Bishop G. Lindsey Davis has been assigned to serve as bishop of the Louisville Area, which includes the Kentucky Annual Conference and the Red Bird Missionary Conference.

Bishop Davis spent most of his life and ministry in Kentucky before being elected bishop in 1996. He holds degrees from Union College, University of Kentucky, and Lexington Theological Seminary.  Prior to his election as bishop, he served as pastor at First UMC in Lexington, Mayo Memorial in Paintsville, and St. Luke in Lexington. From 1994 to 1996, he was district superintendent for the Lexington District.  Since September 1996, he has been the Resident Bishop for the North Georgia Area.

Bishop Davis and his wife, Jennifer, have two adult children and three grandchildren.

Bishop James R. King, Jr., Kentucky's Resident Bishop since 2000, has been assigned to the South Georgia Area.