Rev. Dr.Lesha Agnew
Lesha M. Agnew was born in Baldwyn, MS to the late Rev. Annie Whitmore and William A. Jeans, both of whom are graduates of Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs, MS, a CME school. She currently resides in Guntown, MS. She has one son, Adrian.
Dr. Agnew is a 1990 honors graduate of Baldwyn High School where she was a member of the National Beta Club, Bearcat Band, yearbook staff, senior class secretary, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Anchor Club. She attended Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, MS, and is a 1996 graduate of Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS with a B.S. in Paralegal Studies. Dr. Agnew received her Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN on May 18, 2013. She has also completed 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education. Rev. Agnew holds a Doctor of Ministry from
the Phillips School of Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. Her project is entitled, “Challenging the Double Standard: Christian Education, Spiritual Formation and Gender Bias.”
She is the owner of L A Tax Solutions in Guntown, MS, and NALA2 Greek & More, LLC in Saltillo, MS. Dr. Agnew was employed for eighteen years (18) as a Research Administrator III in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.
Dr. Agnew accepted her call into the ministry at the Bethel CME Church in Guntown, MS. At Bethel, she served as a member of the Women’s Missionary Society, Young Adult Sunday school teacher, Children and Youth teacher, and church secretary. Dr. Agnew was admitted on trial in 2008. In 2009 during the 19th session of the Northeast Mississippi Region Annual Conference, Bishop Thomas L. Brown, Sr., ordained her as a Traveling Deacon. In 2010, she united with the Hurts Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Olive Branch, MS where she served faithfully as an Adult Bible class teacher and Sunday school teacher. During the 21st Session of the Northeast Mississippi Annual Conference Bishop Thomas L. Brown, Sr. appointed her as the pastor of Bethlehem CME Church in Etta, MS. Dr. Agnew was ordained as a Traveling Elder during the 22nd Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference. In the 23rd Session of the Combined Mississippi Annual Conferences, Dr. Agnew was admitted into full connection in the Northeast Mississippi Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and assigned as pastor of Hamilton Chapel CME Church in Waterford, MS. At Hamilton Chapel she led the congregation in establishing new ministries for children and youth, instituting a weekly teleconference prayer ministry, creating partnerships with local community service organizations and affiliates, and lead the congregation in a major renovation of the church. During the 28th Session of the Northeast Mississippi Conference, Dr. Agnew was assigned to the Chandlers Temple Church in Verona, MS. During the 89th Session of the Ohio Central Indiana Region Annual Conference, Rev. Agnew was appointed as the Presiding Elder of the Celestial Distinctive Ineffable, Cincinnati Dayton Indianapolis District.