introduction to the McCauley For Bishop Campaign for african

 The 2024 McCauley for Bishop campaign is a movement grounded in faith, service, and commitment to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. With a vision to strengthen the spiritual, educational, and social foundations of our communities, Orlando M. McCauley stands as a beacon of leadership and a champion for growth and unity within the church. 

His exposure to the itinerant ministry began when his parents were assigned as missionaries in rural Liberia. While there, they established a boarding school for the AME Church. It was named the Susan Brooks A.M.E. Mission School. The school provided free education for the inhabitants of the area. The teachings offered at the school were instrumental in shaping young McCauley, Jr., in the Christian faith. The late Bishop Frank Madison Reid, Jr., was then the presiding prelate of the 14th Episcopal District during McCauley’s transformational years. Young McCauley was very fond of his father the late Rev, McCauley, Sr., because of his outward zeal and passion for ministry.  

At the close of the 1972 Liberian Annual Conference, Rev. McCauley, Sr., upon being ordained under Missionary Rules, a year after his elder order, was appointed the pastor for the new initiative in No.4 District, now a part of the Central Liberia Annual Conference, 14th Episcopal District. Young McCauley relocated with his parents to rural Liberia, where he began his spiritual and academic training. Upon graduation from elementary school, McCauley, Jr., matriculated back to the capital city, Monrovia, where he enrolled at Monrovia College, an AME school until he graduated in 1989. He accepted the call to itinerant ministry, at the outbreak of a long civil war, fueled by mayhem and atrocities. Young McCauley suffered two losses of both parents. 

Following graduation from high school, young McCauley was licensed to preach by the assigned presiding prelate Bishop John Richard Bryant. He later enrolled at Bryant Seminary, the first established department of the A.M.E. University. While at Bryant, Rev. McCauley, Jr., distinguished himself among his peers. He was given his first pastoral charge at Irene B. Reid AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia. Due to the Civil War, the church was destroyed by fire, impacting the membership greatly. Many lost their lives while others fled seeking refuge. Rev. McCauley, Jr., sought permission from the presiding elder in consultation with the bishop, Rt. Rev.C. Garnett Henning, Sr., to relocate the church to the capital city. The request was granted. The “Monrovia branch” of the church experienced rapid growth, becoming #4 in the Presiding Elder’s district.