Denman Evangelism Awards for clergy and laity were presented to (from left) Alison Laxton, Deaconess Darlene DiDomineck and the Rev. Samuel Kofi Ashley

Call for Nominations

The Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference is now accepting nominations for The Foundation for Evangelism Laity Award, formerly the Denman Award. This award honors laity with exceptional evangelistic ministries that bring people into a life- transforming relationship with Jesus Christ, encourage continued discipleship, and emphasize living out one’s faith in daily life. Each annual conference of the United Methodist Church, and across other Wesleyan-tradition denominations, present one award annually. The Congregational Development Team of EPA will select one nominee to be considered to the Foundation’s award; that nominee will be recognized at the Conference Awards on Saturday, April 18th at Paoli UMC.

In recalling The Foundation for Evangelism’s beginnings as a lay-led organization, its legacy award program was reimagined and relaunched to be a celebration across the larger Wesleyan-tradition family – lifting up lay people of all ages who have a passion for evangelism and are in their community inviting others to a transformed life in Jesus!

Award recipients from each regional body across the Wesleyan-tradition denominations will be considered for one of 20 national grants of $1,000 toward their evangelism ministry. The nominee selected for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference will receive a certificate and an award of $500 for their church ministry at the award ceremony on Saturday, April 18th.

To learn more about the award visit The Foundation for Evangelism’s website at FoundationForEvangelism.com/laity-evangelism-award.

To submit nominations for the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference, please complete the Nominations form and return it to Megan at mmckay@epagnj.org. The nomination form can be downloaded on the EPA website, here.

Nominations must be received no later than March 20th, 2026 to be considered for the 2026 awards.