About Us...
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The Rt. Reverend Erika D. Crawford
Bishop Erika D. Crawford, a disciple whom Jesus loves, is a Proven Leader, Trusted Servant, and Kin-dom Citizen. She is a spiritual daughter of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Stamford, CT. She embraced the work and call of the itinerant ministry, having served God through Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Stamford, Connecticut; Reid Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, SC; and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem, NY, before receiving her first pastoral appointment in 2006. Read More>>>
The Reverend Dr. Hugh B. Marriott
Supervisor Rev. Dr. Hugh B. Marriott hails from the Allen Temple AME Church in the Brooklyn Westchester District of the New York Annual Conference within the First Episcopal District. He was appointed by Bishop Erika D. Crawford to serve the Eighth Episcopal District as the Episcopal Supervisor of Missions. Born in St. Andrew, Jamaica West Indies, he immigrated to the United States in 1990 and joined the Mount Moriah AME Church in Cambria Heights, Queens, in 2001. In 2003, he married Alisha R. (Irby) Marriott, who currently serves as the Connectional WMS Promotion and Missionary Education (PME) Director. Read More >>>
The Episcopal District Components
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has several Connectional Commissions that give guidance to the Church's ministry components. The Eighth Episcopal District has several components that support the district's work and Christian witness by providing programming, worship, educational, and missional opportunities.
These components function at the Connectional, Episcopal, Annual Conference, Presiding Elder District, and Local Church levels. Read more>>>>
The Presiding Elder Districts
Presiding Elders are clergy members in middle management who assist the Bishop with superintending the Episcopal District. The Bishop appoints Presiding Elders to "supervise the work" of a Presiding Elder's District, a portion of the Annual Conference.
The Eighth Episcopal District has four Annual Conferences, which consist of 10 Presiding Elder Districts. Read More >>>>
