First I would like to pass on my gratitude for the marvelous job of keeping us SO WELL informed during the entire General Conference. It was good to be informed by one of our own who knew what was going on rather than a news reporter who never even heard of the A.M.E. Church. I called all my friends and we were all logged on during the entire week. I am glad I printed your reports each day so I can let others read them and keep them as reference material. MY QUESTION: Does anyone have the names of all 41 candidates who ran for Bishop and the Districts or States they are from?? Keep up the good work !!

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2000

Answers

Brother Henderson,

I will provide you with the 41 candidates, but I must beg leave not to have all of the home areas in my possession so I will count on other to cut and paste and fill in the blanks until we have an entire list. I will take it one step further and inform you of which of them are online at A.M.E. Today, that i know of anyway, to better let you know who is and is not part of this online community. Below the list of Bishop Candidates, Hope this helps.

Rev. John

Office of Bishop Candidates 2000

John April Texas, 10th Episcopal District Online Leroy Attles Mass 1st Episcoapl District Thomas Brown Jr. Yale Benjamin Bruce Sidney Bryant Online Vernon Burroughs Casey J. Childs, II Horace Cooper Louis Davis Albert L. Dunn James Glover Samuel Green Carolyn Tyler Guidry California 5th Episcopal online Frederick Harrison Gregory G. M. Ingram (elected) online Edgar james Andrew Josias Robert J. King Julius H. McAllister Earl McCloud Vashti McKenzie (elected) Edward Mentor Winfred Messiah Clement Mkwananzi N. Ngoma Willie R. Norful, Sr. online Richard Norris (elected) online Solom Nxumalo All W. Parrot Wesley Reid Mangus Scott Daniel L. Simmons William Smith Jr. Dan Stevens Gordon Van Stavel George W. Tyler Albert D. Tyson, III John White Leslie R. White online Preston Williams (elected) Harry Wilson George Young

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2000

John April TX 10 Online Leroy Attles MA 1 Online Thomas Brown Jr. LA 8 Yale Benjamin Bruce FL 11 Sidney Bryant Online Vernon Burroughs CA 5 Casey J. Childs, II Horace Cooper Louis Davis Albert L. Dunn TX 10 James Glover Samuel Green FL 11 Carolyn Tyler Guidry CA 5 online Frederick Harrison rsa 19? Gregory G. M. Ingram MI 4 online Edgar james DC 2 Andrew Josias Robert J. King AL 9 Julius H. McAllister Earl McCloud Vashti McKenzie MD 2 Online Edward Mentor Winfred Messiah Clement Mkwananzi N. zi 17 Ngoma Willie R. Norful, Sr. 12 online Richard Norris PA 1 Online Solom Nxumalo Allen W. Parrot Wesley Reid OH 3 Mangus Scott Daniel L. Simmons SC 7 William Smith Jr. Dan Stevens Gordon Van Stavel George W. Tyler Albert D. Tyson, III IL 4 John White FL 11 Leslie R. White online Preston Williams GA 6 Harry Wilson TN 13 George Young

Thanks Rev. Fisher for providing the base list and saving me a lot of typing. :)

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2000

Let me try to clean that last answer up a bit :-).

John April TX 10 Online; Leroy Attles MA 1 Online; Thomas Brown Jr. LA 8; Yale Benjamin Bruce FL 11; Vernon Burroughs CA 5; Albert L. Dunn TX 10; Samuel Green FL 11; Carolyn Tyler Guidry CA 5 online; Frederick Harrison rsa 19?; Gregory G. M. Ingram MI 4; online Edgar james DC 2; Robert J. King AL 9; Vashti McKenzie MD 2 Online; Clement Mkwananzi N. zi 17; Willie R. Norful, Sr. 12 online; Richard Norris PA 1 Online; Wesley Reid OH 3; Daniel L. Simmons SC 7; Albert D. Tyson, III IL 4; John White FL 11; Preston Williams GA 6; Harry Wilson TN 13

Data is still needed for: Sidney Bryant Online ;Casey J. Childs, II; Horace Cooper; Louis Davis ;James Glover ;Andrew Josias ;Julius H. McAllister; Earl McCloud ; Edward Mentor; Winfred Messiah ;Ngoma; Solom Nxumalo; Allen W. Parrot; Mangus Scott ; William Smith Jr.; Dan Stevens; Gordon Van Stavel; George W. Tyler ;Leslie R. White online ;George Young

My apologies for the first response: I didn't realize that tabular alignment wouldn't persist.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2000

Andrew Josias and Gordon van Stavel are from the 15th Episcopal District, RSA

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2000

Sidney Bryant is from Tennessee, 13th District.

