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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Officers<br />
President, The Rt. Rev. Francis C. Spataro, DD,<br />
OCR Tel: (718)740 4134 (24 hour number)<br />
Email: vil11427@att.blackberry.net<br />
Archbishop <strong>of</strong> the Central & Western Province,<br />
USA, Dr. Wayne Ellis, PhD, OCR Email:<br />
wayneellis@charter.net<br />
OCR Primate: The Rt. Rev. Peter P. Brennan,<br />
OCR, DD, Email: ddamdg@aol.com<br />
Vicar for Ohio: The V. Rev. Michael B. Reed, OCR<br />
Emeritus Primate for the AEC, The M. Rev.<br />
Bertil Persson, ThD, OCR, Archbishop <strong>of</strong><br />
Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia & Baltic Republics, Illerstigen<br />
22, S-170 71, Solna, Sweden<br />
Pennsylvania Vicariate: Rev. Dr. Sam Guido, DD<br />
LOC Email: samsamtheman@aol.com<br />
Shenouda Seminary Dir.: Rev. Dr. Paget Mack,<br />
OSBM<br />
Vicar for Belarus: M. Rev. Emigidiusz J. Ryzy,<br />
OCR, DD Email: amworldpat@Verizon.net<br />
The Order <strong>of</strong> Corporate Reunion; The Vilatte<br />
Guild/Society <strong>of</strong> St. Cassian;<br />
Periodicals<br />
http://aec.johnkersey.org<br />
Apostolic Faith Mission Church <strong>of</strong><br />
God<br />
The Apostolic Faith Mission Church <strong>of</strong> God<br />
was founded <strong>and</strong> organized July 10, 1906, by<br />
Bishop F. W. Williams in Mobile, Alabama.<br />
Bishop Williams was saved <strong>and</strong> filled with the<br />
Holy Ghost at a revival in Los Angeles under<br />
Elder W. J. Seymour <strong>of</strong> The Divine Apostolic<br />
Faith Movement. After being called into the ministry,<br />
Bishop Williams went out to preach the<br />
gospel in Mississippi, then moved on to Mobile.<br />
On Oct. 9, 1915, the Apostolic Faith Mission<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> God was incorporated in Mobile under<br />
Bishop Williams, who was also the general overseer<br />
<strong>of</strong> this church.<br />
Headquarters<br />
Ward’s Temple, 806 Muscogee Rd., Cantonment,<br />
FL 32533<br />
Media Contact, Natl. Sunday School Supt.,<br />
Bishop Thomas Brooks, 3298 Toney Dr.,<br />
Decatur, GA 30032, Tel. (404)284-7596<br />
Officers<br />
BOARD OF BISHOPS<br />
Presiding Bishop, Donice Brown, 2265<br />
Welcome Cir., Cantonement, FL 32535, Tel. (904)<br />
968-5225<br />
Bishop John Crum, 4236 Jackson St.,<br />
Birmingham, AL, 35217; Bishop Samuel<br />
Darden, 25 Taunton Ave., Hyde Park, MA<br />
02136; Bishop James Truss, P.O. Box 495,<br />
Lincoln, AL, 35096; Bishop T.C. Tolbert, Jr.,<br />
768 Grayton Rd., Ohatchee, AL 36271;<br />
Bishop Thomas Brooks, 3298 Toney Drive,<br />
Decatur, GA. 30032, Tel: (404)284-7596, Fax:<br />
(404)284-7173; Bishop Johnny Cunningham,<br />
P.O.Box 472 Century, Fla. 32535, Tel:<br />
(850)256-2443; Bishop Wayne Smiley, 228<br />
Seville Circle, Mary Ester, FL 32569<br />
NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS<br />
Missionary Dept., Pres., Rosa Tolbert, 226<br />
Elston Ave., Anniston, AL 36201<br />
Youth Dept., Pres., Erma McClain, 600 Spencer<br />
Ave., Pensacola, FL 32514<br />
Sunday School Dept., Supt., Thomas Brooks,<br />
3298 Toney Dr., Decatur, GA 30032<br />
Mother Dept., Pres., Mother Brenda Brooks,<br />
3298 Toney Dr., Decatur, GA 30032<br />
INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS<br />
Monrovia, Liberia, Bishop Beter T. Nelson, Box<br />
3646, Bush Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>, Monrovia, Liberia<br />
Periodicals<br />
The Three-Fold Vision<br />
Apostolic Faith Mission <strong>of</strong><br />
Portl<strong>and</strong>, Oregon<br />
The Apostolic Faith Mission <strong>of</strong> Portl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
Oregon, was founded in 1907. It had its beginning<br />
in the Latter Rain outpouring on Azusa<br />
Street in Los Angeles in 1906.<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> the main doctrines are justification by<br />
faith which is a spiritual new birth, as Jesus told<br />
Nicodemus <strong>and</strong> as Martin Luther proclaimed in the<br />
Great Reformation; sanctification, a second definite<br />
work <strong>of</strong> grace; the Wesleyan teaching <strong>of</strong> holiness;<br />
the baptism <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost as experienced on<br />
the Day <strong>of</strong> Pentecost <strong>and</strong> again poured out at the<br />
beginning <strong>of</strong> the Latter Rain revival in Los Angeles.<br />
Mrs. Florence L. Crawford, who had received<br />
the baptism <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost in Los Angeles,<br />
brought this Latter Rain message to Portl<strong>and</strong> on<br />
Christmas Day 1906. It has spread to the world<br />
by means <strong>of</strong> literature which is still published<br />
<strong>and</strong> mailed everywhere without a subscription<br />
price. Collections are never taken in the meetings<br />
<strong>and</strong> the public is not asked for money.<br />
Camp meetings have been held annually in<br />
Portl<strong>and</strong>, Oregon since 1907, with delegations<br />
coming from around the world.<br />
Missionaries from the Portl<strong>and</strong> headquarters<br />
have established churches in Korea, Japan, the<br />
Philippines, Romania <strong>and</strong> many countries in Africa.<br />
Headquarters<br />
6615 SE 52nd Ave., Portl<strong>and</strong>, OR 97206, Tel.<br />
(503)777-1741 Fax (503)777-1743<br />
Media Contact, Superintendent, Darrel D.<br />
LeeWebsite: www.apostolicfaith.org<br />
Officers<br />
President, Rev. Darrel D. Lee<br />
Periodicals<br />
Higher Way<br />
Apostolic Lutheran Church <strong>of</strong><br />
America<br />
Organized in 1872 as the Solomon Korteniemi<br />
Lutheran Society, this Finnish body was<br />
69<br />
US RELIGIOUS BODIES