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| About Pastor Cofield | ||
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Rev. Swayne Anthony Cofield, MD was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and has spent his lifetime in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He attended Ebenezer AME Church during his childhood. The Connectional Church was instrumental in helping him find a home under "watch care" at Primm Tabernacle AME Church in Pomona, CA while in college. Upon starting medical school, he was blessed to find a church home at Ward AME Church in Los Angeles in 1995. Rev. Cofield graduated from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, CA in 1995 where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Science and Management (Chemistry Track). He went on to attend The UCLA School of Medicine where he completed his MD degree in December 1999. Dr. Cofield completed a Family Medicine Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA in 2003. He currently works for Kaiser Permanente at Bellflower and Downey Medical Center in the department of Family Medicine. | |
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Rev. Cofield received his call to preach in 2002 and was ordained an Itinerant Deacon during the 83'd Session of the Southern California Annual Conference in September 2007. He completed his studies with the Board of Examiners of the AME Church in 2010. Rev. Cofield received his call to preach in 2002 and was ordained an Itinerant Deacon during the 83' Session of the Southern California Annual Conference in September 2007. He completed his studies with the Board of Examiners of the AME Church in 2010. On October 27, 2015, after the 91s' Session of the Southern California Annual Conference, God opened the door for Rev. Cofield's first pastoral assignment by joining the members of Rose of Sharon AME Church in Norwalk, CA as their new pastor. He has been married for 19 years to his lovely wife, Jeannine Cofield. Pastor and Mrs. Cofield have been blessed with two talented children (Kennedy Grace, 18 and Timothy Swayne, 16).
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