“Methodist Church of Australasia”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Methodist Church of Australasia was a Methodist denomination based in Australia. On 1 January 1902, five Methodist denominations in Australia – the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodists, the Bible Christian Church, the United Methodist Free and the Methodist New Connexion Churches came together to found a new church.^[1] In polity it largely followed the Wesleyan Methodist Church. This Church established a General Conference, meeting triennially, for Australasia (which then included New Zealand) in 1875, with Annual Conferences in the States.

The church ceased to exist in 1977 when most of its congregations joined with the many congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia to form the Uniting Church in Australia.

There are still independent Methodist congregations in Australia, including congregations formed or impacted by Tongan immigrants. The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is derived from the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America and did not join the Uniting Church in Australia.

Presidents-General

The triennial conference was led by the President-General. There were a total of 25 Presidents General over the life of the Methodist Church of Australasia, from its formation in 1902 until the Uniting Church in 1977.^[2]

year

President-General

1902

George |Lane |dab=minister}}, DD

1904

William Henry |Fitchett}} BA, LLD

1907

William |Williams |dab=minister}} DD, FLS

1910

Henry |Youngman |dab=minister}}

1913

George |Brown |dab=minister}} DD

1917

James Edward |Carruthers}} DD

1920

Alexander |McCallum |dab=minister}} DD

1923

Edward Holdsworth |Sugden}} MA, BSc, Litt.D

1926

John Gladwell |Wheen}}

1929

Frank |Lade}} MA

1932

Albert Thomas |Holden}} BA, CBE, VD

1935

Arthur Johnstone |Barclay}}

1938

Arthur Edward |Albiston}} MA, BD

1941

Harold Manuel |Wheller}} OBE

1945

John Wear |Burton|dab=minister}} MA, DD

1948

Herbert Garfield |Secomb}} DD

1951

George Calvert |Barber}} CBE, MA, BD, PhD

1954

Robert Bathurst |Lew}} OBE, ED, BA, DD

1957

Harold |Wood |dab=minister}}, OBE, MA, DD, DipEd, FACE

1960

Hubert Hedley |Trigge}} OBE, MA, BD

1963

William Frank |Hambly}} MA, BD, DD

1966

Cecil |Gribble}}, OBE, MA, DipEd, LRSM

1969

Charles Kingston |Daws}} CBE, ED, FASA, FLCS, LCA

1972

Rex Collis |Mathias}} MA, DipREd.

1975

Winston D’Arcy |O’Reilly|Winston O'Reilly}} OBE, MA, DipSocSci, MACE

See also

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14464919 |title=METHODIST CHURCH OF AUSTRALASIA. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 January 1902 |accessdate=28 January 2016 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.utc.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/clancy_methodist-leaders.pdf |title=Methodist Leaders: The Presidents General of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, 1902-1977 |author=Eric G. Clancy |publisher=United Theological College |date=September 2002 |work=Church Heritage |accessdate=3 February 2018}}