[1] Consecrated in 1966 to assist in the REC's Missionary Jurisdiction of the South, he served from 1987 to 1998 as bishop ordinary of the Diocese of the Southeast.
In 1947, however, Rembert had a conversion experience, later saying that “the Lord touched me, and suddenly I felt I should be arresting souls for the Lord, instead of arresting criminals in society.”[1] Rembert studied theology at New York Theological Seminary, receiving an M.Div.
At this point, Rembert took on several administrative duties as well as responsibility for episcopal visitations and relationships with clergy, including counseling.
[2] Rembert was first vice president of Jenkins Orphanage, superintendent of the New Israel Child Development and Christian School, co-chairman of the Charleston Education Alliance, chaplain of Charleston County Hospital, organizer and president of the Charleston Upper Peninsula Revitalization Association, and president, dean and professor at Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary.
[6] In the Reformed Episcopal Church, Rembert was an advocate of greater racial inclusion.
After the Missionary Jurisdiction of the South had been elevated to the status of a synod at the church's 41st General Council in 1975, Rembert noted that there had never been a council sermon delivered by a minister from the predominantly black southern jurisdiction and urged greater participation by Southeastern Reformed Episcopal churchmen in the future.
[7] In 2001, the South Carolina Department of Education honored Rembert in its African-American History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, Tom Feelings, Mamie Johnson, Bill Pinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians.