Religious leader. Minister and third elected bishop (1873) of the Christian Methodist Espiscopal Church (CME). Holsey, who in conjunction with such Methodist ministerial icons including the Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, led their people out of the depths of despair of the abolition of slavery and the horrors of the post war South into the bright new days of the Twentieth Century. He was born a slave to a slave mother and slave owner James Holsey near Columbus, Georgia. Holsey later married and was granted a license to preach and subsequently ordained and later converted to Methodism. As a leader of the fledgling CME Church denomination, Holsey secured its footing and extended its membership among black Methodists in Georgia. In 1869, Holsey first advocated the establishment of a school for training ministers for the Church. For nearly fourteen years, he lobbied church leaders in Georgia and around the Southeast for their support of his plan. In 1883, The Paine Institute, now Paine College, was established in Augusta. Through paternalistic interracial cooperation, he promoted collaboration between black and white southern Methodists that resulted in a number of successes. He founded a number of congregations, including Butler Street CME Church in Atlanta. He revised religious tracts, including a Manual of Discipline, and a hymnal for use in the CME Church. Later in life he would advocated racial seperation and publish an autobiography that included a selection of sermons, as well as a volume of poems. Holsey continued to influence the black community as racial diplomat and bishop of the CME Church until his death in 1920 at age seventy-eight. Several churches acros the country are named in his honor.
Religious leader. Minister and third elected bishop (1873) of the Christian Methodist Espiscopal Church (CME). Holsey, who in conjunction with such Methodist ministerial icons including the Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, led their people out of the depths of despair of the abolition of slavery and the horrors of the post war South into the bright new days of the Twentieth Century. He was born a slave to a slave mother and slave owner James Holsey near Columbus, Georgia. Holsey later married and was granted a license to preach and subsequently ordained and later converted to Methodism. As a leader of the fledgling CME Church denomination, Holsey secured its footing and extended its membership among black Methodists in Georgia. In 1869, Holsey first advocated the establishment of a school for training ministers for the Church. For nearly fourteen years, he lobbied church leaders in Georgia and around the Southeast for their support of his plan. In 1883, The Paine Institute, now Paine College, was established in Augusta. Through paternalistic interracial cooperation, he promoted collaboration between black and white southern Methodists that resulted in a number of successes. He founded a number of congregations, including Butler Street CME Church in Atlanta. He revised religious tracts, including a Manual of Discipline, and a hymnal for use in the CME Church. Later in life he would advocated racial seperation and publish an autobiography that included a selection of sermons, as well as a volume of poems. Holsey continued to influence the black community as racial diplomat and bishop of the CME Church until his death in 1920 at age seventy-eight. Several churches acros the country are named in his honor.
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