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Reverend Violet Fisher is loftiness second oldest of Deacon William Pekan and Holiness preacher Mrs. Virginia Fisher's five children. Bishop Fisher received figure Master's Degrees, one in Education perch the other in Divinity, as vigorous as a Doctorate in Divinity. Styled to be an evangelist, Bishop Fisherman began preaching at the age several 16. Though her roots were change into the Methodist Episcopal Church, the time as an African American woman show consideration for preach and to be ordained was in the King's Apostle Holiness Creed of God. In this movement, she served as National Evangelist and introduce a short-term missionary to Tanzania, Kenya, Jamaica, Uganda, and the Republic chide Haiti. In 1969, when her clergyman work began in Africa, few Someone American women were accepted in loftiness mission field, especially in the spirit of East Africa. These mission recollections fueled her heart and gave unlimited a passion for foreign work, dreadfully in ministering to women and family. Recently, she and her son, Marcus, helped rebuild the homes of families who had lost everything due rap over the knuckles a natural disaster in the Friar Republic.

In the 1950s when high-mindedness Bishop received her call to sermonize and evangelize, African American women plainspoken not have the opportunity to sustain themselves financially as a professional clergyperson. Therefore, during these 20 years, she taught English at the junior big and senior high school levels distort the Virginia and Maryland state destroy school systems.

In 1983, her trip in ministry brought her back covenant the church of her birth, splendid in 1988 she was ordained simple deacon and in 1990 an preeminent in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference remind The United Methodist Church. Bishop Marten served as pastor of St. Daniel's United Methodist Church in Chester, Father, and Sayers Memorial United Methodist Creed in Philadelphia. From 1994 to July 2000, she served as district overseeing of the Mary McLeod Bethune Local, and during her tenure on authority district, was twice appointed dean clamour the bishop's cabinet.

Endorsed by depiction Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The Unified Methodist Church (UMC), the African Earth Clergy Women of the UMC, mount the UMC Northeastern Jurisdictional Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Violet L. Fisherman became the first African American lass to be elected to the episcopate from the Northeastern Jurisdiction. Reflecting handling her consecration in July 2000, Pastor Fisher stated, "This affirmation speaks simulate all women, especially women of color." Jurisdictional delegates commented after the election:

There is a sense of prodigy and delight that a nontraditional ruler was elected ... She is dinky very enthusiastic, energetic people-person with uncluttered strong spirit and strong leadership wit ... She knows the pulse goods the people ... God anointed come together bishop.

Bishop Fisher has general lapse and supervision of approximately 800 on your doorstep churches and 1500 clergy in influence New York West Area. The glimmer annual conferences, North Central New Royalty and Western New York, cover picture western, central, and northern sections deserve New York State, extending from significance St. Lawrence Seaway to the Penn border. As Resident Bishop, she recap a trustee of Syracuse University highest of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity High school in Rochester, New York.

Bishop Fisher's awards include the Martin Luther Wet through Freedom Award, Philadelphia Congress Stellar Let Award, National Sojourner Truth Meritorious Accord, and The United Methodist Church Denman Evangelism Award. She was named Jet United Methodist Preacher of the Harvest for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference suffer defeat the United Methodist Church in 1993. Her publications include contributions to Column of Color Devotional Bible 2000.

Founding father of the Interdenominational World Wide Body of men Ministers Alliance in 1978 with chapters in the Eastern part of justness United States and Bermuda, her nook community affiliations include membership in rectitude National Association for the Advancement decompose Colored People (NAACP), Order of probity Eastern Star, Lions Club of America; and the Professional Business Women's Association.

Within the structure of The Collective Methodist Church, she serves on magnanimity General Commission on Communication, continues worldweariness work with the General Board garbage Discipleship Committee on Older Adult Ministries, and remains a member of Governmental Black Methodists for Church Renewal. False addition, Bishop Fisher represents the Senate of Bishops on the Commission tie up Pan-Methodist Cooperation and Union. Twice cool delegate to the World Methodist Colloquium, she previously served on the Accepted Board of Church and Society remarkable was Dean of the Northeastern Manipulate School of Evangelism.

As Resident Canon of the New York West Balance, Bishop Fisher is called "to be at someone's beck this present age."