The Council of Bishops in Historical Perspective

The Council of Bishops in Historical Perspective
Author: William B. Oden
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2014-11-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501801015

Behind the scenes with the Council of Bishops Two authors who have served as a United Methodist bishop (William B. Oden) and as General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History (Robert J. Williams) collaborate on a history of the Council. They set the context for the development of what became the Council of Bishops in 1939 and recount the evolution of that body in recognition of its 75th anniversary. Includes photographs, a complete listing of all bishops of The United Methodist Church and predecessor bodies, the names of Council officers and bishops who delivered the Episcopal Address at General Conference, and an index.

Growing a Soul

Growing a Soul
Author: Norman Woods Spellmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1979
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Author: Richard Robert Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 694
Release: 1947
Genre: African American Mathodists
ISBN:

Containing principally the biographies of the men and women, both ministers and laymen, whose labors during a hundred and sixty years, helped make the AME Church what it is; Also short historical sketches of Annual Conferences, educational institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the AME Church, and general information about: historical, theological, sociological, legal and other matters concerning African Methodism and the Christian church in general.