-- Anonymous, July 27, 2000

Presiding Elder George W. Tyler, candidate for the office of bishop, is from the 8th. District(Misissippi and Louisiana). He presides over the Jackson-Greenwood District in the East Mississippi Annual Conferenc of the Eighth Episcopal District.

-- Anonymous, July 27, 2000

Candidate Earl McCloud is from the 6th Episcopal District which is the state of Georgia.

-- Anonymous, July 31, 2000

Leslie White is from the 5th district, California I believe. COngratulations, folks, we're really filling in the table here. Later this week if time permits I'll post a link to a page that you can reference.

-- Anonymous, July 31, 2000

Rev Dr Wilfred Messiah is from the 19th District, RSA Rev Faith Mantor is from the 19th District, RSA

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2000

test test test

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000

As promised some time ago. There is still missing data, though.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000

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Candidates for the Episcopacy
Candidate	Charge	State	District
John April		TX	10
Leroy Attles	St. Paul, Cambridge	MA	1
Thomas Brown Jr.	Union Bethel, New Orleans	LA	8
Yale Benjamin Bruce	Greater Grant Memorial, Jacksonville	FL	11
Sidney F. Bryant	Payne Chapel, Nashville	TN	13
Vernon S. Burroughs	St. Paul, Berkeley	CA	5
Casey J. Childs
Horace Cooper
Louis Davis
Albert L. Dunn	none	TX	10
James Glover
Samuel L. Green, Sr.	St. Mark, Orlando	FL	11
Carolyn Tyler Guidry	PE, Los Angeles-Pasadena	CA	5
Frederick Harrison		RSA	19
Gregory G. M. Ingram	Oak Grove	MI	4
Edgar L. James	Turner Memorial, Washington	DC	2
Andrew Josias			15
Robert J. King	Nichols Chapel, Phenix City	AL	9
Julius H. McAllister, Sr.	Mt. Zion, Florence	SC	7
Earl McCloud	First, Atlanta	GA	6
Vashti M. McKenzie	Payne Memorial, Baltimore	MD	2
Faith Mentor			19
Wilfred J. Messiah			19
Clement Mkwananzi	PE	ZI	17
Ngoma
Willie R. Norful, Sr.	St. John, Pine Bluff	AR	12
Richard Norris	St. Matthew, Philadelphia	PA	1
Solomon Nxuma
Allen W. Parrott
Wesley I. Reid		OH	3
Mangus Scott
Daniel L. Simmons	Friendship, Mt. Pleasant	SC	7
William Smith, Jr	Emmanuel, Charleston	SC	7
Dan Stevens
George W. Tyler	PE, Jackson-Greendwood	MS	8
Albert D. Tyson, III	St. Stephen, Chicago	IL	4
Gordon D. Van Stavel		RSA	15
John F. White	Greater Bethel, Miami	FL	11
Leslie R. White	Grant, Los Angeles	CA	5
Preston W. Williams, II	Allen Temple, Atlanta	GA	6
Harry Wilson		TN	13
George Young

