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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 [[Teresa Jefferson-Snorton]]. 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 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.


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==Bishops==
* [[Wallace Lockett]] -2011
* [[Teresa Jefferson-Snorton]], 2011-2022
* [[Clarence Heath]], 2022-


==External Links==
==External Links==


[https://www.cmefifthdistrict.org/home Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]
[https://www.cmefifthdistrict.org/home Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]

Revision as of 09:04, 5 July 2022

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.

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