DOCSLIB.ORG

Health Ministry in the Life of a Congregation with a Parish Nurse: Caring and Connecting Through Christ

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Health Ministry in the Life of a Congregation with a Parish Nurse: Caring and Connecting Through Christ Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1998 Health Ministry in the Life of a Congregation with a Parish Nurse: Caring and Connecting Through Christ Mary Ann Chase-Ziolek Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Nursing Commons Recommended Citation Chase-Ziolek, Mary Ann, "Health Ministry in the Life of a Congregation with a Parish Nurse: Caring and Connecting Through Christ" (1998). Dissertations. 3746. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/3746 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1998 Mary Ann Chase-Ziolek LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO HEALTH MINISTRY IN THE LIFE OF A CONGREGATION WITH APARISH NURSE: CARING AND CONNECTING THROUGH CHRIST A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SCHOOL OF NURSING BY MARY ANN CHASE-ZIOLEK CHICAG<?,, ILLINOlS MAY 1998 Copyright by Mary Ann Chase-Ziolek All rights reserved .......... - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS If there is one thing I have learned through my doctoral education, it is that no woman is an island unto herself This has been a shared journey that has connected me to many companions who have nurtured, supported and challenged me, and without whom the journey would not have been complete. This journey was launched from my home base that provided my anchor and centering point. My husband Keith has been an unfailing source of encouragement, support and practical assistance. My son Andrew has provided invaluable computer assistance and compassion while my daughter Emily has been my study buddy and inspiration. Long before my dissertation began, my early academic journey was launched with the blessing of my parents Helen and James Chase. I am particularly indebted to my father, who first showed me the connection between health and ministry through his example as a pastor. My committee members; Drs. Mary Ann McDermott, Dorothy Lanuza, Patti Ludwig-Beymer and Stephen Schmidt all provided invaluable insight and assistance. I am particularly indebted to Mary Ann McDermott, my director, for her insight and compassion. I am thankful not only for what she did to guide me through my dissertation, but also for the caring and Christian way she provided her guidance. 111 I am grateful to the members of First Church who so graciously and willingly participated in my research. Learning about their culture was both educational and personally enriching. There have been so many friends and colleagues who have shared this journey offering support, useful advice and prayers. The nurses I work with through the Volunteer Congregational Health Program have been a particular gift of God's grace for me during my dissertation. I am indebted to Ron Tabeta of Loyola University Instructional Design for his assistance with my graphic figures. lV To God be the glory, great things he hath done. Fannie Crosby TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKN"OWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................ iii LIST OF FIGlJRES ........................................................................................................ iv LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... x Chapter I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................ 1 The Concept of Health Ministry ................................................................ 2 Societal Significance ................................................................................. 7 Significance to Nursing ........................................................................... 13 Assumptions ........................................................................................... 16 Purpose .................................................................................................. 18 II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ......................................................... 21 Health Ministry ....................................................................................... 21 Parish Nursing ........................................................................................ 42 Healing ................................................................................................... 54 Congregations as Partners in Promoting Health....................................... 60 Congregational Culture ........................................................................... 68 Conceptual Fram.ework ........................................................................... 72 ill. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................. 77 Qualitative Research ............................................................................... 78 Study Design .......................................................................................... 80 Procedure ............................................................................................... 86 Evaluation .............................................................................................. 98 IV. HISTORICAL CONTEXT ................................................................... 101 John Wesley and the People Called Methodists ..................................... 102 Wesleyan Theological Beliefs ................................................................ 104 Methodism in the United States ............................................................ 110 Methodist Polity ................................................................................... 116 Involvement of United Methodist Church in Health ............................... 119 Vl V. FINDIN"GS ........................................................................................... 123 Cultural Descriptions ............................................................................ 123 Gaining Entry into the Culture .............................................................. 130 Research Participants ............................................................................ 