[1] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Bishop’s Word................................................................. 4 Bishops of the AME Church .......................................... 7 General Officers .............................................................. 8 Connectional Officers ..................................................... 9 Judicial Council ..............................................................10 3rd Episcopal District Connectional & Episcopal Officers ..............................10 Council of Presiding Elders ...........................................13 Conference Presidents/Directors/Coordinators ............13 The Staff .........................................................................15 2019 Annual Conference Schedule ...............................16 2019 Daily Conference Schedule ..................................19 Pittsburgh-West Virginia Annual Conference & Committees ...............................21 Ohio-South Ohio Annual Conference & Committees ...............................25 North Ohio Annual Conference & Committees ...............................29 Periodicals .................................................................... 32 [2] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT [3] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OUR EPISCOPAL LEADERS BISHOP FRANK M. REID, III UPERVISOR ARLAA EID S M ’ R [4] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE! Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams. (Genesis 37: 20). The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (John 10: 10.) I beseech you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God that; that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12: 1-2). As we begin the Third District series of Annual Conferences, we pause to remember the exemplary Christian service and legacy of Bishop McKinley Young and his extraordinary wife, Supervisor Dorothy Young. He’s was the servant Bishop for 6 months of the 2018-19 Annual Conference Year. Bishop Young now rests from his earthly assign- ment and his great works follow him. Well done good and faithful servant of Jesus Christ our Lord! The theme for this Annual Conference Year is: ARE YOU A DREAM BUILDER OR A DREAM KILLER?: DON’T COUNT GOD OUT! During this year, the Third District and each Annual Conference has faced the devastating challenges of the thief who comes to steal to kill and destroy. [5] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT From the death of Bishop Young to the storms that destroyed homes and entire communities, to the recent mass murder and shootings in downtown Dayton, Ohio, the thief has tried to steal, kill and destroy the dreams of the transforming Third Episcopal District. The third verse from the Charles Wesley hymn says: WHAT TROUBLES HAVE WE SEEN, WHAT MIGHTY CONFLICTS PAST, FIGHTING’S WITHOUT, AND FEARS WITHIN, SINCE WE ASSEMBLED LAST! Sadly, we must admit that all the fighting has not only been without. The thief has slipped into our District, churches and even some people to try and destroy God’s Kingdom Agenda of a faithful, focused and free people and Third Episcopal District. Thus the relevant question is: ARE YOU A DREAM BUILDER OR A DREAM KILLER? Every Annual Conference, every Presiding Elders District, every Pastor Church and delegate will answer this question by their reports and their actions at the Annual Conference. What is the purpose of an Annual Conference? 1) To report and praise God for the work our Lord did through us last Annual Conference Year. 2) To encourage, equip and empower the servant leaders of the churches and people to do greater works in the upcoming year. 3) To bring revival, restoration and renewal to all of the members of the Annual Conference and the city or region where the Conference is held. [6] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT 4) To rebuke the DREAM KILLER SPIRIT and fight the good fight of faith for God’s DREAM BUILDERS AGENDA for every church and community. 5) To embrace the love of God that will grow God’s church, heal our wounds and liberate us to do the GREATER WORKS Of Jesus Christ. 6) To activate the Nehemiah anointing and agenda so we go back to our church assignments with BIG goals and action plans that only the power of the Holy Spirit can prepare us to achieve. Finally, remember, BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE! God is calling the Third District to go on to higher ground. We must move from doing AME Church business to doing the Kingdom business of the church. This will require us to: 1) Focus on the will of God. 2) Find and follow the will of God through prayer. 3) Live by faith. 4) Receive a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit for the work of the 2019-20 Annual Conference. For With God Nothing Is Impossible, Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III Servant Bishop Supervisor Marlaa MeShon Hall Reid Supervisor of the Third Episcopal District [7] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT BISHOPS OF THE A.M.E. CHURCH District Bishop Gregory Gerald M. Ingram ............................... 1st Bishop James Levert Davis .......................................... 2nd Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III..................................... 3rd Bishop John Franklin White ......................................... 4th Bishop Clement Willie Fugh......................................... 5th Bishop Reginald Tyrone Jackson .................................. 6th Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr. ............................ 7th Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister ................................ 8th Bishop Harry Lee Seawright ......................................... 9th Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie .............................. 10th Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr. ...................... 11th Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell ................................... 12th Bishop Jeffrey Nathaniel Leath ................................... 13th Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr. ....................................... 14th Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels, Jr. .......................... 15th Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield ............................... 16th Bishop Wilfred Jacobus Messiah ................................ 17th Bishop Stafford J.N. Wicker ....................................... 18th Bishop Paul J. M. Kawimbe ....................................... 19th Bishop Ronnie Elijah Brailsford, Sr. .......................... 20th Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III.................. Ecumenical Officer *Bishop McKinley Young……………….………………… RETIRED BISHOPS Frederick Calhoun James Frank Curtis Cummings Phillip Robert Cousin, Sr. Henry Allen Belin, Jr. John Richard Bryant Robert Vaughn Webster Zedekiah LaZett Grady William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr. Theodore Larry Kirkland Richard Franklin Norris Preston Warren Williams Carolyn Tyler Guidry *Deceased [8] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE A.M.E. CHURCH Dr. Richard Allen Lewis Treasurer / CFO AME Finance Department The Reverend Dr. Roderick D. Belin President / Publisher AME Sunday School Union The Reverend Dr. George F. Flowers Executive Director, Global Witness and Ministry The Reverend Dr. Jerome V. Harris Executive Director, Department of Retirement Services The Reverend Dr. James C. Wade Executive Director, Department of Church Growth and Development The Reverend Dr. Garland F. Pierce Executive Director, Department of Christian Education Mr. John Thomas, III Editor, The Christian Recorder The Reverend Dr. Jeffrey B. Cooper, Sr. General Secretary / CIO Officer The Reverend Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown Historiographer / Executive Director, Department of Research and Scholarship RETIRED GENERAL OFFICERS Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams Editor, The AME Review Dr. Hercules Miles Secretary-Treasurer, Church Extension Dr. Paulette Coleman Editor, The AME Review Dr. Kenneth H. Hill Executive Director, Department of Christian Education The Reverend Dennis C. Dickerson, Ph.D. Executive Director, Dept. of Research and Scholarship The Reverend Dr. Johnny Barbour President/Publisher, AME Sunday School Union The Reverend Dr. Calvin Sydnor, III Editor, The Christian Recorder The Reverend Dr. Daryl B. Ingram Executive Director, Department of Christian Education [9] THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT CONNECTIONAL OFFICERS Dr. Deborah Taylor King President, Women’s Missionary Society The Reverend Leodis Strong President, Connectional Council Mrs. Jackie DuPont Walker Consultant/Director, Social Action Commission Mrs. Lula Shaw Cleckley President, CONN-M-SWAWO +PK’s Mrs. Ora L. Easley, Administrator Clergy Family Information Center The Reverend Maurice Wright Director, Music and Christian Arts Ministry Ms. Wanda Ringgold Director, Young People’s and Children’s Division, WMS Mrs. Valerie Gary Bell President, Lay Organization The Reverend Natalie Mitchem, M.Div., R.D. Executive Director, Health Commission The Reverend Miriam J. Burnett, M.D., M.Div., MPH Medical Director Mr. Richard Norris, III President, Young People’ and Children’s Division Ms. Martinique Mix, President Richard Allen Young Adult Council (RAYAC) Mrs. Lyndajo A. Jones Watson Administrator, Christian Debutante-Master Attorney Patricia Mayberry President, Judicial Council Attorney Douglass P. Selby General Counsel, A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michelle Goodloe