dc.contributor.author | Gardner, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Shriner, Clint | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Wichita (Kan.) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-20T17:01:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-09T13:10:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-12-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12572 | |
dc.description | Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Oral history interview with Dr. Michael Gardner conducted by Clint Shriner in Wichita, Kansas, on December 10, 2009. In this interview, Dr. Michael Gardner describes his early experiences with church membership, his decision and training to become a pastor, and his path to becoming pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kansas. He describes the history of the First United Methodist Church, and his role and duties as its pastor. He describes the governance of the United Methodist Church, how people become members of the congregation, and the relationships between the First United Methodist Church and other religious organizations in Wichita. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas course taught at the University of Kansas by Dr. Timothy Miller in the fall of 2009. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Friends of the Department of Religious Studies | |
dc.publisher | Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas | |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://ksreligion.omeka.net/ | |
dc.rights | All oral histories in the Religion in Kansas Project are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | First United Methodist Church (Wichita, Kan.) | |
dc.subject | Church services. | |
dc.subject | Methodists -- Kansas. | |
dc.subject | Ministries and outreach. | |
dc.title | Michael Gardner Oral History | |
dc.type | Recording, oral | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |