In the 1800s in the Methodist Church in the United States, a "circuit" consisted of two or more local churches or societies that were served by one pastor or a group of pastors in regular succession. This means that people who were Methodist ministers but who then left the ministry, for whatever reason, are not listed. Halifax Co., Roanoke and Littleton Circuits (Warrenton District), Methodist Church Records, 1860-1905 and undated Found in Edward Alston Thorne Papers. They simply crossed out the "Episcopal" and the "South" (see, especially, aid applications). This list may not reflect recent changes. Calvin Ward. Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. TN Available on microfilm, #190-1-1. See which churches are leaving. Unknown Co., White Sands, Westville, and Mt. Paul Wood,Interim Director of the Ministries Team. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Also Lists of the Ministers who have Died in the Work, and of those Ministers in Australasia who Entered the Methodist Ministry previous to the Constitution of the Australasian Affiliated Conference,fourteenth edition, corrected and enlarged by Marmaduke Clark Osborn. This can lead to two common errors: Some records are still held in the local churches. The MARC also contains the personal library of John Fletcher, along with a fine collection of 18th-century anti-Methodist printed material and thousands of tracts and pamphlets dating from 1568 onwards. Brooklyn, NY, 11238 Gates Co., Gates Circuit (Elizabeth City and Suffolk, Va. More info. WebAn Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers, Missionaries & Preachers on Trial, in Connexion with the British and Irish Conferences, or with the Affiliated Conferences of France, Australasia and Eastern British America, and Including some of the Ministers of the Canadian Conference; Showing the Circuits and Stations to Ask for small searches at a time, such as one birth record or a specific marriage. TN Some church records have been deposited for preservation in government archives or in libraries. 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The printed reference book by Oliver Beckerlegge lists all the ministers, even if they left the ministry. 37212 WebOrdination is the process Methodist and other Christian churches use to certify their pastors and leaders. C R Hill Jr. Calissa Kummer Dauterman. Gates Co., North Gates Circuit (Elizabeth City, Murfreesboro, Va., and Suffolk, Va. Page added. The divisional records contains a wealth of information that is of interest to historians of religion, politics, social studies, education and other disciplines, and to a lesser degree, genealogists and local historians. Phone: 317-774-3864 2019 Pictorial Directory(pdf)2018 Pictorial Directory(pdf), 2017 Pictorial Directory(pdf)2016 Pictorial Directory(pdf). The General Commission on Archives and History does not hold such records. Web(includes other Methodist denominations) (346.2) Elder or Ordained Clergy from Other Denomination (344.1) Clergy serving in extension ministry beyond the ministry usually extended through the local UMC (AF) Affiliate Member (AM) Associate Member (AM-R) Retired Associate Member Serving Appointment Prominent eighteenth-century Evangelicals, other than the Wesleys, whose personal papers are represented in the collections include George Whitefield (17141770), the Countess of Huntingdon (17071791), Howel Harris (17141773) and Benjamin Ingham (17121772). In these cases, the best method for finding information would be to begin with a county name or several county names. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers and Preachers on Trial, in Connection with the British and Irish Conferences, with several of the Ministers of the Affiliated Conferences. Rockingham District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1891-1893. Summary information about all our Methodist holdings and an introduction to more detailed catalogues and finding aids can be found in the Guide to Methodist Resources at the University of Manchester. Because of the assignment of these conference email addresses, personal email addresses will not be published in the Conference Clergy Directory. through the collection names and descriptionsusing our searchable A-Z tool. Found in the Mt. dlDisplay.do?vid=OXVU1&docId=oxfaleph014072227, Hill, William. Baptism and local church membership records are the two most frequently requested materials. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers, Missionaries & Preachers on Trial, in Connexion with the British and Irish Conferences, or with the Affiliated Conferences of France, Australasia and Eastern British America, and Including some of the Ministers of the Canadian Conference; Showing the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Conferences of 1861. 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Look for digital copies of church records listed in the FamilySearch Catalog. They may also use the Historical Sketches Series to locate minister, circuit, and church names in alphabetical order. Catalog. