United Methodist Church (U.S.) North Georgia Conference, Office of the Bishop administrative files, 1953-1996.

Methodist Church (U.S.) Florida Conference.

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United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Georgia Conference

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The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) was organized at the church's General Conference of 1830. The members met for the first time in Macon, Georgia, in 1831. Within a few years the church began to struggle with the issue of slavery. Unable to reach an agreement, the church divided in 1844 and the slave-holding states formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.). In 1866 the Georgia Conference of the M.E.C.,S. was divided into the ...

United Methodist Church (U.S.). South Georgia Conference

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Cannon, William Ragsdale, 1916-

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Knox, James Lloyd, 1929-

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James Lloyd Knox, retired bishop of the United Methodist Church, was born in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from Florida Southern College in 1951 and went on to earn a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology. He and his wife, Edith, served as missionaries to Cuba and Argentina from 1958-1964. Later, Knox served the Florida Conference as coordinator of the Florida Spanish Ministry and superintendent of the DeLand and Miami Districts. Knox was elected to the posit...

United Methodist Church (U.S.) North Georgia Conference. Office of the Bishop.

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The Bishop is the chief executive of the conference whose function is to administer the programs of the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church. The activities used to accomplish this function are presiding over annual conferences, serving on or chairing boards and committees, taking part in programs of the annual conference, and appointing all clergy members of the annual conference. From the description of United Methodist Church (U.S.) North Georgia Conference, Off...

Moore, Arthur J. (Arthur James), 1888-1974

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Bishop Arthur J. Moore (1888-1974), Methodist bishop and author of Georgia. From the description of Arthur J. Moore papers, 1910-1973 (bulk 1959-1960). (Arthur J Moore Methodist Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 38475799 Arthur James Moore, Methodist bishop and author, was born 26 December 1888 in Argyle, Georgia, and died 30 June 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. Moore served the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and then the United Methodist Chur...

Smith, John Owen, 1902- ....

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John Owen Smith, Methodist clergyman, bishop, and educator, was born 21 September 1902, in Johnston, South Carolina, and died 3 December 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, served in parishes in South Carolina (1954-1960), and was appointed to the Atlanta Area of the United Methodist Church in 1960. During his tenure in Atlanta (1960-1972), racial integration of the North and South Georgia Conferences of the Methodist Church was accomplished. After...