We praise God for the following pastors, who were called and appointed to pastor as early as 1877 the Chelsea Mission Church, which later in 1889 became known as the People’s A.M.E. Church.
1877 *Reverend Dr. Cheeks R.M. D.D.
1877 – 1879 *Reverend Dolphin Pernanders Roberts
1879 – 1889 *Reverend Allen Weston Whaley
1892 – 1895 *Reverend Henderson Davis
1897 – 1900 *Reverend William H. Thomas, Jr. D.D.
1903 – 1905 *Reverend Henry K. Spearman, BA, BD, DD;
1905 – 1909 *Reverend W. H. Burrell
1909 – 1911 Reverend William Shields
1911 - 1915 Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker
1919 - 1923 Reverend George Arnett Singleton (AME Review Editor)
1946 – 1961 Reverend Ernest Gilbert
1961 – 1963 Reverend Virgess Hill
1963 – 1980 Reverend Frank Wright
1980 – 1982 Reverend Bennett
1982 – 1985 Reverend Janie Tarver
1985 – 1992 Reverend Geraldine J. Harpole
1992 – 1993 Reverend Earl Owens
1993 – 1998 Reverend David Mayo
1998 – 2002 Reverend Shedrick Flynn
2002 – 2005 Reverend Viola Morris-Buchanan
2005 – 2006 Reverend Theodore Maynard
2006 – 2007 Reverend Martha Florestal
2007 – 2021 Reverend Dr. Sandra Gatlin Whitley
2021 - present Reverend Dr. George Walters-Sleyon
* estimated dates based on what gleaned from the various historical documents.
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