Hood Chapel is one of 16 churches which comprise the Norfolk District of the Virginia Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
The Presiding Elder of the Norfolk District is Rev. Kenneth Wayne Crowder. Rev. Samuel W. Warren Jr. is the current pastor of Hood Chapel.
The Virginia Annual Conference is a part of the Mid-Atlantic II Episcopal District. The Rt. Rev. Richard Keith Thompson is the Presiding Prelate of our Episcopal District.