GREATER MOUNT PLEASANT A.M.E. CHURCH EMAIL: GMPAMECHURCH@YAHOO.COM Tel: 954-921-5756
2341 Freedom Street Hollywood, Florida 33020, United States
GMP TRUSTEES
THE TRUSTEES
Many dictionaries define a trustee to be a person who legally holds and administers property for the benefit of others or manages the temporal affairs of a church or public institution. In the AME Church, those elected to the office of trustee are not only holders of an office of trust but are also temporal caretakers for and of the Kingdom of God. Trustees in the African Methodist Episcopal church have the responsibility of all church property. This includes management, maintenance, development, and use of property under the direction of the church’s Official Board for the support of the programs approved by the congregation. The Trustees are caretakers of the property that has been entrusted to their care. Duties and responsibilities of Trustees are defined in more detail in the 2012 A.M.E. Church Discipline. A local church will elect no less than three (3) Trustees and not more than nineteen (19). Greater Mount Pleasant’s Trustees know their responsibility is for the property and not for church programs. The Pastor is Chairperson of The Ministry.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GREATER MOUNT PLEASANT AME CHURCH
The Rev.Santarvis Brown, Chairman
Sis. Rose Lester, Trustee Pro Tem
Bro. Travis James
Bro. Greg Bynes
Bro. Russell Penn
Bro. Errol Brown
Bro. James Anderson
Bro. Robert McDuffie
Bro. Alfred Baldwin
Sis. Paula Munnerlyn
Sis. Peggy Adderley
Sis. Teresa Farmer
Sis. Norma Mathis
Sis. Rita Carrington
Sis. Maxine Cobb
Sis. Nichelle James
Sis. Jennifer Brown
Sis. Lillie Brown
Sis. Sandra Talton
Sis. Robertha Brown
Sis. Mary Stevens
A LOOK AT TRUSTEES IN THE AME CHURCH
The nature, duties, and demands of the office of trustee necessitate the same spiritual qualifications for those who serve as stewards. A trustee must be:
• A twice-born person (John 3:3).
• A God-fearing person (1 Timothy 3:9).
• A person who is full of the Holy Ghost (Acts 6:5).
• A person of great faith (Acts 6:5).
• A person of prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
• A person with a servant’s heart (Acts 6:24).
