- Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is a writer and activist on global warming, alternative energy, and the need to reshape our economy and our communities. His first book, The End of Nature , was the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages. In late summer 2006, Bill helped lead a five-day walk across Vermont to demand action on global warming that some newspaper accounts called the largest demonstration to date in America about climate change. - John Neill
The Most Reverend John Robert Winder Neill (born December 17 1945) is Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland, and Metropolitan. The fourth generation of his family to become a clergyman, John Neill was educated at Avoca School, Blackrock, County Dublin, Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin, University of Dublin, Jesus College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, England. He became a deacon in 1969; a priest in 1970 and a bishop in 1986. - Henry Howard
Henry Howard, Australian Methodist minister. Howard was born in Melbourne, the son of Henry Howard and his wife Mary. His people were in comparatively poor circumstances, and Howard at first received only a primary education. When a youth he tried to speak at a church meeting and completely broke down. Next day he told the Rev. Dr Dare, the chairman of the meeting, that in view of his failure, he had resolved never to attempt public speaking again. - Martin Boehm
Martin Boehm (November 30,1725 - March 23, 1812) was an American clergyman and pastor. He was the son of Jacob Boehm and Barbara Kendig who settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Boehm married Eve Steiner in 1753 and in 1756 he was chosen by lot to become the minister of the local Mennonite church. Although raised a Mennonite, he lacked the assurance of the presence and power of Jesus Christ in his life and he prayed for a heart-warming experience, … - Harry Denman
Harry Denman was once described by a bishop as the kind of man who could carry the flag at the head of the parade and at the same time beat the drum, setting the cadence for the march. His leadership in evangelism was unique as was his personal life and witness. He was one who went up to persons and always held out his hand, saying, "Where do you preach?" His friendship encircled the world, and he was at home in a variety of settings. - Lewis Miller
Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. He devoted much of his wealth to charitable causes associated with the Methodist Church, and was the inventor of the "Akron plan" for Sunday schools, a building layout with a central assembly hall surrounded by small classrooms. - Joseph Young
Joseph Young was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement and was a missionary and longtime general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was an elder brother of Brigham Young. Young was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the second of ten children born to John Young and Abigail (Nabbie) Howe. In 1830, while he was a preacher for the Methodist Church in Upper Canada, … - Gordon Wilson
Gordon Wilson (25 September 1927 - 27 June 1995) was the father of Marie Wilson, one of 11 victims of the Enniskillen Remembrance Day Bombing by the Provisional IRA in 1987. He was born in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim several years after the partition of Ireland. He spent most of his adult life running the family drapery business in High Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. - Philip Potter
Rev Dr Philip A. Potter (b. 19 August 1921, Roseau, Dominica, West Indies) was a leader in the Methodist Church and the third General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1972-1984). - Fred Hall
Frederick Lee Hall—also known as Fred Hall— (born in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas July 24 1916 and died in Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas, March 18 1970) was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1951-55 and Governor of Kansas, 1955-57. He resigned to become a justice of Kansas Supreme Court in 1957 after being defeated in the primary for re-election to office. - Akuila Yabaki
Akuila Yabaki is a Fijian human rights activist and Methodist clergyman. He is currently the Executive Director of the Citizens Constitutional Forum, a pro-democracy organization. Yabaki was a strong critic of some policies and decisions of the Qarase government of 2000 to 2006, including the early release from prison of persons convicted on charges related to the Fiji coup of 2000, … - E. W. Kenyon
Essek William Kenyon [aka] E. W. Kenyon (1867-1948) was an evangelist pastor of the New Covenant Baptist Church and president of the Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts, for twenty-five years. The school later moved to Providence, Rhode Island and became Providence Bible Institute. It later became Barrington College and merged with Gordon College, which was named after one of Kenyon's many mentors, A.J. Gordon. - Andy Reed
