Theodore Sommers Henderson (May 14, 1868 – February 11, 1929) was an American

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of the

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, elected in 1912. Born in

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, he joined the

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East Annual Conference of the M.E. Church in 1893. Prior to his election to the

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, he served as a

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and as the secretary of

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of the M.E. Church As bishop he was assigned the

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Episcopal Area, making many episcopal visits throughout this area (which included Ohio and Kentucky). Among these visits was one to the LeRoy Methodist Episcopal Church in LeRoy, Ohio (now

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) in 1923 for the dedication of their new church building. Bishop Henderson died 11 February 1929 in

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. He was buried in

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in Cincinnati.

Selected writings

*''Methodism's Minimum Goal,'' New England Methodism, E.C.E. Dorion, Editor, 1915. *Address: ''Book of Devotions,'' 1916. *''Decision Day,'' pamphlet, 36 pp., n.d. *Booklets: Building an Evangelistic Church, The Fellowship of Redemption.

References

* Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist bishops, Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.

Selected writings

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