Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church

Fugh Preaches at Second AME’s ‘Super Sunday’ Service

In a play on Super Bowl LIII, Pastor Carolyn Baskin-Bell and the members of Second AME Church will host Super Sunday Worship on Feb. 3, at 10 a.m., in their sanctuary located at 5500 S. Hoover St., in Los Angeles. The guest preacher will be Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church. He will expound on the theme, “Worshipping, Witnessing and Working by the Power of the Holy Spirit,” which is based on John 20:19-21and Acts 2:1-21. “Sunday is Consecration and Commitment Sunday at Second and Bishop Fugh comes to preach a

District Endorses Brookins for Bishop

The Rev. Francine Brookins received a big endorsement in her campaign to become a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Sixty-seven of 100 delegates in the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church voted for her during a primary election held at the district’s Mid Year Convocation on March 10-11. “This is historic on many levels, one of which is that the Fifth District has elected a woman to represent it as its endorsed candidate for bishop at the bicentennial celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church,” said Brookins. The AME Church will elect six bishops at its General