Mrs. Gelenia Aaron Frencher is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. As a
child, she was raised at the First Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Charlotte.
On June 1, 1985, she married the “love of her
life”, Rev. Michael A. Frencher, Sr. After their union, she joined herself
to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She was the First Lady of
St. Stephen (Hamlet, NC), Wesley Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Trinity AMEZ
(Greensboro, NC). They became an inseparable team placing God first in their
lives and their commitment of service to others. She has demonstrated, in
many ways, her love and dedication to being a servant leader and missionary
extraordinaire.
For 20 years, she served
with her husband at Trinity AME Zion Church and has been involved with many
ministries. Her involvement included the following: President of the West
Central North Carolina Conference Home Missions, Greensboro District Young
Adult Missionary Society Coordinator, National Minister Spouses and
Widower’s Fellowship, Deaconess, Marriage Ministry, member of the Sunday
School, Christian Education Department and Young Adults in Christian
Ministries, Director of the 21st Century Program and Summer Camping Program.
In addition, she is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Mrs. Frencher received the Bachelor of Science
degree at Bennett College and completed additional studies at North Carolina
A&T State University. After serving as a Head Start teacher with the
Guilford Child Development Program, she was later employed as a teacher with
the Guilford County School System.
On
Friday, July 20, 2012 at the 49th
Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church, she
stood proudly with her husband as he was elected the 101st bishop in the
line of succession in the AME Zion Church. His first Episcopal assignment
was to the Eastern West Africa Episcopal District and she assumed her
position as his Missionary Supervisor. At the 50th
Session of the General Conference, she became the Missionary Supervisor for
the Southwestern Delta Episcopal District. At the 51st
Session of the General Conference, she became the Missionary Supervisor for
the Mid-West Episcopal District.
Bishop & Mrs. Frencher
are the proud parents of two children: Michelle and Michael Jr., a
mother-in-love to Brandon Bell, Sr. and Rev. Anita Morgan Frencher, and
proud grandmother to Brandon Jamell Bell Jr. (affectionately known as “BB”),
Michael A. Frencher III (affectionately known as Trey) and Braylen James
Bell.
Her love and faithfulness
to God, commitment to her husband, children and grand-children and her
membership in our great denomination will guide her to greater heights in
the Africa Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
“To God be the glory for
the things He has done.”
