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AME CHURCH ORANGIA CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATION

ORANGIA CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATION (OCLO) EXECUTIVE

 

The organization Theme
CHRISTIAN LAITY - LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - EMPOWERED TO SERVE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE LAY ORGANIZATION

THE PURPOSE OF THE LAY ORGANIZATION IS TO INSTILL IN ITS MEMBERSHIP A LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE HISTORY, TRADITION AND PRINCIPLES OF AFRICAN METHODISM; ADVOCATING RESPECT AND LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY; ENCOURAGING THE SUPPORT OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM OF THE LOCAL CHURCH; FOSTERING SYSTEMATIC AND REGULAR STUDY WHICH WILL PROVIDE GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CHURCH; ORGANISING AND TRAINING LAY MEMBERS CONCERNING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CONNECTIONAL LAY ORGANIZATION.

ADOPTED FROM: THE DOCTRINE & DISCIPLINE OF AME CHURCH (1996)

Lay Organization Organogram

THE ORANGIA CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATION IS CONSTITUTED BY SIX DISTRICTS WHICH ARE HEADED BY:


  • BETHLEHEM DISTRICT - MS. N.V. NKOLONZI
  • BLOEMFONTEIN DISTRICT - MR. NTECHANE
  • GOLDFIELDS DISTRICT - MS. SHEILA SETAI
  • HEILBRON DISTRICT - MR. Z. J. ZWANE
  • KROONSTAD DISTRICT - MS. M. B. MOKHETHI
  • THABA-NCHU DISTRICT - MS. J. SETENANE

    FROM THE CLERGY SITE, ORANGIA CONFERENCE IS PART OF THE NINETEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OF WHICH RT. REV. ADAM JEFFERSON RICHARDSON IS THE BISHOP.
    THE ORANGIA CONFERENCE DISTRICTS ARE HEADED BY THE FOLLOWING PRESIDING ELDERS: