Morris Brown African Methodist Episcopal Church is a 3,000 member congregation with a rich tradition of Christian caring, community advocacy and action, and connectional involvement. The church is the largest in the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and is the first church of the Palmetto Annual Conference and the Mount Pleasant District. Many active and retired clergy of the Episcopal District are members of Morris Brown, including the Right Reverend Zedekiah L. Grady, formerly Presiding Bishop of the First Episcopal District of the AME Church. Dr. Kay Middleton Brown, who grew up in Morris Brown, served as President of the Connectional Lay Organization of the AME Church.