Bishop Sarah Frances Davis (’70), Houston :: The third woman to be elected a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, she was the vice president of the World Methodist Council and the presiding prelate of the 16th Episcopal District, which includes churches and schools in South America, the Caribbean and Europe. As a result of her leadership, a day of prayer in African Methodism is now an annual observance. Her first assignment was to the 18th Episcopal District, including Southern African countries, where she was an advocate of the power of education and a champion for orphaned children. She most recently was focused on rebuilding orphanages and churches in Haiti. She was the first woman in Texas to be appointed to a major A.M.E. church when she served for seven years as the pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Antonio.
Submitted By jev0010 on Fri, 03/28/2014 - 12:00am
Bishop Sarah Frances Davis (’70), Houston :: The third woman to be elected a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, she was the vice president of the World Methodist Council and the presiding prelate of the 16th Episcopal District, which includes churches and schools in South America, the Caribbean and Europe. As a result of her leadership, a day of prayer in African Methodism is now an annual observance. Her first assignment was to the 18th Episcopal District, including Southern African countries, where she was an advocate of the power of education and a champion for orphaned children. She most recently was focused on rebuilding orphanages and churches in Haiti. She was the first woman in Texas to be appointed to a major A.M.E. church when she served for seven years as the pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Antonio.
