Ordained and Academic Ministry
Welch entered the New York Annual Conference of the M.E. Church and was appointed to Bedford Station in 1890. In 1892 he was appointed Pastor of St. Luke's M.E. Church in N.Y.C. He then transferred to the New York East Annual Conference, where he was appointed successively to: Summerfield in Brooklyn, 1893–98; Middletown, Connecticut, 1898–1903; and the Chester Hill M.E. Church in Mt. Vernon, New York, 1903-05.
In 1905 Welsh transferred his Conference Membership again, this time to the West Ohio Annual Conference, when he was named the President of Ohio Wesleyan University. He served as President until becoming Bishop in 1916.
During 1907-1908, the Welch was President of the Association of Ohio College Presidents and Deans. He was also the President of the Methodist Social Service from 1909–1912, and later served as chairman of the Methodist Commission for Overseas Relief, 1940-1948.
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