03/12/2025
Today, we celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day by honoring the six women elected and consecrated as bishops in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Top row, left to right
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie (117; active from 2000-2021)
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry (122; active from 2004-2012)
Bishop Sarah Frances Taylor Davis (126; active from 2004-2013)
Bottom row, left to right
Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield (135; active from 2016-2024)
Bishop Francine Angelique Brookins (141; active from 2021-present)
Bishop Erika Derisse Crawford (143; active from 2024-present)