Pastor Bobby Goliday, AA, AS, BA, 

Graduate Studies, ITC

Rev. Deidre Pierce

BS - Biblical Studies

Southeastern Bible College

The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized in 1870 when several black ministers,  in the former Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met to form an organization that would allow them to establish and maintain their own polity, that is, to

The World Globe represents the vineyard of God;

The Skyline stands for the Church's concern for human and urban problems and people's alienation from God and one another;

The Weather Vane  symbolizes the need of the Church to be flexible in terms of meeting the contemporary needs of people; and

The Cross denotes, by its vertical bar, the need for a proper relationship between people and God, and by its horizontal bar, the need for proper relationships between people. The total Cross is a sign of the final-assured victory through the blood of Jesus Christ 

PORTER CHAPEL CME CHURCH:

Small enough to know who you are and big enough to love you as you are!

Presiding Eld. L. A. Rainey      Presiding Eld. Wm. Wallace

Center: Presiding Bishop L. L. Reddick III

ordain their own bishops and ministers without the necessity of them being officially endorsed or appointed by the white-dominated body. They originally called this fellowship the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church