| 词条 | Ralph Edward Dodge |
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| type = Bishop | name = Ralph Edward Dodge | title = Bishop of Africa Central | image = | alt = | caption = | church = The Methodist Church | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = Africa | term = 1956–1968 | predecessor = none | successor = Abel Tendekai Muzorewa | ordination = 1935 | ordinated_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = | rank = | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|1|25}} | birth_place = Dickinson County, Iowa, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|8|8|1907|1|25}} | death_place = Inverness, Florida, United States | previous_post = }} Ralph Edward Dodge (January 25, 1907 – August 8, 2008)[1] was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1956. He was the youngest of four children of Ernest and Lizzie Longshore Dodge of Dickinson County, Iowa. CallAfter high school graduation, Dodge followed his father and older brother into farming. The family attended the Methodist Episcopal Church in Terril, Iowa. It was there that his Pastor suggested God might be calling Dodge to preach. In spite of scoffing at the idea initially, Dodge earnestly wrestled with the possibility for several years. Finally, he decided to pursue this call, trusting that if God willed it, seemingly impassable doors would open. EducationDodge put himself through Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, by working for the university greenhouse and farm. While at Taylor, Dodge met Eunice Davis, a coed from Little Valley, New York. They married in June 1934. After graduation from Taylor, Dodge went on to Boston University School of Theology.[2] Ordained ministryAfter seminary graduation, Dodge served small churches in Massachusetts and North Dakota, but he and his wife both felt called to foreign missions work. In 1935 they were accepted as candidates for a missionary opening in Angola, then called Portuguese West Africa. The birth of their first child in January 1936 delayed their departure but, a few months later, they were in language school in Lisbon, Portugal. They arrived in Portuguese West Africa December 1936. Episcopal ministryDodge was elected bishop in 1956, the first Methodist bishop elected by the Africa Central Conference. He was the only American Methodist missionary ever elected bishop by the Africa Central Conference, as well. Previously bishops to Africa had been appointed from America. Dodge served as bishop in Africa until 1968, leading the African church through the turbulent years from colonial control to African leadership. His episcopal area included the colonial territories of Angola, Mozambique, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Until his death on August 8, 2008, Dodge lived in retirement in Inverness, Florida.[3] See also
References1. ^{{cite news|last = Skelley|first = Steven|title = ‘Revolutionary’ bishop celebrates 100th birthday|work = e-Review|publisher = Florida United Methodist News Service|date = March 2, 2007|url = http://www.flumc.info/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000032/003259.htm|accessdate = 2008-05-13|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080907073219/http://www.flumc.info/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000032/003259.htm|archivedate = September 7, 2008|df = }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodge, Ralph Edward}}2. ^Dodge, Ralph E. (1986), "The Revolutionary Bishop Who Saw God at Work in Africa", p. 19, William Carey Library, Pasadena 3. ^Ralph Edward Dodge's obituary 14 : Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA)|1907 births|2008 deaths|American Methodist missionaries|Taylor University alumni|Boston University School of Theology alumni|American autobiographers|American United Methodist bishops|American expatriates in Angola|Methodist missionaries in Angola|People from Dickinson County, Iowa|American centenarians|People from Inverness, Florida|Angolan United Methodist bishops |
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