our denomination
Wallenpaupack Church is a Free Methodist congregation. Historically, the Free Methodist Church was organized at Pekin, New York, August 23rd, 1860. The first bishop of the new church was Benjamin Titus (B.T.) Roberts. He was a champion for equal rights (especially for women), writer, publisher, Christian educator, and holiness preacher. The influence of his character and ministry continue today.
Although "Free Methodists" are known as a "denomination", there is a strong sense that they would rather be known as a "Spirit-filled Movement" whereby the chains often associated with traditional religion are broken and the Holy Spirit is unleashed across the church.
Although "Free Methodists" are known as a "denomination", there is a strong sense that they would rather be known as a "Spirit-filled Movement" whereby the chains often associated with traditional religion are broken and the Holy Spirit is unleashed across the church.
Free methodist church heirarchy
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The Free Methodist USA church has three Bishops: Bishop Kenny Martin (Central US), Bishop Keith Cowart (Eastern US), and Bishop Kay Kolde (Western US). These leaders, as well as a group of people called the General Board of Administration, oversee the work of the conferences (geographic subdivisions).
Each region of the US is divided into conferences. We are in the Acts 12:24 Churches Conference. JR Rushik is our Conference Superintendent. Our conference is very large (much of the Eastern coast) so we are further subdivided into districts. Ken Platt, our lead pastor, is the regional superintendent for our portion of the conference. |
Our Bishops
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