains and Personnel for theencouragement and support they provide to chaplains and to those whom they serve.
RECOMMENDATION 4: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Commission
on Military Chaplains and Personnel, “that each Cumberland Presbyterian Church provide an
opportunity for their congregations to receive an offering on the last Sunday of May, or anotherspecial day, to support our ministry through the PCCMP,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 5: That Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America presbyteries
and Cumberland Presbyterian Church presbyteries located in the United States encourage theircongregations to provide an opportunity for their congregations to receive an offering on the lastSunday of May, or another special day, to support the ministry through the PCCMP.
RECOMMENDATION 6: That Recommendation 2 of the Report of the Commission on
Military Chaplains and Personnel, “that individual congregations of the Cumberland Presbyterian
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through the year to hold up the chaplains and their families in the service to which they have beenendorsed,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 7: That Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America presbyteries
and Cumberland Presbyterian Church presbyteries located in the United States determine anddesignate special days through the year to hold up the chaplains and their families in the service towhich they have been endorsed.
C. REPORT OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, PART II, (RECOMMENDATIONS 7-11)
The Evaluation Committee examined the work of the Historical Foundation and met with the
Director of the Historical Foundation to discuss the function of the Foundation, the work that has been
assigned to the Foundation, and the long-range plans for fulfilling the directives given to the Foundation by
the General Assembly.
Consideration may need to be given to more cost-effective ways of housing the archival collection,
while still providing researchers and historians access to church records.  Foundational documents need tobe reviewed and updated to reflect the Foundation’s evolving role in a changing world.
Financial restraints prevent the Foundation from carrying out some of their plans for improving thework and function of the Historical Foundation.
RECOMMENDATION 8: That Recommendation 7 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that General Assembly recommend that the Board of Trustees of the HistoricalFoundation review and/or revise the charter in light of the issues raised in this evaluation,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 9: That General Assembly recommend that the Board of Trusteesof the Historical Foundation review and/or revise the charter to make sure it is still accurate to thework of the Foundation.
RECOMMENDATION 10: That Recommendation 8 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation develop a long-range strategy
to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Charter and include a transition strategy for replacing the
Director and part time archivist,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 11: That Recommendation 9 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation engage in leadership training.
(It might be possible to partner with MTS who will be providing this training for its board.),” bedenied.
RECOMMENDATION 12: That Recommendation 10 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation develop a job description forthe director and part time archivist”, be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 13: That Recommendation 11 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that General Assembly revise funding strategies enabling the Historical Foundation to
fulfill the requirements of the charter,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 14: That the Board of Trustees of the Historical Foundation be
encouraged to develop a long-range strategy, to include a succession plan along with updated job
descriptions for all staff.
RECOMMENDATION 15: That we commend the Historical Foundation for their creative
fundraising and for their excellent stewardship of the funds they receive, and that the General
Assembly encourage the Board of Trustee of the Historical Foundation to develop funding strategies
for helping the Foundation fulfill its mission.
RECOMMENDATION 16: That the General Assembly encourage individuals, congregations,and presbyteries to visit the Historical Foundation website, make use of the information available, andsupport the Foundation by donating through the link provided on their webpage. www.cumberland.
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Respectfully submitted,
The Committee on Chaplains and Historical Foundation

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
STEWARDSHIP/ELECTED OFFICERS/OUO(Appendix F)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows: The Report of the Moderator; The Report of the StatedClerk; The Report of the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits; The Report of the Our United
Outreach Committee; The Report of the Place of Meeting Committee; and The Line Item Budgets Submitted
by General Assembly Agencies.

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Appearing before this committee were: Reverend Robert Heflin, Mr. Mark Duck, and Board
Representative, Mr. Gary Tubb (Board of Stewardship); Reverend Cliff Hudson, and regional representatives:
Colatta Edsell, Jeff McMichael and Bruce Hamilton (Our United Outreach Committee); Reverend Michael
Sharpe, Stated Clerk; and Moderator of the 188th General Assembly, Reverend Jay Earheart-Brown. We
wish to express our appreciation to the persons of counsel for their presentation.

