Presiding Elder Lesha Agnew
During the 89th Session of the Ohio Central Indiana Region Annual Conference, Rev. Lesha M. Agnew was appointed by Bishop Denise Anders Modest as Presiding Elder of the Cincinnati-Dayton-Indianapolis District. She was born in Baldwyn, MS to William A. Jeans and the late Rev. Annie Whitmore, both of whom are graduates of Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs, MS, a CME school. She is a 1990 honors graduate of Baldwyn High School in Baldwyn, MS. She attended Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, MS and is a 1996 graduate of Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS with a B.S. in Paralegal Studies.
Rev. Agnew received her Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN on May 18, 2013. She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry degree at Phillips School of Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
Rev. Agnew has served as the pastor of the following CME Churches: Bethlehem (Etta, MS), Hamilton Chapel (Waterford, MS), and Chandlers Temple (Verona, MS).
Rev. Agnew has served in the following capacities in the 4th Episcopal District: Associate Dean of the Leadership Training School, Young Adult Ministry Director, member of the Program Committee of the Empowering Us to Help Us Initiative, secretary of the Northeast Mississippi Conference Committee on Ministerial Examination, and Advisor to Episcopal District Board of Christian Education. She also serves on the staff of the CME Church’s General Department of Christian Education.
Rev. Agnew previously served as the Dean and Associate Dean of the Mississippi Leadership Training School, Young Adult Director of the Aberdeen-Tupelo District, President of the Northeast Mississippi Region Young Adult Ministry, Assistant Director of Christian Education for the Northeast Mississippi Region and as the Director of Christian Education for the Aberdeen-Tupelo District and Holly Springs -Oxford District. As the 4th Episcopal District Director of Young Adult Ministry, Rev. Agnew provided leadership to institute the first 4th Episcopal District Young Adult Retreat. During the 2015 CME Pastors’ Conference, Rev. Agnew was recognized as the 4th Episcopal District 2015 Exemplary CME Clergy Woman for Modeling and Mentoring.
Rev. Agnew is a member of the Lee Country Branch of the NAACP, the Lee County Civitan Club, the National Council of Negro Women, the American Association of University Women, Verona Elementary School Leadership Team and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
She currently resides with her son, Adrian, a sophomore at Itawamba Community College. Rev. Agnew is the owner of LA Tax Solutions and NALA2 Greek & More, LLC in Saltillo, MS and employed as a Research Administrator III in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.
Cincinnati – Dayton – Indianapolis District Churches
Phillips Temple CME Church (OH)
Rev. James Washington
3620 Shiloh Springs Rd – PO Box 26489
Trotwood, OH 45426
Trinity CME Church
Rev. Natalie McClendon Obie
2253 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Harris Memorial CME Church
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Thompson
3950 Haney Rd.
Dayton, OH 45416
Peoples Community CME Church
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Jones
2525 N. Gettysburg Ave.
Dayton, OH 45406
Phillips Memorial CME Church
Rev. Chester Ricks
839 West North Bend Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45224
St. Phillips CME Church
Rev. Darryl Anderson
1205 Lane St.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Towns Chapel CME Church
Rev. Archie Johnson
1373 Chamberlain Ave
P.O. Box. 15628
Cincinnati, OH 45215
Burton Temple CME Church
Rev. Joseph McClendon, Sr.
2302 Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Gershom Chapel
Rev. Jack Atkins
6070 N. Keystone Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Stewart Memorial CME Church
Rev. Jamie Melton
1745 Minocqua St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203
Phillips Chapel CME Church
Rev. Arthur Williams, Jr.
2760 Riverside Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
New Jerusalem CME Church
8103 E 20th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Samaritan Church
Phillips Temple CME Church (IN)
Rev. Peris J. Lester, I
210 E 34th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Breeding Tabernacle CME Church
Rev. A.C. McClendon Jr.
3670 N Leland Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46218
Womack Memorial CME Church
Metropolitan CME Church
Rev. Ian Gibson
2815 Melrose Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Stewart Memorial CME Church
Rev. Churee Brown
60 S. Cypress Ave.
Columbus, OH 43222
Emmanuel CME Church
Rev. Charles Minor
1201 W. 21st St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
McClendon Tabernacle CME Church
Rev. James Melton, Jr.
2506 N. Gale St.
Indianapolis, IN 46218
Lane Chapel CME Church
Rev. Jackie Ballard
125 Lynn St.
Covington, KY 41011
Murchison Temple CME Church
Praise Temple CME Church
Rev. Churee Brown
1297 Atcheson St.
Columbus, OH 43203
Copeland Chapel CME Church
Rev. William Rowe
1543 Elm St.
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Refreshing Spring CME Church
Rev. Golder DeBro
Hudson Tabernacle CME Church
2333 Lafayette Rd #409
Indianapolis, IN 46222
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