Theodore Sommers Henderson (May 14, 1868 – February 11, 1929) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1912.

Born in Millburn, New Jersey, he joined the New York East Annual Conference of the M.E. Church in 1893. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as a pastor and as the secretary of Evangelism of the M.E. Church

Theodore Sommers Henderson

As bishop he was assigned the Cincinnati 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 Westfield Center, Ohio) in 1923 for the dedication of their new church building.

Theodore Sommers Henderson

Bishop Henderson died 11 February 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Theodore Sommers Henderson

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.

See also

List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

1868 births

1929 deaths

American Methodist Episcopal bishops

American pamphleteers

American male non-fiction writers

American speechwriters

Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church

People from Millburn, New Jersey

Methodist writers

Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery