CONNECTIONAL MINISTRIES
Team includes full-time and part-time staff, as well as volunteers, at many different locations in Middle and Western Tennessee AND Western Kentucky. Some of these individuals also hold other positions in the Memphis Conference at church and district levels.
BISHOP William T. (Bill) McAlilly
Resident Bishop, Nashville Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church
(Memphis and Tennessee Conferences)
bishop@nashareaumc.org | 615-742-8834
BIO | BLOG | MORE CONTACT INFO
EPISCOPAL STAFF (Nashville, TN)
CONFERENCE STAFF (Jackson, TN)
Rev. Dr. Joe Geary
Director of Connectional Ministries
jgeary@memphis-umc.org | 731-664-8480
Elyse Bell
Director of Missional Engagement
ebell@memphis-umc.org | 731-664-8480
Lane Gardner Camp
Director of Communications
communications@memphis-umc.org | 731-664-8480
Robbin McCoy
Administrative Assistant
rmccoy@memphis-umc.org | 731-664-8480
Helen Bond
Receptionist
reception@memphis-umc.org | 731-664-8480
DISTRICT RESOURCE LEADERS and STRATEGISTS
Melinda M. Clarke
Tennessee River District Mission Strategist
clarkemelindam@gmail.com | 731-660-1376
(also serves as pastor of 3 churches in the Tennessee River District: Atwood, Liberty (Carroll County) and Trezevant)
Susan Davidson
Mississippi River District Resource Leader
msriverlrl@gmail.com | 731-414-6806
(also serves as conference director of lay servant ministries)
Samantha Hall
Purchase District Director of Resource Ministry
shall@memphis-umc.org | 270-527-8282
Laura Ibarra-Hernandez
Mississippi River District & Purchase District Hispanic Ministries Strategist
lybarra.hdz@gmail.com | 931-492-1203
Morgan Stafford
Metro District Cross-Cultural Strategist
mstafford@memphis-umc.org | 901-458-5808
(also serves as campus minister at University of Memphis in Memphis, TN)
For other district personnel, click on "Districts" link in far left column on this page.
ADJUNCT PERSONNEL
Susan Davidson
Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries
msriverlrl@gmail.com | 731-414-6806
(also serves as resource leader for Mississippi River District)
Amanda Crice
Conference Coordinator of Youth Ministries
(also serves as campus minister at University of Tennessee in Martin, TN)
Robert Craig
Nashville Episcopal Area Coordinator of Disaster Response Ministries
robert.reelfoot@gmail.com | 731-538-9970
(also serves as executive director of Reelfoot Rural Ministries in Obion, TN)
OTHER CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Additional positions are listed in Memphis Conference Journal
