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September 1996 Bishop Ralph Edward Love, Sr., began this now nearly thirteen year journey as
Prelate and President of the Southern District Convocation, Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Bishop Love, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina was educated in the Guilford County school system.
He matriculated to institutions of higher learning at Guilford Community College, United Christian College and Pitt
Community College.
He has been blessed with 4 children and 5 grandchildren. He is presently married to the very beautiful, Frieda Beamer Love.
A longtime resident of Greenville, North Carolina, Bishop Love is considered a defined pillar of the community. He serves not only the city of
Greenville but the entire county of Pitt in an honored, faithful and fruitful manner. His most recognizable contributions includes continued service as the
thirty year pastor of Holy Trinity United Holy Church of America in Greenville, member of the Pitt County School Board, and member of the Pitt
County Black Ministers Conference to name a few.
It is no surprise with his accomplishments that we also recognize the unique strengths and talents Bishop Love has been blessed with as the leader of
the Southern District Convocation. We are grateful that Bishop Love yielded himself as an instrument and God so blessed him to serve as our leader.
Because of this, congregants of this great District echo “Oh, Lord how great are Thy works!!” When the torch was passed to him in 1996, the
flame was flickering low. Not because of the people, but because of state of the District he inherited.
The man of faith and conviction that so defines Bishop Love, with unwavering faith and Heavenly zeal, took on the challenge of rebuilding and
redefining what we today know this District to be. He built a new administration and in partnership with them leads with the substance that has not been
visible since the Fisher/Branch years.
His leadership has revamped the morale of the body of Christ under the Southern District banner. This is evidenced as Convocation attendance
increases year after year.
Bishop Love’s fruit of labor testifies of a concordat Bishop of the reunification of the General United Holy Church of America, churches were built and
founded, fallow ground was broken, a Mid-Year Conference for the Southern District was instituted and a building fund that had previously been a
project without a reachable goal became a viable venture.
Under the leadership of the torch blazer Bishop Love, we realize the product of faith, vision and determined work of a people. Today, the Southern
District Headquarters calls the 3.5 million dollar edifice known as Love Temple located at 201 North Oak Forest Road, Goldsboro home.
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