I made an error when I listed my ordination succession a few weeks ago. I was ordained by Earle Wilson and he was ordained by William Neff. I had thought that Neff was ordained by early Pilgrim leader, Seth Rees, but upon further investigation, he was actually ordained by Winfred Cox. Thus, my ordination line takes a fortunate turn. It was a struggle reconciling Rees anyway. I had taken a leap saying that he was ordained by the Nazarenes -- when, in fact, he was originally "recorded" (not ordained) by the Quakers, and the Nazarenes claim they never ordained him. I find that hard to believe -- especially when, according to historian, Kostlevy, he participated in ordinations for the Metropolitan Church Association, a forerunner of the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Anyhow -- deepest apologies for leading anyone astray and here is the updated ordination succession for Earle Wilson and anyone ordained by him (including former Wesleyan GS, JoAnne Lyon). I was ordained by Earle Wils
That's right! It takes a lot less time to thank someone than it does to recruit a new volunteer.
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that there are many "leaders" who don't seem to possess those words in their vocabularies...
ReplyDeleteYes Naomi, you are right. So many of our churches are dying because the core leaders are constantly driving away dedicated people who desperately want to serve God in their church. Then the same leaders are always complaining about the low attendance. Then they are scouting for new people who they will in due time drive away also.
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