The Middle Pastor of the Lexington District of the Kentucky Conference
Born August 27, 1957 and accepted Christ as his personal Savior in the summer of 1969 at Atlanta, Georgia, while his father was pastor of the Rocky Head United Methodist Church. He accepted his call to preach in 1983, preaching his initial sermon the 3rd Sunday in August of that year at the Wilson Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was admitted to the West Tennessee Annual Conference in October, 1984.
Assigned to supply Spring Chapel AME Chapel in Grand Junction, Tennessee in October 1985, with the permission of the Presiding Elder (J.C. Miller) he went on to reopen Euwell Chapel AME Church in Moscow, Tennessee preaching at Spring Chapel the first and third Sunday and every Sunday afternoon at Euwell Chapel, he proved to be successful at both charges.
In October 1986, he was elected an Itinerant Deacon. At the request of the Presiding Bishop (Bishop C. E. Thomas) his ordination was delayed to become a part of the celebration of the Bi-Centennial of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; thus, he was ordained an Itinerant Deacon in June 1987; in the meanwhile he was transferred to the West Kentucky Conference and assigned to St. Paul AME Church in Louisville, Kentucky in November 1986.
In addition to the aforementioned assignments, Reverend Golphin has been blessed by God to pastor the following Churches: St. James AME Church – Mayfield, Kentucky (November 1989-1991); Asbury Chapel AME Church – Louisville, Kentucky (1991-1993); Burks Chapel AME Church – Paducah, Kentucky (1993-1998); St. Paul AME Church – Versailles, Kentucky (1998-2006); Perkins Chapel AME Church – Wilmore, Kentucky (2002-2005); Quinn Chapel AME Church – Paris, Tennessee (January 2006-November 2006); Historic St. Paul AME Church – Lexington, Kentucky (2006-present).
As a student at Asbury College, he has had various continuing education courses and he is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary - Wilmore, Kentucky (December 2005) with a Master of Arts of Christian Leadership. He is the recipient of numerous awards and a member of several Community boards and organizations, including the office of Christian Director, Secretary and Trustee in Denominational Ministries.
The Reverend Kenneth Jerome Golphin is married to the former Dianna Brown (January 1982) and is the proud father of four children – Chastity, Kendra, Chauncey, and James. He has an impressive Pastoral career, having served on countless Community Boards and Organizations; and Denominational Ministries. He is the recipient of numerous awards such as: Distinguished Citizen of Mayfield, Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky; Kentucky Colonel; Captain of the Belle of Louisville; Duke of Paducah, Kentucky; and Outstanding Leadership Award.
Community Boards
1987 – 1989 The West Louisville Community Ministries (Board President late 1987-1989)
1988 – 1989 Saint Paul (Louisville) Work Ethics Ministries (Board Chairman)
1990 – 1991 Mayfield/Graves County Human Rights Commission
Graves County Senior Citizens Board; Graves County Library Board
1990 – 2002 Kentucky One Church One Child Adoption Agency, Inc. (Board President 1996-2001, during which time we became a full fledged adoption agency, the first One Church One Child in the nation to do so)
1991 – 1993 The West Louisville Community Ministries
Jefferson County Library Ad-hoc Committee
1992 Jefferson County School Board Superintendent Search Committee
1995 – 1998 Purchase Area Welfare Reform Task Force (Chairman)
1996 – 2001 National One Church One Child
1997 – 1998 McCracken County Cable Authority
1999 – 2006 Versailles/Mayfield/Woodford County Human Rights Commission
1999 – 2006 Saint Paul (Versailles) Outreach Ministries, Inc. (Chairman)
1999 – 2001 Woodford County Middle School Site Based Decision Making Council
2002 – 2006 Woodford County High School Site Based Decision Making Council
Denominational Ministries
1989 – 1998 West Kentucky Conference Secretary
1989 – 1992 Special Assistant to Secretary-Treasurer of the Department of Christian Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
1991 – 1998 West Kentucky Conference Director of Christian Education
1992 – 1998 West Kentucky Conference Board of Examiners, Secretary
1992 – 1998 West Kentucky Conference Trustee
1996 Delegate to the General Conference
1997 – Present Thirteenth Episcopal District Secretary
1999 – 2006 Kentucky Conference Secretary
1999 – 2006 Lexington Presiding Elder District Secretary
1999 – 2006 Kentucky Conference Director of Christian Education
1999 – 2006 Kentucky Conference Board of Examiners Secretary
