Word: methodists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Cincinnati last week, some 60 leading Protestants* met to consider a plan for a united church. The plan, a blueprint for a new organization, was an ingenious paste-up of Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational features...
...Conferences (Methodist), each comprising three or more presbyteries, would meet annually, would each elect a bishop to serve as administrative superintendent and "spiritual counselor and guide...
After two days of discussion, nobody seemed happy about the blueprint. The Methodists called for a "more definite plan" that would go into detail about procedures and describe more specifically the functions of bishops. The Disciples of Christ wanted the nomenclature kept "fluid and descriptive." The Congregationalists complained of ambiguity. Episcopal Bishop Stephen E. Keeler of Minnesota, present only as an observer, deplored the plan's cavalier treatment of the sacraments and its concept of the ministry. Methodist Bishop Oxnam (see below), en route to a World Council of Churches meeting in Paris, wrote that he was "confused...
...Representing the Congregational Christian Churches, the Disciples of Christ, the Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Methodist Church, the African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), the International Council of Community Churches, and the Association for a United Church in America...
This month the long administration of President Marsh comes to an end. At 70, he is retiring. Last week, to take his place, Methodist-affiliated B.U. appointed Methodist Minister Harold C. Case of Pasadena, 48. B.U. was not too shaken by the change, for Daniel Marsh would still be around as chancellor, cramming his little black notebook full of the things he would still like...