Elizabeth City District of the UMC

Each quadrennium all pastors and certified lay ministers serving in the NC Annual Conference must attend the updated sexual ethics training, regardless of when they last attended. All persons who are under Episcopal appointment in the NC Conference (including clergy in extension ministry) must attend this training. Not attending may impact a clergy appointment therefore [...]

The Rev. Richard L. Stone III is the Elizabeth City District Superintendent. “I feel extra affirmation and appreciation from Bishop Gwinn with this appointment,” Stone said. He earned his bachelors degree at UNC-Pembroke and M.Div. at Duke Divinity School. Stone served as a student pastor 1980-81 in the Bahama area at Ellis Chapel, and then full-time [...]