Candidates for the Episcopacy
Candidate	Charge	State	District
John April		TX	10
Leroy Attles	St. Paul, Cambridge	MA	1
Thomas Brown Jr.	Union Bethel, New Orleans	LA	8
Yale Benjamin Bruce	Greater Grant Memorial, Jacksonville	FL	11
Sidney F. Bryant	Payne Chapel, Nashville	TN	13
Vernon S. Burroughs	St. Paul, Berkeley	CA	5
Casey J. Childs
Horace Cooper
Louis Davis
Albert L. Dunn	none	TX	10
James Glover
Samuel L. Green, Sr.	St. Mark, Orlando	FL	11
Carolyn Tyler Guidry	PE, Los Angeles-Pasadena	CA	5
Frederick Harrison		RSA	19
Gregory G. M. Ingram	Oak Grove	MI	4
Edgar L. James	Turner Memorial, Washington	DC	2
Andrew Josias			15
Robert J. King	Nichols Chapel, Phenix City	AL	9
Julius H. McAllister, Sr.	Mt. Zion, Florence	SC	7
Earl McCloud	First, Atlanta	GA	6
Vashti M. McKenzie	Payne Memorial, Baltimore	MD	2
Faith Mentor			19
Wilfred J. Messiah			19
Clement Mkwananzi	PE	ZI	17
Ngoma
Willie R. Norful, Sr.	St. John, Pine Bluff	AR	12
Richard Norris	St. Matthew, Philadelphia	PA	1
Solomon Nxuma
Allen W. Parrott
Wesley I. Reid		OH	3
Mangus Scott
Daniel L. Simmons	Friendship, Mt. Pleasant	SC	7
William Smith, Jr	Emmanuel, Charleston	SC	7
Dan Stevens
George W. Tyler	PE, Jackson-Greendwood	MS	8
Albert D. Tyson, III	St. Stephen, Chicago	IL	4
Gordon D. Van Stavel		RSA	15
John F. White	Greater Bethel, Miami	FL	11
Leslie R. White	Grant, Los Angeles	CA	5
Preston W. Williams, II	Allen Temple, Atlanta	GA	6
Harry Wilson		TN	13
George Young

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000

My apologies to Presiding Elder Tyler. In my rush to get the table out Friday, I did not QA my spelling. His PE district is "Jackson-Greenwood".

Candidates for the Episcopacy
Candidate	Charge	State	District
John April		TX	10
Leroy Attles	St. Paul, Cambridge	MA	1
Thomas Brown Jr.	Union Bethel, New Orleans	LA	8
Yale Benjamin Bruce	Greater Grant Memorial, Jacksonville	FL	11
Sidney F. Bryant	Payne Chapel, Nashville	TN	13
Vernon S. Burroughs	St. Paul, Berkeley	CA	5
Casey J. Childs
Horace Cooper
Louis Davis
Albert L. Dunn	none	TX	10
James Glover
Samuel L. Green, Sr.	St. Mark, Orlando	FL	11
Carolyn Tyler Guidry	PE, Los Angeles-Pasadena	CA	5
Frederick Harrison		RSA	19
Gregory G. M. Ingram	Oak Grove	MI	4
Edgar L. James	Turner Memorial, Washington	DC	2
Andrew Josias			15
Robert J. King	Nichols Chapel, Phenix City	AL	9
Julius H. McAllister, Sr.	Mt. Zion, Florence	SC	7
Earl McCloud	First, Atlanta	GA	6
Vashti M. McKenzie	Payne Memorial, Baltimore	MD	2
Faith Mentor			19
Wilfred J. Messiah			19
Clement Mkwananzi	PE	ZI	17
Ngoma
Willie R. Norful, Sr.	St. John, Pine Bluff	AR	12
Richard Norris	St. Matthew, Philadelphia	PA	1
Solomon Nxuma
Allen W. Parrott
Wesley I. Reid		OH	3
Mangus Scott
Daniel L. Simmons	Friendship, Mt. Pleasant	SC	7
William Smith, Jr	Emmanuel, Charleston	SC	7
Dan Stevens
George W. Tyler	PE, Jackson-Greenwood	MS	8
Albert D. Tyson, III	St. Stephen, Chicago	IL	4
Gordon D. Van Stavel		RSA	15
John F. White	Greater Bethel, Miami	FL	11
Leslie R. White	Grant, Los Angeles	CA	5
Preston W. Williams, II	Allen Temple, Atlanta	GA	6
Harry Wilson		TN	13
George Young

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2000

Rev. John J. April is a native of the Fifteenth Episcopal District (Cape Town, South Africa) and is presently pastoring in Dallas, Texas (Greater St. James AME Church). He was brought to the United States by Bishop Donald Ming to further his education in 1977.He is the former Head of the Religion Dept., at Paul Quinn College, Texas.

-- Anonymous, October 17, 2000