AME Zion Church

Colleges & Universities

Departmental Information

In A Bicentennial Commemorative History, The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1972-1996 by Bishop J. Clinton Hoggard, former Secretary of Christian Education, George L. Blackwell emphasized the significance of A.M.E. Zion’s schools and colleges when he addressed the 41st General Conference:

The church has no treasure more valuable than the institutions of higher learning founded and nurtured by it . . . The A.M.E. Zion Church has always counted on the marriage of liberal learning and vital piety as being the most profound form of faithfulness in the gospel.

The institutions in this department are:

Livingstone College

Dr. Jimmie Jenkins

701 W. Monroe Street Salisbury NC, 28144

704-216-6151

704-216-6217

http://www.livingstone.edu

Hood Theological Seminary

Dr. Vergel L. Lattimore

1810 Lutheran Synod Drive Salisbury, NC 28144

704-636-7611

704-636-7685

http://www.hoodseminary.edu

Clinton College

Dr. Lester A McCorn

1029 Crawford Road Rock Hill SC, 29730

803-327-7402

803-327-3261

http://www.clintoncollege.edu

Lomax-Hannon Junior College

Rev. Wallace L. Noble

725 Conecuh Street Greenville AL, 36037

334-382-2115