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United Methodist Foundational Documents

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Pioneers in Methodism

The Rev. Zenro Hirota (second row from the top, third from the left) poses with other attendees of the 10th Annual Session of the Pacific Japanese Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in Seattle, Wash., in 1909. Hirota is listed as “pastor at San Francisco” on the original legend. Image courtesy of Archives and History of the California-Pacific Conference; graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications.

Pioneers in Methodism: Zenro Hirota

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Sacraments

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Beliefs & Practices

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Christian Year

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Worship

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