| 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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