Presiding Prelate Bishop Harry L. Seawright

The Mission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and environmental needs of all people by spreading Christ's liberating gospel through word and deed…

The Vision: "Encourage, Empower, and Enable the People of God"

The Ninth Episcopal District covers the state of Alabama and is comprised of 10 Elders representing five (5) annual conferences:  the Alabama River Region, the Southeast Alabama, the Northeast Alabama, the Southwest Alabama, and the Northwest Alabama. Alabama is home to some 275 AME congregations and 17,000 members of the denomination.