132 Domains and Categories ....................................................................... 13 3 Domain Related to Individual Context .................................................. 13 5 Domain Related to Historical Context ................................................... 155 Domain Related to Community Context ................................................ 158 Domain Related to Organization ........................................................... 178 Domain Related to Ministry .................................................................. 188 Themes ................................................................................................. 215 VI. DISCUSSION ...................................................................................... 219 Significant Findings .............................................................................. 219 Implications for the Congregation ......................................................... 233 Implications for Nursing ....................................................................... 23 5 Strengths and Limitations ..................................................................... 236 Future Research .................................................................................... 238 Conclusion ........................................................................................... 23 9 APPENDIX A RESEARCH ON RELIGION AND HEAL TH ..................................... 242 B. RESEARCH ON PARISH NURSIN"G ................................................. 247 C. INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR PARISH NURSE COORDIN"ATORS ....... 251 D. RESEARCH ON INVOLVEMENT OF CHURCHES IN" HEALTH PROGRAMS .................................................................. 253 E. RESEARCH ON CHURCHES AS SITES FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS ....................................................................... 256 F. INFORMEDCONSENT ...................................................................... 261 G. INTERVIEW GUIDE .......................................................................... 263 H A PLACE FOR HEALTH BROCHURE .............................................. 268 I. PERMISSION TO USE SUNRISE MODEL. ....................................... 273 vu REFEREN"CES ...................................... ,..................................................................... 273 VITA........................................................................................................................... 292 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. Graphic representation of health ministry ............................................................ 5 2. Relationships in health ministry.......................................................................... 6 3. Contextual factors impacting the development of health ministry ........................ 8 4. Four dimensions contributing to an understanding of health ministry .............................................................................................. 22 5. Leininger' s SUilrise model. ...............................................................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Worthies and Workers, Both Ministers and Laymen of the Rock River
    }:/' .*j*. fyxuW %x(mx%\ii Jilr^atg .G^drr^.t.t ..B-j..loI.ic.a.l. i>\sl.i.t..urfe.. -.1 y^^.. ..G,.X..ck.a.Ta.Q..ft,. 678-2 The date shows when this volume was taken. Tq^renew tjhis book "copy. ^l|e(caU No. and give to -f the librarKLTi. 4HOME USE RULES ..»a.; All Books subject to Recall ]. All borrowers must regis- ., ter in the library to borrow books for home use. All books must be re- turned at end of college year for inspection and repairs. Limited books must be re- turned within the four week limit and not renewed. Students must return all books before leaving*town. Officers should arrange for the retiurnjji^; books wanted during their '*dbsence from town. Volumes of periodicals and of pamphlets are held in the library as much as " possible. For, special pur- poses they^e given out for a limited time. Borrowers should not use their library privileges for -. the benefit of other persons. Books of special value and gift books, when the giver wishes it, are not allowed to circulate. Readers are asked to re- port all cases of books • marked or mutilated. Do not deface books by marks and writing. Cornell University Library BX8491 .F45 *°'1!7.!i??...?.nS...yiPir'*®''s.» bot*i ministers and 3 1924 029 471 566 olin The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31 924029471 566 WORTHIES AND WORKERS, BOTH MINISTERS AND LAYMEN, OF THE ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.
    [Show full text]
  • Life and Labors of Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
    ^»' THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OV CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES FRANCIS ASBURY. LIFE AND LABORS OF FRANCIS ASBURY, BISHOP OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN AMERICA. BY GEORGE G. SMITH, D.D., AiUlior of "Life and Letters ofJames O. Andrcxv," "Life ami Times of George F, Pierce," "History of .\fethodism in Georgia," etc. Nashville, Tenx.: Publishing House M. E. Chukch, South, Rarbee & Smith, Ac;knts. 1896. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in tlie year 189G, By Georgk G. Smith, In tlie Otlice of the Librarian of Congress, at Wasliington. , iDeMcation. Co yo/m C/irtst/an J^ccnor, 0. 7). Son tor S^/s/to/i o/" fAo 9//cfAoc/tsf £^tsco/ia/ CAurcA, Souf/i, nof on/y docauso o/" //la A/t//i rosjjocf S Aavo /'or Ai's o/A'co and Tnj/ /o/fy nc^/niraft'on /or A/s monfa/ yt'/ts • and /nora/ ojccc/ZoncoSj 6ut as a foAon o/ fAe fcnc/cr /ovo y /co/ /or ono iiiAo /or /onff yoars y Aauo caUocf /iiy /ri'onii. Geobge G. .Smith. (iii) ;i7;>(iG() PREFACE. Soon after the death of Bishop Asbury measures were put on foot to have a full biography of him prepared. Dr. S. K. Jennings, at that time one of llie most sehol- arly men of the Church, was selected to do the work. After a considerable lapse of time, he returned the ma- terial placed in his hands and declined to go any farther. In the meantime the journals of Bishop Asbury were of a published ; and as they partly served the purpose memoir, none was prepared.
