Biographies

Kathryn Grove becomes first women to be elected to Judicial Council.

Hosier became famous as a traveling evangelist

Director of the deaconess program in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Paula Mojzes was born in Magyarboly, Hungary. She had eight years of formal education and worked as a bank secretary in …

Brought the first test case on the ordination of women before the 1880 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Leader in the American Holiness movement.

The First Woman to be Voted Recommendation as a Pulpit Speaker by the General Conference of The United Brethren Church

The First Woman to be Licensed to Preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church – 1869.

American temperance leader and reformer, well-known lecturer, writer, and educator.

One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcoopal Church in the United States.

Founder of the Evangelical Association (later the Evangelical Church).

Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.

First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.

First Korean Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.

First African American women, along with Nora E. Young, to receive full-clergy rights.

The First Woman Ordained Deacon in The Methodist Protestant Church by the North Indiana Conference – 1866

First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.

First Native American Woman to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.

Alejo Hernandez

First woman to received full clergy rights in the Methodist Church.

First African American Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.

One of the first two Chinese Women (see also Mochie Lam) to be received into Full Connection.

One of the First Two Chinese Women (see also Mamie Ming Yan Ko) to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.

First Woman Elected a Bishop in the United Methodist Church.

First East Indian Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.

Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.

The First Woman to be Ordained in The United Brethren Church – 1889

The First Woman to Receive Commendation to Preach by the White River Annual Conference in 1847 and Local License to Preach in 1849 in The United Brethren Church

Evangelical Association bishop.

One of Founders of the United Brethren in Christ Church.

First Japanese Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.

His many beloved hymns captured the central teachings of “scriptural Christianity” and Methodist emphases teaching the faith and stirring the soul. One of his best known hymns is the Christmas classic, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Brief summary of the life of John Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism

First African American women, along with Sallie Crenshaw, to receive full-clergy rights.

Missionary to Japan.