
Welcome to the
Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
“Doing Ministry in the Spirit of Excellence – Keeping it 100!"
Scriptural Focus: 2 Timothy 4:2,5 (KJV) “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine…. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”
Second Episcopal District Leadership
The Real Church #4REAL Rising to the Challenge

Bishop James Levert Davis & Episcopal Supervisor Arelis Beevers Davis, Second Episcopal District Servant Leaders
Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District Leadership

Presiding Elder Samuel E. Hayward, III & First Lady Reverend Althea J. Hayward

PRR District First Family
2020 - 2021 District Organization Officers
& Special Appointments
First Lady & Executive Assistant to the Presiding Elder
The Reverend Althea J. Hayward (revahayward@gmail.com) 443-286-7721
District Secretaries
Sister Vivian Hall & The Reverend Gilbert Harper, Sr.
Chief of Protocol
The Reverend Willie Booth
Treasurer
The Reverend Billy Ray Hunter
Financial Secretary
The Reverend Dr. Oretha Cross
Information Technology & Administrative Staff
The Reverend Kristina Hayward & The Reverend Douglas Bynum
Public Relations Committee
Brother Dwight Elliott, Brother Anthony Sealy & The Reverend Beverly Edmonds
District Minister of Music
Brother Christopher Wilson, Sister Mary Becker - Assistant Musician
Praise & Worship Team
The Reverend Amy Hodge Ziglar – Chair, The Reverend Otelia Osahon, & The Reverend Pamela Jones Watford
Evangelism Coordinators
The Reverend Charlotte Ritchie - Chair, The Reverend Dr. Michael McCray,
The Reverend Percy Watford, & The Reverend Inetha Rogers
Women in Ministry Chair
The Reverend Robin Hopkins
Church School Administration
Sister Denise Bennett - Church School Superintendent,
The Reverend Pamela Jones-Watford - Assistant Church School Superintendent
Co-Directors of Christian Education
The Reverend Dr. Eugenia Bowser, & The Reverend Dr. Willie Beamon
Church Technology Resource Committee
The Reverend Althea Hayward, Sister Kesha Wilson, & The Reverend Douglas Bynum
Committee on Preachers to the Annual Conference
The Reverend Andrea Cornett Scott – Chair, The Reverend Gilbert Harper – Co-Chair,
The Reverend Bernard Holmes, The Reverend Dr. Alfred Vann, II & The Reverend Kimberly Young
Health & Family Initiatives
Dr. Carolyn Campbell - Chair, Dr. Keisha Perry - Co-Chair, Sister Sonja Boyd, & The Reverend Sabrena McCormick
Political & Social Action Initiatives
The Reverend Dr. Edward Scott – Chair, The Reverend Dr. Oretha Cross - Co Chair, The Reverend Reuben Boyd,
The Reverend Kevin Wilson, & The Reverend Derrell Wade
Committee on Resolutions
The Reverend Dr. Matthew Shannon – Chair, The Reverend Vanessa Baldwin, The Reverend Phyllis Whichard,
Sister Anna Hornsby & Brother Edward Warren
Youth & Young Adult Initiatives
Brother Miguel Mendez, Chair, Dr. Felecia Commodore, Brother Jarohn Grandstaff,
Sister Cristen Hunter, Brother Edgar Logan, & The Reverend Janine Watkins
PRRD Prayer Team
The Reverend Charlotte Ritchie, Chair, The Reverend Jennifer Wharton, The Reverend Dr. Amy Hodge,
The Reverend Pamela Jones-Watford, The Reverend Catreena Staples, Sister Gwendolyn Davis,
Brother Dwight Elliott, The Reverend Barbara Gill
Ministry to Retired Clergy
The Reverend Norman Vick - Coordinator & Sister Mary Vick
PRRD Christian Debutante & Masters
Sister Dee'Jean Mendez - Dorectot