Bishop Preston Warren Williams II
Points of Interest

• April 2007 the South Carolina Senate honored Bishop Preston W. Williams II with a Resolution praising him for his outstanding work with the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, as well as his overall achievements as a husband, father, Bishop of the A.M.E. Church in South Carolina, and President of the Council of Bishops world-wide.
   
• June 2006 to June 2007 Bishop Williams served as President of the global AME Council of Bishops.
   
• Bishop Williams is Chairman of the Board of Allen University in Columbia, S.C., and a member of the governing board of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
   
• July 2004 Bishop Williams was appointed as the Presiding Prelate of the 7th District (South Carolina) of the AME Church.
   
• July 2005 Bishop Williams’ 7th District of the AME Church and Governor Mark Sanford's Department of Juvenile Justice signed an historic Memorandum of Agreement forming a partnership to provide South Carolina's at-risk youth with support and services designed to maximize their potential as positive and productive members of society.
   
• August 2005 Bishop Williams and Carl Anderson of the South Carolina House of Representatives successfully lobbied for the passing of a Teen Mentoring Program which pays teenagers ages 16-18 to tutor younger children ages 5-15.
   
• Summer 2005 Bishop Williams’ 7th District of the AME Church and the South Carolina Department of Social Services provided thousands of underprivileged children throughout the state each day with a free state sponsored summer lunch.
   
• July 2000 Bishop Preston Warren Williams II was consecrated as the 119th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
   
• From 2000–2004 Bishop Williams presided over the 17th District of the AME Church which encompassed Central Africa.
   
• Under Bishop Williams’ leadership in Africa the 17th District grew from 150,000 to 250,000 members which required it being split into two separate parts forming a new 20th District.
   
• For 19 years Bishop Williams served on Atlanta’s Board of Education holding various titles including President, Vice President, Chairman of the Superintendent Search Committee, and Chairman of the Finance Committee.
   
• Bishop Williams served on President Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Committee; is a member of the NAACP, Free and Accepted Masons and The Urban League; served as a board member as well as Comptroller of Finance for Turner Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia; and in 1997 was chosen as the State of Georgia Distinguished Churchman.
   
• With more than 600 churches statewide the 7th District of the AME Church comprises one of the largest theological organizations of African Americans in the state of South Carolina.
   
• South Carolina has more AME members per capita than any of the 20 international AME Districts throughout North and South America, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
   
• With its roots reaching back to 1787, the AME Church is the oldest African American denomination in America.