Choctaw Presbytery met at McGee Chapel, Broken Bow, OK on September 24, 2023. The outgoing moderator was Tony Ward, an elder (McGee Chapel). Elder Ronald Lewis was elected the new moderator. Elder Jimmy Scott, vice moderator. Vice Moderator, Rev. Joe Butler brought greetings on behalf of the General Assembly and provided the sermon during the worship service by the Choctaw Regional CPWM. Rev. Kristi Lounsbury brought greetings on behalf of the Ministry Council and served communion. The Reverends Michael Sharpe and Kristi Lounsbury lettered into the presbytery. The next meeting will be held on March 25, 2023, at Camp Israel Folsom with committee meetings being held the night before.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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