Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson was born in Dover, Delaware.  He is the 132nd elected and                                                                                                                              consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Jackson is the husband of                                                                                                                    Mrs. Christy Davis-Jackson, Esquire and the father of two children, daughter Regina Victoria Jackson                                                                                                            and son Seth Joshua Jackson. He received a Bachelor's Degree in History from Delaware State                                                                                                                  University, Dover, Delaware and a Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Bishop Jackson was assigned as the pastor of St. John AME Church, Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1979 and shortly thereafter, St. Matthew AME Church, Orange, New Jersey, in 1981. Under his ministry more than 3,000 people accepted Christ or joined the Church.  As pastor of St. Matthew AME, the Church developed more than thirty ministries that minister to the spiritual, emotional, educational, physical and financial needs of the Church and community.

The Right Rev. Reginald T. Jackson was elected and consecrated as the 132 Bishop in the AME Church in 2012 at the 49th Quadrennial Session General Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. He was elected out of the First Episcopal District and stood on the platform: "Imagine the Church at Its Best" and "Strengthen Local Churches"! He currently presides over the Second Episcopal District (Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina and Western North Carolina) along with Supervisor Christy Davis-Jackson, Esq., a lawyer, speaker, nationally recognized thought leader in reimagining urban cities 

Bishop Jackson serves on numerous boards. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey, member and former president of the Board of Education of the Orange Public Schools, Orange, New Jersey, member of the Board of New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, New Jersey, member of the board of Barnabas Health and a life member of the NAACP.  He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.