Ordained Ministry
Leontine became a Certified Lay Speaker in Virginia in the late-1960s. She then served the Galilee Church (1969-75). She was ordained a Deacon by Bishop William R. Cannon in 1972 and an Elder by Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson in 1977.
Leontine served on the staff of the Virginia Conference Council on Ministries (1975-77), directing social ministries. She then served as pastor of Asbury-Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia seven years before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the U.M. General Board of Discipleship with the portfolio of Evangelism. Leontine also served on the Health and Welfare Ministries Division of the General Board of Global Ministries.
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