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'''James Chamberlain Baker''' (June 2, 1879 &ndash; 1969) was an American [[bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], [[The Methodist Church (USA)|The Methodist Church]], and the [[United Methodist Church]], elected in 1928.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
James Chamberlain Baker was born on June 2, 1879, in [[Sheldon, Illinois]]. Of [[New England]] [[ancestry]] on both sides, he was a son of the Rev. Benjamin Webb Baker, a Civil War [[Chaplain]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Prior to his election to the [[episcopacy]], Bishop Baker united with the [[Illinois]] [[Annual conferences within Methodism|Annual Conference]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church|M.E. Church]] in 1900. He served as an [[educator]], a [[pastor]], and the organizer and head of the first [[Wesley Foundation]] in the [[United States]], at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]].<br />
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Bishop Baker served the [[California]] Episcopal Area, which at the time included the following Annual Conferences: California, Southern California-Arizona, California Oriental Provisional, Hawaii Mission, Pacific Japanese Provisional, and Latin American Provisional.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He died in 1969.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of bishops of the United Methodist Church]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*Leete, Frederick DeLand, '''Methodist Bishops.''' Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.<br />
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