Rev. Dr. Laceye Cammarano Warner

2022 Episcopal Candidate

Educational Overviews:

  • 2000 – Ph.D.
    • Trinity College, University of Bristol, England
      Department of Church History
    • “Methodist Episcopal and Wesleyan Methodist Deaconess Work
      in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: A Paradigm for
      Evangelism”
    • Advisors: Drs. Ruth Gouldbourne and Richard Heitzenrater
  • 1995 – M.Div.
    • The Divinity School Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 1992 – B.A.
    • Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

Ordination

  • 1994 – Texas Annual Conference, Ordained Deacon
  • 2000 – Ordained Elder and Full Member 
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 Appointment History/Ministry Roles:

  • 2001 – present Duke University Divinity School

Administrative Roles

  • 2020 – present – Associate Dean for Wesleyan Engagement and Hybrid/Digital Learning
  • 2019 – present – Associate Dean for Wesleyan Engagement
  • 2012 – 2015 – Executive Vice Dean
  • 2006 – 2012 – Associate Dean for Academic Formation and Programs

Faculty Roles

  • 2017 – present Royce and Jane Reynolds Associate Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Methodist Studies
  • 2007 – 2017 – Associate Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Methodist Studies and the Royce and Jane Reynolds Teaching Fellow
  • 2001 – 2006 – Assistant Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Methodist Studies and the Royce and Jane Reynolds Teaching Fellow
  • 1999 – Adjunct Instructor
  • 1999 – 2001 – Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary E. Stanley Jones Assistant Professor of Evangelism

 

Local Church Roles

  • June 2022 – present – Interim co-pastor with Rev. Gaston Warner, First UMC, West, TX and Cayote UMC, Central Texas Conference
  • Spring 2017 –  Interim co-pastor with Rev. Gaston Warner, First UMC, West, TX, Central Texas Conference
  • 1995-1996(8) – Minister, Kingswood (and Frome Valley) Circuit, The Methodist Church in Great Britain
  • 1991-1993 – Summer Youth Pastor, The Woodlands UMC
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Teaching Areas

  • United Methodist History, Doctrine, Polity
  • Mission and Evangelism
  • Women in Christian Tradition, including Gender and Race
  • Christian Leadership and Administration

Ecclesial Leadership Roles (select):

  • 2019 – 2024 – Delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences from the Texas Annual Conference, United Methodist Church
  • 2015 – 2020 – Delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences from the Texas Annual Conference, United Methodist Church
  • 2016 – 2017 – Regional Director (Interim), UM Course of Study School, DDS
  • 2012 – 2016 – University Senate, UMC
  • 2015 – 2016 – University Senate Task Force to Revise Guidelines, UMC
  • 2008 – 2016 – UM Council of Bishops Ministry Study Commission
  • 2008 – 2016 – Board of Ordained Ministry, Texas Annual Conference, UMC
  • 2012 – 2016 – Board of Ordained Ministry, Joint Committee on Medical Leave, Texas Annual Conference, UMC
  • 2008 – 2012 – UM Council of Bishops Task Force for Theological Education and Leadership Formation
  • 2005 – 2009 – Lay Leadership Committee, Asbury Temple UMC, Durham, NC
  • 2004 – 2010 – Facilitation Team, Episcopal Leadership Forum, DDS
  • 2004 – 2009 – Visioning Committee, Foundation for Evangelism, UMC
  • 2004 – 2007 Facilitator, United Methodist Professors of Evangelism
  • 2002 – Chair, Adult Education Committee, Duke University Chapel

 Honors/Recognitions:

  • 2021 – All the Good: A Wesleyan Advent Devotion, editor and contributor, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2021)*
    *Appears on the Evangelical Christian Publisher’s Bestsellers list for December 2021
  • 2017 – Exemplary Teacher Award, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry,
    UMC
  • 2008 – Duke University Teamwork Award, SACS Reaccreditation Team
  • 2008 – Faculty-In Residence of the Year Award, Duke University
  • 2007 – Saving Women: Retrieving Evangelistic Theology and Practice (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2007) *
    * Rated an “Outstanding book” for 2008 by the University Press Books Committee
  • 1996-2000 – John Wesley Fellowship, A Foundation for Theological Education

Family Information:

My spouse, Gaston Warner, and I celebrated 29 years of marriage in May 2022. Gaston is an Elder in the Texas Conference. He serves as CEO, Global North for Zoe Empowers, a Christian non-profit empowering orphaned children and vulnerable youth in seven countries including India and throughout Africa. Our daughter, Clare, is 11 years old. She loves all things having to do with nature conservation, running the PowerPoint slides at our local church, and helping with children’s ministry. Both Gaston and Clare are excited about this journey, however it may unfold.