Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. is a former residing bishop of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

During his ten-year tenure at Lexington Centenary, he led the congregation through relocation and the building of an $11 million facility.

In addition, the church parented a new multicultural congregation, developed an ongoing ministry partnership with a congregation in Londrina, Brazil, and brought an African-American pastor on staff, the first in the conference to serve a predominantly-white congregation.

[4] In 2012, Gwinn retired from the bishopric and was succeeded by Bishop Hope Morgan Ward.

They have two adult daughters: Debbie Mann and Christy Morgan.