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Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. is a former residing bishop of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the
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. He held the office of Bishop of North Carolina from 2004 to 2012. His offices were located in
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Biography

Gwinn's last appointment before being appointed bishop was as the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in
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. During his ten-year tenure at Lexington Centenary, he led the congregation through relocation and the building of an $11 million facility. Worship attendance doubled and became the largest in the conference. In addition, the church parented a new multicultural congregation, developed an ongoing ministry partnership with a congregation in Londrina, Brazil, and brought an African-American pastor on staff, the first in the conference to serve a predominantly-white congregation. In 2012, Gwinn retired from the bishopric and was succeeded by Bishop
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Personal life

Gwinn is married to Joyce Hannah Gwinn, a retired coronary care nurse. They have two adult daughters: Debbie Mann and Christy Morgan. They have four grandchildren, Wesley, Luke, Tyler, and Ally.


Degrees

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Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
from
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Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...
from Asbury Theological Seminary *Honorary
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from
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, and Asbury Theological Seminary


Pastoral appointments

*1967 Red House *1969 Mount Zion *1974 Associate Director, Conference Council on Ministries *1976 Covington First United Methodist *1980 Corbin First United Methodist *1982 Winchester First United Methodist *1987 Lexington Centenary *1997 Lexington District Superintendent *2000 Lexington First United Methodist *2004 Bishop, North Carolina Conference *2008 Bishop, North Carolina Conference


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwinn, Alfred W. Living people United Methodist bishops of the Southeastern Jurisdiction University of Kentucky alumni Asbury Theological Seminary alumni Year of birth missing (living people)