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Bishop James Levert Davis is the newly appointed Presiding Prelate of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

He is a fifth generation African Methodist Episcopal minister, and the son of the late Mother Dorothy Lynch, the late Reverend Sam Davis and Mother Alma Davis. Bishop Davis attended both the public and private schools of Alabama. He received the call to ministry at age 12. Upon high school graduation, he enrolled a Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, earning the Bachelor of Science degree; and subsequently, the Master of Divinity degree from the Turner Theological Seminary and the Doctorate of Ministry degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Biskop James L. Davis het die goeie nuus van Jesus die Christus vir meer as 45 jaar gepreek en geleer. Nadat hy die goddelike leiding gesoek het van Hom wat hom geroep het tot hoër diens in Koninkryksbou, het hy twee-en-twintig maande lank veldtog gevoer op sy mantra – “Ek het opgedaag vir werk en God het my verstand verpletter”. Op 3 Julie 2004, in Indianapolis, Indiana, het hy opgedaag vir 'n geleentheid om te dien en is hy verkies en ingewy as die 123ste biskop in die African Methodist Episcopal Church tydens die 47ste Vierjaarlikse Algemene Konferensie.

Hy is aangestel in die 19de Episkopale Distrik wat die Republiek van Suid-Afrika omvat. Terwyl hy sy eerste opdrag gedien het, het biskop Davis se visie om die nalatenskap van selfhelp en selfstandigheid te bevorder, tot baie prestasies gelei terwyl hy vier jaar lank op die vasteland van 2004-2008 gewoon het.

From 2008-2016, Bishop Davis served as the servant prelate of the 9th Episcopal District which comprises the entire state of Alabama. As the spiritual shepherd, in 2008 and 2014, he visited all 275 churches throughout the state of Alabama. Under his leadership the 9th Episcopal District purchased and renovated the District Headquarters located in the Downtown area of Birmingham, AL. Twenty-five months later the District celebrated the mortgage burning, while still reporting $1.8 million in budget assessments and giving back to the local churches over $60,000 to assist in various areas of need.

Bishop Davis is the former Presiding Prelate of the 2nd Episcopal District (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Western North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.).

Arelis Beevers Davis serves as our newly appointed Episcopal District Supervisor.

Moeder Davis is in Samana, Dominikaanse Republiek, gebore as dogter van wyle mnr. Federico Beevers en wyle mev. Luz Francisca Beevers. Sy het op 'n jong ouderdom na die Verenigde State verhuis en is opgevoed in die Belmar Public School System (New Jersey). Sy het 'n Baccalaureus Artium-graad van Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, en 'n Meestersgraad in Onderwys (Spaanse Onderwyskonsentrasie) van die Universiteit van Alabama in Birmingham ontvang. Terwyl sy aan die vereistes vir haar Meestersgraad voldoen het, het sy aan die Universiteit van Guadalajara in Mexiko gestudeer.

Voordat sy die 7de Episkopale Distrikstoesighouer geword het, was sy die 2de, 9de en 19de Episkopale Distrikstoesighouer (Republiek van Suid-Afrika). Moeder Davis het die "Hoop en Genesing"-bediening vir gesondheids- en welstandsondersteuning begin, wat onder andere borskankerbewustheid en MIV/VIGS behels het. Pligsgetrou het sy as Eerste Dame van die Big Bethel AME Kerk in Atlanta, Georgia, gedien.

Mother Davis’ travels have included Hong Kong, Bermuda, Bahamas, England, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Brazil, Canada, and East, West and South Africa .

Moeder Davis het onlangs afgetree as 'n voorbeeldige Spaanse onderwyseres van Frederick Douglas Hoërskool in Atlanta, Georgia. Onder haar talle toekennings en eerbewyse is Who's Who Among Black Americans en die National Hispanic Society. Haar gemeenskapslidmaatskappe sluit in die Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), en Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Married to Bishop James L. Davis for over forty years, her dedication to God and Kingdom building exemplify the essence of true partnership in ministry and marriage. Mother Davis considers one of her greatest gifts being a mother to her two daughters, Damarys Monique Burnett and Nicole Tatiana Pass, and her son-in-law, Christopher Burnett. The greatest joys of her life are her grandchildren Patrick James, Ashton James Pass, Baron Christopher Valentino Burnett, Noel Olivia Burnett and Violet Joy Cristina.