[DOC] [TLE] Francis Asbury - Wikipedia [PAR] Francis Asbury was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in the United States. As a young man in October 1771, the Englishman 
traveled to America and, ... During the first year he was Wesley's assistant and 
preached in 25 different settlements. When the American Revolutionary War 
broke out in... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Coke (bishop) - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Coke (9 September 1747  2 May 1814) was the first Methodist Bishop 
and is known ... Wesley's action took place two months before the consecration in 
Aberdeen ... been jointly the first Superintendents of the Methodist Church in 
America (the ... He promoted others in setting up missions in Canada and 
Scotland. [DOC] [TLE] Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke: The First Methodist Bishops ... [PAR] Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke: The First Methodist Bishops Exhibit (Summer 
2010). image Thomas Coke arrived in the United States in November, 1784 with 
... and soon after became a Methodist, a group whose doctrine and discipline he 
... It contained a shortened list of the Articles of Religion, orders of worship for... [DOC] [TLE] America's Bishop: Francis Asbury - Christian Heritage Fellowship, Inc. [PAR] Francis Asbury (August 20, 1745  March 31, 1816) is remembered most for the ... [DOC] [TLE] Francis Asbury - 1701-1800 Church History Timeline - Christianity [PAR] Christian Theology ... From among them, Wesley selected Richard Wright and 
Francis Asbury. ... No; I am going to live to God and to bring others to do so. ... He 
immediately took the title "bishop" and kept it even after John Wesley wrote him a 
... Thomas Coke was the first superintendent (bishop) of the Methodist church. [DOC] [TLE] The Wesley Center Online: The Methodist Quarterly Review 1885 ... [PAR] It recognizes the presiding elder as in office over other elders but of the same 
order, and from ... Thomas Coke, D.C.L., who was a presbyter of the Church of 
England, and Francis Asbury, who was a preacher in America, to be 
Superintendents, ..... This was the first time our Superintendents ever gave 
themselves the title of... [DOC] [TLE] Methodism - Public Encyclopedia Services Home Page [PAR] A number of divisions soon took place among the Methodists. ... two missionaries 
and appointment of Thomas Coke as "superintendent" for America led to the .... in 
1784 Coke ordained Asbury, and the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized
. .... A religious movement which was originated in 1739 by John Wesley in the... [DOC] [TLE] Bishops in the Methodist tradition: 1784 through today | The United ... [PAR] The Ordination of Bishop Francis Asbury and Organization of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Dec. ... to Thomas Coke ordaining power as a general 
superintendent in September of ... 20, 1788, wrote, "(Others) may call me a knave 
or a fool, a rascal, ... and the Methodist Protestants in America after 1830 did not 
use the title,... [DOC] [TLE] April | 2015 | American Methodist Heritage Tour [PAR] Apr 30, 2015 ... Francis Asbury's journal for December 24th has only brief entries for such a ... 
Thus, Asbury was ordained by Thomas Coke a deacon, then the next day an ... In 
1784, Methodists anticipated the American religious future by ..... joint 
Superintendents of the American work, they soon took the title of Bishop,... [DOC] [TLE] Fr. Hardon Responds to Msgr. Bray - Methodist Beginnings in ... [PAR] Father John A. Hardon's fine book, The Protestant Churches of America, [1] was 
... Wesley on his own authority first ordained Thomas Coke, Richard Whatcoat 
and ... Dr. Coke and Mr. Francis Asbury, to be Superintendents over our brethren 
in ... Hence, the title bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church originated in the
... [DOC] [TLE] American Methodist Heritage Tour | "Learning from the past to ... [PAR] May 2, 2015 ... Harry met Bishop Francis Asbury around 1780, a meeting Asbury considered ... 
While Thomas Coke and Harry Hosier toured Delaware, Maryland, and ... and 
fraternizing with other religious communities including Methodists! ..... to

Question: Thomas Coke & Francis Asbury, the 1st Methodist superintendents in America, soon took this other religious title
Answer: bishop