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The '''Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church''' is based in Birmingham and covers the states of Alabama and Florida. The current presiding bishop is [[Clarence Heath]]. Prior to [[1954]] the Christian Methodist Church was known as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. It was founded in [[1870]] by African Americans who had formerly been members of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]] (MECS). The White leadership of the MECS supported their African Americans members in leaving for the new autonomous denomination.
The '''Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church''' is the regional unit of the CME Church that based in Birmingham and encompasses the states of Alabama and Florida. The CME Church was formed on [[December 16]], [[1870]] in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church by formerly enslaved members of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]] (MECS) with the full suport of their White sponsors in the MECS. In [[1954]] the CME changed to its present name.
 
The current presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District is [[Clarence Heath]].
 
[[Miles College]] is a college of the CME Church.


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==External Links==
==External Links==
 
* [https://www.cmefifthdistrict.org/home Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church] website
[https://www.cmefifthdistrict.org/home Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]


[[Category:CME Church]]
[[Category:CME Church]]
[[Category:Regional religious units]]
[[Category:Regional religious units]]

Latest revision as of 08:28, 13 April 2024

The Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is the regional unit of the CME Church that based in Birmingham and encompasses the states of Alabama and Florida. The CME Church was formed on December 16, 1870 in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church by formerly enslaved members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) with the full suport of their White sponsors in the MECS. In 1954 the CME changed to its present name.

The current presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District is Clarence Heath.

Miles College is a college of the CME Church.

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