The fall meeting of the North Carolina Historical Society and the Commission on Archives and History will take place on October 9, 2021, at the NCC United Methodist Conference Building in Garner, NC. We will meet at 10:00 AM and break for lunch at noon. Our guest speaker will be Katie Benjamin, Director, Duke University… Continue Reading→
North Carolina and the Foundation of Methodist Missions in China
by William C. Simpson, Jr, Conference Historian of the North Carolina Annual Conference The exponential growth of Methodist mission work in China can be traced to an almost happenstance occurrence on the North Carolina coast. The story relates to not only Methodism in China but also to the history of Trinity College, later, Duke University…. Continue Reading→
Methodism & Schism
It didn’t happen! The year 2020 was supposed to be the year in which a schism would take place in the United Methodist Church. Well, it would seem that Covid-19 came along and not only disrupted the World but even the United Methodist Church. So, the probable schism has been rescheduled until 2021. Schisms… Continue Reading→
The Christmas Conference
Long before the Christmas Conference, the seeds of Methodism were planted in the American colonies by settlers who were part of Methodism in England. As the number of people with the Methodist tradition grew it was inevitable that Methodist Societies would be formed. The growth of such societies caused the Rev. John Wesley to see… Continue Reading→
SEJ Historical Society Meeting Report
The annual meeting of the SEJ of the United Methodist Historical Society met on the Campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida from July 10 through the 13. This campus is the home of the largest collection of buildings designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, and all participants enjoyed a tour of the structures and… Continue Reading→