Having served as an active Bishop for 29 years, Bishop George Edward Battle Jr. will take his place in history as one of our longest-serving active bishops,’ said AME Zion Church’s board of bishops.
Bishop George Edward Battle, Jr., who was head of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church for nine years and a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board member, died on Sunday. He was 77.
Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., the former head of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, known for his championing of ...