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	Methodist local preacher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Local preachers play an important role in the Methodist Church of Great Britain and other churches historically linked to it, and have also been important in English social history.
		From 1918 on, women local preachers were recruited and deployed on exactly the same basis as men, whereas they were not admitted into the ordained ministry until 1974.
		Local preachers have always been required to undergo some form of training and examination - the examination being concerned with their doctrinal orthodoxy as well as with their knowledge of the scriptures and the history and doctrines of the church.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Methodist-local-preacher.htm (1082 words)

	METHODISM - LoveToKnow Article on METHODISM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The extent to which the employment of the local preacher is characteristic of Methodism may be seen from the fact that in the United Kingdom while there are only about 5000 Methodist ministers, there are more than 18,000 congregations; some 13,000 congregations, chiefly in the villages, are dependent on local preachers.
		Robert Strawbridge (?I781), a local preacher and native of Ireland, settled in Maryland.
		Embury was reinforced by the arrival of Thomas Webb (1724-1796), an English local preacher and a captain in the British army.
	60.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/METHODISM.htm (4138 words)

	THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH - LoveToKnow Article on THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Clowes, like Crawfoot, was set apart as a preacher to live by the gospel, and in February 1812 the name Primitive Methodist was formally adopted, although for nearly a generation the name Clowesites survived in local use.
		On the other hand there was legal persecution all over the country, and the preachers suffered many things from the bands of rural clergy and county magistrates.
		Local preachers received notice to quit their holdings, laborers were discharged, those who opened their cottages for meetings were evicted, and to show any hospitality to a travelling preacher was to risk the~ loss of home and employment.
	35.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PRIMITIVE_METHODIST_CHURCH_THE.htm (2077 words)

	hertsdirect.org Methodist Local Preachers Mutual Aid Association (Rickmansworth) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Local Preachers have played an important role in the life of the Methodist people as they have brought special pastoral skills to many churches, pulpits and congregations.
		The high percentage of services taken by Local Preachers continues today and is a testament to the commitment of men and women who dedicate their lives to the work of our Lord and is part of the very fabric of foundation of Methodism.
		Local Preachers are well placed to understand the difficulties of everyday life because of their secular experience, enabling them to respond wherever the need.
	www.hertsdirect.org /comdirectory/comvol/relig2y/rechri3y/recchu4y/recmeth5y/10998322 (319 words)

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		But if the local preacher were distressed in his circumstances, in consequence of his services in the Church, by applying to the quarterly conference, he might receive such relief as they might see proper to afford him, after the allowance of the traveling preachers and their families were paid.
		And, though not brilliant in his conceptions nor splendid as a preacher, he was of sound judgment, a close and conclusive reasoner, a plain, pointed, and successful preacher, always adapting, as nearly as might be, his discourses to the condition and circumstances of his hearers.
		The delightful harmony which prevailed among preachers and people, and the efforts which were made to extend the blessings of the gospel into the new settlements, east, west, north, and south, gave a vigorous impulse to the general cause, and became a means of bringing hundreds into the fold of Christ.
	www.ccel.org /b/bangs/history2/cache/history2.txt (12689 words)

	Lay preaching
		For a lay preacher, it is a calling to preach the Word of God, and not just ‘part of the job.’ A lay preacher, like a non-stipendiary minister, may have to prepare services after doing a full time job.
		Accreditation is a significant mark of recognition for a lay preacher for his or her work in the wider church.
		Local study groups include a tutor and up to six students and meet about once a fortnight in term to share Bible study, to follow up home study and to reflect on areas of service.
	www.urc.org.uk /our_work/committees/ministries/lay_preaching/could_this_be_you.htm (3649 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Must they preach in their own words?
		Preachers nationwide are wrestling with that question as they struggle with the increased temptation of Internet Web sites that offer ready-to-deliver sermons with the click of a mouse.
		Unless preachers say otherwise up front, church members expect that the sermons they hear are from the pastor's own research, life experience and personal reflection on the topic, pastors said.
		Local pastors say they gather their sermon fodder by brainstorming with other pastors or members of their own church, from reading commentaries on the Scriptures and keeping files of everything they read or hear that might help them.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/lv-other/2005/oct/29/519582526.html (1097 words)

	Worship services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Most services are conducted by local preachers - that's ordinary men and women (like you) that are trained by the Church in leading worship services and preaching the Gospel.
		Preachers don't wear a gown or collar but you'll recognise them as the one at the front explaining about the Gospel of Jesus.
		Preachers don't have a title and so should be referred to by their first name or Mr / Mrs Surname whichever you like.
	www.geocities.com /staincrossmc/worship.htm (701 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Among the mountaineer local preachers, founders of the denomination in the wilderness, were William Shaw, Thomas Lakin, and John J.
		Scores of other local preachers and laymen of those times, faithful and invincible pioneers of Methodism, westward and southward, men who not only labored before the itinerants arrived, and afterward with them, but provided them food and houses and "preaching houses," should be commemorated forever by the Church.
		Of the fifteen preachers received on trial at the Conference of 1784, a third retired from the itinerancy in less than three years; nearly another third in about five years; some of the remainder became men of renown by their faithful and successful services.
	wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyctr/books/0201-0300/stevens/0219-229.htm (4320 words)

