Pastor Andra Cunningham is an ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was officially ordained at the Second Episcopal District’s 2021 Combined Ordination Ceremony.

Rev. Dr. Cunningham, formerly an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., has served in leadership and ministerial positions at John Wesley United Methodist Church (Glen Burnie, MD), Reid Temple AME Church (Glenn Dale, MD) and Embry AME Church (College Park, MD). In 2024, she was appointed Pastor of Anderson Chapel AME Church and Greater Glory AME Mission Church. Both are located in Greenville, N.C.

Pastor Cunningham earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Indiana University School of Law (J.D.), Bloomington Indiana.  She also has a Masters of Divinity from Regent Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Rev. Dr. Cunningham participated in the 2023-2024 “Thriving in Ministry Christian Alliance for Pastors, Inc. Program” sponsored by Bishop Dale C. Bronner. She is a member of the “Living The Word Ministry” – Greenville, NC Cohort, where her ministry interest is the biblical and social justice of those in the Greenville, NC community. She is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha – Iota Kappa Omega Chapter – Greenville, where her focus is on community service and outreach. Pastor Cunningham was the recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2023.

She is also a talk show host on AwesomeRadio WECU 1570 AM; 107.5 FM and GPATTV Public Access Television Broadcast.

Dr. Cunningham is the Executive Director of Greater Empowerment Moves, Inc. (GEMS, Inc.), a 501(c)(3) multi-cultural nonprofit organization, centered on the social, economic, and health conditions of individuals and families throughout Pitt County, NC and surrounding areas. 

Pastor Cunningham loves God and has a heart for the people of God. Her passion is congregational care. She has dedicated her life to service and her sole desire is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and build God’s Kingdom. She seeks to serve the spiritual needs of those in her community.

Pastor Cunningham is married to Morris Cunningham and has been blessed with two sons Alex and Aaron Cunningham. She has also been blessed with two daughters-in-love and three grandchildren.