"Connecting a Global Church" Historical Journey Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. The Connectional Lay Organization (CLO) convenes every two years during this convention.
  2. 3. The AME church began in 1787 as the Free African Society in this Pennsylvania city.
  3. 5. He serves as the Connectional Lay Organization Historiographer and once served as the CLO's Director of Public Relations.
  4. 8. He was the first elected CLO Young Adult Reprehensive (YAR) and on October 4,2022, he successfully defended his Ph.D. “Black Politics in Peru and Ecuador from 1980-2016: Social Movements and Government Response”. Name this AME Church General Officer and scholar minus his newest title: _____ _____IIIrd.
  5. 12. She served as an excellent President of the Sixteenth Episcopal District Dr. Isabel Medina____.
  6. 13. He was the first elected but not consecrated bishop of the AME church Rev. Daniel_____.
  7. 14. Sister Edna serves as the Assistant Recording Secretary for the CLO having been elected to the position on September 23, 2021. She successfully defended her Ph.D. on September 16, 2022, in “Organizational Leadership. She is now Dr. Edna_____.
  8. 15. The form of government which the AME church operates. It means that the church is governed by bishops, who are the chief executive and administrative officers of the denomination.
  9. 16. She is an A.M.E Church General Officer (Editor of the Christian Recorder) who played a major role as Co-chair of the CLO 100th Anniversary. Her name is Dr. Paulette_______.
  10. 19. Hailing from the Nineteenth Episcopal District, he was named Outstanding Lay Person at the Lay Biennial in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1993. Because of his great work and leadership, Brother Masala _____ was named President Emeritus.
  11. 20. The Lay Hymn (Laymen's Hymn) is sung to the tune of "Guide Me O Thou_____".
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  1. 1. A specific area that is governed by either a Presiding Elder or Bishop.
  2. 4. Having served in many high level positions as an officer in the Connectional Lay organization(CLO), he is the first African President having been elected July 2021. He hails from the Nineteenth Episcopal District. Brother Matikane Abednego____.
  3. 6. The founder and first elected and consecrated Bishop of the A.M.E church is______.
  4. 7. She was a Young Adult Representative (YAR) appointed by President J.L. Williams. She is the Reverend Dr. Mila_____.
  5. 9. The "A" in A.M.E and the descendants and heritage of the people that organized the denomination.
  6. 10. Brother Garfield ______, served as an outstanding President in the Fourteenth Episcopal District. He attended and sat on many General Conference committees and commissions.
  7. 11. Pastors serve at the pleasure of the Bishops and are traditionally assigned or reassigned at the____.
  8. 17. The Lay Commission chair and presiding prelate of the Eighth Episcopal District Bishop Stafford J.N._____.
  9. 18. He served as a passionate leader of the Twentieth Episcopal District Lay Organization located in Central & Southern Africa. His name is Bro. Qedindaba______.