	X. Of the Faith of the Fathers. Du Bois, W. E. B. 1903. The Souls of Black Folk
		The fl and massive form of the preacher swayed and quivered as the words crowded to his lips and flew at us in singular eloquence.
		The Preacher is the most unique personality developed by the Negro on American soil.
		Forced and long-continued toil became the rule of life, the old ties of blood relationship and kinship disappeared, and instead of the family appeared a new polygamy and polyandry, which, in some cases, almost reached promiscuity.
	www.bartleby.com /114/10.html (4129 words)

	Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The supervisor, or another preacher, should be in charge of every service in which the person on note takes part and the supervisor should continue to give oversight during the period on trial.
		If that report and the report of the local tutor are satisfactory persons on note shall then be advanced by the meeting to the next stage of training, during which they are said to be on trial'.
		If the local preacher agrees to such a meeting and takes part in it no charge shall be entertained in respect of the matters discussed at the meeting, or in respect of anything said or done during the meeting itself.
	www.methodist.org /cpd_so_5.html (7550 words)

	13Characteristics
		These are the indigenous or "local" preachers that one finds in the sectarian/evangelical, Made in America, rural churches particularly in the South.
		There are strong social norms for the preacher to be aggressive about discovering the spiritual state of persons around him, skilled as sharing "the plan of salvation", and effective in drawing persons to faith in Christ and into church membership.
		The local preachers take great joy in remembering when their works in a revival were blessed by the work of the Holy Spirit in convicting and saving the lost.
	www.msr-crm.org /13Character.htm (2130 words)

	People of the Church
		In the Tunbridge Wells Circuit some of Local preachers are now retired from business, we have a preacher who is a Curator of a Museum, a preacher who during the week can be found selling electrical goods, a driver for a courier firm, a teacher and a buildings manager.
		He or she will contact the preacher appointed for the service and advise the organist of the hymns and the reader of the Bible passages.
		They have a special address from the Preacher, which the adults usually find interesting as well, and before leaving the Church their choice of hymn is introduced by one of the children and sung by all.
	www.valeroyal.freeuk.com /people_of_the_church.html (945 words)

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		Engage as many local Preachers and Exhort ers as will supply them; and let them be paid for their time in proportion to the salary of the Traveling-Preachers.
		The local church lay speaker was only required to complete the basic course (¶¶ 279.1b), while the certified lay speaker was expected to complete the basic course plus at least one advanced course every three years (¶¶ 280.1b, 3d).
		Lay speakers are to serve the local church or charge (or beyond the local church or charge) in any way in which their witness or leadership and service inspires the laity to deeper commitment to Christ and more effective discipleship, including the interpretation of the Scriptures, doctrine, organization, and ministries of the Church.
	www.angelfire.com /biz/SELLC/history.html (3810 words)

	A Brief History of Lay Speaking ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The lay preachers were seized by constables, dragged to prison and committed to the custody of military officers and the captains of men-of-war, for the King's service.
		The local church lay speaker was required to complete only the basic course; while the certified lay speaker was expected to complete the basic course and an advanced course in each three-year period.
		Local church lay speakers were to serve only in their local church.
	www.la-umc.org /ls3.htm (4829 words)

	Origins: The Clergy and the Methodist Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For a variety of reasons, local Preachers typically did not itinerate.
		Preachers in Connexion - Ordination of ministers at Conference distinguished the ordination of Methodist ministers from that of dissenting ministers.
		Their reception into full connexion was a feature retained from Methodism's origins as a 'connexion' of societies, and indicate that a minister is ordained to the whole Church, and not to a 'title' or 'pastoral call.' The connexional principle is a vital structural expression of the interdependence of all churches.
	www.gborocollege.edu /prescorner/clergy.html (455 words)

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		Local Preachers within the Methodist Church are committed members who, while not being ordained, believe they have a vocation to preach.
		They take services within the churches, and they have a commitment to their own continued personal development both in preaching and in the study of the Bible and other theological writings.
		The District Local Preachers Secretary is Mrs Mal Pratt who can be contacted through the church at Buckley.
	www.methodistwales.org.uk /North/preachers.html (86 words)

	Church of Christ Clergy
		While the concept of the local preacher is accepted by thousands as scripturally valid, the Bible speaks of no such function.
		Nobody was the priest, the preacher, or the minister of a New Testament church.
		The Philippian church got along without a hired minister for several generations, and Paul and Polycarp never indicated that one was to be desired, or that the church depends on the local preacher.
	members.aol.com /thegospelm/tgm/t07-95-1.htm (794 words)

