The Second Episcopal District
in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Real Church:
Rising to the Challenge
James L. Davis and Arelis B. Davis, Servant Leaders
James Levert Davis, Servant Bishop | Arelis Beevers Davis, WMS - Supervisor
Janet T. Benjamin, Executive Administrator
Presiding Elders
Washington Annual Conference
Capital District
Rev. Johnny R. Calhoun
Potomac District
Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Braxton
North Carolina Annual Conference
Southern District
Rev. Evelyn Gail Dunn
Northern District
Rev. Artie Odom, Jr.
Baltimore Annual Conference
Baltimore District
Rev. Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
Eastern District
Rev. Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.
Virginia Annual Conference
Norfolk Eastern Shore District
Rev. Chester Wallace Morris
Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke District
Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Haywood, III
Western North Carolina Annual Conference
Eastern District
Rev. Dr. Anita M. Thompson
Western District
Rev. Dr. Conrad L. Pridgen
Episcopal District Officers
Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Braxton
President, Presiding Elders’ Council
Rev. Dr. Vanetta L. Brice
Treasurer, 2nd Episcopal District
Rev. Robert L. Hodges, Sr.
Accountant, 2nd Episcopal District
Rev. Johnnie Branch
Financial Assistant
Rev. Peter G. Taylor
Treasurer, General Conference Sustentation
Rev. Dr. Harold Hayes
Treasurer, Disaster Relief Fund
Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning
Co-Chair of the Finance Committee
Rev. Dr. Bobby Cox, Jr.
Co-Chair of the Finance Committee
Mr. Matthew Douglas
President, Lay Organization
Ms. D. Faye Conley
President, Women’s Missionary Society
Ms. Annette Dockery
Director, Young People’s Division
Mr. Richard Jackson
President, Young People's Division
Mr. Kyal Wright
President, Richard Allen Young Adult Council
Rev. Robert N. Brown, Jr.
Co-Coordinator, Sons of Allen
Rev. Allen Warren
Co-Coordinator, Sons of Allen
Mrs. Jennifer A. Grayson
President. Ministers’ Spouses
Rev. Dr. Anna Mosby
President, Women in Ministry
Mrs. Robin Porter Smith
Co-Director, Christian Education
Dr. Bester Joyce Bonner
Co-Director, Christian Education
Mr. Alvin White
Co-Coordinator, CDMC
Rev. Angie Cox
Co-Coordinator, CDMC
Mrs. Wanda Wilson
Co-Coordinator, CDMC
Rev. Dr. Lois A. Poag Ray
Co-Dean, Board of Examiners
Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver
Co-Dean, Board of Examiners
Rev. Dr. Brent L.Edwards
Co-Director, Evangelism Ministry
Rev. Sheleta E. Fomby
Co-Director, Evangelism Ministry
Rev. Tony Lee
Director, Social Action
Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver
Co-Director, Nehemiah Ministry
Rev. Stephen Lyons
Co-Director, Nehemiah Ministry
Rev. Dr. Carrington Carter
Chair, Theological Scholarship
Rev. Charles T. Sembly
Co-Historiographer
Rev. Dr. Clay Barrow
Co-Historiographer
Rev. Ronald Freeman
Co-Chief Marshal
Rev. Anthony Rogers
Co-Chief Marshal
Rev. Vernon Ware
Coordinator, Young Adult Ministry
Rev. Akil Dickens
Coordinator, Children and Youth Ministry
Rev. Anthony Radcliff
Co-Coordinator, MCAM
Rev. Dana Porter Ashton
Co-Coordinator, MCAM
Ms. Susan Tapper
Administrator, Website
Rev. Bridgette V. Gloster
Administrator, IT
Rev. Dr. A. Qusmat Alim
Co-Coordinator, Clergy Care Assistance Program
Rev. Christian Savage
Co-Coordinator, Clergy Recruitment (40/24)
Rev. Brandon McAfee
Co-Coordinator, Clergy Recruitment (40/24)
Rev. Shelea E. Fomby
Co-Coordinator, Clergy Recruitment (40/24)
Rev. Herman L. Gladney
Co-Coordinator, Disaster Readiness Commission
Rev. Oretha P. Cross
Co-Coordinator, Disaster Readiness Commission
Rev. Billy Ray Hunter
Co-Coordinator, Disaster Readiness Commission
Rev. Jerry Pearson
Co-Coordinator, Disaster Readiness Commission
Rev. Lexley O'Connor
Chair, Second Episcopal District Community Development Corporation