The 115th Annual Session of the Albemarle Conference convened June 19–22, 2025, under the leadership of Bishop W. Darin Moore and the direction of Presiding Elders Reverend Donald L. Jones (Elizabeth City District) and Reverend Fondella A. Leigh (Edenton District). Held across several days of worship, teaching, reports, and planning, the session brought pastors, laity,…
Elizabeth City, NC. July 2025… The 115th Annual Session of the Albemarle Conference convened from June 19–22, 2025, under the leadership of Bishop W. Darin Moore and the direction of Presiding Elders Reverend Donald L. Jones (Elizabeth City District) and Reverend Fondella A. Leigh (Edenton District). Held across several days of worship, teaching, reports, and…
Attachments Zion Gathers in Mobile_ 2025 Board of Bishops Meeting Mobile, Alabama .docx The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church convened its 2025 Board of Bishops Meeting in the historic city of Mobile, Alabama from February 12–13. Hosted by Bishop Dwayne A. Walker in the Alabama-Florida Episcopal Area, this year’s meeting brought together episcopal leaders, general…
Bishop George Edward Battle Jr. entered eternal rest with his family at his side, on Sunday, March 9, 2025. He was 77 years old. The funeral arrangements for Bishop Battle included visitation Sunday, March 16 at Greater Gethsemane A.M.E. Zion Church in Charlotte from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., service Monday, March 17 at Livingstone College…
In the March edition of the Star of Zion, I had the opportunity to share the relationship journeys of two couples in the article “Relationship Goals.” One of those couples, Presiding Elder Vincent Jones and Dr. Montina Jones (Newport News District, Virginia Conference), recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 6, 2024. I had…
SCOTLAND A.M.E. ZION, POTOMAC, MD. — In July of 2019, the historic Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church watched the foundation and walls of their church collapse after a devastating once-in-a-lifetime flood hit the Washington-Maryland-Virginia corridor. Without a worship site but a newfound faith, Bishop W. Darin Moore, Presiding Prelate of the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District, appointed the…