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The Reverend Doctor
Earle H. Ifill, Presiding Elder--E-mail
P.O.
Box 92485
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Atlanta, GA 30314-0485
Bishop Frank Curtis
Cummings, Presiding Prelate
The
African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church comprises nineteen (19) Episcopal
Districts. Thirteen (13) in the USA, five (5) in Africa, one (1) in the
Caribbean, South America and England. A
Bishop is assigned to preside over each Episcopal District.
The
State of Georgia is designated as the Sixth Episcopal District with Bishop Frank
Curtis Cummings as the Presiding Prelate. This District has six (6)
Annual Conferences and seventeen Presiding Elder’s Districts.
The
Atlanta East District is one of the four Districts, which make up the Atlanta
North-Georgia Annual Conference. Twenty-four churches with twenty-three pastors
comprise this district with an appointed leader known as the Presiding Elder.
The churches are located in the following counties: Fulton, Dekalb, Rockdale,
Newton, Jasper, Walton and Morgan. The membership in the churches range from
fifteen to over seven thousand members.
You are invited to visit any of our churches and to share in the various ministries and services.
The Reverend Doctor
Earle H. Ifill, Presiding Elder
Reverend Ifill's Email
The Reverend Doctor Earle H. Ifill was born in Barbados, West Indies where he received his early education. He graduated from Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree (Cum Laude) in Business Administration. He received a Master of Divinity (M. Div.) degree from Boston University School of Theology, Boston, Massachusetts. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Ministry Degree from Jackson Theological Seminary, Little Rock, Arkansas.
He served as an assistant Pastor in Springfield and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has pastored churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tifton, Waycross, and Atlanta, Georgia. He served as Presiding Elder of the Atlanta District for three years and presently serves as the Presiding Elder of the Atlanta East District.
Reverend Ifill is a member of the Atlanta North-Georgia Annual Conference of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a delegate to the forty fifth session of the General Conference, served as a member of the Revision Committee, and is a member of the General Conference Commission. He served as workshop leader and lecturer at the Lay Organization Biennial Conventions, the Department of Salary Supplement Stewardship Conferences and has served in many different positions and capacities in churches throughout the Connection.
Rev. Dr. Ifill is a Life Member of the Wilberforce University Alumni Association. He serves as chairperson of the Public Relations Committee and is a member of the Constitution Committee. He also is a member of the President's Club and an elected member of the Wilberforce University Alumni Association Board of Directors serving as Chaplain.
