Cumberland Road

Revs. Alfredo (Freddy) and Lyvia Rincón are the church planters and co-pastors for Agape Cumberland Presbyterian Church in El Paso, Texas. Agape is a bi-lingual congregation that was recently organized on February 20, 2022. They are both members of Presbytery del Cristo where Lyvia serves on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry, and Freddy serves as Presbytery Moderator and on the Congregational Care Committee. Freddy and Lyvia have three boys, a beautiful two year old daughter, and a yorkie puppy. Freddy commented, "We are more than happy to share our story with you. May the Lord strengthen your journey with Christ as you seek His will, and answer to His call."

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Rev. Kathy Lofton serves as Associate Minister and Worship Leader at Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Ada, Oklahoma. She and her husband Travis Lynn Lofton have been married 39 years and live on a farm with their Mini-Schnauzer Pia. Kathy and Travis love playing pickleball and hiking. They have a daughter, son, and daughter-in-law who make the world a better place.

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Reverend Jason Chambers is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister and a graduate of Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary.  He has served in the United States Navy as a Chaplain, a Treatment Advisor in the Arkansas Community Corrections, and currently is a Resident Chaplain in the University of Arkansas for Medical Services in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Jason has two young children and his wife, Cheyann, is preparing for ministry in the United Methodist Church. 

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Reverend Kim Moore was born in Missouri but grew up in rural middle Tennessee. She became a nurse - living in Ohio, New Mexico, and now in Tennessee - and after 33 years still enjoys a few days each month spent in that calling. Her real job (and passion) is pastoring Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Springfield Tennessee. She has two grown daughters who are very artistic (must have skipped a generation says Kim). She lives with Moto her lab/shepherd pup and loves feeding people from her huge community garden.

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Rev. Matthew Ingram has three children ages 14, 11, and 10.  He is married to Lindsey Ingram.  Matthew received his Master of Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary and serves the First Presbyterian Church of Alabaster in Alabama. Matthew writes, "I don't live far from where I grew up and have been Cumberland Presbyterian my whole life, as have my parents and theirs before them for several generations."

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Reverend Kristi Lounsbury felt the call to ordained ministry while serving as the Youth Moderator of North Central Presbytery her first year at Bethel (College) University. Although Kristi had always been involved in her home church, Shinar CPC, in New London, Iowa, the call was not easy to discern in the late 1980’s when women were not accepted much in local churches.

She graduated from Bethel in 1989 and was awarded the CPWM Scholarship in 1988. She attended Memphis Theological Seminary and graduated in 1992. While in Seminary, Kristi served as SGA president and received the Virginia H. Ingram CP History Award. May 2022 will mark 30 years Kristi has served as an ordained minister in the CP Church.

She has served in Falkner, (MS), Greeneville, (TN), McMinnville, (TN), and Denton, (TX) as Pastor of Denton CPC and Chaplain at the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home. She has served with the Missions Ministry Team of the Ministry Council since January 2019 as the Director of Congregational Ministries.

In May, Kristi will graduate with a second master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy with a certificate in Strategic Fundraising from Bay Path University (Long Meadow, MA).  This summer she will be busy helping with Convention, ENGAGE and a mission trip to Belize.

She, and her son, Will, live near Krum, Texas. When she has time, she enjoys gardening, photography, and traveling. 

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Mitchell M. Walker, Sr.’s home of origin is Dyersburg, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Dyersburg High School (1970), Bethel College/University (B.A., 1974), Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1977), Columbia Theological Seminary (D.Min., 1996), and Memphis Theological Seminary (Certificate in Addiction Counseling). He is married to Mary Elaine Friend Walker and is also father and grandfather. Since September 1st, 2000, he has served as Pastor of the Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. Prior to that, he served as Pastor for 23 years of St. James Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, Cleveland, Tennessee. He love family, friends, and enjoys fishing.

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Rev. Leslie A Johnson is minister of Eastlake Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City where he has pastored for the last sixteen years.  Leslie has served churches in Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma and is a graduate of the Program of Alternate Studies.  He has served at camps, various boards and agencies and as moderator of Mission Synod where he fell in love with the Choctaw and Colombian people.  He is currently chair of Red River Presbyteries Board of Missions.  He enjoys working with his hands, working with people, and serving in the Great Mission of the Church. 

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Rev. Dr. Michael Qualls has been an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for almost 44 years.  He is currently serving as Director of the Program of Alternate Studies, a vital alternative preparation for ministry administered through Memphis Theological Seminary.  He is also Director of the Cumberland Presbyterian House of Studies, an entity within the seminary community which gives specific attention to the formation of students for ministry within the Cumberland Presbyterian heritage.  Michael has accumulated a lifetime of positive relationships which translate into stories. He has a positive affection for his church and for theological education, and happily maintains rapport with persons across diverse theological perspectives.  He lives with his loving wife Rhonda at “Still Waters” the name they have for their peaceful home in Horn Lake, Mississippi.  He loved parenting and, now, grandparenting.  He continues to serve regularly in pastoral ministry and pulpit supply.  

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Rev. Christian Smith is the senior pastor of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cookeville, Tennessee where he has served for the last 7 and a half years.. He and his wife, Jodi, have been married for 22 years and have one child, 13 year old Maggie. When he is not at the church, you can typically find him at a concert or trying to catch a fish.

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