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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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Guide to the Michigan Episcopal Area Records

Prepared by Myong Shin Jeon, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey

11/8/2006


Overview of Records

Record Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Michigan Episcopal Area
Title: Michigan Episcopal Area Records
Dates: 1972-1984
Abstract: The records of the Michigan Episcopal Area reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. The collection contains the administrative records of Edsel A. Ammons tenure as bishop. Besides the everyday type of records created by the Bishop's office, there are those files that emphasize both youth and urban ministries. Ammons' sermons and a collection of his writings are also included as well.
Extent: 1.53 cu. feet
Resource ID: gcah.rg.4751



History Note

The records of the Michigan Episcopal Area reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. Bishops are elected by the Jurisdictional Conference. Episcopal assignments are determined by the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy in consultation with the College of Bishops. Each bishop assumes his or her post on the first day of September following the Jurisdictional meeting. A bishop, however, cannot serve in an area where his or her latest membership was held. Bishops are set apart as a separate ministry to oversee and supervise the districts and charges within their appointed geographic area. The denomination authorizes these ministers to guard the faith, order, liturgy, doctrine and discipline of the general church. District superintendents are appointed by the bishop to help administer the denominational directives in specific geographic areas. Bishops ordain, consecrate, commission and appoint the clergy to specific churches and ministries under their immediate charge. Bishops are also expected to serve the larger church through the general agencies, boards and commissions. They are in many ways the faces of the denomination when General Conference is no longer in session.


Scope Note

The collection contains the administrative records of Edsel A. Ammons tenure as bishop. Besides the everyday type of records created by the Bishop's office, there are those files that emphasize both youth and urban ministries. Ammons' sermons and a collection of his writings are also included as well.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

Series: Edsel Ammons

Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Michigan Episcopal Area Records, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Access Restrictions

Denominational agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the public unless they have been closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff office records are closed for twenty-five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.


Restrictions on Use

Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.


Subject Terms

Additonal Creators - Personal
:Ammons, Edsel A..
Subject Topics
Ministry.
Theology
Subject Geographic
Michigan.
Genre
Correspondence
Publications.
Sermons
Clippings


Container List


Series: Edsel Ammons
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
2321-5-3: 3 Bishops Visitation Program - Africa Trip 1977
2321-5-3: 7 Bishops Consultation on Urban Ministry 1978 - 1981
2321-5-3: 9 Contingency Funds Meeting - June 22, 1977 2:00 PM 1977
2321-5-5: 3 Iran Task Force - Council of Bishops 1980
2321-5-6: 2 National Youth Ministry 1977 - 1978
2321-5-6: 3 National Youth Ministry 1977 - 1978