The Bishops are the Chief Officers of the Connectional Organization. They are elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years. Bishops shall be retired at that General Conference when the Bishop’s seventy-third (73rd) birthday is on or before July 15th of the General Conference Year.
Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green Sr.
FIRST DISTRICT
Order Elected: 125
Retirement Year: 2036
3801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-0506
(215) 662-0199 (FAX)
http://www.firstdistrictamec.org
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-0506
(215) 662-0199 (FAX)
http://www.firstdistrictamec.org
Bermuda, Delaware, New England, New Jersey, New York, Western New York, and Philadelphia
Bishop Reginald T. Jackson
SECOND DISTRICT
Order Elected: 132
Retirement Year: 2028
Retirement Year: 2028
1134 11th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 842-3788
(202) 289-1942 (FAX)
https://www.ame2.com
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 842-3788
(202) 289-1942 (FAX)
https://www.ame2.com
Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, and Western North Carolina
Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker
THIRD DISTRICT
Order Elected: 137
Retirement Year: 2036
515 Executive Campus Drive, Suite 120
Westerville, OH 43082
(404) 379-1139
http://3rddistrictame.com
Westerville, OH 43082
(404) 379-1139
http://3rddistrictame.com
Pittsburgh-West Virginia, Ohio-South Ohio, and North Ohio
Bishop Frederick Alan Wright Sr.
FOURTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 142
Retirement Year: 2032
4448 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60653
(773) 955-9625
Chicago, IL 60653
(773) 955-9625
Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Canada, and India
Bishop Francine A. Brookins
FIFTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 141
Retirement Year: 2048
4519 Admiralty Way, Suite 205
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 577-8530
(310) 577-8540 (FAX)
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 577-8530
(310) 577-8540 (FAX)
California, Southern California, Desert Mountain, Midwest, Missouri, and Pacific Northwest
Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell
SIXTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 134
Retirement Year: 2036
50 Sunset Avenue NW
P. O. Box 92444
Atlanta, GA 30314-4123
(770) 220-1770
(770) 220-9996 (FAX)
Atlanta, GA 30314-4123
(770) 220-1770
(770) 220-9996 (FAX)
Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Atlanta-North, Macon, South Georgia, and Augusta
Bishop James Levert Davis
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 123
Retirement Year: 2028
110 Pisgah Church Road
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 935-0500
(803) 935-0830 (FAX)
jld123bishop@yahoo.com
Palmetto South Carolina, South Carolina, Piedmont South Carolina, Northeast South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, and Central South Carolina
Bishop Erika D. Crawford
EIGHTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 143
Retirement Year: 2048
Retirement Year: 2048
5450 Executive Place
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 366-8240
(601) 366-8175 (FAX)
https://8thdistrictame.org
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 366-8240
(601) 366-8175 (FAX)
https://8thdistrictame.org
South Mississippi, North Mississippi, Central North Louisiana, and Louisiana
Bishop Julius H. McAllister Jr.
NINTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 144
Retirement Year: 2044
Retirement Year: 2044
1040 19th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 326-4499
(205) 326-4434 (FAX)
https://www.ninthamechurch.org
Bishopmcallisterjr144@gmail.com
Alabama River Region, Southeast Alabama, Northeast Alabama, Southwest Alabama, Northwest Alabama
Bishop Ronnie E. Brailsford Sr.
TENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 136
Retirement Year: 2032
4347 S. Hampton Road, Suite 245
Dallas, TX 75232
(214) 333-2632
(214) 333-1960 (FAX)
https://www.10thdistrictame.org
Dallas, TX 75232
(214) 333-2632
(214) 333-1960 (FAX)
https://www.10thdistrictame.org
Texas, Southwest Texas, North Texas, and Northwest Texas
Bishop Marvin Clyde Zanders II
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 140
Retirement Year: 2040
101 East Union Street, Suite 301
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 355-8262
(904) 356-1617 (FAX)
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 355-8262
(904) 356-1617 (FAX)
bishopzanders140@gmail. com
Florida, Central, South, West Coast, East, Bahamas
Bishop Silvester S. Beaman
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 139
Retirement Year: 2036
520 North Locust Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
North Little Rock, AR 72114
(501) 375-4310
(501) 375-0306 (FAX)
(501) 375-0306 (FAX)
bishop139@ssbeaman.com
Oklahoma State, Arkansas, East Arkansas, and West Arkansas
Bishop Harry Lee Seawright
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 133
Retirement Year: 2032
900 13th Avenue South
Suite 210
Nashville, TN 37212
bishophls133@gmail.com
Kentucky, East Tennessee, Tennessee and West Tennessee
Bishop Paul J.M. Kawimbe
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 121
Retirement Year: 2036
Retirement Year: 2036
371 Parsley Avenue
64 Deo Favere
Annlin, Pretoria 0182
South Africa
64 Deo Favere
Annlin, Pretoria 0182
South Africa
(011) 27-103126911
http://amec14.com
kawimbeforbishop@yahoo.com
Liberia, Central Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D’ Ivoire, and Togo-Benin
Bishop Henry Allen Belin III
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 146
Retirement Year: 2040
39 Kasselsvlei Road
Bellville
Cape Town, Western Cape
South Africa 7530
secretary@15thdistrict.co.za
Angola, Cape, Eastern Cape, Kalahari, Namibia, and Queenstown
Bishop Jeffrey Nathaniel Leath
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 128
Retirement Year: 2032
Retirement Year: 2032
267-579-2558
jeffreynleath@aol.com
jeffreynleath@aol.com
Guyana/Suriname, Virgin Islands, European, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Winward Islands
Bishop Vernon R. Byrd Jr.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 145
Retirement Year: 2032
Congo River, Kananga, Mbuji Mayi, Katanga, Great Lakes, East Africa, Burundi, Northwest Zambia, Zambezi, Southeast Zambia, Southwest Zambia, Northeast Zambia
Bishop Jeffery B. Cooper Sr.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 147
Retirement Year: 2032
(909) 561-7949
BishopJeffC147@gmail.com
District Office
FC James Centre
Mpilo Boulevard and A1
Maseru, Lesotho 223100
+26622320869
Botswana, Lesotho, Northeast Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland
Bishop Wilfred Jacobus Messiah
NINETEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 120
Retirement Year: 2028
Retirement Year: 2028
https://www.ame19th.org
BishopMessiah120@gmail.com
District Office
HB Senatle Centre
18 Cor. Phillips & Anderson Street
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa, 2094
+27 (0) 11 334 7258
Orangia, Natal, M.M. Mokone Memorial Conference, East, West
Bishop Gregory V. Eason
TWENTIETH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 148
Retirement Year: 2036
P. O. Box 42466
Atlanta, GA 30311
(404) 683-5599
https://www.amec20.com
Malawi North, Malawi South, Malawi Central, Northeast Zimbabwe, Southwest Zimbabwe, Central Zimbabwe
Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels Jr.
ECUMENICAL OFFICE
Order Elected: 124
Retirement Year: 2032
Retirement Year: 2032
301 Garvey Circle,
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 466-7130
rwysayma@aol.com
Bishop Errenous E. McCloud Jr.
LOCATED
Order Elected: 127
Retirement Year: 2028
Retirement Year: 2028
Retired Bishops of The Church
Bishop Frank Curtis Cummings
Order Elected: 95
Bishop Philip Robert Cousin Sr.
Order Elected: 96
Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster
Order Elected: 110
Deceased 2024
Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland
Order Elected: 114
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Order Elected: 117
110 Maryland Ave.
Suite 108
Washington, DC 20002
202-544-2350
Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram
Order Elected: 118
4606 Forest Edge Lane
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
(248) 752-6559
bishopgregory118@aol.com
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry
Order Elected: 122
Bishop Clement W. Fugh
Order Elected: 131
Bishop E. Anne Henning-Byfield
Order Elected: 135
Deceased 2024
