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    Six New Bishops Elected at AME General Conference

    Tn TribuneBy Tn TribuneAugust 26, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Six new Bishops were elected this week during the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) General Conference held in Columbus Ohio from August 21st through the 28th, 2024. The following persons were elected:

    Bishops
    143rd Bishop
    Rev. Dr. Erika D. Crawford
    (Pastor, Mt. Zion AME Church, Dover, Delaware)

    144th Bishop
    Rev. Dr. Julius H. McAllister, Jr.
    (Pastor, Bethel AME Church Tallahassee)

    145th Bishop
    Rev. Vernon R. Byrd
    (Pastor, St. Matthew AME Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    146th Bishop
    Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Belin, III
    (Pastor, First-Bethel AME Church, New York, New York)

    147th Bishop
    Rev. Dr. Jeffery B. Cooper, Sr.
    General Secretary/CIO

    148th Bishop
    Rev. Dr. Gregory Vaughn Eason
    (Pastor, Flipper Temple AME Church)

    General Officers

    Rev. Dr. Roderick Belin, President/Publisher AME Sunday School Union (Publishing House)

    Dr. John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder

    Rev. Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director of the Christian Education Department

    Dr. Marcus T. Henderson, Sr., Treasurer/CFO

    Rev. Dr. John F. Green, Sr., Executive Director of the Department of Global Witness and Ministry

    Rev. Dr. Marcellus A. Norris, Executive Director of the Department of Church Growth and Development

    Rev. Brian A. Blackwell, Executive Director of the Department of Retirement Services
    (Pastor, St. Paul AME Church, Birmingham, Alabama)

    Rev. Tyronda H. Burgess, General Secretary/CIO
    (Presiding Elder, Greater Dallas District, North Texas Annual Conference)

    Rev. Dr. Mark Tyler, Executive Director, Department of Research and Scholarship/Historiographer 
    (Pastor, Mother Bethel AME Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    Judicial Council Lay
    Judge Derek Anderson
    Judge Starr Battle
    Judge Sandra Champ
    Judge Tania Wright

    Judicial Council Clergy
    Judge Eduardo Curry
    Judge Jimmie Williams
    (Pastor, St. James AME Church, Miami, Florida)

    Judicial Council Lay Alternate
    Ms. LaTrellis Dent


    Judicial Council Clergy Alternate
    Rev. Angela Bess 
    (St. Paul AME Church, West Palm Beach Florida)

    Rev. Shawn Drains
    (Pastor, St. Paul AME Church, Atlanta, Georgia)

    Rev. Netitia Walker
    (Chaplain Lieutenant, US Navy)
     
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