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Cokesbury is the retail division of the United Methodist Publishing House. Based in Nashville, Tennessee , Cokesbury serves as an agency of the United Methodist Church but serves also as an ecumenical resource provider to other denominations.
The name of the imprint is a reference to the town of Abingdon, Maryland, location of the Methodist university Cokesbury College. [2] In 1923 the Methodist Episcopal Church, South adopted the name Cokesbury for its own publishing concern, with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. [2]
Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was a British-American Methodist minister who became one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage ...
Cokesbury, historically known as Cokesburg, is an unincorporated community located on the border of Clinton and Tewksbury townships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. [1] [2] It was named after two Methodist bishops, Coke and Asbury. [3] [4] The Cokesbury Historic District was listed on the state and national registers of historic places in 1997.
1789 August 17 - Rev. John Dickins opens the first Methodist Bookstore at St. George's, laying the foundation for the Methodist Publishing House and the current Cokesbury Book Stores. 1791 Participated in organizing the first Interdenominational Sunday School Association.
The illustrated history of Methodism ; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present day. Written in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons .
Elmer Talmadge Clark (September 9, 1886 in Arkansas – August 29, 1966) was an American writer, editor and denominational executive for the Methodist Church and supporting groups related to the Methodist Church. Most of his writings are interpretative of the religion and promotional booklets.
The Interpreter's Bible series is a biblical criticism series published by United Methodist Publishing (Abingdon/Cokesbury) beginning in the 1950s. Each volume covers one or more books of the Old Testament (including the Apocrypha) or the New Testament.