Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
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US RELIGIOUS BODIES<br />
Officers<br />
Gen. Treas., Alan Sparkman, 1961 Norjon circle,<br />
Clio, SC 29525, Tel. (843)586-9095<br />
Gen. Sec., Joel Powell, 16841 Springs Mill Rd.<br />
Lauringbury, NC 28352, Tel. (901)462-3379<br />
Gen. Mod., Wallace B. Pittman, Jr.<br />
Gen. Supt. Mission Bd., Jerry Powell, Rt. 1, Box<br />
384, Chadourn, NC 28431<br />
The Pentecostal Free Will Baptist<br />
Church, Inc.<br />
The Cape Fear Conference <strong>of</strong> Free Will<br />
Baptists, organized in 1855, merged in 1959 with<br />
The Wilmington Conference <strong>and</strong> The New River<br />
Conference <strong>of</strong> Free Will Baptists <strong>and</strong> was<br />
renamed the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church,<br />
Inc. The doctrines include regeneration, sanctification,<br />
the Pentecostal baptism <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost,<br />
the Second Coming <strong>of</strong> Christ <strong>and</strong> divine healing.<br />
Headquarters<br />
P.O. Box 1568, Dunn, NC 28335, Tel. (910)892-<br />
4161 Fax (910)892-6876<br />
Media Contact, Gen. Supt., Preston Heath<br />
Email: pheath@intrstar.net<br />
Website: www.pfwb.org<br />
Officers<br />
Gen. Supt., Rev. Preston Heath<br />
Asst. Gen. Supt., Jim Wall<br />
Gen. Sec., Mr. Stephen Garriss<br />
Gen. Treas., Mr. Dewayne Weeks<br />
Christian Ed. Dir., Rev. R<strong>and</strong>y Barker<br />
World Witness Dir., Rev. Hobbs<br />
Gen. Services Dir., Ms. Cathy Muzingo<br />
Ministerial Council Dir., Rev. Ed Taturn<br />
Ladies’ Auxiliary Dir., Dollie Davis<br />
Heritage Bible College, Pres., Dr. Dwarka<br />
Ramphal<br />
Crusader Youth Camp, Dir., Rev. R<strong>and</strong>y Barker<br />
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS<br />
Heritage Bible College<br />
Crusader Youth Camp<br />
Blessings Bookstore, 1006 W. Cumberl<strong>and</strong> St.,<br />
Dunn, NC 28334, Tel. (910)892-2401<br />
Periodicals<br />
The Messenger<br />
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Religious Society <strong>of</strong> Friends*<br />
PYM traces its roots to the yearly meeting <strong>of</strong><br />
1681 in Burlington, New Jersey. For more than<br />
three centuries, PYM has served Monthly<br />
Meetings <strong>and</strong> Quarterly Meetings throughout<br />
eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, eastern<br />
Maryl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Delaware.<br />
Headquarters<br />
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1515 Cherry<br />
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479, Tel.<br />
(215)241-7000 Fax (215)241-7045 Website:<br />
www.pym.orgWebsite: www.pym.org<br />
Officers<br />
Presiding Clerk, Thomas Swain, 1515 Cherry<br />
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479<br />
General Secretary, Arthur M. Larrabee<br />
Periodicals<br />
PYM News<br />
Pillar <strong>of</strong> Fire<br />
The Pillar <strong>of</strong> Fire was founded by Alma Bridwell<br />
White in Denver on Dec. 29, 1901 as the<br />
Pentecostal Union. In 1917, the name was changed<br />
to Pillar <strong>of</strong> Fire. Alma White was born in Kentucky<br />
in 1862 <strong>and</strong> taught school in Montana where she<br />
met her husb<strong>and</strong>, Kent White, a Methodist minister,<br />
who was a University student in Denver.<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> Alma White’s evangelistic endeavors,<br />
she was frowned upon by her superiors, which<br />
eventually necessitated her withdrawing from<br />
Methodist Church supervision. She was ordained<br />
as Bishop <strong>and</strong> her work spread to many states, to<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> since her death to Liberia, West<br />
Africa, Malawi, East Africa, Yugoslavia, Spain,<br />
India <strong>and</strong> the Philippines.<br />
The Pillar <strong>of</strong> Fire organization has a college <strong>and</strong><br />
two seminaries stressing Biblical studies. It operates<br />
eight separate schools for young people. The<br />
church continues to keep in mind the founder’s<br />
goals <strong>and</strong> purposes.<br />
Headquarters<br />
P.O. Box 9159, Zarephath, NJ 08890, Tel.<br />
(732)356-0102<br />
Western Headquarters, 1302 Sherman St.,<br />
Denver, CO 80203, Tel. (303)427-5462<br />
Media Contact, 1st Vice Pres., Robert B.<br />
Dallenbach, 3455 W. 83 Ave., Westminster, CO<br />
80031, Tel. (303)427-5462 Fax (303)429-0910<br />
Email: info@zarephath.edu<br />
Website: www.gospelcom.net/p<strong>of</strong><br />
Officers<br />
Pres. & Gen. Supt., Dr. Robert B. Dallenbach<br />
1st Vice Pres. & Asst. Supt., Rev. Joseph Gross<br />
2nd Vice Pres./Sec.-Treas., Lois R. Stewart<br />
Trustees, Kenneth Cope; S. Rea Crawford; Lois<br />
Stewart; Dr. Donald J. Wolfram; Robert B.<br />
Dallenbach; Rob W. Cruver; Joseph Gross<br />
Plymouth Brethren—please see Christian<br />
Brethren.<br />
Polish National Catholic Church <strong>of</strong><br />
America*<br />
After a number <strong>of</strong> attempts to resolve differences<br />
regarding the role <strong>of</strong> the laity in parish<br />
administration in the Roman Catholic Church in<br />
Scranton, Pennsylvania, this Church was organized<br />
in 1897. With the consecration to the episcopacy<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Most Rev. Francis Hodur, this<br />
Church became a member <strong>of</strong> the Old Catholic<br />
Union <strong>of</strong> Utrecht in 1907.<br />
Headquarters<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> the Prime Bishop, 1006 Pittston Ave.,<br />
Scranton, PA 18505, Tel. (570)346-9131<br />
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