African Methodist Episcopal Church
Connectional Lay Organization (CLO)
KNOW YOUR CHURCH HISTORY – PART I OF A 4 PART SERIES
1. What is the AME Discipline?
2. What year was the CLO founded and at what site?
3. Over how many areas does the Council of Bishops preside?
4. Who is the current Lay Commission Chairman?
5. What is the motto of the AME Church?
6. How many female Bishops currently serve in the AME Church?
7. Who was the first female elder elected a bishop in the AME Church?
8. According to the AME Discipline, how many Conferences are conducted in the AME Church?
9. What is the meaning of AME?
10. What is the website address for the CLO Historiographer?
11. Who was the founder of the AME denomination?
12. How often does the General Conference of the AME Church convene?
13. When and where will the next General Conference convene?
14. What does the acronym “YPD” mean?
15. Who was the first President of the CLO?
16. What is the official website for the Connectional Lay Organization?
17. In what country and Episcopal District does our current President reside?
18. What is the name of CLO publication that displays the history of the Organization?
19. Who was the first CLO Lay Commission Chairman?
20. Where was the first CLO Biennial held? Where will it be held in 2023?
Submitted by:
Mr. Matikane A. Makiti, CLO President
Mr. William “Bill” Ayers, CLO Historiographer
August 2022 – Page 1 of 2
Connectional Lay Organization (CLO)
KNOW YOUR CHURCH HISTORY – PART I OF A 4 PART SERIES
1. What is the AME Discipline?
2. What year was the CLO founded and at what site?
3. Over how many areas does the Council of Bishops preside?
4. Who is the current Lay Commission Chairman?
5. What is the motto of the AME Church?
6. How many female Bishops currently serve in the AME Church?
7. Who was the first female elder elected a bishop in the AME Church?
8. According to the AME Discipline, how many Conferences are conducted in the AME Church?
9. What is the meaning of AME?
10. What is the website address for the CLO Historiographer?
11. Who was the founder of the AME denomination?
12. How often does the General Conference of the AME Church convene?
13. When and where will the next General Conference convene?
14. What does the acronym “YPD” mean?
15. Who was the first President of the CLO?
16. What is the official website for the Connectional Lay Organization?
17. In what country and Episcopal District does our current President reside?
18. What is the name of CLO publication that displays the history of the Organization?
19. Who was the first CLO Lay Commission Chairman?
20. Where was the first CLO Biennial held? Where will it be held in 2023?
Submitted by:
Mr. Matikane A. Makiti, CLO President
Mr. William “Bill” Ayers, CLO Historiographer
August 2022 – Page 1 of 2
ANSWERS
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Connectional Lay Organization (CLO)
KNOW YOUR CHURCH HISTORY – PART I OF A 4 PART SERIES
1. The book containing the statues and laws governing the AME Church.
2. In 1912 at the site of the General Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
3. Twenty Episcopal Districts.
4. Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker (elected and consecrated the 137th Bishop in 2016).
5. God our father, Christ our redeemer, the holy spirit our comforter, humankind our family (adopted at the 2008 AME
General Conference).
6. Two: Bishop Anne Henning Byfield and Bishop Francine Brookins.
7. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie (elected and consecrated in 2000).
8. Four Conferences (1) local church (2) quarterly (3) annual (4) general - (2016 Discipline pages 247-295).
9. (A) African (M) Methodist (E) Episcopal.
10. You can access the webpage by using www.ameclay.org - (Click on “Events”, then click on “In the News” then click
on Historiographer).
11. Richard Allen.
12. Every four years.
13. Cincinnati, Ohio In 2024.
14. (Y) young (P) Peoples (D) Department.
15. Professor Charles H. Johnson.
16. You can access the CLO website by using www.ameclay.org.
17. Pretoria, South Africa - 19th Episcopal District.
18. CLO Historical Journal.
19. Bishop Harold Bearden.
20. Chicago, Illinois, (1949) - Chicago, Illinois, (2023).
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Connectional Lay Organization (CLO)
KNOW YOUR CHURCH HISTORY – PART I OF A 4 PART SERIES
1. The book containing the statues and laws governing the AME Church.
2. In 1912 at the site of the General Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
3. Twenty Episcopal Districts.
4. Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker (elected and consecrated the 137th Bishop in 2016).
5. God our father, Christ our redeemer, the holy spirit our comforter, humankind our family (adopted at the 2008 AME
General Conference).
6. Two: Bishop Anne Henning Byfield and Bishop Francine Brookins.
7. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie (elected and consecrated in 2000).
8. Four Conferences (1) local church (2) quarterly (3) annual (4) general - (2016 Discipline pages 247-295).
9. (A) African (M) Methodist (E) Episcopal.
10. You can access the webpage by using www.ameclay.org - (Click on “Events”, then click on “In the News” then click
on Historiographer).
11. Richard Allen.
12. Every four years.
13. Cincinnati, Ohio In 2024.
14. (Y) young (P) Peoples (D) Department.
15. Professor Charles H. Johnson.
16. You can access the CLO website by using www.ameclay.org.
17. Pretoria, South Africa - 19th Episcopal District.
18. CLO Historical Journal.
19. Bishop Harold Bearden.
20. Chicago, Illinois, (1949) - Chicago, Illinois, (2023).
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