Welcome to the Mighty Eighth

We Are Christian Methodist Episcopal

The Eighth Episcopal District is comprised of over 200 churches within the state of Texas and Jamaica. It is our desire that you will find this site useful and informative and that you will have an opportunity to learn more about us and the wonderful things God is doing within the our district. God bless you as you take this time to visit with us

Regions within our district.

Sr. Bishop Preaching arms spread
The 8th Episcopal District consist of five geographical regions .
EAST TEXAS REGION

Greenville-Texarkana District
– Rev. Diana Casteel
Longview-Marshall District
– Rev. Kenneth Cain
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CENTRAL TEXAS REGION

North Tyler District
– Rev. Dr. Orenthia Mason
Tyler District
– Rev. James Oakry

JAMAICA REGION

East Mainland District
-Rev. Cosmo Grant
Northern District
- Rev. Elroy Ewart
Southern District
- Rev. Colmie Simms

DFW/NW TEXAS REGION

Northwest District
– Rev. Dr. Linda R. Barnett
Fort Worth District
– Rev. Dr. Drexel N. Mitchell, Sr.
Dallas District
– Rev. Russell O. Fuller

SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGION

Beaumont-Nacogdoches
– Rev. Milton A. Proctor
Houston District
– Rev. Jonathan L. Jones Sr.

The Book of Discipline of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Revised 2022
Recognize the importance of Christ in our daily lives!

Questions & Answers

The concern of the Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church for the social well-being of humankind springs from the act of God in Jesus Christ as revealed in the Gospel, and from the life and witness of John Wesley and other fathers of Methodism who ministered to the physical, intellectual, and social needs of the people to whom they preached the gospel of personal redemption.

Church (CME) cherishes its place in the universal Church which is the body of Christ and is devoted to acceptance of the Apostolic faith. Therefore, all persons
without regard to race, color, national origin, or economic condition shall be eligible to attend its worship services, to participate in its programs, and when they take the appropriate vows to be admitted into its membership in any local church in the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Connection.

We believe that the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church is a part of the body of Christ, and that it must express itself in the world in the light of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught us many things both by word and example—to be concerned for the welfare and the well-being of others, to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be concerned for
justice. For the Church to be silent in the face of need, injustice, and exploitation is to deny the Lord of the Church. We believe “out of one blood God made all the nations who dwell on the face of the earth,” that Jesus is most uniquely His Son, that all persons are brothers and sisters, and each person is of infinite worth, and a child of God. Thus, to exploit, to dehumanize any person through pride or arrogance is thoroughly unbiblical
and unchristian.
We believe that all things come from God—the earth and its fullness, our own capacities and all we possess. We believe that all things should be held and used
in joyous stewardship to Him to help God in His redemptive purpose in the world.
The Church, then, must always be in the world actively obeying God’s purpose for it. As a redeemed and redeeming fellowship, the Church must seek to serve and save society. This redemption is a continuing necessity.
We also test all institutions and practices by their effect upon persons. Since Jesus died for the redemption of all people, we believe that we should help save
them from sin and from every evil influence which would harm or destroy them. We believe that whatever is of interest and concern to the people— physical,
intellectual, social, economic, and political—should also be of interest and concern to the Church. Primary among such concern should be an emphasis on the family as the foundational institution of care and nurture. The purpose of our worship is to prepare the participants for their divinely ordained redemptive witness in every place and circumstance

We believe “out of one blood God made all the nations who dwell on the face of the earth,” that Jesus is most uniquely His Son, that all persons are brothers and
sisters, and each person is of infinite worth, and a child of God. Thus, to exploit, to dehumanize any person through pride or arrogance is thoroughly unbiblical
and unchristian.
We believe that all things come from God—the earth and its fullness, our own capacities and all we possess. We believe that all things should be held and used
in joyous stewardship to Him to help God in His redemptive purpose in the world. The Church, then, must always be in the world actively obeying God’s purpose for it. As a redeemed and redeeming fellowship, the Church must seek to serve and save society. This redemption is a continuing necessity.
We also test all institutions and practices by their effect upon persons. Since Jesus died for the redemption of all people, we believe that we should help save them from sin and from every evil influence which would harm or destroy them.
We believe that whatever is of interest and concern to the people— physical, intellectual, social, economic, and political—should also be of interest and concern to the Church. Primary among such concern should be an emphasis on the family as the foundational institution of care and nurture. The purpose of our worship is to prepare the participants for their divinely ordained redemptive witness in every place and circumstance

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