Andrew John Reed (born 17 September 1964) is a British Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Loughborough constituency. He spent the first two years of his life living on the Netherhall Estate in Leicester before moving to Birstall in 1966 where he became involved in the Boys' Brigade and the local Methodist Church. - Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. He also served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1916 to 1919. Candler Field, the site of the present-day Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was named after him, as is Candler Park in Atlanta. Candler was born in Villa Rica, Georgia. He began his business career as a drugstore owner and manufacturer of patent medicines. - Tomasi Kanailagi
Tomasi Kanailagi is a Fijian Methodist minister and political leader. The former President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, Fiji's largest Christian denomination, served in the Senate from 2001 to 2006 as a nominee of the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase. (Under the Constitution, 9 of the 32 Senate seats are filled by nominees of the Prime Minister; a further 8 are chosen by the Leader of the Opposition, 14 by the Great Council of Chiefs, … - Carl Stuart Hamblen
Carl Stuart Hamblen (October 20, 1908 - March 8, 1989), often called Stuart Hamblen, became radio's first singing cowboy in 1926. Between 1931 and 1952, Hamblen had a series of highly popular radio programs on the west coast of the United States. He composed music and acted in motion pictures with such other stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and John Wayne. In 1949, he underwent a religious conversion at a Billy Graham revival in Los Angeles. - Eric Gallagher
Dr. Eric Gallagher was the head of the Methodist Church in the Republic of Ireland, who was one of the group of Protestant churchmen who met with IRA/Sinn Féin representatives in Feakle, County Clare in the 1970s to unsuccessfully try to broker a peace. The meeting was broken up by the Irish Police, but the fugitive IRA men had already left. He is the subject of "Peacemaker" by author Dennis Cooke. - Clare Purcell
Clare Purcell (17 November 1884-8 February 1964) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1938. - Hugh Beaumont
Eugene Hugh Beaumont was an American actor, television director, and ordained Methodist minister. He is best known for his portrayal of the character Ward Cleaver on the popular TV series "Leave It to Beaver" from 1957 to 1963. Beaumont was born in Lawrence, Kansas, to Ethel Adaline Whitney and Edward H. Beaumont, a little over three months after the couple married. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, … - George Grubb
The Rev Dr George D. W. Grubb BA BD BPhil DMin is, since May 2007, the Lord Provost and ex officio Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. He is also a councillor (elected member) of the City of Edinburgh Council for Almond ward. He was first elected to the Council in 1999. He is a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and was chairperson of the party's group on the Council 2000-2007. - Stephen Kaung
Stephen Kaung(江守道 pinyin: Jiāng ShǒuDào) is a Christian speaker and writer in Richmond, Virginia. As a teenager, Kaung was converted to Christianity and was active in the Methodist Church in China, with whom his father was a minister. He first met Watchman Nee in the early 1930s and joined Nee's indigenous Christian work full-time, working with him in China until 1949 when he left China and became involved with Christian work in other areas of the world. - Edward Eagar
Edward Eagar lawyer, merchant and criminal. Eagar was born in Killarney, Ireland. His parents were landed gentry so he was well educated. He trained as a solicitor and became an attorney to His Majesty's Courts in Ireland. In 1809 he was charged with forging a bill of exchange, and he was convicted and sentenced to death. He pleaded for clemency and was gaoled for 18 months until he was transported to Sydney. The chaplain sought Edward Eagar's repentance. - Hazen Graff Werner
Hazen Graff Werner (29 July 1895-5 September 1988) was a Bishop of The Methodist Church and The United Methodist Church, elected in 1948. - Enele Ma'Afu
Enele Ma'afu'atuitoga, commonly known as Ma'afu, was a man of two kingdoms being traditionally a Tongan Prince and a self forged Fijian chief. - George Bramwell Evens
The Rev. George Bramwell Evens (1884- November 20 1943) was, under the pseudonym Romany (and sometimes The Tramp), a British radio broadcaster and writer on countryside and natural history matters - quite possibly the first to broadcast on such issues. He was also a Minister of the Methodist Church. - Erasmus Of Arcadia
Erasmus of Arcadia was said to be a Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese of Arcadia in Crete. In 1764, while visiting London, Bishop Erasmus was responsible for the ordinations of several Methodist lay preachers to the ordained ministry. It is contentious as to whether he consecrated Rev. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, a bishop. Many who argue that the "Erasmian consecration" did occur, maintain that the Methodist Church has maintained Apostolic Succession. - Thomas McCosker
Thomas McCosker, an Australian, visited Fiji, was arrested, tried and sentenced to 2 years jail for sodomy. An appeal was raised on the basis of Fiji's constitution outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. On Friday August 26, 2005, his conviction, and that of Dhirendra Nadan, the other man involved, was overturned on constitutional grounds. Anti-sodomy laws were found to incompatible with the country’s 1997 Constitutional Bill of Rights. - Paul William Milhouse