    [Show full text]
  • Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church For
    MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN FOR THE YEARS 1773-1 828. VOLUME I. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE, FOR THE METHODIST EPI8COPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREEt. J. Collord, Printer. 1840. Minutes for 1819. 319 MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOB THE YEAR 1819. Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial ? George Coles, Nathan Rice, Samuel D. — OHIO CONFERENCE. Ferguson 6. Samuel Adams, Samuel Brockunier, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Edward Taylor, James Smith, Dennis Edward T. Taylor, Isaac Stoddard, Goddard, Charles Elliott, Thos. M'Clary, Lawson Walker, Moses Ladd, Elijah Greenbury R. Jones, Josiah Whitaker, Spear, Benjamin Ayer, James Bishop, Hezekiah Holland, Henry Mathews, Aaron Lummus— 8. Zachariah Connell, Le Roy Swormstedt, GENESEE CONFERENCE James T. Wells, Arthur Elliott, Andrew Thomas Demorest, M'Clain, Burwell Spurlock, John Harber, Horace Agard, Davics Williams, Joseph Farrow — 19. Henry Peck, James Brower, Franklin Metca'lf, Belus Shep MISSOURI CONFERENCE. herd, Chester Adgate, Sylvester Carey, Thomas Tennant, Washington Orr, Elijah Boardman — 10. James Lowrey, William Mavity, William 2. Who remain on Medford, John Wallace— 6. Quest. trial t TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Bennett Dowler, Ira George Brown, John Kesterson, Joshua Eddy, Allen Wi ley, Peter Stephens, Calvin Ruter, Butcher, John Brooks, Samuel Harwell, Philip Greene, John Stewart, Job Baker, John Obadiah Freeman, Samuel D. Sansom, P. Taylor, George Atkins, Thos. Ancel Richardson, Robert Paine, Hart- Lowry, Richard Corwine — 12. well H. Brown, Stirling C. Brown, George Locke, Thomas Madden, Robert MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Hooper, Isaac E.
    [Show full text]
  • Memorials of Methodism in the Bounds of the Rock River Conference
    : Memorials of Methodism IN THE BOUNDS OF THE ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE. BY REV. A. D. FIELD, OF THE ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE. « « CINCINNATI PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY CRANSTON & STOWE. 1888. Copyright BY A. D. FIELD, 1886. PREFACE. THE writer of these veracious sketches came to Illinois with his father's family, and settled in Chicago, in June, 1835. In 1839 he became ac- quainted with Methodism and Methodist preachers. Circumstances connected with the residence of family relations led him to the acquaintance with Methodist workings in many parts of the Rock River Conference from the date mentioned above. Being four years a member of Clark Street Church, and having been now (1886) over thirty-seven years a member of the Rock River Conference, there are few who have a better knowledge of the men and times than the writer. Being at the dedication of Canal Street Church in Chicago, in 1843, we took the first notes refer- ring to Western Methodism; and about 1850 we fully determined to write such a work as we now give the reader. Ever since we have been gather- ing, as we could, items for such sketches. We have received information from many sources concerning most events, and it is wonderful how much those who took part in the events differ in statements. 4 PREFACE. Out of these contradictions we have been able, in most instances, to arrive at the truth, and we think the sketches are generally correct. We append a few words of request and of ex- planation. 1. This work has been hurried through the press, under financial difficulties to be sure, if pos- sible, to get it into the hands of the few remaining early members before they are gone.
