THE CONNECTIONAL CHURCH/OUR BELIEFS

 

The Ezell Chapel CME Church of Dallas, Texas, is a church body within the Connectional Church, of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, which was organized in 1870, Jackson, Tennessee.  The CME Church is a branch of Wesleyan Methodism, founded and organized by John Wesley in England, 1844.  Our church is a church of Jesus Christ, believing that Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Son of God, whose life, teachings, sacrificial death on the cross, and glorious resurrection from the dead, reconciled humankind to God, overcame sin and conquered death, procuring thereby eternal salvation to all who believe.  The CME Church believes that the Holy Spirit is God's continuing presence in the world, empowering the church to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fulfill its mission of saving and serving all humankind, and that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.

 

The CME Church is organized in to eleven Episcopal Districts, with eleven Presiding Bishops.  Ezell Chapel resides in the Eighth Episcopal District(which encompasses the state of Texas), the Dallas-Fort Worth/Northwest Texas Region, and the Dallas District.

 

The Presiding Prelate of the Eighth Episcopal District, Dallas-Fort Worth/Northwest Texas Region, and the Senior Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is Senior Bishop Lawrence L. Reddick, III.

 

The Presiding Elder of the Dallas District is the Rev. Russell O. Fuller, Sr.