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
A. REPORT OF THE MODERATOR
Concurred in the moderator’s report and expressed gratitude for Reverend Dr. Jay Earheart-Brown’s
service as moderator.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Moderator, “thatthe 189th General Assembly formally express its appreciation for the life, ministry, and service ofReverend Buddy Pope as Vice Moderator of the 188th General Assembly, and that the clerk be
instructed to send notice of our appreciation to Buddy’s family at his earliest convenience,” be adopted.
We agree with the moderator’s assertion that our Constitution’s description of advisory members isinadequate.  The current language, in section 3.07, Judicatories of the Church, reads as follows:“3.07 Other ministers [who are not members of the body] who are present in a meeting of presbytery
or synod may or may not be seated by action of the body as advisory members, which if granted gives them
the privilege to speak to any matter before the body. Persons so seated shall be introduced to the presbyteryor the synod by the moderator.”
We agree with the moderator’s proposed constitutional amendment to current section 3.07 above tobe replaced as follows:“3.07 Every judicatory of the church has the prerogative to seat persons as advisory members, withfull privilege of speaking to any issue before the judicatory, but no vote. The following persons shall be
granted advisory membership in the stated judicatory:a. Presbytery approved and installed assistant and associate pastors will be advisory members of
the session they serve.
b.  Elected officers of any judicatory (stated clerk, engrossing clerk, treasurer, etc.) and official
representatives from any standing committee or board of the judicatory will be advisory members of that
judicatory, if they are not members of the body, without the need to request permission to speak.
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to be seated as such. Persons so seated shall be introduced to the judicatory by the moderator:
a. In middle judicatories, visiting ordained Cumberland Presbyterian ministers from otherpresbyteries/synods.
b. In middle judicatories, visiting elders from other presbyteries/synods.
c. In any judicatory, youth advisory delegates elected to serve.
d. Representatives from higher judicatories.
e. Officers from the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry or other auxiliaries.
f. Attorneys employed by the judicatory.
g. Visiting ministers or leaders from other denominations with whom the judicatory is in partnership.
No judicatory should feel obligated to seat advisory members, but should grant this privilege in a
way that serves the mission and ministry of the church. Persons who are not regular or advisory membersof any judicatory may be granted permission to speak to the judicatory on majority vote or consent of the
judicatory.”
RECOMMENDATION 2: That Recommendation 2 of the Report of the Moderator, “thatthe General Assembly approve the proposed amendment to substitute a new section 3.07 for the
existing 3.07 in the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA, and that the proposed amendment be forwarded
to the Joint Committee on Amendments for their review and counsel,” be adopted.

B. THE REPORT OF THE STATED CLERK
We commend the work of the Stated Clerk, Reverend Michael Sharpe, and the thoroughness of theactions described in his submitted report.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Stated Clerk, “thatthe 189th General Assembly approve (with the changes of the CPYC date to June 21-26, 2020 andGeneral Assembly to June 7-12, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky) the following dates for the 2019-2020
Church Calendar:
CHURCH CALENDAR 2019-2020
July-2019
6		
7		
13		
13-27		16-20		

Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, McKenzie, Tennessee
Outdoor Ministries Sunday
Program of Alternate Studies Graduation
PAS Summer Extension School, Bethel, McKenzie, Tennessee
Presbyterian Youth Triennium

August-2019
4		
4-Sept 30
7-10		
18		
18		
22		
25		
28		
30		

Bethel University Commencement
Christian Education Season
Youth Worker Retreat
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
Seminary/PAS Sunday
Bethel University Fall Semester Begins
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)
Bethel University Spring Convocation

September-2019
4		
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)
8		
Family Sunday8		
Senior Adult Sunday
Young Adult Ministry Council
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15		
15		
22		

Christian Service Recognition Sunday
International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitat
Seminary Sunday

October-2019
		
		
		
6		
13		
15		
20		

Church Paper Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Worldwide Communion Sunday
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
A Day at the Park
Native American Sunday

November-2019
		Any Sunday Loaves and Fishes Program1		
All Saints Day
3		
World Community Sunday (Church Women United)3		
Bethel University Sunday3		
Stewardship Sunday
7-9		 Symposium10		
Day of Prayer for People with Aids and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
17		
Bible Sunday24		
Christ the King Sunday
December-2019
		Any Sunday Gift to the King Offering
2		
PAS Advisory Council
2-24		
Advent in Church and Home8		
Bethel University Commencement24		
Christmas Eve
25		
Christmas Day
January-2020
6		 Epiphany
6		
MTS Classes Begin
6-7		
Stated Clerks’ Conference
11		
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
BU Spring Semester Begins
13		
15		
Deadline for receipt of 2019 Our United Outreach Contributions
February-2020		Black History Month1		
Annual congregational reports due in General Assembly office2		
Denomination Day
2		
Historical Foundation Offering2		
Souper Bowl Sunday
9		
Our United Outreach Sunday
Youth Sunday
16		
26		
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent
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March-2020
		
