{"id":80,"date":"2026-05-30T03:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:26:29","slug":"bishops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/?page_id=80","title":{"rendered":"Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Presiding Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr. & Lady Winsome Saunders<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr., a native of Baltimore, Maryland, furthered his formal educational pursuits at Morgan State University, where he received a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Sociology and Social Welfare and later received a Master’s Degree from Howard University in Religion & Education and the Doctor of Ministry Degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.<\/p>

Bishop Saunders has held two prior pastorates; First United Church of Jesus Christ in Detroit, Michigan and the Capitol Hill United Church of Jesus Christ in Washington DC. Currently he pastors the Transformation Ministries of the United Church of Jesus Christ, Baltimore, Maryland, a ministry founded by his father the late Bishop Monroe Saunders, Sr., D.Min. as the First United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) in 1965.<\/p>

Among his many accomplishments and responsibilities Bishop Saunders serves as:<\/p>

Presiding Prelate of the United Church of Jesus Christ.
President of the Center for More Abundant Life which encompasses two Section 8 housing projects for the disabled and elderly
Executive Director of the Center for Creative Learning, an institution-providing academic excellence for children ages 2 through 5.
President of Pneumiah Vision, Inc. \u2013 A Community Development Corporation<\/p>

Bishop Saunders is also very civic minded and strives to be active in community affairs. He has served in the following capacities:<\/p>

A board member of the Transplant Resource Center of Baltimore
As an executive board member of the Howard County Housing Commission
Member of the Board of Directors of the Mayfield Avenue Community Association
Board Member of the National Conference of Christian Jews \u2013 State chapter
Diocese Bishop for the 6th Episcopal Diocese \u2013 Florida & 8th Episcopal Diocese – Canada<\/p>

Bishop Saunders is the author of A Journey to Faith Barren with a Promise, a book written to encourage those who are going through barren moments in their lives to build their faith, because out of barrenness, the seed of promise can break forth! He was also featured in the Fall 2009 issue of \u201cThe African American Pulpit\u201d, a quarterly journal that serves as a repository for the very best of African American preaching. In addition, he is the author of A Journey to Transformation, Seeing the World Through a Different Lens. All of his accomplishments and responsibilities are too numerous to mention here but one can see he is dedicated and committed to all that the Lord gives him to do.<\/p>

As the eldest son of one of the country\u2019s most prominent Apostolic ministers, his call to the ministry at the age of 17 was neither unexpected nor unwelcomed. From 1980 until December 1992, Bishop Saunders, Jr. served as Executive Pastor of the First United Church and in March of 1993 he was officially installed as Pastor. Since becoming Pastor, Bishop Saunders, Jr. has strived to teach and preach the recovering of lost souls for the kingdom of God, and the equipping of saints for the work of the ministry. Pastor Saunders senses the urgency for unity in the body of Christ and the need for transformative spiritual development. He is endeavoring to move as the Spirit of the Lord directs him to enable their fulfillment. The Spirit of God\u2019s anointing is felt by those around the world who are touched by his outstanding preaching and teaching ministry.<\/p>

His wife, Lady Winsome R. Saunders, and his family make the love and joy of his life complete. The Transformation Church is blessed to have as Pastor, Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr., a visionary and leader of spiritual transformation during this critical time in our history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Executive Board of Bishops
Bishop Monroe R. Saunders, Jr., D Min, Presiding Bishop
Bishop Lewis L. Stokes, Assistant Presider\/Treasurer
Bishop Cleven L. Jones, Sr., D.Min., General Secretary \u2013 (7th Episcopal Diocesan
& Interim 8th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Paul Brown \u2013 (2nd Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Vivian Grubb – (13th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop John M. Lewis, Sr.
Bishop Donald D. Williams<\/p>

Board of Bishops
Bishop John Briscoe (9th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Michael Bull – (5th & 11th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Kenneth Claxton (Foreign Missions Bishop)
Bishop Ann Dockery (4th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Betty Gregg
Bishop Robert E. Johnson, Sr.
Bishop Samuel Nguba (12th Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Lewis M. Payne. D.Min. \u2013 (1st Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Granville Senior (3rd Episcopal Diocesan)
Bishop Ivan Watson
Bishop Robert Williams<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Diocesan Bishops<\/em><\/h2>

Bishop-designate D. Peggy Jones<\/span><\/strong>
1st Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Central PA (Harrisburg\/Wilkes-Barre); Delaware; Maryland;<\/em>
District of Columbia; Northern VA (North of Richmond)<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Bishop Paul Brown<\/strong>
2nd Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
New Jersey & Eastern PA<\/em><\/p>

Bishop Granville Senior<\/span><\/strong>
3rd Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
New York & New England<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Bishop Ann Dockery<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0
4th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Southern Virginia (Richmond & South);<\/em>
North Carolina<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Bishop Michael Bull<\/strong>
5th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
South Carolina<\/em><\/p>

TBD<\/strong><\/span>
6th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Florida<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Bishop Cleven L. Jones, Sr., D.Min.<\/span><\/strong>
7th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Michigan & Ohio<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Bishop Cleven L. Jones, Sr., D.Min. (Interim)<\/span><\/strong>
8th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Canada<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Bishop John Briscoe<\/span><\/strong>
9th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
\u00a0The Virgin Islands<\/em><\/span><\/p>

TBD<\/strong>
10th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Jamaica West Indies & Grand Cayman Islands<\/em><\/p>

Bishop Michael Bull
11th Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/strong>
Georgia<\/span><\/p>

Bishop Samuel Nugba<\/span><\/strong>
12 Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
West Africa<\/span><\/p>

Bishop Vivian Grubb<\/span><\/strong>
13 Episcopal Diocese<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
Massachusetts, Vermont & Rhode Island<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presiding Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr. & Lady Winsome Saunders Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr., a native of Baltimore, Maryland, furthered his formal educational pursuits at Morgan State University, where he received a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Sociology and Social Welfare and later received a Master’s Degree from Howard University in Religion & Education and the Doctor of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucjcapostolic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}