Sen. Barack Obama, Addresses the 48th Quadrennial Session of
the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis, MO
Before his address Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, was surrounded by bishops giving a prayer over the candidate at the 48th Quadrennial Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Saturday afternoon.
2008 AME General Conference
Election Results
| Office | Winner |
| General Secretary | Clement Fugh |
| Chair of Episcopal Committee | Harold R. Mayberry |
| Secretary-Treasurer, Sunday School Union | Johnny Barbour, Jr. |
| Executive Director, Global Witness & Ministry | George F. Flowers |
| Director, Church Growth & Development | James C. Wade |
| Secretary-Treasurer, Christian Education | Daryl B. Ingram |
| Executive Director, Annuity Investments & Insurance | Jerome V. Harris |
| Historiographer/Director of Research & Scholarship/Editor AME Review | Dennis C. Dickerson |
| Treasurer/CFO | Richard A. Lewis |
| Editor, Christian Recorder | Calvin H. Sydnor III |
| Judicial Council |
Lay: Clergy: |
| Judicial Council Alternate | Clergy: James T. Golden |
| Bishop |
Rev. Jeffrey Leath of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia; Rev. Julius McAllister Sr. of Mount Zion AME Church in Florence, S.C.; Rev. John F. White of New Mt. Zion AME Church in Tallahassee, Fla. |