Conference Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM)

The Conference Board of Ordained Ministry is composed of clergy (elders, deacons, associate members, local pastors) and laity from across the Florida Conference.  The Board serves as the final recommending body in the conference as a person applies for licensing or ordination.  Nearly sixty people serve on this board, giving much of their time and energy to the process of credentialing people for ministry within the Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church.

 

The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry has a handbook for members of boards of ordained ministry.  Each member of the Florida Conference Board of Ordained Ministry may obtain a copy at this site - www.gbhem.org/bomhandbook.

 

The officers of the board are:

Chairperson:  Catherine Price 

                        (941) 907-7333   cprice@harvest-umc.org                       

Vice-Chairperson:  Dale Tedder  

                        (904) 396-2676   daletedder@yahoo.com                    

Chairperson:  Division of Deacons:  Sidney Tompkins 

                        (727) 344-6515   sidney.tompkins@flumc.org                  

Chairperson:  Order of Deacons:  Vicki Walker  

                        (813) 253-5388   vwalker@hydeparkumc.org 

Chairperson:  Division of Elders:  Walter Monroe  

                        (386) 255-7222   smumc@bellsouth.net                    

Chairperson:  Order of Elders:  Sue Haupert-Johnson  

                        (239) 542-4051   shaupjohn@aol.com            

Chairperson:  Fellowship of Associate Members and Local Pastors:  Steven Riddle  

                        (352) 344-1771   steven.riddle@flumc.org             

Secretary:  Gerald VanDyken  

                        (239) 262-1033   jvandyken@flumc.org

Registrar:  David A. Dodge  

                        (863) 688-5563, ext. 133 or 134   ddodge@flumc.org                            

Cabinet Liaison:  Sharon Austin 

                        (813) 719-7270   sharon.austin@flumc.org     

 

 

To assist the members of the Board a Handbook for the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry was developed and may be downloaded from here. (BOOM Handbook)