	Matherton Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Resolved tht conference be requested to send preachers the ensuing year to this circuit and that B. Carpenter be one of them.
		Local preachers: J. Mabie, M. Aloud, H. Brown, N. Hunt, H. Knox.
		Colby local Deacon, J. Mabie local preacher exhort, I Mather, Stewards: H. Knox, A. Miner, N. Fowler, Leaders: H. Knox, B. Keuts, A. Miner, H. Fowler, I. Mather.
	www.anycities.com /user/genealogy/churchmi.htm (1939 words)

	YOUNG PEOPLE
		The District continues to be ably served by Local Preachers in all circuits, although the greater concentration of preachers appears to be in the southern area of the District.
		Statistics show the number of fully accredited Local Preachers to be 412, with a further 63 “On Trial” and 22 “On Note.” Of the total number of preachers in the District approximately 70 are currently not available to take appointments.
		The matter has been referred to the Connexional Local Preachers Office for consideration and comment on whether similar courses or qualifications might be considered for part or all of the studies.
	www.methlswd.org.uk /annual_report13.htm (462 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Second General Conference; locations deprecated; chartered fund; church property; manner in, and purposes for which it is held; local preachers, rules for the government of rule respecting the use of ardent spirits; Dr. Coke offers his services to the conference, which were accepted; he returns to Europe; an incident of the voyage; conference adjourns.
		The number of annual conferences was reduced this year to fourteen, as some of the preachers had complained of there being so many at such short distances, among other reasons, because it prevented the minutes from being printed until near the end of the year.
		No less than twenty-eight preachers took a location this year, either in consequence of âweakness of body or family concerns.â Two, Jeremiah Cosdon and Jethro Johnson, withdrew from the connection; and four were âdismissed for improper conduct.â Four had died, namely, Philip Cox, Henry Birchett, James Wilson, and John Wayne.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/bangs/history2.xml (13442 words)

	Who is Who at Overend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Local Preachers come from all walks of life.
		When John Wesley began to preach around the country, he encouraged the local people to become Disciples for Jesus in their own communities by organizing services and preaching.
		Local preachers give of they time voluntarily, each week preaching in a different Church in the Circuit.
	www.overend-methodist.org /whos_who.htm (379 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The gain of a hundred and seven preachers is no indication of the actual ministerial growth of the Church; a host of its most commanding men retired to the local ranks in these years, but still to labor indefatigably.
		Able local preachers, many of them veterans from the itinerancy, were now scattered over the whole country, and were among the chief founders of the Church in new regions.
		Most of the preachers appeared to be young men, yet ministerial labor had impressed its withering seal upon their countenances.
	wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyctr/books/0201-0300/stevens/0244-4522.htm (2241 words)

	State Street UMC, Bowling Green, KY - History
		The first unit in the formation of a local church was the class, made up of a small number of believers, and under the supervision of a class leader.
		Itinerant preachers were agents of the publishing house, and presiding elders were charged with the responsibility of seeing to it that all local classes were provided with books.
		It would be impossible to exaggerate the contributions made by these circuit riders and equally difficult to over-rate their courage and devotion in the face of danger and extreme hardship.
	www.statestreetumc.org /history.htm (5942 words)

	Small Church
		While I agreed with his findings, even applauded them, I know many rural pastors who met the criteria that Walrath sets they are not sold out to Industrial Age thinking, and they stay with their rural churches for the long haul.
		In short, if the Mainline pastors that he found in New England are in the ditch on one side of the road, many rural pastors in the South, Southwest, and lower Midwest are in the ditch on the other side of the road.
		Often one hears the local pastor recount victorious struggles with Satan and with those who are seen as his allies.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /smallchurch_4221_ENG_Print.html (2177 words)

	Evangelical Methodist Churches
		Unordained pastors or local preachers serving pastoral charges may administer the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper, and perform the marriage ceremony where the laws of the state permit, within the bounds of their pastoral charge, as long as they are in good standing and their local preacher's license is up-to-date.
		The preacher in charge of a church as pastor is not required to secure the consent of the trustees of the church property before holding services in any church on his charge.
		The General Superintendent shall cooperate with and respect the administrative roles of the District Superintendent and the local pastor.
	www.emchurch.org /discipline/ministry2.htm (1276 words)

	Local Preacher
		Subject to their approval the trainee Local Preacher begins a training period of study and preaching, which lasts between 2 and 5 years depending in individual circumstances.
		The next stage, again subject to the approval of the Local Preacher's Meeting, is for the trainee to be placed "on trial".
		The Local Preacher's Meeting receives regular reports on the services the trainee has taken as well as the progress they are making in their studies.
	freespace.virgin.net /kevernruth.stafford/localpreacher.htm (606 words)

	ipedia.com: Methodism Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Wesley was not a systematic theologian, though Methodist ministerial students and trainee local preachers do study his sermons for his theology.
		Formally, these failed when they were rejected by the Church of England's General Synod in 1972; conversations and co-operation continued, leading in 2003 to the signing of a covenant between the two churches.
		The Methodist Church also started several "Local Ecumenical Projects" (LEP) in the 1970s, both with the Church of England and with the United Reformed Church, which involved sharing churches, schools and in some cases ministers.
	www.ipedia.com /methodism.html (1892 words)

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