Colleen Kyung Seen Chun
First Korean Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church. Colleen Kyung Seen Chun was born …
Events
1949
Minerva G. Carcano
First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy to the Western Jurisdiction. Minerva G. Carcano was born January 20, …
Francis Asbury
The founding Bishop of the Methodist Church in America was born in England. Sent by John Wesley as a missionary …
Richard Allen
The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was born a slave in Philadelphia. After purchasing his own freedom as …
Jacob Albright
American religious leader, founder of the Evangelical Association (later the Evangelical Church), born near Pottstown, Pennsylvania. A Pennsylvania German and …
Thomas Coke
English clergyman and with Francis Asbury, first Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church in America. Though remembered primarily as the …