John Hurst

Background

Hurst, John was born on May 10, 1863 in Portuguese-au-Prince, Haiti. Son of Thomas and Sylvanie (Gordon) Hurst.

Education

Educated Lycee National de Portuguese-au-Prince, Bachelor of Divinity, Wilberforce (Ohio) University, 1886. Doctor of Laws, Morris Brown University, 1917.

Career

Ordained ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1886. Pastor Saint Paul’s Church, Portuguese-au-Prince, 1886-1887. Superintendent African Methodist Episcopal missions, Haiti, 1888-1889.

1st secretary Haitian Legation at Washington, District of Columbia, by appointment of President Hyppolite, 1889-1893.

Joined Baltimore Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1893. Pastor Crowdensville Circuit, 1893-1894, Waters Church, Baltimore, 1894-1898, Bethel Church, Baltimore, 1898-1903, Waters Church again, 1903-1908.

Financial secretary African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908-1912. Bishop, May since 1912.

Chancellor of Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida.

Member board directors Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, O. Trustee Wilberforce University, Howard U. Delaware to Ecumenical Conference, London, 1921. Conference on Faith and Order, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1927.

Director National Association Advancement Colored People.

Achievements

• John Hurst has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Kathrine Bertha Thompson, October 29, 1890.

Father:

Thomas Hurst

Mother:

Sylvanie (Gordon) Hurst

Spouse:

Kathrine Bertha Thompson