Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth's life and career decisions guide him as he connects congregations in the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church to develop relationships with Indigenous people, among different regions, across racial divides and within congregations.
Growing up, his flexibility began as he went to The Methodist church two Sundays a month with his dad's family and the Baptist church two Sundays a month with his mother's family.
After high school, he left his hometown in Decatur, Ala., to serve four years in the Air Force and returned to figure out next steps. Although he started pharmacy studies at the Baptist Birmingham Samford College, he earned a bachelor's degree in religion in 1997.
At the United Methodist Claremont School of Theology in Southern California, he was diverted from his original goal of teaching New Testament. . . . . . . . . . .
