The Reverend Winton M. Hill III was born December 29, 1947 in Creswell, NC; his parents are Retired Command Sergeant Major Winton and Mrs. Harriet Hill.

Raised in Newark, New Jersey he joined his family church (Israel Memorial) at the age of six under the pastoral ministry of the Reverend John W. P. Collier Jr. He was called to preach at the age of 17 and licensed by Presiding Elder D. M. Owens, under the pastoral ministry of Reverend B. Coolidge Burton.

He is a graduate of Wilberforce University with a B. A. in Philosophy & Religion and Payne Theological Seminary with a M. Div. in Clinical Pastoral Care.

Reverend Hill has a richly diverse ministry, in addition to pastoring AME churches; he has been a University Pastor, VA Hospital Chaplain and a Chaplain in the U S Army, having earned the Army Achievement medal & the Bronze Star medal. During his pastoral ministry he has led congregations to build or purchase almost $2M of real property.

In 2003, while pastoring in Stamford, Connecticut, he was selected “Volunteer of the Year” by the Stamford Advocate and in 2004 was elected “Citizen of the Year” by the Jewish War Veterans (Stamford’s highest public recognition).

In June of 2004 Bishop Zedekiah LaZett Grady appointed him Presiding Elder of the New Brunswick District of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In June of 2005 Bishop Richard Franklin Norris appointed him Presiding Elder of the Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Presiding Elder Hill is married to Janis B. Hill and they have five children and five grandchildren.



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