Difference between revisions of "Charles Fletcher"
(Created page with "Charles Fletcher <ref name="term_40341" /> <p> a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, January 10, 1811. He was converted in 1827, licensed i...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Charles Fletcher <ref name="term_40341" /> | |||
<p> a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, January 10, 1811. He was converted in 1827, licensed in 1829, and was for several years a local preacher in [[England]] and America. He joined the New York East. [[Conference]] in 1852, filling the stations of Summerfield Church, Brooklyn; [[Birmingham]] and Bridgeport, Connecticut; Seventh | Charles Fletcher <ref name="term_40341" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister, was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, January 10, 1811. He was converted in 1827, licensed in 1829, and was for several years a local preacher in [[England]] and America. He joined the New York East. [[Conference]] in 1852, filling the stations of Summerfield Church, Brooklyn; [[Birmingham]] and Bridgeport, Connecticut; Seventh Street and Twenty-seventh Street, New York City; Mamaroneck, New York; Meriden, Connecticut; Sands Street, Brooklyn; First Church, New Haven- Pacific Street, Brooklyn. He served full terms as presiding elder of Long Island South and New York East Districts. Death closed his successful ministry, April 20, 1880. He was an excellent preacher, and people of mature judgment and scholarship and of cultivated taste, sat under his ministry with delight. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, page 79. </p> | ||
== References == | |||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_40341"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fletcher,+charles Charles Fletcher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40341"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fletcher,+charles Charles Fletcher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:28, 15 October 2021
Charles Fletcher [1]
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, January 10, 1811. He was converted in 1827, licensed in 1829, and was for several years a local preacher in England and America. He joined the New York East. Conference in 1852, filling the stations of Summerfield Church, Brooklyn; Birmingham and Bridgeport, Connecticut; Seventh Street and Twenty-seventh Street, New York City; Mamaroneck, New York; Meriden, Connecticut; Sands Street, Brooklyn; First Church, New Haven- Pacific Street, Brooklyn. He served full terms as presiding elder of Long Island South and New York East Districts. Death closed his successful ministry, April 20, 1880. He was an excellent preacher, and people of mature judgment and scholarship and of cultivated taste, sat under his ministry with delight. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, page 79.
