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The Northeast South Carolina Conference was among the nine Annual Conferences created at the Nineteenth General Conference at Philadelphia, PA. On May 2, in session until May 24, 1892. Included in the northeast conference were Marion, Darlington, Sumter, Orangeburg, Florence and Clarendon Counties. The Northeast South Carolina Conference met at St. John AMEC in Marion, South Carolina on December 7, 1892. The Conference was organized under the Leadership of Bishop M. B. Salter, assisted by Bishop Wesley J. Gaines. The Rev. A. J. Hunter was elected first secretary of the newly organized conference.

Our present Bishop, The Right Reverend Henry Allen Belin, jr., Was elected the 104th Bishop the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Belin Brings to South Carolina a wealth of experiences, skills and Godly wisdom that enables him to lead forth the Seventh Episcopal District as Presiding Prelate, a position he will hold for only four years. In 2004, Bishop Belin will retire from a successful, Productive church career that will have spanned fifty-two years.

South Carolina's newest Bishop is a third generation preacher whose paternal roots are in South Carolina, the state in which Bishop Belin's father, the late Reverend Henry Allen Belin, Sr. grew up.

Born in Oakdale, Louisiana, and educated in the public schools ob Baton Rouge, LA, Campbell College, Edward W. Lampton School of Religion and Leland College, Bishop Belin has served the Church as Pastor, Church Publisher, and Bishop. Elected a Bishop in 1984, Bishop Belin has served as presiding Prelate for Districts of South Africa, Arkansas/Oklahoma, Ohio/Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Bishop Belin's interest in the welfare of people spans his entire church career. He especially pioneers health initiatives and education concerns.
 

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