Jacob Albright, 1759-1808
Founder of the Evangelical Association (later the Evangelical Church).
Richard Allen, 1760-1831
Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Francis Asbury, 1745-1816
One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.
Minerva G. Carcano, b. 1954
First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.
Colleen Kyung Seen Chun, b. 1949
First Korean Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
Thomas Coke, 1747-1814
One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcoopal Church in the United States.
Sallie A. Crenshaw, 1900-1986
First African American women, along with Nora E. Young, to receive full-clergy rights.
Helenor M. Davisson, 1866
The First Woman Ordained Deacon in The Methodist Protestant Church by the North Indiana Conference - 1866
Julia Torres Fernandez, 1904-1988
First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
Alejo Hernandez, 1842-1875
The first Latino to be ordained in Methodism.
Maud Jensen, 1904-1998
First woman to received full clergy rights in the Methodist Church.
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly, b. 1920
First African American Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.
Mamie Ming Yan Ko
On of the first two Chinese Women (see also Mochie Lam) to be received into Full Connection.
Mochi Lam, b. 1939
One of the First Two Chinese Women (see also Mamie Ming Yan Ko) to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.
Marjorie Matthews, 1916-1986
First Woman Elected a Bishop in the United Methodist Church.
Margaret Misal, b.1938
First East Indian Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
Christian Newcomer, 1749-1830
Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
Ella Niswonger, 1865-1944
The First Woman to be Ordained in The United Brethren Church - 1889<
Charity Opheral, dates unknown
The First Woman to Receive Commendation to Preach by the White River Annual Conference in 1847 and Local License to Preach in 1849 in The United Brethren Church
William Orwig, 1810-1889
Evangelical Association bishop.
Philip Otterbein, 1726-1813
One of Founders of the United Brethren in Christ Church.
Tweedy Evelene Navarrete Sombrero, b. 1953
First Native American Woman to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.
Naomi P. F. Southard, b. 1951
First Japanese Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
His many beloved hymns captured the central teachings of “scriptural Christianity” and Methodist emphases teaching the faith and stirring the soul.
John Wesley, 1703-1791
Brief summary of the life of John Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism
Nora E. Young, dates unknown
First African American women, along with Sallie Crenshaw, to receive full-clergy rights.
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