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James Jenkins (Methodist)
The Reverend James Jenkins (1764–1847) was an early Methodist circuit rider and preacher in Tennessee, Kentucky, and frontier Illinois, as well as his home state of South Carolina. Born in Brittons Neck, South Carolina, to Elizabeth Britton Jenkins and her husband Samuel, he was a Methodist minister for fifty-five years. He first traveled the Cherokee Circuit, preaching to settlers and Indians alike. He was named presiding elder of the South Carolina district in 1801 and married Elizabeth Ann Gwyn in 1805.''Historic Markers Across South Carolina''.James Jenkins (1764-1847). Accessed October 20, 2013. He died in Camden, South Carolina Camden is the largest city and county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina. The population was 7,764 in the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Camden is the oldest inland city in South Caro .... References Methodists from South Carolina People from Marion County, South Carolina 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reverend (Methodist)
The Reverend is an honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'' but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism. The term is an anglicisation of the Latin ''reverendus'', the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ''revereri'' ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "ne who isto be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''The Honourable'' or ''The Venerable''. It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and most Catholic bishops are usually styled ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |