Below is a list of the appointments and assignments as set by the Appointive Cabinet and by Bishop Hee-Soo Jung. If you have any questions please email Jill Philipp, Dir. of District and Episcopal Administrative Services. You can access the 2025 Appointments list and the Extension Ministries appointments list, effective July 1, 2025, online by clicking here.
Bishop Hee Soo Jung announces the following appointments and assignments:
September 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Roderick Leupp
Cedarville
SRD
September 1, 2025
Kelly Venturini
Normandy
GMD
September 15, 2025
Frank Nation
TriHealth, Summit
EXT, GMD
September 1, 2025
Debbie Ward
Salem Center
HRD
September 1, 2025
Victor McCombs
Wilkesville
HRD
September 1, 2025
Katrina Nunnally
Connett
HRD
September 1, 2025
Melissa Watts
Wesley Chapel
HRD
September 1, 2025
Benjamin Carpenter
Clarksville
SRD
September 7, 2025
Roger Dill
Felicity
SRD
July 1, 2025
August 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Moses Antwi
Ebenezer
ORD
August 1, 2025
Yeachan Benjamin Cho
Derby, Five Points
SRD
July 1, 2025
Chase McKenzie
The Point
GMD
October 1, 2025
July 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Jackson Swallo
Amlin
ORD
July 1, 2025
Katharine Steele
Oxford
GMD
July 1, 2025
Todd Noland
Harpster
MRD
August 1. 2025
Romeo Velasco
Green Camp
ORD
July 1, 2025
Dale Hatch
Croton
ORD
July 1, 2025
David Charles
Stony Ridge/Luckey Faith
MRD
August 1, 2025
Elizabeth Rand
Interfaith Campus Minister
EXT
August 15, 2025
Jason (Jay) Whitney
Van Buren
MRD
August 1, 2025
June 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Gerald Arnott
Kirkersville
ORD
July 1, 2025
Jackson Moody
Lafayette, Unionville Center
ORD
July 1, 2025
William Halter
Willshire Union
WLD
July 1, 2025
Elizabeth Trigg
Toledo Epworth
MRD
July 1, 2025
Benjamin Cho
Derby, Five Points
SRD
July 1, 2025
Matthew Crawford
Hamden
HRD
July 1, 2025
Latoya Warren
Old Town
SRD
July 1, 2025
Doug Widdowson
Melbern
WLD
July 1, 2025
Brianna Geiger
Emanuel
MRD
July 1, 2025
Barbara Jean Pope
Mt. Victory
WLD
July 1, 2025
May 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Steve North
Sharon
MRD
June 1, 2025
David Finney
The Gathering
GMD
January 1, 2025
David Lusk
Rhinehart
WLD
May 1, 2025
Steve White
Mt. Victory
WLD
May 1, 2025
Ben Bonham
South Vienna Community
WLD
May 1, 2025
Mary Sullivan
Bowling Green Trinity
MRD
July 1, 2025
Vaughn Cook
Wesley Church of Hope
ORD
July 1, 2025
Kevin Chambers
Pleasant Hill
ORD
July 1, 2025
April Phillips
Ridgeway
WLD
July 1, 2025
Christian Taylor
Ohio City
WLD
July 1, 2025
Thomas Miller
Church of the Redeemer
ORD
July 1, 2025
Ashton Dupler
St. Paul Dayton
GMD
July 1, 2025
Richard Tettau
Springfield Masonic Community Chaplain
EXT
March 13, 2023
Yoon Sun Shin
United Theological Seminary
EXT
July 1, 2025
Euggle Robertson
Waverly Grace
SRD
May 1, 2025
Charles 'Bob' Baugher
Centenary Granville
ORD
July 1, 2025
Evette Watt
UC Health Drake Center Chaplain
GMD
July 22, 2024
Bethani Aiello
Summit Home Care & Hospice
ORD
February 24, 2025
John Foster
Roundhead and Mt. Zion
WLD
July 1, 2025
Andrea Curry
Clough and Cherry Grove
GMD
July 1, 2025
April 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Jessica Lucas
New City
GMD
May 1, 2025
Karl Penn
GMD/ Fort McKinley
GMD
May 1, 2025
Paula Stewart
Gaines
GMD
July 1, 2025
Laurie Lynn Clark
OSU Wexner Center
ORD
June 9, 2024
