Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

US RELIGIOUS BODIES
East Region, James R. Brown, 17404 W.
Washington, Hagerstown, MD 21740, Tel.
(301)797812f1
Southeast Region, Rev. James Fullwood, 207 5th
Avenue, N.E., Lutz, FL 33549
STATE MODERATORS
Rev. James Brown, Maryland
Rev. John W. Coats, Delaware
Brenda Osborne, New York
Dr. Berton G. Heleine, Illinois
Rev. R. Eugene Hill, New Jersey
Rev. Kenneth Pope, Washington
Rev. Art Mirek, Michigan
Rev. Charles Jennings, Pennsylvania
Rev. Jerry Myers, Indiana
FOREIGN OUTREACH MINISTRIES
American Evangelical Christian Churches-
Canada
Regional Moderator, Dr. Stephen K. Massey, 730
Ontario street, Suite 709, Toronto, Ontario
M4X 1N3, Canada (416)323-9076
Philippine Evangelical Christian Churches
Director, Rev. Alan A. Olubalang, P.O. Box 540,
Cotabato City, Philippines 9600
American Evangelical Christian Churches-
Philippines
Regional Moderator, Rev. Oseas Andres, P.O.
Box 2695, Central Post Office, 1166 Q.C.
Metro Manila, Philippines
Periodicals
The American Evangelical Christian Churches
Newsletter “AECC Communique”
American Rescue Workers
Major Thomas E. Moore was National
Commander of Booth’s Salvation Army when a
dispute flared between Booth and Moore. Moore
resigned from Booth’s Army and due to the fact
that Booth’s Army was not incorporated at the
time, Moore was able to incorporate under said
name. The name was changed in 1890 to
American Salvation Army. In 1913 the current
name American Rescue Workers was adopted.
It is a national religious social service agency
which operates on a quasimilitary basis. Membership
includes officers (clergy), soldiers-adherents
(laity), members of various activity groups and
volunteers who serve as advisors, associates and
committed participants in ARW service functions.
The motivation of the organization is the love
of God. Its message is based on the Bible. This is
expressed by its spiritual Ministry, the purposes of
which are to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and
to meet human needs in his name without discrimination.
It is a branch of the Christian Church
. . . A Church with a Mission.
Headquarters
Operational Headquarters, 25 Ross Street,
Williamsport, PA 17701, Tel. (570)323-8693
Fax (570)323-8694
National Field Office, 11116 Gehr Road, Waynesboro,
PA 17268-9101, Tel. (717)762-2965
Media Contact, Natl. Communication Sec./Natl
Special Services Dir., Col. Robert N. Coles,
Rev., Natl. Field Ofc., Fax (717)762-8109
Email: amerscwk@pcspower.net
Website: www.arwus.com
Officers
Commander-In-Chief & Pres. Of Corp., General
Claude S. Astin, Jr. Rev
Natl. Bd. Pres., Col. Sam Astin (Claude S. Astin, III)
Ordination Committee, Chpsn., Gen. Paul E.
Martin, (Emeritus) Rev.
Natl. Chief Sec., Col. Dawn R. Astin, NQ-643
Elmira St., Williamsport, PA 17701
Periodicals
The Rescue Herald
Amish—please see Old Order Amish Church.
Anglican Orthodox Church, see Orthodox
Anglican Church.
Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
The Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church (ALCC)
was founded in November, 1997 as the
Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
(ECCL) by former members of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod. It began as a single independent
congregation, St. Michael’s Lutheran
Church, Kansas City Missouri. The first pastor of
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church was the Rev. Irl A.
Gladfelter. The Constitution and Canon Law of
the ECCL require all clergy to be ordained (or reordained)
into the historic apostolic succession
upon their entry into the ECCL. Those already
ordained in the historic apostolic succession in lineages
considered technically valid by the Catholic
Church are not re-ordained.
The ECCL officially changed its name to
“Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church” in October,
2007. The term, “Anglo” in the name reflects the
fact that from its founding, this Church has been
considerably influenced by the Anglo- Catholic
(“high church”) faction within Anglicanism.
Consistent with its ecumenical goal of eventual
incorporation into the Catholic Church in
whichever form is felt to be the most appropriate
by the Vatican, through the years, the Anglo-
Lutheran Catholic Church (ALCC) modified its
theology, polity, worship, and spirituality to the
point where it has rejected all aspects of Lutheran
and Anglican faith, polity, worship, and spirituality
which are not in full agreement with the faith,
polity, worship, and spirituality of the Catholic
Church and the teachings of the Catholic
Magesterium. The ecclesiastical government of the
Anglo-Lutheran Catholic is hierarchal and episcopal
(governed by bishops.) The structure of this
Church at the international, national, diocesan, and
parish levels, and the role of the laity is the same as
that of the Catholic Church. The code of doctrine
and discipline are contained in the ALCC’s
Constitution, Canon Law Code, Church
Regulations, and in areas not covered by those
documents, by the Code of Canon Law of the
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