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CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (C.M.E)
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William H. Graves, Sr.: Senior Bishop
William H. Graves, Sr.: Senior Bishop

· 1866  Black members of the white Methodist Episcopal Church South petition to form a
  separate church

· 1870  First General Conference  of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was held at
  Liberty Church in Jackson, Tennessee, December 15

· 1870  William H. Miles and Richard H. Vanderhorst elected bishops at First General
  Conference

· 1890  Membership reaches 103,000

· 1954 Denomination changes name to Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

· 1970  National headquarters established in Memphis, Tennessee

· 1989  Membership reaches 975,000

· Colleges include: Lane, Paine, Texas, and Miles


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