Stan Kimer

Rev. Elder Diane Fisher

Rev. Candy Holmes

John McLaughlin

Connie Meadows

Steve Parelli

Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson

Stan Kimer
Chair Stan Kimer is a long time lay leader across all levels of MCC ministry. He’s a member of St. John’s MCC in Raleigh, NC; was chair of the MCC Commission on the Laity 2001 – 2003, and is currently President of the North Carolina Council of Churches.  In addition he was recently appointed to the city of Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission, to the US National Council of Churches Committee on Local and Regional Ecumenism, and has founded the Total Engagement Consulting by Kimer consultancy.

Rev. Elder Diane Fisher
Rev Elder Diane Fisher, the MCC Elder for Region 5, has been in active dialogue with many human rights and religious organizations in her recent MCC work throughout Eastern Europe.

Rev. Candy Holmes
Rev. Candy Holmes has been active in MCC since 1987 and is a member of New Covenant MCC in Laurel, MD. Her ministry includes work in areas such as diversity, ecumenical/interfaith, social justice, healing, worship/music, and conference planning. She serves as the Planning Chair for the MCC People of African Descent Conference and is a member of the MCC People of African Descent Advisory Council. Candy serves as the Ecumenical Liaison to The Fellowship (a coalition of trans-denominational Christian churches/ministries led by founder Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder.)

Rev. John A. McLaughlin
Rev. McLaughlin is senior pastor at St. Jude’s MCC in Wilmington, NC.  He has an interest in ecumenical and inter-religious work that has led him to work for religious justice both domestically and internationally.  John has been an active member of MCC churches since the early 1990′s and worked among the troubled communities of Northern Ireland.  He earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary and also holds an M.B.A. from the American University (Washington, DC) and a B.S from the University of South Florida.

Connie Meadows
Connie Meadows is a member of the Church of Trinity MCC in Sarasota, FL. She is a former corporate executive who speaks several languages and now serves as the assistant to the MCC Moderator. She was a member of the MCC contingent participating in the 2006 World Council of Churches General Assembly, and recently graduated from theological studies at the Episcopal Divinity School in Boston.

Rev. Steve Parelli
Rev. Steve Parelli is currently the Executive Director of Other Sheep, an ecumenical Christian ministry that works worldwide to empower LGBT people of faith. Steve and his partner Jose have traveled to over a dozen countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia in this ministry. In May, 2009, Steve received MCC clergy credentials from Moderator Nancy Wilson.

Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson
Rev Elder Nancy Wilson, our MCC Moderator, has been active since 1974 in attending various ecumenical activities representing MCC, including the US National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.

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