Ministry Transitions Team

The Ministry Transitions Team bears commission authority to approve the terms of call and contracts for Pastors, approve the commissions for Commissioned Ruling Elders (CREs), validate other ministries, examine and receive minister members by transfer from other presbyteries for the purpose of accepting valid calls to ministry and/or membership in the Presbytery, approve the terms of dissolution of pastoral calls, and approve internal Presbytery changes in membership category and Authorized Ecclesiastical Occupation Designation.

Members of this team are elected by the Presbytery to 3-year terms of service upon nomination by the Committee on Representation. The LPTSC serves an ex-officio constitutional role.

Team Members

Moderator
Teaching Elder Sterrett Collins
First Presbyterian Church of Cobden
collinsmoksa@aol.com

Recorder
Ruling Elder Deborah Jelley
First Presbyterian Church of Taylorville
doxie53@yahoo.com

Teaching Elder Rodger Allen
The Paris Presbyterian Church
rodger@parispresbyterian.org

Ruling Elder Susan Hughey-Rasler
First Presbyterian Church of Greenville
susan.rasler@greenville.edu

Ruling Elder Leslie Sheets
First Presbyterian Church of Cobden
lpsheets@gmail.com

Ruling Elder Jane Hopkins
Donnellson Presbyterian Church
jhopkins4616@sbcglobal.net

Ex Officio
Ruling Elder Dr. Rebecca Blair
Lead Presbyter for Transformation and Stated Clerk
statedclerk@gmail.com