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 />
West Virginia Dist., The Rt. Rev. Alvester<br />
McConnell, Route 3, Box 263, Bluefield, WV<br />
24701, Tel. (304)248-8046<br />
Western North Carolina Dist., The Rt. Rev. Elijah<br />
Williams, 901 Briarwood St., Reidsville, NC<br />
27320-7020, Tel. (336)349-7275<br />
United House <strong>of</strong> Prayer<br />
The United House <strong>of</strong> Prayer was founded <strong>and</strong><br />
organized as a hierarchical church in the 1920s<br />
by the late Bishop C. M. Grace, who had built the<br />
first House <strong>of</strong> Prayer in 1919 in West Wareham,<br />
MA, with his own h<strong>and</strong>s. The purpose <strong>of</strong> the<br />
organization is to establish, maintain <strong>and</strong> perpetuate<br />
the doctrine <strong>of</strong> Christianity <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Apostolic Faith throughout the world among all<br />
people; to erect <strong>and</strong> maintain houses <strong>of</strong> prayer<br />
<strong>and</strong> worship where all people may gather for<br />
prayer <strong>and</strong> to worship the almighty God in spirit<br />
<strong>and</strong> in truth, irrespective <strong>of</strong> denomination or<br />
creed, <strong>and</strong> to maintain the Apostolic faith <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Lord <strong>and</strong> Savior, Jesus Christ.<br />
Headquarters<br />
628 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20001, Tel.<br />
(202)289-9890 Fax (202)289-3690<br />
Media Contact, Apostle S. Green<br />
Email: apostlegreen@hotmail.com<br />
Officers<br />
CEO, Bishop S. C. Madison, 1665 N. Portal Dr.<br />
NW, Washington, DC 20012, Tel. (202)882-<br />
3956 Fax (202)829-4717<br />
NATIONAL PROGRAM STAFF<br />
The General Assembly, Presiding Officer,<br />
Bishop S. C. Madison, 1665 N. Portal Dr. NW,<br />
Washington, DC 20012, Tel. (202)882-3956<br />
Fax (202)829-4717<br />
General Council Ecclesiastical Court, Clerk,<br />
Apostle R. Price, 1665 N. Portal Dr. NW,<br />
Washington, DC 20012, Tel. (202)882-3956<br />
Fax (202)829-4717<br />
Nationwide Building Program, General Builder,<br />
Bishop S. C. Madison, 1665 N. Portal Dr. NW,<br />
Washington, DC 20012, Tel. (202)882-3956<br />
Fax (202)829-4717<br />
Special Projects, Dir., Apostle S. Green<br />
Annual Truth & Facts Publication, Exec. Editor,<br />
Bishop S. C. Madison, 1665 N. Portal Dr. NW,<br />
Washington, DC 20012, Tel. (202)882-3956<br />
Fax (202)829-4717<br />
The United Methodist Church*<br />
The United Methodist Church was formed April<br />
23, 1968, in Dallas by the union <strong>of</strong> The Methodist<br />
Church <strong>and</strong> The Evangelical United Brethren<br />
Church. The two churches shared a common historical<br />
<strong>and</strong> spiritual heritage. The Methodist Church<br />
resulted in 1939 from the unification <strong>of</strong> three<br />
branches <strong>of</strong> Methodism - the Methodist Episcopal<br />
Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Methodist Protestant Church.<br />
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The Methodist movement began in 18th-century<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> under the preaching <strong>of</strong> John Wesley, but<br />
the Christmas Conference <strong>of</strong> 1784 in Baltimore is<br />
regarded as the date on which the organized<br />
Methodist Church was founded as an ecclesiastical<br />
organization. It was there that Francis Asbury was<br />
elected the first bishop in this country.<br />
The Evangelical United Brethren Church was<br />
formed in 1946 with the merger <strong>of</strong> the Evangelical<br />
Church <strong>and</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> the United Brethren in<br />
Christ, both <strong>of</strong> which had their beginnings in<br />
Pennsylvania in the evangelistic movement <strong>of</strong> the<br />
18th <strong>and</strong> early 19th centuries. Philip William<br />
Otterbein <strong>and</strong> Jacob Albright were early leaders <strong>of</strong><br />
this movement among the German-speaking settlers<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Middle Colonies.<br />
Headquarters<br />
Media Contact, Executive Director, Public<br />
Information, Diane Degnan, Tel. (615)742-<br />
5406, Email: ddegnan@umcomm.org<br />
General Information, Director, InfoServ, Vicki<br />
Wallace, 1-800-251-8140, Fax (615)742-<br />
5423, Email: infoserv@umcom.org<br />
Email: infoserv@umcom.umc.org<br />
Website: www.umc.org<br />
Officers<br />
General Conference, Sec., Rev. L. ‘Gere’<br />
Fitzgerald Reist II, 216 State St, Harrisburg,<br />
PA 17101-1109, Tel. (570)724-3113, Email:<br />
freist@cpcumc.org<br />
Council <strong>of</strong> Bishops: Pres., Bishop Gregory V.<br />
Palmer, 5900 S 2nd St., 62711, P.O. Box<br />
19215, Springfield, IL 62794-9215, Tel.<br />
(217)529-3820 Fax (217)529-4190, Email:<br />
ILarea<strong>of</strong>fice@igrc.org<br />
Sec., Robert E. Hayes, Jr. 1501 NW 24th St,<br />
73106, P.O. Box 60467, Oklahoma City, OK<br />
73146-0467, Tel. (405)530-2025 Fax (405)<br />
530-2040, Email: jharris@okumc.org<br />
JURISDICTIONAL BISHOPS<br />
NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION:<br />
Chicago Episcopal Area, Bishop Hee-Soo Jung,<br />
77 W. Washington St., Ste. 1820, Chicago, IL<br />
60602-3181, Tel. (312)346-9766 x 102 Fax<br />
(312)214-9031, Email: hsjung@umcnic.org<br />
Dakotas Episcopal Area, Bishop Deborah L.<br />
Kiesey, 1331 W. University Ave., P.O. Box<br />
460, Mitchell, SD 57301-0460, Tel. (605)996-<br />
6552 Fax (605)996-1766, Email: bishop@<br />
dakotasumc.org<br />
Illinois Episcopal Area, Bishop Gregory V.<br />
Palmer, (5900 S 2nd St., 62711), P.O. Box<br />
19215, Springfield, IL 62794-9215, Tel.<br />
(217)529-3820 Fax (217)529-4190, Email:<br />
ILarea<strong>of</strong>fice@igrc.org<br />
Indiana Episcopal Area, Bishop Michael J. Coyner,<br />
1100 W. 42nd St., Ste. 210, Indianapolis, IN<br />
46208-3382, Tel. (317)924-1321 Fax (317)924-<br />
4859, Email: Bishopcoyner@inareaumc.org<br />
Iowa Episcopal Area, Bishop Julius C. Trimble,<br />
2301 Rittenhouse St, Des Moines, IA 50321-