    [Show full text]
  • The History of First United Methodist Church Woodstock, Illinois 1850 – 2021
    THE HISTORY OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS 1850 – 2021 The First United Methodist Church of Woodstock is more than a building and the people who presently occupy it. Its foundations are anchored in the bedrock of theological beliefs that can be traced back for centuries. The events and lives of those who have come before us are the brick and mortar from which the walls are built. It is important to take time and remember the history of our church. Early History Although the official history of the First United Methodist Church of Woodstock begins in 1850 with the organization of the Woodstock Methodist Episcopal Society, it is important to look at some of the events that preceded this event. In 1829, Jesse Walker was appointed by the Rock River Conference to be the circuit rider in the Fox River Mission Territory. He first served as a minister among the Native Americans in the Fox Valley and later to people from the East who chose to live in this area. Small settlements began to form and in 1835, McHenry County was organized. The first religious organization was thought to have been formed at the home of Uriah Cottle, a Methodist leader and the first man to enter a claim in Dorr Township. His log cabin was located in Virginia Settlement, which is now Ridgefield. It was at this cabin that Reverend William Royal, an itinerant Methodist minister, preached the first sermon in McHenry County in the summer of 1835. In 1838 the Rockford Circuit was formed. Two preachers, Leander Walker and Nathaniel Jewett, covered this territory, which stretched from Beloit to Rockford to Marengo and as far east as McHenry.
    [Show full text]
  • Book Reviews Robert Watson Sledge, Hands on the Ark: the Strugglefor Change in the Methodist Episcopal Church} South} 1914-1939
    Book Reviews Robert Watson Sledge, Hands on the Ark: The Strugglefor Change in the Methodist Episcopal Church} South} 1914-1939. Lake Junaluska, N.C.: Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church, 1975.264 pp., paperback, $5.95; cloth, $8.95. On the eve of the long anticipated General Conference of 1918, Theo. F. Brewer warned his fellow members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: "Hands off, brethrenl Don't touch the ark, or try to turn over the cart. Remember Uzziah [sic], O'Kelley, and many others whose bones lie bleaching along the way." With this image Robert Watson Sledge leads us through the final, significant quarter century of the life of the M. E. Church, South, culminating in the 1939 union with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church to form The Methodist Church. For this study Sledge has received the 1972 Jesse Lee Prize awarded by the Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church. The focus of this denominational history is on "the development of a major reform movement within the denomination and the conservative countermovement it induced. At the end of World War I conservatives dominated the life of the M. E. Church, South, but by 1930 control had shifted to more progressive forces. At the beginning of this period a series of issues tended to divide the denomination into two camps, conservatives (sometimes dubbed "fundamentalists," "mossbacks," or "reactionaries") versus progressives (alternately called "modernists" or "liberals"). Fairly consistently conservatives supported "the Church" against "the University" in the struggle for control of Vanderbilt University; agreed with the Bishops versus the Board of Missions in the turmoil over authority on the mission field; repudiated the strategies of the Movement for Revision for democratizing the Church; stood staunchly for a literalistic understanding of Scripture; and, opposed unification with the Northern Methodists.
    [Show full text]
  • Holston Methodism
    HOLSTON METHODISM. (0 THOMAS WILKERSON HOLSTON METHODISE FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME. By R. N. PRICE. VOLUME II. From the Year 1804 to the Year 1824. Nashville, Tenn., Dallas, Tex.: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South. Smith & Lamar, Agents. 1906. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1906, By R. N. Price, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE. By the favor and energy of the Holston preachers three thousand copies of Volume I. of "Holston Methodism" have been sold. Volume I. has paved the way for Volume II. The latter has over the former the merit of bringing the his- tory nearer to our times. The annals proper of this volume do not come further this way than 1824; but the volume is largely biographical, and many of the men sketched died in our times—instance, Samuel B. Harwell, who 'died in 1874. These sketches, therefore, make this volume somewhat modern. I had hoped to get into this volume the sketches of String- field, Fulton, S. Patton, and Sevier ; but these must be de- ferred to Volume III. The sketches of these men necessarily introduce the subject of the rise and progress of the higher education in Holston, and notices of the controversies which agitated our people in the past—namely, the Arian, the Radi- cal, and the Calvinistic controversies. This fact will make Volume III. the most important and interesting of the series. Whether Volume III. shall ever see the light depends on whether the sale of Volume II.
