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1. Thomas Coke, the first bishop of the American Methodists, has been called "the Father of Methodist Missions".
2. Thomas Coke (1747 – 1814) was born in the Welsh town of Brecon, the son of a wealthy apothecary.
3. Asbury and Thomas Coke were given the title bishop and became heads of the new church. (Web site)

Greeters

1. He had been one of the greeters of Thomas Coke who had arrived as Wesley's emissary to the new American Church.

Persons

1. For other persons of the same name, see Thomas Coke.

Missions

1. They also trace their lineage to the missions of Francis Asbury, Thomas Coke and the tireless circuit riders of the 1800’s.

John Wesley

1. John Wesley and Thomas Coke ordained him an Elder in 1784, then Wesley sent Whatcoat and Coke to the United States as missionaries.

Bishops

1. Later, Thomas Coke (Bishop) convinced the general conference that he and Asbury were bishops and added the title to the discipline.

Methodism

1. Methodism was brought to Barbados in 1788 by Dr. Thomas Coke, a driving force behind early Methodist missionary activity.

America

1. In 1784 John Wesley named Asbury and Thomas Coke (Bishop) as co-superintendents of the work in America.
2. He sent Thomas Coke to America to superintend the work with Asbury.
3. At that time, Wesley sent the Thomas Coke (Bishop) to America to form an independent American Methodist church.

First Bishop

1. Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke (Methodist) were the first bishop s.

American Methodism

1. Dr. Thomas Coke to the episcopal office." ^ A compendious history of American Methodism.

Wesley

1. Wesley ordained Thomas Coke by the laying on of hands although Coke was already a priest in the Church of England. (Web site)
2. In 1784, Thomas Coke, acting on authority from Wesley, proceeded with the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
3. Thomas Coke When independence from England had been won, Wesley recognized that changes were necessary in American Methodism.

Superintendent

1. In 1784, John Wesley ordained Dr. Thomas Coke as superintendent of the societies in America; Asbury was to be associate superintendent. (Web site)
2. In 1784 he ordained the preachers Whatcoat and Vasey as elders, and Dr. Thomas Coke as superintendent for America.

Francis Asbury

1. Wesley ordained Dr. Thomas Coke to this office; Francis Asbury was to serve as associate superintendent. (Web site)
2. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops.
3. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishop. (Web site)

Thomas Coke

1. Though already a presbyter in the Church of England, Wesley consecrated, by laying on of hands, Dr. Thomas Coke to be superintendent in America. (Web site)
2. Wesley then ordained Thomas Coke (who was already an ordained Anglican priest) to go as superintendent of the American church.
3. He sent Thomas Coke to supervise the process and to consecrate Francis Asbury as "general superintendent" of the Methodists in America.

Categories

1. Protestantism > Anglicanism > Methodism > Francis Asbury
2. Superintendent
3. American Church
4. Wesley
5. Titles > Clergy > Bishops > First Bishop
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