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Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

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US RELIGIOUS BODIES<br />

Officers<br />

Bishop Glenn M. Gross, 906 W. Grantham Rd.,<br />

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055<br />

Reformed Methodist Union<br />

Episcopal Church<br />

The Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal<br />

church was formed after a group <strong>of</strong> ministers<br />

withdrew from the African Methodist Episcopal<br />

Church following a dispute over the election <strong>of</strong><br />

ministerial delegates to the General Conference.<br />

These ministers organized the Reformed<br />

Methodist Union church during a four-day meeting<br />

beginning on January 22, 1885 at Hills Chapel<br />

(now known as Mt. Hermon RMUE church), in<br />

Charleston, South Carolina. The Rev. William E.<br />

Johnson was elected president <strong>of</strong> the new church.<br />

Following the death <strong>of</strong> Rev. Johnson in 1896, it<br />

was decided that the church would conform to<br />

regular <strong>American</strong> Methodism (the Episcopacy).<br />

The first Bishop, Edward Russell Middleton, was<br />

elected, <strong>and</strong> “Episcopal” was added to the name <strong>of</strong><br />

the church. Bishop Middleton was consecrated on<br />

Dec. 5, 1896, by Bishop P. F. Stephens <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Reformed Episcopal Church.<br />

Headquarters<br />

1136 Brody Ave., Charleston, SC 29407<br />

Media Contact, Gen. Secretary, Brother Willie B.<br />

Oliver, P.O. Box 1995, Orangeburg, SC 29116,<br />

Tel. (803)536-3293<br />

Officers<br />

Bishop, Rt. Rev. Leroy Gethers, Tel. (803)766-3534<br />

Asst. Bishop, Rt. Rev. Jerry M. DeVoe, Jr.<br />

Gen. Sec., Brother Willie B. Oliver<br />

Treas., Rev. Daniel Green<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Education, Rev. William Polite<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Books Concerns, Sister Ann Bl<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Pension Fund, Rev. Joseph Powell<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Church Extension, Brother William<br />

Parker<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Sunday School Union, Sister Wine<br />

Sec. <strong>of</strong> Mission, Rev. Warren Hatcher<br />

Reformed Presbyterian Church <strong>of</strong><br />

North America<br />

Also known as the Church <strong>of</strong> the Covenanters,<br />

this church’s origin dates back to the Reformation<br />

days <strong>of</strong> Scotl<strong>and</strong> when the Covenanters signed<br />

their Covenants in resistance to the king <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Roman Church in the enforcement <strong>of</strong> state church<br />

practices. The Church in America has signed two<br />

Covenants in particular, those <strong>of</strong> 1871 <strong>and</strong> 1954.<br />

The Westminster Confession <strong>of</strong> Faith <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Larger <strong>and</strong> Shorter Catechism are among the subordinant<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>of</strong> the denomination.<br />

Headquarters<br />

Media Contact, Stated Clk., James K.<br />

McFarl<strong>and</strong>, 7408 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA<br />

15208, Tel. (412)731-1177 Fax (412)731-8861<br />

Email: RPTrustees@aol.com<br />

Website: www.reformedpresbyterian.org<br />

150<br />

Officers<br />

Mod., The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Watt, 2907 Fifth Ave.,<br />

Beaver Falls, PA, 15010, Tel. (724)846-5430<br />

Clk., J. Bruce Martin, 310 Main St., Ridgefield<br />

Park, NJ 07660, Tel. (201)440-5993<br />

Asst. Clk., Raymond E. Morton, 411 N. Vine St.,<br />

Sparta, IL 62286, Tel. (618)443-3419<br />

Stated Clk., James K. McFarl<strong>and</strong>, 7408 Penn Ave.,<br />

Pittsburgh, PA 15208, Tel. (412)731-1177<br />

Geneva College, 3200 College Ave, Beaver<br />

Falls, PA 15010, Tel. (724)846-5100 Pres.,<br />

Kenneth A. Smith, Ph.D.<br />

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary,<br />

7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, 15208, Tel. (412)<br />

731-8690, Pres., The Rev. Jerry F. O’ Neill, D.D.<br />

Reformed Presbyterian Home, 2344 Perrysville<br />

Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15214, Tel. (412)321-<br />

4139 Director, Margaret Hemphill<br />

Crown <strong>and</strong> Covenant Publications, 7408 Penn<br />

Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15208, Tel. (412)241-0436<br />

Drew <strong>and</strong> Lynne Gordon Managing Editors.<br />

Periodicals<br />

The Witness, The Reformed Presbyterian Witness<br />

Reformed Zion Union Apostolic<br />

Church<br />

This group was organized in 1869 at Boydton,<br />

VA., by Elder James R. Howell <strong>of</strong> New York, a<br />

minister <strong>of</strong> the A.M.E. Zion Church, with doctrines<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Methodist Episcopal Church.<br />

Headquarters<br />

Rt. 1, Box 64D, Dundas, VA 23938, Tel. (804)<br />

676-8509<br />

Media Contact, Bishop G. W. Studivant<br />

Officers<br />

Exec. Brd., Chair, Rev. Hilman Wright, Tel.<br />

(804)447-3988<br />

Sec., Joseph Russell, Tel. (804)634-4520<br />

Religious Society <strong>of</strong> Friends<br />

(Conservative)<br />

These Friends mark their present identity from<br />

separations occurring by regions at different times<br />

from 1845 to 1904. They hold to a minimum <strong>of</strong><br />

organizational structure. Their meetings for worship,<br />

which are unprogrammed <strong>and</strong> based on silent,<br />

expectant waiting upon the Lord, demonstrate the<br />

belief that all individuals may commune directly<br />

with God <strong>and</strong> may share equally in vocal ministry.<br />

They continue to stress the importance <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Living Christ <strong>and</strong> the experience <strong>of</strong> the Holy<br />

Spirit working with power in the lives <strong>of</strong> individuals<br />

who obey it.<br />

YEARLY MEETINGS<br />

North Carolina YM, Sidney Lee Kitchens,<br />

P.O.Box 4591, Greensboro, NC 27404, Tel.<br />

(252)587-2571<br />

Iowa YM, Deborah Frisch, Clerk, 3400 King<br />

Dian Blvd, Des Moines, Iowa 50311<br />

Ohio YM, Seth Hinshaw, Clerk, 61830 S<strong>and</strong>y<br />

Ridge Road, Barnesville, OH 43713

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