    [Show full text]
  • Embracing Reminiscences and Incidents of Settlement and Growth
    t ^! F 64-1 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Pages from the early history of the West 3 1924 028 846 950 Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028846950 PAGES FKOM THE EARLY HISTORY WEST AND NORTH-WEST: EMBRACtNO REMINISCENCES AND INCIDENTS OF SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH, AND SKETCHES OF THE MATERIAL AND RELIGIOUS PROGRESS STATES OF OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, AND MISSOURI, ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY OF METHODISM. REV. S. R. BEGGS. CINCINNATI: PRINTED AT THB METHODIST BOOK CONCBKN. 1868. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by S. R. BEGGS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States foi the Southern District of Ohio. SO CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PioB. Autobiographical—^Ancestry—Life in Southern Indiana—Con- version , ;. 9 CHAPTER II. Early Methodism in Indiana—Notable Preachers—Confer- ences—Districts and Circuits 17 CHAPTER ni. Compilations from Smith's "Indiana Miscellany" 31 CHAPTER IV. The Same continued—^The Pious Wife and Impenitent Hus- band—^Remarkable Conversion 44 CHAPTER V. Received into Missouri Conference—Remarkable Experiences in the Primitive Itinerancy 51 CHAPTER VI. Introduction to the Illinois Work—Minutes of the First Con- ference 59 CHAPTER VII. Pioneer Experiences—Home Again—^Pleasant Conference Occa- sions 6^ CHAPTER VIII. Quakers and Infidels at a Methodist Meeting—^A Primitive Baptism 75 4 CONTENTS. CHAPTER IX. Paoe. Marriage—Eough Ezperiences of a Young Bride—Painful and Perilous Journey ings 81 CHAPTER X Mission Work in Chicago, 1831-32—Terrors of an Indian Raid—A Home-Made Fort...; 94 CHAPTER XI.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rise of Methodism in the West
    THE RISE OF METHODISM IN THE WEST WILLIAM WARREN SWEET ex QforngU MnttterHitg Hibrarg Uttfaca. S^etn ^ack iTKe r^ubVi&herS Cornell University Library BX8381 .W52 Rise of Methodism in the West, being the 3 1924 029 471 194 oiin Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31 924029471 1 94 THE RISE OF METHODISM IN THE WEST BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST- ERN CONFERENCE 1800-1811 EDITED, WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTION, BY WILLIAM WARREN SWEET Professor of Sistortf, DeFauiv University THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN NEW YORK CmCINNATI SMITH & LAMAR NASHVILLE DALLAS RICHMOND Copyright, 1920 BY Smith & Lamar AND The Methodist Book Concern TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER ; PREFACE. The manuscript Journal of the old Western Conference is the property of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has, for the past number of years, been deposited in the Library of Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity. The Journal of the Western Conference covers nine- ty-seven pages of the manuscript volume, while the latter part of the volume is given over to the Journals of the Ohio Conference from 1812 to 1826, inclusive. None of these Journals have before been published. Unfortunately Methodism has not been careful of her historical docu- ments, and it is hoped that the appearance of this docu- ment may encourage the publication of others. In many respects the Journal of the Western Confer- ence is the most important historical document relating to the establishment of Methodism in the Mississippi Valley.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Master List As A
    2/14/19 THESES AND DISSERTATIONS RELATED TO HYMNOLOGY MASTER LIST A Aalders, Cynthia Yvonne. “To Express the Ineffable: The Problems of Language and Suffering in the Hymns of Anne Steele (1717-1778).” Th.M., Regent College, 2007. Abbott, Rebecca L. “‘What? Bound for Canaan’s Coast?’: Songs of Pilgrimage in the American Church.” M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2002. Abbott, Rebecca Nelson. “Developing a Curriculum of Spiritual Formation for Children Through the Hymns of Charles Wesley at First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, Kentucky.” D.W.S., Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, 2010. Abee, Michele. “‘Journey into the Square’: A Geographical Perspective of Sacred Harp.” M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2012. Abels, Paul Milford. “An Ecumenical Manual of Song for Young Churchmen.” S.M.M., Union Theological Seminary, 1965. Adams, Gwen E. “A Historical-Analytical Study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Canonic Variations on the Christmas Hymn ‘Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm’ Ich Her.’” M.M., Yale University, 1978. Adams, Nelson Falls. “The Musical Sources for John Wesley's Tunebooks: The Genealogy of 148 Tunes.” S.M.D., Union Theological Seminary, 1973. Adams, Robert Alvin. “The Hymnody of the Church of God (1885-1980) as a Reflection of that Church's Theological and Cultural Changes.” D.M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980. Adekale, Elizabeth. “Christian Hymnody: Its Influence on African American Spirituals and Contemporary Christian Music.” M.A., Northeastern Illinois University, 2014. Adell, Marian Young. “Mystery–Body Lost, Body Found: The Decline, Loss and Recovery of the Body of Christ in Methodist Worship.” Ph.D., Drew University, 1994.
