Alfred W. Gwinn

Alfred Wesley Gwinn II
Styles of; Alfred Wesley Gwinn II
Reference style	The Reverend Bishop
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr.
The Reverend Bishop; ; Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr.
	North Carolina Annual Conference
Diocese	North Carolina Annual Conference
See	Southeastern Jurisdiction
Installed	2004
Term ended	2012
Successor	Hope Morgan Ward
Personal details
Birth name	Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr.
Nationality	American
Denomination	United Methodist
Spouse	Joyce Hannah Gwinn
Children	Debbie Mann, Christy Morgan
Alma mater	University of Kentucky

Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr. is a former residing bishop of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.[1] He held the office of Bishop of North Carolina from 2004 to 2012. His offices were located in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2][3]

Biography

Gwinn's last appointment before being appointed bishop was as the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

During his ten-year tenure at Lexington Centenary, he led the congregation through relocation and the building of an $11 million facility. Worship attendance doubled and became the largest in the conference. In addition, the church parented a new multicultural congregation, developed an ongoing ministry partnership with a congregation in Londrina, Brazil, and brought an African-American pastor on staff, the first in the conference to serve a predominantly-white congregation.[4]

In 2012, Gwinn retired from the bishopric and was succeeded by Bishop Hope Morgan Ward.

Personal life

Gwinn is married to Joyce Hannah Gwinn, a retired coronary care nurse. They have two adult daughters: Debbie Mann and Christy Morgan. They have four grandchildren, Wesley, Luke, Tyler, and Ally.[4]

Titles and honors

Associate director of the Conference Council on Ministries.
Lexington district superintendent (during which time he served as dean of the cabinet)
Chairman of the Board of Ordained Ministry (1996–2004)
Chairman of the Committee on New Church Starts
Trustee of Methodist Wesley Village and Kentucky United Methodist Foundation
Trustee of Kentucky Wesleyan College for 14 years.
Chairman the Area Episcopal Committee (1992–2000)
General Conference delegate in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 (secretary of the Legislative Committee on Higher Education) and head of the delegation in 2004

Member of the General Council on Ministries and the Southeastern Jurisdictional Administrative Council

Degrees

Bachelor's degree from University of Kentucky
Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary
Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Union College, Kentucky Wesleyan College, and Asbury Theological Seminary

Pastoral appointments

1967 Red House
1969 Mount Zion
1974 Associate Director, Conference Council on Ministries
1976 Covington First United Methodist
1980 Corbin First United Methodist
1982 Winchester First United Methodist
1987 Lexington Centenary
1997 Lexington District Superintendent
2000 Lexington First United Methodist
2004 Bishop, North Carolina Conference
2008 Bishop, North Carolina Conference

References

"Bishop's Office - NC Conference". Bishop's Office.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Bishop's Biography - Bishop's Office - NC Conference".

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[2] "Bishop's Office - NC Conference". Bishop's Office.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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