Sherman L. Merritt
Assistant Pastor, Greater Christ Temple Church, Nashville — appointed 1973
Pastor, Greater Christ Temple Church, Nashville — from July 1993 per the church's own website; the council's page gives July 1982
District Elder in Tennessee and Togo, West Africa (PAW) — appointed 1990
Vice Chairman, then Chairman, First Apostolic Council of Kentucky & Tennessee — elected Vice Chairman 1992
Suffragan Bishop (PAW) — elevated 1994
Bishop and Diocesan, First Apostolic Council of Kentucky & Tennessee, 11th Episcopal District (PAW), the council's 6th diocesan — consecrated August 2003