Nora E. Young
First African American women, along with Sallie Crenshaw, to receive full-clergy rights. Nora E. Young, like Sallie Crenshaw, served several …
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John Wesley
English evangelical preacher, founder of Methodism, born in Epworth, Lincolnshire. He was ordained a deacon in the Church of England …
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley was born at Epworth, the eighteenth child and youngest of the three sons of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, …
Naomi P. F. Southard
First Japanese Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church. Naomi P. F. Southard was born …
Philip Otterbein
Bishop Otterbein was a German-American clergyman and founder of the United Brethren in Christ. After pastoral work in Germany, he …
William Orwig
An Evangelical Bishop Who Restricted Heaven To The Sanctified 1810-1889 By John G. McEllhenney Distinctive bulges on the bridge of …
Charity Opheral
The First Woman to Receive Commendation to Preach by the White River Annual Conference in 1847 and Local License to …
Ella Niswonger
The First Woman to be Ordained in The United Brethren Church – 1889 Reverend Ella Niswonger was born April 5, …
Christian Newcomer
A Bishop Who Organized His United Brethren 1749-1830 By John G. McEllenney At the close of the eighteenth century …
Margaret Misal
First East Indian Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church. Margaret Misal was born November …