6		
15		
23-29		

Women’s History Month (USA)World Day of Prayer (CWU)
Children’s Home Sunday
National Farm Workers Awareness Week

April-2020
5		
9		
10		
12		
19		

Palm/Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
EasterEarth Day

May-2020
1		
7		
9		
16		
24		
31		
31		
31		

Friendship Day (Church Women United)
National Day of Prayer
Bethel University Commencement
MTS Closing Convocation & Graduation
Memorial Day Offering for Military Chaplains & Personnel for USA churches
Pentecost
World Missions Sunday
Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering

June-2020
7-12		
8-12		
14		21		28-July 3

General Assembly
CPWM Convention
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Ministries Sunday
Unification Sunday
Cumberland Presbyterian Youth Conference, Bethel University, McKenzie, Tennessee

July-20205		
9-12		
11		11		
11-25		18		Outdoor Ministries Sunday
Americas Youth Gathering 2020
Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, Cookeville, Tennessee
Program of Alternate Studies Graduation
PAS Summer Extension School, Bethel, McKenzie, Tennessee
Children’s Fest/Middle Schooler’s Event, Cookeville, Tennessee

August-2020
1		
2-Sept 30
5-10		
16		
17		
25		
26		
27		

Bethel University Commencement
Christian Education Season
Asian Youth Gathering 2020
Seminary/PAS Sunday
Bethel University Fall Semester Begins
Bethel University Convocation
MTS Fall Semester Begins (tentative)
MTS Opening convocation (tentative)

September-2020
13		
Family Sunday
13		
Senior Adult Sunday20		
Christian Service Recognition Sunday
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International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitat

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October-2020
		
		
		
4		
11		
18		
20		

2019

Church Paper Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Worldwide Communion Sunday
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
Native American Sunday
A Day at the Park

November-2020
		Any Sunday Loaves and Fishes Program
All Saints Day1		1		
Bethel University Sunday1		
Stewardship Sunday
World Community Day (Church Women United)6		15		
Day of Prayer for People with Aids and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
15		
Bible Sunday22		
Christ the King Sunday
29- Dec 24
Advent in Church and Home
December-2020
		Any Sunday Gift to the King Offering
7		
PAS Advisory Council
13		
Bethel University Commencement24		
Christmas Eve
25		
Christmas Day,” be adopted.
The stated clerk noted that in 2018, 202 congregations failed to submit their annual reports.  It is
important that statistics are as accurate as possible.  Therefore, we recommend:
RECOMMENDATION 4: That all presbyteries remind local congregations of the importanceand impact of submitting their annual reports.

C. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP, FOUNDATION, AND BENEFITS
We commend the work of the Board and appreciate their hard work on behalf of ministers, churches,
and all others they serve.
The committee concurred in the Report of the Board of Stewardship, Foundation and Benefits.

D. THE REPORT OF THE OUR UNITED OUTREACH COMMITTEERECOMMENDATION 5: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Our United
Outreach Committee, “that General Assembly adopt the following Our United Outreach
allocations for 2020:
The allocation is to be as follows:		

$2,600,000.00

Development Coordinator Office							and OUO Committee
Unification Task Force												Sub-total
127,044.00
			(Amount to be allocated)

2,472,956.00

92,044.00
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Ministry Council				Bethel University				Children’s Home				Stewardship					General Assembly Office			Memphis Theological Seminary/				Program of Alternate Studies
Historical Foundation				
Shared Services				Contingency					$ 1,236,478.00			
123,648.00			
74,189.00			
148,377.00			
197,836.00			
173,107.00		

50%
5%
3%
6%
8%
7%

74,189.00			
395,672.00			
12,365.00			

3%
16%
.5%

(Next four items total 1.5%)
Comm. on Chaplains				
14,356.00			
Judiciary Committee				13,539.00			
Theology/Social Concerns			
5,045.00			
Nominating Committee			
4,155.00										 2,472,956.00
			

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.581%
.548%
.204%
.168%

$2,600,000.00,” be adopted.

