- Serves as Presiding Prelate of the Piedmont Episcopal District
- Senior Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Doctor of Ministry at Howard University
- Graduate of Clinton Jr. College and Livingstone College
- Master of Divinity at Hood Theological Seminary
- Honorary Doctorate degrees from Clinton Jr. College, Hood Theological Seminary, Livingstone College, Queens College, and University of North Carolina
- Executive Board of the World Methodist Council member
- Founder of the Greater Enrichment Program (formally known as Gethsemane)
- Urban League of Central Carolinas part-founder
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity member
- Sigma Psi Phi member
- National Council Member