CONGRATULATIONS ANNIE BATTLE-BOLDEN 

Pastor John J. Hunter, First Lady Denise Hunter, the Officers and members of FAME Church extend hearty congratulations to our own Annie Battle-Bolden, who was recently elected to serve as the Recording Secretary of the Connectional Women's Missionary Society (WMS) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Women's Missionary Society (WMS-NGO) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) is an international faith-based, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), granted Special Consultative Category II Status in 1985, in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social  Council. 

The WMS is composed of over 800,000 members located in thirty-two countries, including the continental United States, the continents of Europe and Africa, and the Nations of the Caribbean, Canada and India. The WMS are at the forefront of works of mission, at the head of the Church, operating from the highest level within each of twenty Episcopal Districts and reporting to every meeting of the General and Annual Conferences.

As the Women's representational entity of the AMEC (www.ame-church.com) nationally and worldwide, the Women's Missionary Society has a record of 130 years of service committed to winning souls to Christ, health, economic, peace and justice issues. The WMS-NGO hosts an annual conference at the United Nations every October at which members of the various agencies and components of the United Nations offer workshops and seminars on current global issues. The WMS has established a Foundation in order to support education through scholarships and social and economic development for the diversified constituencies the WMSserves.

Annie Battle-Bolden, a faithful and longtime member of First AME Church of Los Angeles, serves as the Chairperson of the FAME Church Steward Board #2.