Past Denman Award Recipients
“Evangelism is any way we can help people bump into Jesus.”
Rev. Lisa Yebuah, Denman Award Recipient
| Year | Category | Name | Location |
| 2023 | clergy | Wesley Neal | Durham, NC |
| 2023 | laity | Daewon Goldenbaum-Yang | Greenville, NC |
| 2023 | youth | Gabriela Loaiza Muñoz | Murfreesboro, NC |
| 2022 | clergy | Stephen Robert Dunn | Farmville, NC |
| 2022 | laity | D. Gayle Tabor | Carolina Beach, NC |
| 2022 | youth | Jacey Rylan Hilburn | Clinton, NC |
| 2020 | clergy | Marty Cauley | Rocky Mount, NC |
| 2019 | laity | Bill Eure | Roanoke Rapids, NC |
| 2019 | clergy | Douglas Johnson | Fremont, NC |
| 2019 | youth | Jadon Charles Olsen | Laurinburg, NC |
| 2018 | clergy | David Blackman | Fayetteville, NC |
| 2018 | laity | Randy Evans | Wilmington, NC |
| 2018 | laity | Windy Hassell Rose | Columbia, NC |
| 2018 | youth | Hanna Berg | Wilmington, NC |
| 2017 | youth | Sarah Catherine Jeffries | Laurinburg, NC |
| 2017 | clergy | Cory B. Oliver | Roanoke Rapids, NC |
| 2017 | laity | Albert Q. Smith | Wilmington, NC |
| 2016 | laity | Laura Avery Manning | Roanoke Rapids, NC |
| 2016 | clergy | Karl Neuschaefer | Rocksboro, NC |
| 2016 | youth | Anna Van Deventer | Hillsborough, NC |
| 2015 | clergy | John A. Farmer | Arapahoe, NC |
| 2015 | laity | Joey Gore | Wilmington, NC |
| 2015 | youth | Matthew Marks | Kipling, NC |
| 2015 | youth | Abby Martin | Clayton, NC |
| 2014 | laity | Garry Ward | Rocky Mount, NC |
| 2014 | laity | Virginia Ward | Rocky Mount, NC |
| 2014 | clergy | Lisa Naa-Shormey Yebuah | Raleigh, NC |
| 2013 | clergy | Jerry E. Mitchell | Goldsboro, NC |
| 2013 | laity | Todd Rentz | Red Springs, NC |
| 2013 | youth | Jennifer White | Fayetteville, NC |
| 2012 | clergy | Neal Salter, Jr. | Burlington, NC |
| 2012 | youth | Josh Leslie | Clayton, NC |
| 2011 | clergy | Johnny Branch | Greenville, NC |
| 2011 | laity | Robert Gallagher | Wake Forest, NC |
| 2011 | youth | Cassie Hall | Fuquay-Varina, NC |
| 2010 | laity | Eston Brinkley | Wilmington, NC |
| 2010 | clergy | Jerry Jackson | Burlington, NC |
| 2010 | youth | Stephanie Patterson | Burlington, NC |
| 2009 | clergy | Eddie Hill | Supply, NC |
| 2009 | laity | Helen Little | Clayton, NC |
| 2008 | laity | Don Johnson | Jackson, NC |
| 2008 | laity | Isadora “Dodo” Johnson | Jackson, NC |
| 2008 | clergy | Bob Mangum | Cilo, SC |
| 2007 | clergy | Camille Yorkey Compton | Raleigh, NC |
| 2007 | laity | Dotsy Reynolds | Rockingham, NC |
| 2006 | laity | Gary Wayne Locklear | Pembroke, NC |
| 2006 | clergy | Robert Fairley | Maxton, NC |
| 2005 | clergy | Danny Allen | New Bern, NC |
| 2005 | laity | Sadot Mendez | Hertford, NC |
| 2004 | clergy | Matthew Evans | Henderson, NC |
| 2004 | laity | Dennis Tawney | Parkton, NC |
| 2003 | clergy | Tim Reaves | White Oak, NC |
| 1997 | laity | Gregory Bronson | |
| 1997 | clergy | Jeffrey Lee Severt | New Bern, NC |
| 1996 | clergy | Sam Dixon, Jr. | Roanoke Rapids, NC |
| 1996 | laity | Thomas Walden | Youngsville, NC |
| 1992 | laity | Barbara Carey | Stonewall, NC |
| 1992 | clergy | Jerry Lowry | Sunset Beach, NC |
| 1991 | laity | Linda Harris | Raleigh, NC |
| 1991 | clergy | Ecwood Lancaster | Wilmington, NC |
| 1990 | clergy | M. Eugene Tyson | New Bern, NC |