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...
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ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. Glad you stopped by. Actually, the picture was e-mailed to me by my Iowa pastor friend, Leslie White.
ReplyDeleteWell - - - its too funny anyway, whether its the northwoods of WI or some pond in Iowa!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is Wisconsin -- and that's why my Iowa friend sent it to me
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Wow! Fantastic photo!!!
ReplyDeleteI printed out this picture and posted it in my classroom with the caption, "How did you spend YOUR spring break?"
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