Staff
Patricia L. Miller
Executive Director
Pat and her husband, Ken, are members of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Pat currently serves on the South Indiana and Indiana Area Episcopacy committees, is the Chair of the Indianapolis East District Committee on the Superintendency, and serves on the Yeshua Society Advisory Board.
Pat has served as the Executive Director of the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church since January 1997. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the World Methodist Council.
In the past, Pat has served as President of the Southeast District United Methodist Women, and was President of the Southeast District Council on Ministries.
Previous positions held in the South Indiana Conference include Chair of the Conference Division on Health and Welfare, Conference Chair of the Lay Empowerment Committee, and Conference Chair of the Capital Funds and Allocations Committee, and she has served on the Conference Finance and Administration Committee.
Pat has been a member of the South Indiana Annual Conference since 1977. She was elected as a delegate to General Conference in 1992, 1996, and 2000. She was a delegate to Jurisdictional Conference in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
From 1996 – 2000, Pat served on the North Central Jurisdiction Committee on Programs and Arrangements. In 2000, she served on the North Central Jurisdiction Nominations Committee.
Elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1982, Pat has also served as a member of the Indiana State Senate since 1983. Senator Miller serves as Chair of the Indiana Senate Health and Provider Services Committee, and is a member of the following Senate committees: Finance, Education, and Election. She has received numerous distinctions and awards, including the highest award given by the American Medical Association, the Nathan Davis Award, which she received in 2002.
A Registered Nurse, Pat is a graduate of Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and has a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University. Pat and Ken, a dentist, have two children, Tamara and Matthew. They have one grandson, Randall, and three granddaughters, Rachel, Maren, and Emma.
Dr. William R. Bouknight
Associate Director
Dr. William R. (Bill) Bouknight was born in Greenville, SC, June 20, 1941, son of the Rev. and Mrs. W.R. Bouknight, Jr. He was reared in Methodist parsonages all over South Carolina. His undergraduate and most of his seminary education were received at Duke University, with the final year of the Masters of Divinity work completed at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Afterward, Bill completed the Sacred Theology Masters (STM) degree at Yale Divinity School. In 1988, Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC conferred upon him the honorary D.D. degree.
Bill served five churches in South Carolina from 1966 until 1994. His longest tenure was twelve years as Senior Minister of Trenholm Road UMC in Columbia, SC. In 1994, he was appointed Senior Minister of Christ UMC, Memphis, TN. During Bill’s thirteen years in that position, over 4000 new members joined the church. Over one-third of them joined by profession of faith. In cooperation with a large African-American church in that city, Christ Church sponsored an annual interdenominational service in the Pyramid of Memphis early on Easter mornings that attracted an average of over 15,000 worshippers. Those services were credited by city leaders as making a significant improvement in race relations. In June 2007, Bill retired, having served 41 years in full-time ordained ministry, and moved back home to Columbia, SC.
Bill served twice as a delegate to United Methodism’s General Conference. Currently he serves of the Executive Committee of the United Methodist Congress on Evangelism. He is a recipient of the Harry Denman Evangelism Award, and a former chairman of The Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church. In January 2008, at the United Methodist Congress on Evangelism, he received the Philip Award for distinguished service in evangelism, given by the National Association of United Methodist Evangelists.
Bill served as a Chaplain in the Army National Guard for 27 years, retiring in 1994 with the rank of Brigadier General.
He has written several books. The three latest ones are The Authoritative Word, Preaching Trust in a Skeptical Age, Should Christians Always Oppose War, and 11 Other Questions Believers Ask, and If Disciples Grew Like Kudzu.
Bill has been married to Gloria Pardee Bouknight for 40 years. They have two sons, Brad and Aaron. They reside at 10 Oakman Lane, Columbia, SC 29209. Bill’s hobbies are golf, turkey and quail hunting, reading, visiting historical sites, and dancing with Gloria.
Dr. Riley Case
Associate Director
Riley B. Case is currently one of two Associate Directors of The Confessing Movement within The United Methodist Church. He is a retired United Methodist pastor and lives in Kokomo, Indiana.
Riley grew up in LaGrange, Indiana and graduated from LaGrange High School, Taylor University, and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, with an additional M.A. from Northwestern University. He also received the honorary doctorate from Taylor University in 1986. For forty-three years he served United Methodist Churches in North Indiana. He served for six years as the district superintendent of the Marion District. He was a General Conference delegate on five occasions from 1986 to 2000. He has been actively involved in the evangelical renewals movements of the church. He served on the Good News Board since 1973 and is an emeritus member of that board. He has also served on the Advisory Board of UMAction, part of the Institute of Religion and Democracy.
Betty Grubaugh
Secretary
Bette Grubaugh began working for The Confessing Movement as a volunteer in 1998. She was brought on staff in 1999 as a Secretary. Bette is originally from Maryland but has lived in Indiana since 1955 where she has five children and five grandchildren. In 2007 Bette and her husband Glen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Heather Catlow
Secretary
Heather Catlow, Secretary, grew up in Texas, attending The Woodlands United Methodist Church in Houston. She attended Auburn University and has two years of coursework towards a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Heather is active in worship and creative arts as well as community theater. She and her husband, John, have four children.
