Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
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 />
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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>