Karen Montgomery
Zanesville First
HRD
May 1, 2025
Vera Welker
South Zanesville
HRD
May 1, 2025
James Rawlins
Second Creek
SRD
April 1, 2025
Markus Wegenast
Church of the Savior
GMD
July 1, 2025
Seeyong Lee
Thurman Avenue
ORD
April 1, 2025
Paul Scannell
Lima Westside
WLD
July 1, 2025
Jimelvia Pettiford Martin
Asbury South
ORD
July 1, 2025
Scott Wise
Tyler Memorial
SRD
May 1, 2025
Sujin Kim
Circleville Good Shepherd, Stoutsville Fairview
SRD
July 1, 2025
March 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
R. Amanda Stufflebeam
North Hampton Asbury, Christiansburg
WLD
July 1, 2025
D. Rob Stufflebeam
Springfield Grace
WLD
July 1, 2025
Tracy Chambers
Northern Hills
GMD
July 1, 2025
Sherri Blackwell
Chillicothe Trinity
SRD
July 1, 2025
Madet Merove
Springfield Covenant
WLD
May 1, 2025
Roland Moore
Rising Sun St. Paul's, Kansas
MRD
March 1, 2025
Andrea Laux
Indian Run Associate
ORD
March 1, 2025
Alethea Botts
Epworth, Asbury North
ORD
July 1, 2025
February 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Casey Wilson
North Broadway
ORD
July 1, 2025
Leslie Mahaney
Fostoria Wesley, Amsden, Fostoria High Street
MRD
July 1, 2025
Jordan McKenzie
Ginghamsburg
WLD
July 1, 2025
Wes Souders
District Superintendent
SRD
July 1, 2025
Don Wilson
District Superintendent
WLD
July 1, 2025
Jim Wilson
District Superintendent
ORD
July 1, 2025
Susan Britton
Lakewood Middle School
EXT
February 1, 2025
Jennifer Kimball Casto
Worthington
ORD
July 1, 2025
Maggie Trumbull
Okeana
GMD
January 1, 2025
Sara Thomas
Resurrection Mason
GMD
July 1, 2025
January 2025
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Samuel Holmes
The Point
GMD
January 1, 2025
Marcus de Leon
Hayes Memorial/Camino de Vida
MRD
December 1, 2024
Larry Clark
Stony Ridge/Oregon Faith
MRD
January 1, 2025
Taelor Hickey
Hyde Park Bethlehem
GMD
February 1, 2025
Sherry Gale
Exec. Dir, House of Bread
EXT
January 6, 2025
December 2024
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Mariah Miskimen
Reimagine Church
ORD
1/1/2025
Jennifer Lucas
Resurrection UMC
GMD
1/1/2025
Suzanne Allen
District Superintendent
GMD
1/1/2025
Richard Seiter
First Hope Crooksville
HRD
1/1/2025
Karl Haught
Magnetic Springs Pharisburg
WLD
1/1/2025
Daniel Fuchs
Zaleski
HRD
1/1/2025
Sarah Lowden
Canaanville, Stewart
HRD
1/1/2025
Daniel Smith
Nashport
HRD
1/1/2025
Tad Grover
Worthington Interim
ORD
1/1/2025
November 2024
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Benjamin Webster
South Charleston
WLD
1/1/2025
Cheryl Arnold
Marietta Gilman
HRD
12/1/2024
Carolyn Banks
Dixon
GMD
10/1/2024
Ruth Messick
Amanda Cedar Hill Calvary
ORD
11/1/2024
E. Barbara Gibson
Latty Friends
MRD
1/15/2025
Michael Shaub
Tupper Plains St. Paul
HRD
12/1/2024
Casey Irwin
Farmersville
GMD
1/01/2025
October 2024
Appointment/Assignment
District
Date
Sung Hyun Kim
Union and Englewood
GMD
October 1, 2024
Kristin Langstraat
Tri-Health Healthcare
EXT
October 1, 2024
GMD = Great Miami River District
HRD = Hocking River District
MRD = Maumee River District
ORD = Olentangy River District
SRD = Scioto River District
WLD - Western Lakes District
EXT = Extension Ministry Appointment
Previous Districts:
CAN = Capitol Area North District CAS = Capitol Area South District FTH = Foothills District MWD = Maumee Watershed District MIV = Miami Valley District NWP = Northwest Plains District ORV = Ohio River Valley District SHV = Shawnee Valley District