DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL WITNESS AND MINISTRY
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A Biographical Sketch of George Francis Flowers
Executive Director, Department of Global Witness and Ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church
BORN: Columbia, South Carolina
PARENTS: The late Mr. Christopher Flowers, Sr., and the late Mrs. Georgianna Jenkins Flowers
SPOUSE: Phoenicia Brown Flowers, Charleston, South Carolina
CHILDREN: Niko Gabriel Flowers, Brooklyn, New York
George Francis Flowers, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina
Martyn Lloyd Flowers, Charlotte, North Carolina
EDUCATION:
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Public Schools of Columbia, South Carolina
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Bachelor of Science, Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina, 1969
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Master of Divinity, Interdenominational Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972
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Doctor of Ministry, Boston School of Theology, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
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United States Army Chaplain School, Received Certificate of Completion, Fort Hamilton, New York, 1973
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Letterman Army Hospital, Presidio, California, Received Certificate Clinical Pastoral Education, 1974
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Received Certificate of Completion, ICAM at Interdenominational Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996
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Doctor of Humane Letters, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio, 2008
WORK EXPERIENCE:
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1959-1962 Called to Preach Years/Student Assistant
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1963-1967 Pastor, Rock Hill Mission - Rural Columbia, SC
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1967-1968 Pastor, Little Mountain Circuit - Little Mountain/Chapin, SC
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1968-1971 Pastor, Weston Chapel AME – Greenwood, SC
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1971-1973 Pastor, Friendship AME – Clinton, SC
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1973-1978 Chaplain (CPT) United States Army
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1978-1980 Pastor, Bluffton Circuit – Hilton Head/Bluffton, SC
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1980-1988 Pastor, Historic Liberty Hill AME – Summerton, SC
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1988-1994 Pastor, St. Luke AME -- Charleston, SC
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1994-2000 Pastor, Williams Chapel AME – Orangeburg, SC
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2000 –Present, Executive Director, Department of Global Witness and Ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church
SPECIAL MINISTRIES:
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Former Executive Director of Reid House of Christian Service, Charleston, SC
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Former Member – The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston
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Member of the City of Charleston and Trident United Way
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Former Member of the General Board-AME Church (12 Years)
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The Revisions Committee
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Church World Service Board Member (12 Years) Scribe (4 Years)
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Member of the World Methodist Conference: 1986, (Nairobi, Kenya) 1991, (Singapore) 2001, (Brighton, England) 2011 (Durban, South Africa)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
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Church World Service
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Member of the World Methodist Conference, 2016
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National Council of Churches of Christ, USA
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Life Member – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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Gothic Lodge # 212 – F. & A.M.
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Africare
HONORS AND AWARDS:
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1990 Man of the Year, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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1985 and 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, Turner Theological Seminary
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2014 Recipient of Turner Seminary Alumni Hall of Fame Induction
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Presidential Award, “Fortieth Year” In Ministry, 1999
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State of SC, “Order of the Palmetto”
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The House of Representative & Senate Award
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS:
The Republic of South Africa, the Caribbean Islands, Haiti, Bermuda, Germany, Korea, England, Chile, Brazil, France, Paris, Egypt, Singapore,Australia, India, South America, North Kenya, and many other countries in Central, Southern, West and East Africa.
