When was it published?

May 4, 1916 in University Missourian

Domestic News May 4, 1916

University Missourian

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen, Rev. Dr. William F. Oldham, Rev. Dr. Frank Mason North, Rev. Dr. Herbert Welch, Rev. A. W. Leonard, Rev. Dr. C. E. Locke, Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, Bishop Earl Cranston, Bishop John W. Hamilton, Bishop Merriman C. Harris, Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell

Q: What keywords are associated?

Methodist Conference, Episcopal Oversight, Bishop Retirements, Africa Missions, European Methodism, War Impact

Columbia, Boone County, Missouri

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What is this article about?

The Quadrennial Methodist Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on May 4 considers changing Episcopal oversight in Africa to save money and time, potentially combining roles with Southern Europe due to war impacts. Several bishops face retirement, including Cranston, Hamilton, Harris, and Hartzell.

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CHURCH AFFECTED BY WAR, TOO

Methodist Conference May Change European Organization.

By United Press.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., May 4.

A proposition will be considered by the Quadrennial Methodist Conference now in session here to change the method of Episcopal oversight in Africa to save money and time.

The bishop for Southern Europe, if there is one, may be made bishop for Africa also.

The war has made a dividing line in Europe for Methodism as well as other communions.

At present the only Methodist bishop for the Continent is the Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen, whose official residence is at Zurich, Switzerland.

Other bishop's timber at home may be the Rev. Dr. William F. Oldham and the Rev. Dr. Frank Mason North, both secretaries of the board of foreign missions in New York; the Rev. Dr. Herbert Welch of Ohio Wesleyan University; the Rev. A. W. Leonard, Seattle, Wash.; the Rev. Dr. C. E. Locke, Los Angeles, and the Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, Topeka, Kan., secretary of the Methodist Temperance Board.

The two bishops at home who automatically retire at Saratoga because of their ages are Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington, D. C., and Bishop John W. Hamilton of Boston.

The Methodist law is that bishops must be retired at the conference nearest their seventieth birthday. Bishop Cranston just missed retirement at Minneapolis.

Missionary bishops who will be retired are Bishop Merriman C. Harris of Japan and Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell of Africa.

What sub-type of article is it?

Religious Event Appointment

What keywords are associated?

Methodist Conference Episcopal Oversight Bishop Retirements Africa Missions European Methodism War Impact

What entities or persons were involved?

Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen Rev. Dr. William F. Oldham Rev. Dr. Frank Mason North Rev. Dr. Herbert Welch Rev. A. W. Leonard Rev. Dr. C. E. Locke Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson Bishop Earl Cranston Bishop John W. Hamilton Bishop Merriman C. Harris Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell

Where did it happen?

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Event Date

May 4

Key Persons

Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen Rev. Dr. William F. Oldham Rev. Dr. Frank Mason North Rev. Dr. Herbert Welch Rev. A. W. Leonard Rev. Dr. C. E. Locke Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson Bishop Earl Cranston Bishop John W. Hamilton Bishop Merriman C. Harris Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell

Outcome

bishops earl cranston, john w. hamilton, merriman c. harris, and joseph c. hartzell to retire due to age; proposition to change episcopal oversight in africa.

Event Details

Quadrennial Methodist Conference considers proposition to alter Episcopal oversight in Africa for cost and time savings, possibly combining with Southern Europe bishop role due to war's impact on European Methodism. Current bishop for Continent is Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen in Zurich. Potential new bishops include several named reverends. Retirements occur per Methodist law at age 70.