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...
The irony is that we are way south of Hayward and could host the Winter Olympics this year. We have lots of snow to give away.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should hold them in Washington DC - - - they could do all kinds of extreme snow sports right off the dome of the capitol!!!!! Hehehehehehe
ReplyDeleteBTW, we are having a Bibleympics at our school week after next - - - set up just like the Olympics with classes competing with each other for medals - - - and ALL the events are Bible based. I'll let you know how it goes - - -