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The '''9th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church''' is a connectional district of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church covering the state of Alabama. Its offices are located at 1500 [[Daniel Payne Drive]] in the [[Daniel Payne Community Plaza]].

The district is one of twenty divisions of the global AME Church, and serves six conferences in [[Alabama]]. The presiding bishop is [[Harry L. Seawright]].

The 9th District counts more than 80,000 active members in 350 churches. The District has an agreement with [[Cooper Green Mercy Hospital]] to operate a [[Jefferson County Metro Clinic]] which shares the former college campus.

Before moving to the former [[BTNB BJCC branch]] at 1040 [[19th Street North|19th Street]], on the corner of [[11th Avenue North]] in downtown [[Birmingham]] in [[2009]], the districts offices were located in one of the buildings on the former campus of [[Daniel Payne College]] on [[Daniel Payne Drive]]. The District still owns the former campus, including the [[Daniel Payne Legacy Village‎]] retirement community and retreat center on the 150-acre site and the [[Daniel Payne Community Plaza]], on the site of the former [[Daniel Payne Middle School]].

==Bishops==
* [[T. Larry Kirkland]] (2002-2008)
* [[James Davis (AME bishop)|James Davis]] (2009-2015)
* [[Harry L. Seawright]] (2016-present)

==Churches==
* See [[List of African Methodist Episcopal Churches]]

==References==
* Garrison, Greg (July 19, 2008) "AME Bishop Kirkland moving to LA." {{BN}}
* Daniels, Malcolm (February 8, 2009) "AME churches host parade, dedication." {{BN}}
* Garrison, Greg (February 22, 2009) "AME Church has opened state headquarters in an old bank in downtown Birmingham, Alabama." {{BN}}
* (November 6, 2014) "Ordination Service to be Held at Daniel Payne Community Plaza." {{BT}}
* Clinkscales, Johnathon (July 28, 2016) "[https://www.somdnews.com/enquirer_gazette/news/local/brandywine-pastor-elected-consecrated-as-133rd-bishop-of-african-methodist-episcopal-church/article_d9c1cffc-b6c0-5477-994f-ab351f8a8da5.html Brandywine pastor elected, consecrated as 133rd bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church]." ''The Enquirer-Gazette''

==External links==
* [https://www.ninthamechurch.org/ 9th Episcopal District] website

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