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Our mission and vision
Mission
The Mission of Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy is to encourage and equip women
called by God to vocational Christian ministry within the Wesleyan/Holiness
tradition for the advancement of God's Kingdom.
Vision
The Vision of Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy is to nurture women clergy through
education, networking, resources and personal encouragement and to advocate for
women clergy in all aspects of church and professional leadership; serving as a
resource to our supporting church traditions.
Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy (WHWC)
Board of Directors
Each board member represents one of seven supporting denominations that selects its board members. The seven
board members elect the officers of WHWC. The board oversees the "Come to the Water"
planning committee and the Academic Initiatives committee.
(If you're interested in serving on these committees, please contact your denominational representative.)
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The Rev. Carla Sunberg, President
(Church of the Nazarene)
Carla is Pastor of Evangelism and Discipleship at Grace Point Church of the Nazarene in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Prior to moving to Fort Wayne, she and her husband, Chuck, were missionaries to the former Soviet Union for 13 years.
During that time Carla worked as director of Compassionate Ministries, and Director of Theological Education for the
Church of the Nazarene in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgzystan. She is currently the chairman of
the USA/Canada Women Clergy Council for the Church of the Nazarene. She is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University,
Nazarene Theological Seminary and is currently a Ph.D. student at Nazarene Theological College and the University
of Manchester. She and her husband are proud parents of two daughters, Christa and Cara.
CarlaSun@aol.com
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Commissioner Eva Gaither, Vice President
(The Salvation Army)
Eva is a fifth generation Salvationist, and began serving as the National Director for Women’s Ministries for the
Salvation Army in the United States in 2006. Eva was ordained and commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in 1964,
and her more than 40 years of service in the Army has taken her around the world. She has served in numerous
leadership positions with her husband, Commissioner Israel L. Gaither, USA National Commander. In January 1999,
Eva was appointed head of the Women’s Ministries in the Southern Africa Territory and then returned briefly to
USA East with responsibility for Women’s Ministries, and in November 2002 Eva was transferred to London and
served as the World Secretary for Women’s Ministries. The Gaither’s daughter, Michele Gaither Sparks is Director of
Communications at the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. Their son Mark
is a physical education teacher and varsity basketball coach at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park,
Pennsylvania. Their three grandchildren are the joys of their lives.
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Rev. Terry Rose
(Brethren in Christ)
Terry is Pastor and Director of Pastoral Ministries at Messiah Village
Retirement Community in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She provides the leadership
development and well being of the total organization including residents,
clients, staff, volunteers, families and guests. Terry leads the pastoral team
that oversees thirty different ministries throughout Messiah Village.
Terry graduated from Ashland
Theological Seminary in Ashland Ohio on May 31, 2003. She was ordained with the
Brethren Church in 2004. Prior to Messiah Village Terry co-pastored with her
husband, David, at Skyline View
Brethren in Christ (BIC) Church in
Harrisburg, PA. Terry is on the Counsel of Women in Ministry and Leadership of
the BIC and is a member of the Mechanicsburg Ministerium.
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Rev. Dr. MaryAnn Hawkins
(Church of God, Anderson)
MaryAnn is Associate Professor of Christian Mission and Dean of the Chapel at Anderson University School of
Theology. She has been in ordained ministry in the Church of God for 30 years, serving the church in
congregational ministry, as a missionary in East Africa, and in Higher Education. She is a graduate of
Bartlesville Wesleyan College [BS in Religion], Azusa Pacific University [MA in Social Science], and
Fuller Theological Seminary [PhD Inter-Cultural Studies]. MaryAnn married Rev. James T Hawkins in 1973,
and they have two grown children. MaryAnn has attended six of the previous Come to the Water gatherings,
teaching workshops at several.
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Rev. Lucia Delamarter
(Free Methodist Church)
Lucia served the local church in a variety of lay leader
capacities. Then the Lord called her to the ordained ministry. For 11 years she
served as pastor of the Everett Free Methodist Church in the Pacific Northwest.
Lucia was installed as Superintendent of the Gateway Conference of the Free
Methodist Church on February 9, 2006.
Her call to ministry is to call the local church back to her mission, and to
lead her into the joy and responsibility of her sacred calling.
Lucia and her life-partner Greg met at Seattle Pacific University. They have
been married for 36 good years (no bad ones… yet), and have added a
daughter-in-law and three almost perfect grandchildren to their family of two
sons. The Delamarters live in Greenville, IL.
revlucia@aol.com
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Recorded Minister Lynn Clouser Holt
(Friends)
Lynn is Pastor of Education and Spiritual Formation at North Valley Friends Church in Newberg, Oregon. She also
serves as the convener for WHWC’s 2011 Come to the Water conference in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Since 1997, Lynn has served in
professional pastoral ministry with Evangelical Friends International, and received her Master of Divinity degree
from George Fox Evangelical Seminary. She is no stranger to WHWC, having assisted the original planning board
for the first CTTW conference in Glorieta, New Mexico. Lynn and her husband, Jon, have five children and five
grandchildren.
lynnhc@verizon.net
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Rev. Lois Watkins
(The Wesleyan Church)
Lois is appointed to Special Services in the Indiana North district of The Wesleyan Church and serves an
assisted living facility with Marketplace Chaplains and volunteers for
New Hope Hospice in Marion, Indiana. Prior to moving to Marion she and her husband, Jim, pastored LaOtto Wesleyan
Church in Indiana for 16 years. For much of that time Lois served on the District Board of Administration and
continues to serve on the District Board of Ministerial Development. She has served two-year terms on four
previous occasions with WHWC, including the founding organizational board and the first planning committee for the
Come to the Water conference. Lois attended Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion College) three years and graduated
from Indiana Southern University, as well as earning a Master of Divinity degree from Anderson University School
of Theology.
lefwatkins@yahoo.com
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