Get Together

Cincinnati hosts one of its largest conventions since the pandemic, welcoming the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church for their 39th Quadrennial Session and 40th General Conference.

The C.M.E. Church convenes on a quadrennial basis for the purpose of conducting the Church’s legislative business and financial reporting. The Conference includes presentations from dynamic and nationally known preachers.

Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton

The first woman elected a CME bishop during the Conference, Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton, will open the conference, making it an historic occasion.

The General Conference is a delegated meeting composed of the church’s active and retired bishops (known as the College of Bishops), its department heads (General Officers), Judicial Council, laity and clergy delegates and alternates, and visitors. The General Conference meets every four years, and the presiding officers are the bishops of the church who take turns each day in their order of seniority. Bishop Lawrence L. Reddick III is the Senior Bishop of the Church and the Chief Executive Officer of the denomination. Bishop James B. Walker is the Chair of the College of Bishops, and Bishop Marvin Frank Thomas, Sr. is the host bishop.