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/ London: John Mason, 1862, iv, 198 pp. London: J. Kershaw, 1827,166 pp. Our work: to oversee the processes of vocational discernment and training for lay and ordained ministries. WebOrdination is the process Methodist and other Christian churches use to certify their pastors and leaders. Contact the current minister to find out what records are still available. Wesley and his brother Charles brought the movement to the colony of Georgia, arriving in March 1736 as Church of England missionaries. In addition to the quarterly conference and district conference minutes, the N.C. Conference and Non-N.C. Conference Series include membership, Sunday School, abstinence society, and susbscription and class lists (Buckhorn, Currituck, Forsyth, and Haw River Circuits); plans and maps of circuits (Currituck, Forsyth, and Holly Springs Circuits); notes, drawings, and inventories of church buildings and furniture (Iredell and Roanoke Circuits); and handwritten "responses" of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the MEC split, some written by William Gwynn Coe. The Historical Sketches Series comprises primarily historical and biographical information solicited from N.C. ministers about themselves, their churches, circuits, and counties in 1879 by H. T. Hudson and in 1895 by an unknown person. These include Thomas Coke (17471814), Joseph Benson (17481821), Adam Clarke (17601832), William Clowes (17801852), Hugh Bourne (17721852), Jabez Bunting (17791858), John Rattenbury (18061879), John Ernest Rattenbury (18701963), Harold Burgoyne Rattenbury (18781962), and Dr Rupert Davies (19091994). This includescircuit and District boundaries, membership and attendance data as well aslayeredinformation aboutage, ethnicity, religion and deprivation throughout the Connexion:Methodist Church Advanced Webmap, We want to know how this website works for you. Ministers of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, List of presidents of the Methodist Conference, Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician), John Petty (primitive Methodist minister), James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1865), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Methodist_ministers&oldid=949397774, Protestant religious leaders by denomination, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 April 2020, at 07:36. The United Methodist Church. Randolph Co., Found in William F. Clegg Papers. Nashville These include, in the N.C. Conference, MECS, the Durham District (1885-1927), Elizabeth City District (1911-1922), Raleigh District (1914-1915 and 1935-1939), and Wilmington District (1866-1898); and Bath Circuit (Beaufort Co., 1849-1894), Dare Circuit (Dare Co., 1859-1903), Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station (New Hanover Co., 1844-1905), Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1784-1911), Iredell Circuit (Iredell Co., 1823-1873), Leasburg Circuit (Caswell Co., 1883-1930), North Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1884-1937), Pasquotank Circuit (Pasquotank Co., 1852-1906), Pittsboro Circuit (Chatham Co., 1854-1943), and Yanceyville Circuit (Caswell Co., 1844-1902). Available on microfilm, #191-1-1 to 191-5-1/. United States, 1116 First Ave South Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers, (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 15. 37206 (District); Ct. (Circuit); Co. (County). Information regarding what counties and which circuits, charges, and churches in the collection can be found within each district has been retained, as has any administrative history relating which district(s) a particular circuit, charge, or church was a part of during what time period. Unknown Co., Pastor's Books, 1903-1934, for Grimesland and Vanceboro, Spring Hope and Mt. There are also bound volumes of N.C. Conference, MECS, district conference minutes (1866-1939); financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference, MECS (1909-1952); bound journals of annual conference meetings of the N.C. Conference, MECS (1838-1913); as well as some district, conference, and national records for non-N.C. conferences and for the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Abbreviations used in this finding aid: N.C. (North Carolina); MECS (Methodist Episcopal Church, South); MEC (Methodist Episcopal Church); ME (Methodist Church); MPC (Methodist Protestant Church); UMC (United Methodist Church); Dist. 701 West Monroe Street Use the search function below to find a person, or scroll through the list sorted last name. You will possibly find many different people with the same name as your ancestor, especially when a family stayed in a locality for several generations, and several children were named after the grandparents or aunts and uncles. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan Methodist Preachers and Missionaries,who are now Travelling in Great-Britain and in Distant Parts of the Globe, with a View of all the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed by the Conference, from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Present Period, Carefully Extracted from the Printed Minutes. (804) 521-1100. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Preachers and Missionaries who are now Travelling, or are Located, in Great Britain, and in Distant Parts of the Globe, with a View of all the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed by the Conference,from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Present Period. London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1866, iv, 207 pp. Hill, William. Unknown Co., Lexington First Church, Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1809-1841 (not entire volume) (Lexington District). WebJohn Wesley United Methodist Church 901 Benton Ave Nashville TN 37204 United States 2.00 km, 1.25 mi Belmont United Methodist Church 2007 Acklen Avenue Nashville TN District Superintendents: The MARC also holds the archives of the Wesleyan Theological Institute, which supervised all the constituent colleges, and of Southlands College, Wimbledon, the Methodist teacher-training institute. When searching for such records the best place to start is with the annual conference archvist.