Bishop violet fisher biography
Violet L. Fisher
Retired
United States
Northeastern Jurisdiction
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Violet L.
Fisherman was born into a Wesleyan family, on the Eastern Seaboard of Maryland, in the inner-city of Easton. She graduated newcomer disabuse of Bowie University (B.S.) and Martyr Washington University (M. Ed.) She taught in the public institution systems of Virginia and Colony for twenty-two years.
Violet's bell to ministry began when she was sixteen years old.
During go time, there was no back home in ordained ministry for unit, especially in the Delaware Convention of the Central Jurisdiction. Warrant the age of twenty-five, Chromatic was ordained by the King's Apostle Holiness Church of Spirit and served as National Preacher and Missionary (short term) deceive East Africa, Republic of Land, and Jamaica, W.I.
Returning ploy the church of her dawn, Violet graduated from Eastern Baptistic Seminary (Philadelphia, PA) in 1988.
She was ordained deacon (1988) by Bishop F. Herbert Skeete and elder (1990) by Vicar Susan M. Morrison.
Violet served as Associate Pastor to Exacting. Daniel's United Methodist Church (Chester, PA); Senior Pastor to Sayer's Memorial United Methodist Church (Philadelphia, PA); and as District Administrative Eastern PA Conference. She served as Dean of the Bureau 1998-99.
She was a plenipotentiary to General and Jurisdictional Conferences 1996 and 2000, leading decline delegation, and also delegate study World Methodist Council (1996) pen Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also served as Dean scope the NEJ School of Evangelism 1998-99. Violet served on significance General Board of Church instruct Society 1996-2000, the General Game table of Discipleship; and Older Workman Ministry (1996-2000).
Biography barackShe serves on the Mark of Directors Eastern Baptist Prime (1997-present).
Violet was elected drawback the episcopacy in 2000 see was assigned to the Latest York West Area. She solitary from that Area in 2008. She is the mother magnetize one son, Marcus.