Paul William Milhouse (died 12 March 2005) was an American Bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (E.U.B. Church), elected in 1960. When he died at the age of 94 he was the last surviving U.M. Bishop elected by the E.U.B. denomination (which merged with the Methodist Church in 1968 to form the United Methodist Church). - Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer
Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer (31 March 1881 - 15 October 1952) was a Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1946 for service in Germany. - Phyllis Guthardt
Dame Rev. Phyllis Guthardt, DBE, Ph.D served for four years as the chancellor (ceremonial and civic head) of the University of Canterbury until her tenure ended on December 31 2002. When Phyllis Guthardt was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1959, she became the first woman of any denomination to be ordained in New Zealand. She was later to be the first woman elected to the presidency of New Zealand's Methodist Church in 1985. - Clement Daniel Rockey
Clement Daniel Rockey (born 4 September 1889, died August 15, 1975) was a Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1941. He was born in Cawnpore, India, a son of the Rev. Noble Lee Rockey, an American Missionary pioneer in India. Clement entered the North India Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1914. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, he served as a Missionary, an Educator, and a District Superintendent. - Daniel Burrows
Daniel Burrows (October 26, 1766 - January 23, 1858) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows who was a United States Representative from New York. He was born at Fort Hill, Connecticut where he pursued preparatory studies. He engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons at New London, Connecticut. Later, he studied theology and was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Church. - John Donald Wade
John Donald Wade (September 28, 1892 - October 9, 1963) was an American biographer, author, essayist, and teacher. Wade was born in Marshallville, Georgia. His father was a country doctor. Wade was descended from the first Governor of Georgia. Wade received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1914 and a Master's degree from Harvard University in 1915. He completed his Doctorate at Columbia University in 1924. - George Albertus Cox
George Albertus Cox (May 7, 1840 - January 16, 1914) was a very prominent Canadian businessman and a member of the Canadian Senate. He was born in Colborne, Upper Canada in 1840. He began work as a telegraph operator for the Montreal Telegraph Company and became their agent in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1861, he became an agent for the Canada Life Assurance Company. He served 7 years as mayor of Peterborough and accumulated much real estate in the Peterborough area. - Dionisio Deista Alejandro
Dionisio Deista Alejandro (1893-1972) was a Filipino Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1944. He was born 19 February 1893 in Quiapo, Manila, the Philippines. His ancestry was Filipino with slight admixture of Chinese. He was baptized in 1906 at the age of thirteen in San Isidro, Luzon by Bishop G.A. Miller, and was educated in the U.S. and the Philippines. He became a Member in Full Connection of the Philippine Islands Annual Conference in 1918. - Benjamin Fish Austin
Benjamin Fish (B.F) Austin, BA, BD, DD, (September 10 1850 - January 10 1933) was a nineteenth century Canadian educator, Methodist Minister, and Spiritualist. He served as the principal of Alma College girl school from 1881 to 1897 during which time that institution was regarded as one of the most prestigious centres of female education in Canada. - John Warren Branscomb
John Warren Branscomb (1905-1959) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1952. He was born 11 May 1905 in Union Springs, Alabama. He was a clergy member of the Florida Annual Conference. He was elected to the Episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdicitional Conference of the Methodist Church. He was assigned to the Jacksonville episcopal area, which included Cuba and the Florida Conference. - Samuel Ross Hay
Samuel Ross Hay (1865 - 1944) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1922. Born 15 October 1865 in Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, he was the son of the Rev. William and Martha (England) Hay. His grandfather was an influential local preacher. The Hays moved to Texas about 1881. Samuel attended Centenary College, Southwestern University, and Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. - María Sumire
María Cleofé Sumire de Conde is a Peruvian politician. She is currently a Congresswoman representing Cusco for the period 2006-2011, and belongs to the Union for Peru party. María Sumire is the daughter of the founder of the Peasants' Federation of Cusco "(Federación Departamental de Campesinos del Cusco)", Eduardo Sumire, and was raised in the community of Collachapi (Layo district, Canas province, Cusco region). Her mother tongue is Quechua. Dr. - Edward Sugden
Edward Holdsworth Sugden was the first master of Queen's College (University of Melbourne). He was, in partnership with the Methodist Church, responsible for laying down the foundings of the college including the "Sugden Principle".
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