Wayne Schmidt's Wesleyan Ordination Succession
When Wesleyan General Superintendent, Wayne Schmidt, officiates ordination services, he is continuing a long, historic line of ministerial calling/leadership as the mantle is passed to the next generation. Wayne Schmidt was ordained by O. D. Emery (Wesleyan Church) O. D. Emery ordained by Louis Willard Sturk (Pilgrim Holiness). Louis Willard (L. W.) Sturk ordained by George B. Kulp (Pilgrim Holiness) George Kulp was ordained by Stephen Merrill (Methodist Episcopal) Stephen Merrill was ordained by Thomas Asbury Morris (Methodist Episcopal) Thomas Asbury Morris was ordained by Robert Richford Roberts (Methodist Episcopal) Robert Richford Roberts was ordained by the renowned circuit riding evangelist, Francis Asbury (Methodist) Francis Asbury was ordained by Thomas Coke (Methodist) Thomas Coke was ordained by a renegade priest named John Wesley (Anglican) John Wesley was ordained by John Potter, Bishop of Oxford (Anglican). From Potter -- there's a trail all the way back...
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. OUR ELDERS NEED TO BE SHOWN ALL THE RESPECT, HONOR AND LOVE THAT IS POSSIBLE. WE CAN ALL LEARN SO MUCH FROM THEM!
ReplyDeletePLEASE PASTORS PLAY THIS IN YOUR CHURCH. AND BE SURE TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE BY THE WAY YOU TREAT ELDERS!
Wow that is touching. I am sure i will be taht adult child in not too many years.
ReplyDeleteShould be seen by every child. Wonderful!
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Now take a word or two away...
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.
For God so loved the world that he gave!
For God so loved the world.
For God so loved!
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