RECOMMENDATION 6: That Recommendation 2 of the Report of the Our United
Outreach Committee, “that the OUO Committee request that General Assembly challenge churches
to invite an OUO Representative or member of the OUO Committee to speak in their congregations,”
be denied.
Although the committee did not necessarily disagree with the OUO Committee’s Recommendation2, we felt the need to better express the importance for 2-way communication regarding OUO, thejudicatories, and local churches and make the following recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION 7: That the presbyteries encourage churches to invite an OUO
Representative or member of the OUO Committee to share a compelling case for OUO participation
to the congregations, and encourage members to participate in ministries supported by OUO in order
to increase understanding of uses of OUO funds.

E. THE REPORT OF THE PLACE OF MEETINGThe committee concurs in the Place of Meeting Committee report.
Not included in the report, but discovered in our conversation with the Stated Clerk, it wascommunicated that the location of 190th General Assembly will be in Louisville, Kentucky (Cumberland
Presbytery) – June 7-12, 2020.
In order to assist the Place of Meeting Committee find adequate facilities at the best rate, thecommittee makes the following recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION 8: To encourage presbyteries to extend an invitation to host General
Assembly in future years, especially those that have not hosted in recent years.

F. LINE ITEM BUDGETS SUBMITTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENCIESThe committee recognizes the uncertainty involved in preparing budgets, and expresses appreciation
for the hard work of all the agencies that submitted budgets to the 189th General Assembly.
To achieve a better sense of surety, as well as providing better transparency, the committee makes
the following recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION 9: Include, with the proposed Line Item Budget, the previous year’s
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Respectfully submitted,
The Stewardship/Elected Officers/OUO Committee

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CHILDREN’S HOME/HIGHER EDUCATION(Appendix G)
I. REFERRALS
Referrals to this committee are as follows: The Report of the Board of Trustees of Memphis
Theological Seminary, The Report of the Board of Trustees of  Bethel University, the Board of Trustees of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home,

II. PERSONS OF COUNSEL
Appearing before this committee were: Reverend Susan Parker, Interim President of Memphis
Theological Seminary; Ms. Vanessa Midgett, member of the Board of Trustees of Memphis TheologicalSeminary; Reverend Kip Rush, Vice-Moderator of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary;Reverend Gloria Villa Diaz, member of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary; Mr.
Michael Allen, member of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary; Reverend Rickey
Page, member of the General Assembly Evaluation Committee; Reverend Michael Qualls, Director of
the Program of Alternate Studies; Dr. Walter Butler, President of Bethel University; Reverend Mr. Robert
Truitt, member of the Board of Trustees at Bethel University; Mrs. Courtney Banatoski, President & CEOof the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home; Mr. Sam Suddarth, member of the Board of Trustees of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home; and Mrs. Hillary Castillo, Senior Director of Operations of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home.

