Meet Our Presiding Elders

PRESIDING ELDER MILTON PROCTOR
3708 Ila Street, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (256)566-5604 miltonproctor@yahoo.com Rev.

PRESIDING ELDER WAYNE W MAYS
Houston District Post Office Box 12069Longview, Texas 75607346-253-8203 pastorwwm@att.net Rev.

PRESIDING ELDER ORENTHIA MASON
NORTH TYLER DISTRICT Post Office Box 4306Tyler, Texas 75712903-279-3544 (Cell)

PRESIDING ELDER KENNETH CAIN
Longview- Marshall DistrictPost Office Box 2137 Lindale, Texas 75771903-352-8748 (Cell)revkdcain@yahoo.com Thank

PRESIDING ELDER HENRY Q DICKERSON
Tyler District revhqd@sbcglobal.net Rev. H. Q. Dickerson currently serves Presiding

PRESIDING ELDER DREXEL MITCHELL SR
FORT WORTH DISTRICT PO. Box 150568 Ft. Worth, TX 76108

PRESIDING ELDER DIANA CASTEEL
Greenville- Texarkana Post Office Box 52 Douglasville, TX, Texas

PRESIDING ELDER RUSSELL O FULLER
Rev. Fuller has been serving as an alternate member of the Judicial Council since 2010 General Conference. In 2018, Rev. Fuller was elected a member of the Judicial Council by the General Conference that was held in Birmingham, Alabama.

PRESIDING ELDER LINDA BARNETT
http://nwdistrict8.com/ P.O. Box 16052 Fort Worth, Texas 76162 817-812-9298

WHY PRESIDING ELDERS ARE IMPORTANT
This first issue of the Eighth Episcopal District newsletter highlights our nine presiding elders within the State of Texas. I’ll venture to share this opinion: the most important link in the connectional operations of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is the office of presiding elder. Yes, that’s my opinion. I don’t ask you to agree with me. But I do ask you to think about it. Two words are important in that stated opinion – link and connectional. These words indicate that the CME Connection is something that comes together and holds together for purpose, not just for happenstance. And what