    [Show full text]
  • Annltal CONFERENCES If·:,, ' .I 'I)•
    ~f IN UTE S OJ.' TH t.: ANNlTAL CONFERENCES if·:,, ' .i 'I)•, METllODIS'l' EPISCOPAL CllllRCll, t' 0 R 'I' II E \' •: A ll S 1 7 7 3 -1 H 2 8. ~ ~ I . I NE\V-YORK: FOR TllJ.: :'tll:TllOPINT El'IMl'Ol'AI. C'lll!Hl'Jl 1 A'I' Tiii·: CONl-'Et~F.J1i;1·~~ :>t'Flt'E, ~00 l\llll.llti:l!H\-HTRF:ET. l: .T ( 'ollonl, f"1111frr. 1840. I I I ... ' TO THE READER. THE Annual Minutes of the Conferences of the Metho<list Episcopal Church ,· ...: .. '. I contain the statistics of the church in detail. They are therefore both en· I ·: tcrtaining and useful. All who feel an interest in the prosperity of Methodism •;. in this country derive much satisfaction from perusing these documents; and, as a source of authentic information respecting many things connected with the history, polity, and usages of the church, they are inJispensabh~. But being published in pamphlet form, they are liable to be lost ; anJ it requires no small trouble, when a. consecutive series is needed for any purpose, to procure one. For these reasons the idea of publishing them in a v<>lume was early conceived by John Dickins, first book agent in this country, who, in 1794, issued a volume embracing all the Minutes from the commencement of Methodism in America, a period of about twenty-one or twenty-two years. In 1813 a volume was published by D. Hitt and 'f. Ware, book agents. But this work is out of print, and the de&ire of many to have the whole from the commencement to the present period seems to call for the publication now offered.
    [Show full text]
  • May 2021 | Vol. 25 • No. 9
    MAY 2021 | VOL. 25 • NO. 9 current THE NEWS FROM THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE Inside THIS ISSUE VISION AND SIGHT 1 News from the Episcopal Office “The only thing worse than being blind is and growing pains, but it basically remains upside down!” 2 -3 Christian Conversations having sight but no vision!” – Helen Keller the same. I want folks to come to faith in John the Baptist is my number two Bible Jesus Christ and to serve him as their Lord hero. I love his attitude and understanding 4 Announcements & Events My friend and brother, the late Rev. Dr. Junius Dotson, tried his best to get the folks and Savior. I want the clergy and laity that I of his call. He summed it up in this simple 5-6 Local Church News in The United Methodist Church to see things am so blessed to lead to be so passionate and statement about himself and Jesus, “He must 7 Historical Messenger through a different set of lenses. He challenged enthusiastic about following Jesus that they will increase, and I must decrease.” John was willing each of us to look, not through our limited be compelled to bring people to Jesus Christ to be set aside for the sake of the kingdom of 8-9 Churches Exit Denomination eyesight, but through belief and faith in Jesus and to assist them in the process of becoming God. 10-14 Apportionments Christ, to look through the loving eyes of Jesus. fully devoted disciples. One of the lessons I have learned during My vision is for a denomination and an this pandemic is that it really is not about 15-16 Conference News Dr.
    [Show full text]