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...
now that is funny. I am a little concerned about the list the author must have clearly copied from about why women should not be ordained.
ReplyDeletebut it does highlight that we all fall short of the glory of God. Praise God for the Holy Spirit which gives us a fighting chance at achieving good in this life.
It seems strange to me that many of the men in church once where beer drinking, fighting tough guys who learned there is a much better way when they found Jesus. Now we are being called effeminate and worse?
ReplyDeleteI'll take the way I am and the life I now lead in Christ any day before I would ever go back to being a "Tough guy" once again. As Paul said: Let me show you the most excellent way... Steve U