Bishop ernestine reems biography of williams

Pastor

Reborn in Christ

Founded Women’s Ministry

Started a Charter School

Ministered to Young Women

Selected Writings

Sources

Pastor Ernestine Cleveland Reems has experienced pain, suffering, and hurt.

She understands firsthand the troubles of poverty and rejection. And yet she is quick to admit that her life has indeed been, as she told Contemporary Black Biography,“beautiful.” Brimming with positive energy, Reems has dedicated her life to serving Jesus Christ and, through His Word, has brought hope and promise into the lives of others.

Ernestine Cleveland Reems was born in 1932, in Oklamugee, Oklahoma, a small town outside of Tulsa, the third of nine children born to Elmer Elijah (E.E.) and Matilda Cleveland.

Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Parker City, Oklahoma, and then to Brooksville, Oklahoma, as E.E. Cleveland established himself as a traveling preacher. Reems remembers growing up in a loving hou