Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

Officers
Mod., Rev. Endia Scruggs, 1627 Carroll Rd.,
Harvest, AL 35749
Stated Clk., Rev. Dr. Rorbert. Stanley Wood, 226
Church St., Huntsville, AL 35801, Tel.
(205)536-7481
SYNODS
Alabama, Stated Clk., Arthur Hinton, 511 10th
Ave. N.W., Aliceville, AL 35442
Kentucky, Stated Clk., Mary Martha Daniels,
8548 Rhodes Ave., Chicago, IL 60619
Tennessee, Stated Clk., Elder Clarence Norman,
145 Jones St., Huntington, TN 38334
Texas, Stated Clk., Arthur King, 2435 Kristen,
Dallas, TX 75216
Disciples of Christ—please see Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United
States and Canada.
Elim Fellowship
The Elim Fellowship, a Pentecostal Body
established in 1947, is an outgrowth of the Elim
Missionary Assemblies formed in 1933.
It is an association of churches, ministers and
missionaries seeking to serve the whole Body of
Christ. It is of Pentecostal conviction and charismatic
orientation, providing ministerial credentials
and counsel and encouraging fellowship
among local churches. Elim Fellowship sponsors
leadership seminars at home and abroad and
serves as a transdenominational agency sending
long-term, short-term and tent-making missionaries
to work with national movements.
Headquarters
1703 Dalton Rd., Lima, NY 14485, Tel.
(585)582-2790 Fax (585)624-1229
Media Contact, Gen. Sec., Rev. Chris Ball
Email: executive@elimfellowship.org
Website: www.ElimFellowship.org
Officers
Pres., Rev. Dr. Ronald V. Burgio
Gen. Treas., Stephanie Zeller
Periodicals
Elim Herald
The Episcopal Church*
The Episcopal Church entered the colonies with
the earliest settlers at Jamestown, Va., in 1607 as
the Church of England. After the American
Revolution, it became autonomous in 1789 as The
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
of America. (The Episcopal Church became the
official alternate name in 1967.) Samuel Seabury
of Connecticut was elected the first bishop and
consecrated in Aberdeen by bishops of the
Scottish Episcopal Church in 1784.
In organizing as an independent body, the
Episcopal Church created a bicameral legislature,
the General Convention, modeled after the new
U.S. Congress. It comprises a House of Bishops
and a House of Deputies and meets every three
years. A 38-member Executive Council, which
meets three times a year, is the interim governing
body. An elected presiding bishop serves as
Primate and Chief Pastor.
After severe setbacks in the years immediately
following the Revolution because of its association
with the British Crown and the fact that a number
of its clergy and members were Loyalists, the
church soon established its own identity and sense
of mission. It sent missionaries into the newly settled
territories of the United States, establishing
dioceses from coast to coast, and also undertook
substantial missionary work in Africa, Latin
America and the Far East. Today, the overseas dioceses
are developing into independent provinces of
the Anglican Communion, the worldwide fellowship
of 38 churches in communion with the Church
of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The beliefs and practices of The Episcopal
Church, like those of other Anglican churches, are
both Catholic and Reformed, with bishops in the
apostolic succession and the historic creeds of
Christendom regarded as essential elements of
faith and order, along with the primary authority
of Holy Scripture and the two chief sacraments of
Baptism and Eucharist.
Headquarters
EPISCOPAL CHURCH CENTER
815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017, Tel.
(212)716-6240 or (800)334-7626 Fax
(212)867-0395 or (212)490-3298
Media Contact, Dir. of News Service., Robert
Williams, Tel. (212)922-5385
Email: cepting@episcopalchurch.org
Website: www.ecusa.anglican.org
Officers
Presiding Bishop & Primate, Most Rev.
Katharine Jefferts-Schori
Chief Operating Officer, Linda Watt
Treas., Kurt Barnes
Canon to the Primate and Presiding Bishop, The
Rev. Canon Charles Robertson
House of Deputies, Pres., Bonnie Anderson
Exec. Officer and Sec. of the General
Convention, Sec. Of the House of Deputies,
Sec. Of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society, and Sec. Of the Executive Council,
The Rev. Gregory Straub
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP
Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts
Schori, Tel. (212)716-6276
Chief Operating Officer, Linda Watts, Tel.
(212)922-5313
Canon to the Presiding Bishop, Rev. Canon
Charles Robertson, Tel. (212)922-5282
Exec. Dir., Church Deployment Office, Rev.
Vacant, Tel. (212)-922-5251 Asst. Dir., Church
Deployment Office, Pamela Ramsden, Tel.
(212)716-6063
Coordinator for Ministry Development, The Rev.
Dr. Melford E. Holland, Jr., Tel. (212)922-5246
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