Bishop benjamin tucker tanner biography of michael lewis

Benjamin Tucker Tanner was born on this date in He was a Black minister and bishop. He was born in Pittsburgh. At the end of 18 months, he returned to his church, the African Methodist Episcopal, entering the Baltimore conference in April He worked as a missionary in Alexandria, organizing the first society of his church in Virginia.

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He was stationed in in Georgetown, D. Tanner was reassigned to organize a proposed conference school in Frederick and take charge of the schools of the Freedmen's Bureau in Frederick County. He was elected secretary of the General Conference of and was chosen editor of the Christian Recorder in , , and In , he was elected managing editor of a new church publication, the "A.

Church Review. Tanner received the A. On May 19, , Tanner was elected a bishop. Church" ; and prose and poetry for periodicals. Library of Congress. Noah Smith is a minister and music teacher. In this segment, he shares his views on the proper reason to become a minister. Today's Articles People, Locations, Episodes.