III. CONSIDERATION OF REFERRALS
A. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MEMPHIS THEOLOGICALSEMINARY
1. Future Funding
God has blessed Memphis Theological Seminary over the course of its history with faithful
Cumberland Presbyterians who give generously to see future Cumberland Presbyterian leaders receive
a quality education.   It is vital to the future of Memphis Theological Seminary that General Assembly,
synods, presbyteries, churches, and members continue to pray for and financially contribute to continue thevital ministry it is doing.
RECOMMENDATION 1: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Board of Trusteesof Memphis Theological Seminary, “that the General Assembly encourage Presbyteries to share themission, vision and passion of MTS to train and sustain men and women for the Christian ministry
and ask members to support the seminary with their financial resources and prayers,” be adopted.
2. The Whosoever Will Bridge Program
In 2018, an anonymous donor created the “Whosoever Will Bridge Program.”  This program enables
Bethel University graduates who then graduate with an M. Div. from Memphis Theological Seminary andthen is called to serve full-time at a CP church to receive a stipend of $12,000 a year.  This is a very generous
gift meant to help and prepare future leaders in the CP to pursue their call to ministry and attend Bethel
University and Memphis Theological Seminary.
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Will Bridge program and provide probationers with the necessary information so they will be awareof this program,” be denied.
RECOMMENDATION 3: That the Presbyteries inform all congregations and preparation
for the ministry committees of each presbytery of the Whosoever Will Bridge program and provide
probationers with the necessary information so they will be aware of this program.
3. Seminary/PAS Sunday
The Program of Alternate Studies has served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by providing aquality education to ministers who were unable to pursue a seminary degree.  This program has ensured that
the CP church has educated ministers to lead churches in their respective gospel ministries.
RECOMMENDATION 4: That Recommendation 3 of the Report of the Board of Trusteesof Memphis Theological Seminary, “that the third Sunday in August, (August 18, 2019)be includedin the General Assembly Calendar as Seminary/PAS Sunday, and that Presbyteries encourage all
churches to share information about MTS and PAS and receive a special offering on that day, or on amore convenient day of the session’s choosing,” be adopted.
4. Recognition of Dr. William “Bill” Rustenhaven, Jr.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is indebted to the faithfulness and leadership of the first
director of the Program of Alternate Studies by the Reverend Dr. William “Bill” Rustenhaven, Jr., who diedFebruary 1, 2019.  He invested in relationships with the students of PAS and made sure that all students
were instructed with diligence and grace, and we are a better denomination for it.
RECOMMENDATION 5: That General Assembly give thanks to God for the life andministry of Dr. William “Bill” Rustenhaven, Jr., who led the Program of Alternate Studies faithfullyby “making a difference for the building of God’s Kingdom and through his responsibility as
participants in that Kingdom.”
B. THE REPORT OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, PART 1 (RECOMMENDATIONS
1-6)
1. The Mission of Memphis Theological Seminary
MTS allows the Cumberland Presbyterian Church to partner with the larger Christian communityand participate in the ecumenical relationships that make up the body of Christ.
RECOMMENDATON 6: That Recommendation 1 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that we affirm our need for an ecumenical seminary,” be adopted.
2. Presidential Search
It is critical for MTS to hire the most qualified person for the position of president, regardless ofdenominational affiliation.  However, the seminary needs a strong Cumberland Presbyterian presence in theadministration and on the faculty.
RECOMMENDATION 7: That Recommendation 2 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that General Assembly encourage Memphis Theological Seminary to strengthen the
Cumberland Presbyterian presence in leadership and teaching at the seminary,” be adopted.
3. The Interim President
Dr. Susan Parker has been the Interim President of MTS since August 2018.   She is doing an
excellent job leading and cultivating a spirit of transparency during this difficult season of change andtransition at the seminary.  Her experience as a strategic planner and fundraiser has helped bring needed
direction to the institution.
RECOMMENDATION 8: That Recommendation 3 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that we express our appreciation to Dr. Susan Parker for her leadership at Memphis
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4. The Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees’ purpose is primarily to focus on the school’s long-term viability and strategic
vision.  The size of the current board inhibits communication and participation.  In an attempt to facilitate
engagement and maximize the effectiveness of the Board of Trustees, we are recommending a reduction in
the number of board members.
RECOMMENDATION 9: That Recommendation 4 of the Report of the Evaluation
Committee, “that the Board of Trustees of Memphis Theological Seminary reduce the number oftrustees from 24 to 14 by 2024 and that after any given trustee election the majority of members must
be Cumberland Presbyterian,” be denied.
A question arose regarding the process of reducing the number of trustees serving on the Board ofTrustees.  CPC Bylaw 10.06 states, “The corporation shall elect the twenty-four (24) directors of Memphis
Theological Seminary as provided in its charter.  The corporation shall elect the directors in such a manner that
immediately following any election, there shall be eleven (11) directors who are members of denominations
other than Cumberland Presbyterian Church.”  In order to make this reduction, we recommend 10.06 bechanged.
RECOMMENDATION 10: That 10.06 of the Bylaws of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church General Assembly Corporation, “The corporation shall elect the twenty-four (24) directorsof Memphis Theological Seminary as provided in its charter. The corporation shall elect the directors
in such a manner, that immediately following any election, there shall be eleven (11) directors who
are members of denominations other than Cumberland Presbyterian Church” be changed to “Thecorporation shall elect the eighteen (18) directors of Memphis Theological Seminary as provided inits charter. The corporation shall elect the directors in such a manner, that immediately following any
election, there shall be six (6) directors who are members of denominations other than Cumberland
Presbyterian Church” to be presented to the 190th General Assembly.
MTS received a grant to help with Board development through a program called “Wise Stewards,”
which includes a consultant.  This will be a wise use of time by the Board, but it would be helpful to identify
and recruit individuals with expertise in fundraising and finances.
RECOMMENDATION 11: That Recommendation 5 of the Evaluation Committee, “thatthe Board of Trustees and Memphis Theological Seminary leadership actively identify and recruit
individuals with the skill set in fundraising and fiscal responsibility to serve on the Board of Trustees sothat the denominational Nominating Committee can recommend candidates from pool of individuals
with those skills to serve on the MTS Board,” be adopted.
SACS is the accrediting agency that placed MTS on “warning” status due to their failure todemonstrate compliance with core requirements and standards of the principles of accreditation pertaining
to institutional planning, quality enhancement plan, student outcomes, educational programs, staff forstudent support services, financial resources, financial documents, and financial responsibility.
RECOMMENDATION 12: That Recommendation 6 of the Evaluation Committee, “Thatthe Board of Trustees and Memphis Theological Seminary leadership seek to employ a SACS
consultant to help develop a strategic plan and move towards compliance in other areas mentioned in
the SACS report to MTS,” be adopted.
5. Assessment of the Relationship between the Seminary and the Presbyteries
For each member of the Committee on the Children’s Home and Higher Education, this was an
eye-opening experience.  The serious realities of the financial challenges at MTS have caused us to be
incredibly concerned for the future of our beloved seminary.  In consulting with the president and membersof the Board of Trustees, there are currently plans to address some of the problems MTS faces, which isencouraging.  We understand that a strategic plan is in process of development, yet there are no action
steps have been finalized and could not be presented to the committee.  The current leadership should becommended for their work to bring stability to this situation.  However, it is clear to the committee thatthese problems must be acknowledged by the General Assembly, the Board of Trustees, the faculty, andall who are affiliated with the seminary.  The time for inaction and ignoring the facts must come to an end.  

