Ministerial
Our mission
The mission of the Ministerial Department is to make a meaningful contribution to the South Central Conference's vision by serving the pastoral field with love and excellence. We seek to develop pastoral leadership in five areas: Calling, Commitment, Community, Competence, and Courage.
How we serve
- Support, collaborate, coach, and train ministerial directors and pastors
- Provide relevant pastoral resources for the ministerial community
- Conduct webinars and seminars to train the trainers
- Provide evangelistic initiatives and evangelism tools for soul-winning
- Conduct InMinistry classes in each Union for professional and educational growth
- Conduct division-wide pastor research
- Conduct Ministerial Spouses initiatives
- Collaborate with A.U.Theological Seminary for continued field relationship and resources

Dr. Joe Grider
Director
Office Ext: 129

Kennedy Luckett
Associate Director
Office Ext: 141

Dorian Melo
Associate Director
Office Ext: 124

Judith Edding
Departmental Secretary
Office Ext: 133