My pick for Bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church

Syntel pictured with (Mama C) Mrs. Laurenna Y. Hardy-Crenshaw 

About Dr. George D. Crenshaw

George Crenshaw was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1986. He is married to the former Laurenna Hardy and is the father of two children, Quentin Dewayne and Kennedy Diane.
Dr. Crenshaw has had a blessed and productive life in ministry having served in the capacities of Pastor and Presiding Elder. As a pastor, Dr. Crenshaw has served in Calcis, Alabama; Indianapolis, Indiana; Cheraw, SC; Lancaster SC, and presently is serving in Smyrna, Georgia at the Shaw Temple AME Zion Church. His position as Presiding Elder has placed him in the Indianapolis District, Cheraw-Bennettsville District and Lancaster District.

Dr. Crenshaw has exercised his dominant spiritual gifts of Administration, Teaching, Shepherding and Preaching to fashion a ministry designed to empower and edify.
Among his many accolades, Dr. Crenshaw holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree from both Clinton College and Livingstone College; a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Indiana University, a Masters of Divinity from Hood Theological Seminary, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry from Hood Theological Seminary.

Dr. Crenshaw has held many outstanding memberships and positions as well as having been recognized for many distinguished acclaims. He has served as president of the Cheraw Branch of the NAACP. He is a member of the AME Zion Connectional Budget Board and served as First Vice President of the Presiding Elder's Council 2001-2005. Pastor Crenshaw is a past board member of the Chesterfield General Hospital, Cheraw SC.
He is a five-time delegate to the AME Zion Church General Conference and delegate to the 2001 (Brighton, England), 2006 (Seoul, Korea), and 2011 (Durban, South Africa) World Methodist Conferences. Dr. Crenshaw is also a member of the World Methodist Evangelism Institute Board of Directors.
He is a 2000 James Varick Freedom Medal recipient and is a past President of Hood Theological Seminary Student Government Association. Dr. Crenshaw was a contributing Writer of the AME Zion Church Christian Education Manual in 2002.

He was recognized as the 1999 “Man of the Year” by the Lambda Iota Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and recipient of the “Outstanding Community Leader” award from the Bennettsville Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Dr. Crenshaw is a community activist and was recognized as “Citizen of the Year” by the Cheraw Branch of the NAACP.

He is the founder of the Zion Center Community Development Cooperation in Cheraw, SC as well as the founder of the Cheraw-Bennettsville District AME Zion Church Mass Choir. He is Founder of the Shaw Temple Biblical and Leadership Institute. He has led Shaw Temple in three missionary journeys to Liberia and Ghana, recently being honored at the World Evangelism Institute as Church of the year 2011.
Dr. Crenshaw presently serves as Chairman of the Budget Committee, Home Missions Treasurer, Vice Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, and Member of the Admissions Committee and Conference Examiners for the Georgia Conference of the AME Zion Church.

Dr. Crenshaw is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., a lifetime member of the Connectional Lay Council AME Zion Church, and a life patron of the Women's Home and Overseas Missionary Society (WH & OMS).

Dr. Crenshaw was one of the ten Pastors selected for the 2011 Atlanta Gospel Choice Awards

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