Resident Bishop
Bishop James R. King, Jr.
James R. King, Jr. is the episcopal leader of the South Georgia Annual Conference. Bishop King was nurtured in faith at his home town church of Pleasant Grove UMC in Ashland, Alabama. After answering God’s call to ministry, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Clark College and a Master of Divinity at the Interdenominational Theological Center – both in Atlanta, Ga. – in 1972. Bishop King was ordained a deacon in the Central Alabama Conference in 1970 and an elder in the Central Alabama Conference in 1972. Bishop King served pastoral appointments in Alabama, California and Tennessee. During his tenure in the Tennessee Annual Conference he also served as a District Superintendent and Conference Council Director. He has served as a delegate to Jurisdictional and General Conferences from 1988 through 2000, and was elected to the episcopacy in 2000. Bishop King served as bishop of the Louisville area – which includes the Kentucky and Red Bird Missionary Conferences – for 8 years before being appointed to South Georgia in September 2008. Bishop King currently serves as the president of the General Commission on United Methodist Men and co-authored 366 Meditations for Men. He and his wife, Rose, now reside in Macon, Ga. and have two sons and one daughter plus two grandchildren.
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| EDUCATION & HONORS: |
Master of Divinity, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta in 1972
Bachelor of Arts, Clark College, Atlanta Continuing Education coursework |
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MINISTRY: |
Ordained Deacon in Central Alabama Conference - 1970
Ordained Elder in Central Alabama Conference - 1972 Pastor of Bethel United Methodist Church, Roanoke, Alabama - 1970-1972 Pastor of Easter Hill United Methodist Church, Richmond, CA - 1973 Director of the Wesley Foundation at TSU - 1977 CCOM Associate Director Conference Council Director Conference Youth Coordinator Conference Board of Pensions Served as evangelist on the Mission Team to Grenada, West Indies - 1984 Delegate to 1992 session of General Conference Elected Leader of Tennessee Conference Delegation to the 1996 session of General Conference Chaired the Nashville District Council on Ministries - 1996 Pastor of Clark Memorial United Methodist Church - 1985-1995 District Superintendent of the Murfreesboro District - 1996 – 1999 Sr. Pastor at Brentwood United Methodist Church, Brentwood, TN - 1999-2000 Elected Bishop, 2000 Assigned to Kentucky Annual Conference, 2000 Assigned to South Georgia Annual Conference, 2008 |
| MEMBER: |
Trustee, Martin Methodist College Chair of Ethnic Local Church Committee SEJ Council on Ministries Member General Council on Ministries since 1992 Member of Connectional Process Team General Conference Delegate 2000, 1996, 1992 Jurisdictional Conference Delegate 1988 |
OTHER: |
Co-author of 365 Meditations for MEN |