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Installed
  
2004

Education
  
University of Kentucky

Nationality
  
American

Successor
  
Hope Morgan Ward


Denomination
  
United Methodist

Reference style
  
The Reverend

Name
  
Alfred Gwinn

Term ended
  
2012

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Diocese
  
North Carolina Annual Conference

See
  
Southeastern Jurisdiction

Birth name
  
Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr.

Residence
  
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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

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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.

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.

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

    Alfred W. Gwinn Wikipedia
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