AME Church Structure MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH There are three categories of membership, Full, Probationary and Preparatory. THE MINISTRY There are two orders of ministry; Deacon and Elder. GENERAL ORGANIZATION The Bishop is the Chief officer of the Connectional Organization. He is elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years. The Senior Bishop of the A.M.E. Church is the Right Reverend John Richard Bryant, Presiding Prelate of the 4th Episcopal District of which Union Memorial AME Chuch is a member. His wife, the Reverend Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, is the Episcopal Supervisor of the 4th Episcopal District. Presiding Elders are the assistants whom the Bishops appoint to supervise the preachers in a Presiding Elder's District. They hold Quarterly and District Conferences and at the end of the year, report to the Bishop at the Annual Conference and make recommendations for pastoral appointments. Pastors are appointed yearly to a charge (church), on recommendation of the Presiding Elder, by the Bishop. He is in full charge of the Church and is an ex-official member-of all boards, organizations and clubs. Union Memorial is in the michigan South District where the Presiding Elder is Dr. Norman V. Osborne, supported by his wife Dr. Pamela Osborne. THE CONNECTION It is thought by. many that the "Connection" is one of the main things that hold the A.M.E. Church together. Each member is a part of the "Whole" because each local church is a part of the "Connection" beginning with the General Conference down to the Church Conference which is called at the request of the local pastor and to which each member is privileged to attend. THE DISCIPLINE There is a book published every four years by the A.M.E. Church called the "Doctrine and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church" or "The Discipline." The first edition was issued in 1817 by . Bishop Richard Allen and Elder James Tapisco and others of Philadelphia, and is one of the oldest books published by American Blacks.
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