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The discussions that we have had during this meeting of General Assembly have shown us all that there
are many issues demanding immediate attention and accountability.  We believe that many changes musttake place at the seminary if it is to remain open and educate future ministers.  Student enrollment must
increase.  Financial resources must be better raised and managed.  Transparency must be committed to andmaintained.  In light of all these things, and many more not mentioned, the committee strongly recommends
that the Evaluation Committee continue in their work to help identify and recommend actions to the General
Assembly that will give MTS the best possible opportunity to become a viable and healthy institution again.
RECOMMENDATION 13: That Recommendation 7 of the Evaluation Committee, “thatthe Evaluation Committee continue to: (1) assess the relationship between Memphis TheologicalSeminary and the Presbyteries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; (2) monitor the financial
solvency and stability of Memphis Theological Seminary in light of the concerns of both accrediting
agencies. (MTS has until April 2, 2020 to show that their financial resources are adequate for longterm stability.); (3) assess the short and long-term goals of Memphis Theological Seminary. (MTS
has until November 1, 2019 to develop a coherent and comprehensive institutional strategic plan.), (4)monitor progress made by MTS towards compliance with findings addressed in the ATS and SACs
Report,” be adopted.
C. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BETHEL UNIVERSITY
Bethel University has experienced a great deal of success and excitement in many aspects of theinstitution.  As mentioned above (in Section A.2),  BU has partnered with Memphis Theological Seminary
and a private donor in the “Whosoever Will Ministry Bridge” program.  President, Dr. Butler requested that
we bring emphasis to this program and make churches and students aware of this program.
RECOMMENDATION 14: That the General Assembly urge the presbyteries and churches
to pray for the staff, faculty, and students of Bethel University and encourage their students toconsider attending Bethel University during their college search.
D. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANCHILDREN’S HOME
The Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home continues to serve children who have been removed
from their homes as a result of abuse, neglect, various behavioral problems.  The committee commends
this excellent and crucial work among the most vulnerable in our society.  The Children’s Home provides
wholistic care toward these children as they receive treatment and enter the foster care system.  It is this carethat demonstrates the love of Christ to those who have been abused.
RECOMMENDATION 15: That the General Assembly urge the presbyteries and churches
to pray for the staff, families, and residents of the Children’s Home and actively talk about theministry of the Children’s Home in their churches and ministries.
RECOMMENDATION 16: That the General Assembly urge presbyteries and in turnchurches and other groups to continue support of the Children’s Home with volunteer help, financial
assistance, as well as celebrating Children’s Home Sunday on March 15, 2020.
E. THE MEMORIAL FROM MISSOURI PRESBYTERY REGARDING THE PROGRAM OF
ALTERNATE STUDIESThe Program of Alternate Studies has demonstrated great flexibility and concern for their students
in the creation of their courses and workloads.  Dr. Michael Qualls continues to improve the PAS programwith many and evolving options for classes and creating community for future pastors to learn and growinto their pastoral ministries.
RECOMMENDATION 17: That the Memorial from Missouri Presbytery Regarding theProgram of Alternate Studies, “WHEREAS the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination was formedout of the Revival of 1800 resulting in the rapid creation of many churches on the frontier of western
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WHEREAS the newly created denomination leadership felt the urgent need to provide
ministerial leadership required exceptions be made to educational requirements for ordination;
WHEREAS through the history of the denomination, there have been various routes ofalternative education leading to ordination that did not require a traditional seminary educational
degree;WHEREAS those alternative education paths have produced ministers that were effective inspreading the gospel of Jesus Christ and serving the needs of the Church;
WHEREAS many called to the ordained ministry have been, and will continue to be bivocational pastors needing to maintain full-time employment outside the pulpit;
WHEREAS current educational theories have identified that adult learners respond to avariety of learning styles;
WHEREAS the current Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) is a certificate, non-degree
awarding program requiring 35 courses;
WHEREAS the program length has made it difficult for some who attend PAS in response to
their call to ministry to maintain their current employment;
WHEREAS many students in PAS are currently ministering to churches; andWHEREAS it is the goal of PAS to provide an alternative educational pathway to ministry forthe preparation of ministers in the Cumberland tradition,
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that alternative methods of education and assessment of learning
should continue and be reviewed so that those called to ministry can be prepared in an alternative toseminary attendance;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that instructors should use a variety of teaching and evaluationof learning methods that are compatible with alternative types of preparation for ministry;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that PAS should explore granting credit for relevant pastoral
experiences as they do for educational experience, including but not limited to creative expression
and application of ministerial principles, alternate measures of assessment, independent study, andassessment of applied ministry activities on-site or through distance learning; andTherefore be it RESOLVED, that it is encouraged that the directors of PAS evaluate thenumber of courses, consider combining courses and streamlining the curriculum, continue to offer
weekend and on-line courses, and create a multi-year schedule of courses to afford ample opportunity
for planning a satisfactory completion of the program.
I certify that this is a true copy of a memorial adopted by Missouri Presbytery on March 16,
2019.
			
