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, Episcopal Supervisor
Janet T. Benjamin, Executive Administrator
Presiding Elders
Washington Annual Conference
Capital District
Rev. Charles T. Sembly
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. Johnny R. Calhoun
Eastern District
Rev. Wanda London
Virginia Annual Conference
Norfolk Eastern Shore District
Rev. Chester Wallace Morris
Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke District
Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Hayward, 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. Samuel E. Hayward III
President, Presiding Elders’ Council
Rev. Dr. Vanetta L. Brice
Treasurer, Second Episcopal District
Appointment TBA
Accountant, Second Episcopal District
Rev. Johnnie Branch
Financial Assistant
Rev. Stanley Wright
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. Selerya Moore
President, Women’s Missionary Society
Ms. Annette Dockery
Director, Young People’s Division
Mr. Wayne Curtis, Jr.
President, Young People's Division
Ms. Jasmine M.D. Jones
President, Richard Allen Young Adult Council
Rev. Robert N. Brown, Jr.
Co-Coordinator, Sons of Allen
Mr. Mark A. Wood II
Co-Coordinator, Sons of Allen
Mrs. Jennifer A. Grayson
President. Ministers’ Spouses
Rev. Dr. Anna Mosby
President, Women in Ministry
Dr. Bester Joyce Bonner
Co-Director, Christian Education
Rev. Karen Myers
Co-Director, Department of Christian Education
Rev. Latisha Thomas Cokely
Co-Director, Department of Christian Education
Rev. Vernon Ware
Coordinator, Young Adult Ministry
Rev. Russell St. Bernard
Coordinator, Children & Youth Ministry
Mr. Alvin White
Coordinator, CDMC
Rev. Angie Cox
Assistant Coordinator, CDMC
Rev. William H Lamar IV
Chair, Board of Examiners
Rev. Dr. Andrea Cornett-Scott
Co-Dean, Board of Examiners
Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver
Co-Dean, Board of Examiners
Rev. Dr. Brent L.Edwards
Co-Director, Ministry of Evangelism
Rev. Tony Lee
Director, Social Action Ministry
Rev. William H Lamar IV
Co-Coordinator,Faith & Fairness in Justice Task Force
Rev. Dr. Matthew Watley
Co-Coordinator,Faith & Fairness in Justice Task Force
Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver
Co-Coorrdinator, Nehemiah Ministry
Rev. Stephen Lyons
Co-Coordinator, Nehemiah Ministry
Rev. Dr. Carrington Carter
Chair, Theological Scholarship
Rev. Dr. A. Gismat Alim
Coordinator, Clergy Care Assistance Program
Rev. Charles T. Sembly
Historiographer
Rev. Dr. Clay Barrow
Co-Historiographer
Rev. Anthony Radcliff
Co-Coordinator, Ministry of Music
Rev. Dana Porter Ashton
Co-Coordinator, Ministry of Music
Sis. Susan Tapper
Administrator, Website
Rev. Bridgette V. Gloster
IT Advisor & E-Learning Portal Manaer
Rev. Loxley O'Connor
Chair,CDC Board