A photo collage of scenes from the Closing Worship and Commissioning Service of the Southern California Conference of the AME Church held at First AME Church in Los Angeles.
Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church, revealed several new pastoral appointments for 2022-2023 at the close of the 98th Session of the Southern California Annual Conference on Oct. 24.
Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church, announced the pastoral appointments for 2019-2020 at the close of the 95th Session of the Southern California Conference on Oct. 27. The Rev. Roosevelt Lindsey, Jr., presiding elder of the L.A. South-Las Vegas District, was reappointed and also assigned to supply Bethel-Blythe. The Rev. Dr. Allen Williams, Sr., presiding elder of the L.A. North District, was also reappointed. The assignment of new leaders included the Rev. Carolyn Baskin-Bell to First AME – Santa Monica, the Rev. Michael Carr to Holy Trinity-L.A., the Rev. Arthur B.
Hundreds of AMEs representing 50+ churches in Southern California and Nevada will unite with Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church, and Episcopal Supervisor Alexia Butler Fugh, for the 95th Session of the Southern California Annual Conference. The event, which includes business sessions, workshops and worship services, opens Wednesday, Oct. 23, and concludes Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 5711 W. Century Blvd., in Los Angeles. Pastor J. Edgar and Mrs. Florence Boyd, along with the members of First AME Church of Los Angeles, will host. Women In
Like many pastors, the Rev. Nicolette Birdsong Wilson wants her St. James AME Church congregation to grow spiritually and numerically. But, numbers play a lesser role than relationship building. Her focus is on developing better and new relationships with God’s people, both inside and outside of the walls of the church. “Evangelism was never about just inviting someone to church,” said Wilson, who was appointed in October 2018. “It was and is about building loving and Christ-like relationships with each other.” This approach is not new for Wilson, who employed a similar strategy while serving as spiritual leader of Johnson
Amid shouts of praise and repeated applause, Bishop Clement W. Fugh concluded another spirit-filled session of the Southern California Annual Conference (SCC) of the AME Church. During the Closing Worship and Commissioning Service on Oct. 21, hundreds of parishioners filled the ballroom at the LAX Hilton to hear a powerful service by retired Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry and the 2018-19 SCC pastoral appointments by Bishop Fugh. As presiding prelate of the 5th Episcopal District, Fugh oversees AME churches in Hawaii and the 14 states west of the Mississippi River. While the majority of SCC pastors were reassigned to their churches,