Marvin F. Thomas, Sr.

Bishop Marvin Frank Thomas, Sr. was elected the 62nd bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church on July 1, 2014, at the 37th Quadrennial Session & 38thGeneral Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to his election as bishop, he served as the seventh president/dean of The Phillips School of Theology ("The Seminary of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church") at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and the pastor of the Good News Community CME Church in Lithonia, GA. While at the ITC, Bishop Thomas also served as the Chair of the Council of Deans and an adjunct instructor.