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 />
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