Shelton Memorial Christian Church in Ulysses, received the “Faithful Partners Award” from Phillips Theological Seminary during the seminary’s Remind & Renew event.
Founded in 1926 with a donation of $500 coming from the Women’s Society. The church dedicatory sermon was preached on May 27, 1927 by H.W. Newby, son of Eric Newby, a Christian Evangelist, who in 1892 held a meeting in the schoolhouse at Ulysses, Kansas.
Several young folks in attendance were converted, then baptized in the North Fork on January 28, 1893, one of whom was Albert Shelton. Shelton was educated in medicine at the University of Kentucky and was ordained as a Christian minister. At his request, the Christian board of Missions sent him to Tibet. He was the first white doctor to go to that land and became a martyr for the cause of Christ. Shelton Memorial was so named in memory of Albert Shelton.
The church is striving to live in the here and now and at the same time look to the future with the promise of a new settled pastor to guide them forward. They ask for your prayers as they move ahead in this venture. “Embracing the love of Jesus through ministry, mission, and witness.”