Signed Larry Nottingham, Stated Clerk, Missouri Presbytery,” be denied.
F. THE MEMORIAL FROM MISSOURI PRESBYTERY REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR RECOGNITION OF ORDINATIONThe current PAS requirements for ministers seeking recognition of their ordinations from otherdenominations are sufficient and proper.  It is important for all those seeking to be Cumberland Presbyterianministers to understand and know the distinctives of our denomination as well as understand the history,
polity, and sacramental practices of the Cumberland Presbyterians.
RECOMMENDATION 18: That the Memorial from Missouri Presbytery Regarding
the Requirements for Recognition of Ordination, “WHEREAS there are ministers from anotherecclesiastical body that desire to have their ordination recognized and become ministers in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church;
WHEREAS the constitution of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CP) currently states
the following:
6.40 Recognition of Ordination
6.41 A minister of another ecclesiastical body who desires to become a minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America shall appear before thecommittee on the ministry of the presbytery in which he or she wishes to be received. The committee
on the ministry shall investigate the following:a. Whether the minister has proper credentials from his or her ecclesiastical body;b. Whether the minister has a degree from a college and graduate school of theology;
c. Whether the minister has a knowledge of the history, theology, and government of the
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Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America;		d. Whether the minister seems fit for service as a minister in the Cumberland		Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
6.42 The committee on the ministry, if satisfied in each of the areas described in Section 6.41 may
recommend to presbytery that the minister be received as an ordained minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church/Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, upon giving affirmative answer
to the questions put to licentiates at their ordination. Such procedure shall not exclude the opportunity
for presbytery to examine the minister.
WHEREAS currently the Committee on the Ministry (COM) in Missouri Presbytery has
been told that they are not to recommend recognition of the ordination until the minister of anotherecclesiastical body has taken classes through the Program of Alternate Studies of CP History, CP
Polity, Cumberland Presbyterian Theology I and Cumberland Presbyterian Theology II;
WHEREAS the COM has also been told that the minister must take two (2) of these courses
on site at the Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) summer session;
WHEREAS the ministers already have a degree from a college and graduate school of theology
and completing four classes at PAS would take a substantial period of time as well as at current fees
cost the individual or the presbytery at least $1,480 in class fees, $163 in room and board plus travel
expenses;
WHEREAS some of those wanting their ordination recognized are nearing or at retirement
age;
WHEREAS there are CP churches that want the services of these ministers and want theseministers to provide all the sacraments granted ordained CP ministers;
WHEREAS there are opportunities other than PAS for a minister to experience CP culture
and develop friendships throughout the denomination such as attendance at presbytery meetings,
presbyterial retreats and denominational retreats or conferences;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the presbyterial COM should be allowed to individualize
the program needed for each minister of another ecclesiastical body who is seeking to have theirordination recognized. This would be determined after a review of previous education, interview ofthe person and review of the individual circumstances leading to wanting the ordination recognized;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that if formal coursework is needed, PAS should develop acourse of study (not 4 courses) specifically for the minister seeking this recognition of ordination.
This course of study should be offered as independent study, online study, weekend class, or at PAS
summer session;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the presbyterial COM should make the minister, seeking
to have their ordination recognized, aware of the various opportunities to experience CP culture
and encourage attendance at PAS but that would not be a requirement for the ordination being
recognized.
I certify that this is a true copy of a memorial adopted by Missouri Presbytery on March 16,
2019.
			
