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Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

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US RELIGIOUS BODIES<br />

emphasizes being true to the old traditions <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Russian Church. In May 2007, it re-established<br />

communion with the Moscow Patriarchate.<br />

Headquarters<br />

75 E. 93rd St., New York, NY 10128, Tel.<br />

(212)534-1601 Fax (212)426-1086<br />

Media Contact, Dep. Sec., Nicholas A. Ohotin,<br />

Tel: (212)534-1610 x 37<br />

Email: nohotin@synod.com<br />

SYNOD OF BISHOPS<br />

Pres., His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion<br />

Vice Pres., His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill, Tel:<br />

(212)534-1601<br />

Periodicals<br />

Living Orthodoxy, Orthodox Family, Orthodox<br />

Russia, Pravoslavnaya Rus, Pravoslavnaya<br />

Zhisn, Orthodox America<br />

The Salvation Army<br />

The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 by<br />

William Booth (1829-1912) in London, Engl<strong>and</strong>,<br />

<strong>and</strong> introduced into America in 1880, is an international<br />

religious <strong>and</strong> charitable movement organized<br />

<strong>and</strong> operated on a paramilitary pattern <strong>and</strong> is a<br />

branch <strong>of</strong> the Christian church. To carry out its purposes,<br />

The Salvation Army has established a widely<br />

diversified program <strong>of</strong> religious <strong>and</strong> social welfare<br />

services which are designed to meet the needs <strong>of</strong><br />

children, youth <strong>and</strong> adults in all age groups.<br />

Headquarters<br />

615 Slaters Ln., Alex<strong>and</strong>ria, VA 22313, Tel.<br />

(703)684-5500 Fax (703)684-5538<br />

Media Contact: National Community Rel. &<br />

Dev. Secretary, Major George Hood, Tel.<br />

(703)684-5526 Fax (703)684-5538 Email:<br />

george_hood@usn.salvationarmy.org<br />

Email: george_hood@usn.salvationarmy.org<br />

Website: www.salvationarmyusa.org<br />

Officers<br />

Natl. Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Commissioner Israel L. Gaither<br />

Natl. Chief Sec., Colonel David Jeffrey<br />

Natl. Community Relations <strong>and</strong> Develepment<br />

Secretary, Dir., Major George Hood<br />

TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATIONS<br />

Central Territory, 10 W. Algonquin Rd., Des<br />

Plaines, IL 60016, Tel. (847)294-2000 Fax<br />

(847)294-2299; Territorial Comm<strong>and</strong>er,<br />

Commissioner Barry Swanson<br />

Eastern Territory, 440 W. Nyack Rd., P.O. Box C-<br />

635, West Nyack, NY 10994, Tel. (914)620-7200<br />

Fax (914)620-7766; Territorial Comm<strong>and</strong>er,<br />

Commissioner Lawrence Moretz<br />

Southern Territory, 1424 Northeast Expressway,<br />

Atlanta, GA 30329, Tel. (404)728-1300 Fax<br />

(404)728-1331; Territorial Comm<strong>and</strong>er,<br />

Commissioner Maxwell Feener<br />

Western Territory, 180 E. Ocean Blvd., Long<br />

Beach, CA, Tel. (562)436-7000 Fax (562)491-<br />

8792; Territorial Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Commissioner<br />

Philip Swyers<br />

152<br />

The War Cry<br />

Periodicals<br />

The Schwenkfelder Church<br />

The Schwenkfelders are the spiritual descendants<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Silesian nobleman Caspar<br />

Schwenkfeld von Ossig (1489-1561), a scholar,<br />

reformer, preacher <strong>and</strong> prolific writer who<br />

endeavored to aid in the cause <strong>of</strong> the Protestant<br />

Reformation. A contemporary <strong>of</strong> Martin Luther,<br />

John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli <strong>and</strong> Phillip<br />

Melanchthon, Schwenkfeld sought no following,<br />

formulated no creed <strong>and</strong> did not attempt to<br />

organize a church based on his beliefs. He<br />

labored for liberty <strong>of</strong> religious belief, for a fellowship<br />

<strong>of</strong> all believers <strong>and</strong> for one united<br />

Christian church.<br />

He <strong>and</strong> his cobelievers supported a movement<br />

known as the Reformation by the Middle Way.<br />

Persecuted by state churches, ultimately 217<br />

Schwenkfelders exiled from Silesia emigrated to<br />

Pennsylvania in six migrations, 1731 - 1734.<br />

The largest migration, about 180 l<strong>and</strong>ed at<br />

Philadel-phia Sept. 22, 1734. In 1782, the<br />

Society <strong>of</strong> Schwenk-felders, the forerunner <strong>of</strong><br />

the present Schwenkfelder Church, was formed.<br />

The church was incorporated in 1909.<br />

The Schwenkfelder Church is a voluntary<br />

association <strong>of</strong> six Schwenkfelder <strong>Churches</strong> at<br />

Palm, Worcester, Lansdale, Norristown <strong>and</strong> two<br />

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />

They practice adult baptism, dedication <strong>and</strong><br />

baptism <strong>of</strong> children, <strong>and</strong> observe the Lord’s<br />

Supper regularly with open Communion. In theology,<br />

they are Christo-centric; in polity, congregational;<br />

in missions, world-minded; in<br />

ecclesiastical organization, ecumenical.<br />

The ministry is recruited from graduates <strong>of</strong><br />

accredited theological seminaries. The churches<br />

take leadership in ecumenical concerns through<br />

ministerial associations, community service <strong>and</strong><br />

action groups, councils <strong>of</strong> Christian education<br />

<strong>and</strong> other agencies.<br />

Headquarters<br />

105 Seminary St., Pennsburg, PA 18073, Tel.<br />

(215)679-3103<br />

Media Contact, David W. Luz<br />

Email: info@schwenkfelder.com<br />

Officers<br />

Mod., H. Drake Williams, Jr., Paoli, PA<br />

Vice Mod., Darlene Jones, Green Lane, PA<br />

Sec., Leah Tyson, Norristown, PA<br />

Treas., Pat McGinnis, Central Schwenkfelder<br />

Church, Worcester, PA 19490<br />

Periodicals<br />

The Schwenkfeldian<br />

Separate Baptists in Christ<br />

The Separate Baptists in Christ are a group <strong>of</strong><br />

Baptists found in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky,<br />

Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida <strong>and</strong>

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