UACC Diocese of the Mid-Eastern States

Education:

Bishop David J. Davis, TH.B., M.Div., STM, DD, Ph.D.-Candidate
Studies Philosophy and Religion at Metropolitan Christian University
Studied Master of Divinity (MDiv.) at Metropolitan Christian University
Studied Master’s Sacred Theology, STM at Midwestern School of Divinity
Studied a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Theology, majoring in Systematic Theology and minoring in Philosophy at Metropolitan Christian University
Studied Doctor of Divinity Honoris Causa at Metropolitan Christian University

Studied at the Jude 3 Project The Art Of Interpreting God’s Word 

Studied at the Jude 3 Project Early African Christianity 

Studied at the Graduate School of Episcopal Studies, Origins of the Episcopacy Went to Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, New York, NY.

About Bishop Davis

Bishop David Jerome Davis is a native of New York who has been involved in Christian ministry for 48 years and was saved at 14 at the Refuge Temple Church, 2081 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. in Manhattan, under the pastorate of the late Bishop W. L. Bonner. He attended the Church of Christ Bible Institute and the R.C. Lawson Institute and attended weekly Minister’s classes under Bishop Bonner for his early ministry training. He preached his initial sermon at the Bronx Refuge Annex in February 1974.

Bishop Davis attended the Music & Performing Arts High School in Harlem, NY, and there he began a musical career in Gospel and Sacred Music that would follow him for the next 32 years. All the while serving as an organist, principal musician, choir/worship team director, television music director, recording artist, and published songwriter, he yearned for something more.

He found his calling in a love of the scriptures. He enrolled in Va. Union University (1977), to audit theology classes, would later befriend Archbishop Dennis Myles Golphin, who would establish a mentoring relationship with Bis. David, leading him into traditions outside his Evangelical/Pentecostal foundations. He was now exposed to traditions such as the Reformed and Anglican. Orthodox and Abyssinian streams, He expanded his theological view to rest on Convergence Theology, finally.

Having completed his undergraduate courses 2018 at the Metropolitan Christian University, he is now a graduate with an M.Div. and STM degree. He was received into Holy Orders and ordained a Deacon, then a Priest in May of 2018, and later a Bishop at the hand of the Archbishop+++D. E. Chase, PhD., OSP, will be in full Apostolic Succession on November 19th, 2022. Bishop Davis was also received into the Sacred Orders of St. Paul the Apostle, a sacred, ecumenical order dedicated to biblical scholarship and unity within the body of Christ. Bis. Davis was also received into the Charismatic Fraternity of Sacred Ministers, an ecumenical fraternity of Deacons, Priests, and Bishops. CFSM was founded in 2014 by Rev. Fr. Will Cain and is a coveted assembly of venerable brothers who challenge each other in character, academics, and service in the ancient faith of the church.

On November 18th, 2023, following the anniversary of his first episcopal year of service, H.H. Pontiff Corey Alexander Jenkins, D.C.L., OSSC, Archbishop+++, and Patriarch, appointed Bishop Davis as Abbot of the Extraterritorial Chapter of the Holy Order of Saint Simon of Cyrene, for the Diocese of the Mid-Eastern States, and sanctioned him to the role of Bishop-Protector of this religious order. Bishop Davis was appointed Chancellor and Bursor of the United Apostolic & Charismatic Church by His Holiness in January of 2024. Bishop Davis is also on the Education Council.

Bishop is married to Dr. Lynda Davis, Ed.D. They have raised three children from their union in holy matrimony for over 25 years. Malcolm Anthony, Chandra Donnella, and Christopher Michael Davis are their names. He has two other children, David Jerome Davis, Jr., and Jessica Monet Fields, who were born before this union.

In 2025 Bishop Davis was appointed International Chairman of the Global Federation of World Class Universities, Colleges and Semanaries, Monrovia, Liberia, and Provost (Education) at Great Commission  Christian University Worldwide, Monrovia, Liberia.