Signed Larry Nottingham, Stated Clerk, Missouri Presbytery,” be denied.
Respectfully submitted,
The Committee on Children’s Home/Higher Education

CHURCH CALENDAR 2019-2020
JULY 2019
6
7
13
13-27
16-20

JANUARY-2020
Children’s Fest/Middle Schoolers, Bethel   McKenzie, Tennessee
Outdoor Ministries Sunday
Program of Alternate Studies Graduation
PAS Summer Extension School, Bethel,   McKenzie, Tennessee
Presbyterian Youth Triennium

AUGUST 2019

SEPTEMBER 201922

Family Sunday
Senior Adult Sunday
Young Adult Ministry Council
Christian Service Recognition Sunday
International Day of Prayer and Action     for Human Habitat
Seminary Su8nday

OCTOBER 2019

6
13
15
20

Church Paper Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Worldwide Communion Sunday
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
A Day at the Park
Native American Sunday

NOVEMBER 2019
1
3
3
3
7-9
10
17
24

Any Sunday Loaves and Fishes Program
All Saints Day
World Community Day
   (Church Women United)
Bethel University Sunday
Stewardship Sunday
Symposium
Day of Prayer for People with Aids and   Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
Bible Sunday
Christ the King Sunday

DECEMBER 2019
2
2-24
8
24
25

Epiphany
MTS Classes Begin
Stated Clerks’ Conference
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
BU Spring Semester Begins
Deadline for receipt of 2019
   Our United Outreach Contributions

FEBRUARY-2020

4
Bethel University Commencement
4-Sept 30 Christian Education Season
7-10
Youth Worker Retreat
18
Seminary/PAS Sunday
22
Bethel University Fall Semester Begins
25
MTS Fall Semester Begins
28
MTS Opening convocation
30
Bethel University Fall Convocation

8
8
12-15
15
15

6
6
6-7
11
13
15

Any Sunday Gift to the King Offering
PAS Advisory Council
Advent in Church and Home
Bethel University Commencement
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day

		1Black History Month
Annual congregational reports due     in General Assembly office2
Denomination Day
2
Historical Foundation Offering2
Souper Bowl Sunday
9
Our United Outreach Sunday
16
Youth Sunday
26
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent
26-April 11
Lent to Easter

MARCH-2020
6
15
23-29

Women’s History Month (USA)World Day of Prayer (CWU)
Children’s Home Sunday
National Farm Workers Awareness Week

APRIL-2020
5
9
10
12
19

Palm/Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
EasterEarth Day

MAY-2020
1
7
9
16
24
31
31
31

Friendship Day (Church Women United)
National Day of Prayer
Bethel University Commencement
MTS Closing Convocation & Graduation
Memorial Day Offering for  Military   Chaplains & Personnel for USA churches
Pentecost
World Missions Sunday
Stott-Wallace Missionary Offering

JUNE-2020
7-12
General Assembly, Louisville, Kentucky
9-11
CPWM Convention, Louisville, Kentucky
14
CPC Ministries Sunday
21
Unification Sunday
21-26 CPYC, Bethel University, McKenzie, Tennessee
28-July 3   Cumberland Presbyterian Youth       Conference, Bethel University,       McKenzie, Tennessee