Biography
Teresa Elaine Snorton was born in 1955 in Kentucky. Her family was active in the Christian Episcopal Methodist Church, an historically African American denomination founded in 1870. Her father was a pastor, as was her uncle. Her grandmother was a missionary and her great-grandfather had also been CME pastor. Her sisters would later grow up to be pastors as well.{{Cite web, last=Writer, first=James D. Davis, Staff, title=Bishop sees her job as about family values, url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/fl-xpm-2012-08-03-fl-fv-qa-female-bishop-20120803-story.html, access-date=2020-11-19, website=Sun-Sentinel.com, language=en-US{{Cite web, date=2013-03-12, title=First CME female bishop Teresa Snorton coming to Mobile for Women's Day celebration, url=https://www.al.com/living/2013/03/first_cme_female_bishop_teresa.html, access-date=2020-11-09, website=al, language=en Jefferson-Snorton earned a B.A. fromAwards
In 2001, Jefferson-Snorton received the Wayne E. Oates Award from the Oates Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. The award was created in 1989, to honor individuals in the field of pastoral care and spirituality. She also received the CME Chaplain of the Year Award.{{Cite web, title=CME Chaplains, url=https://thecmechurch.org/chaplains/, access-date=2020-11-19, website=Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, language=en-USSee also
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