Three female deacons in the United Methodist Church in Colo­rado recently found themselves without any paid position in a congregation. Two of them had been laid off by their congregations for ...
Methodism enjoyed widespread growth in America in the middle to late 1700s and 1800s because of its "circuit riders." Circuit riders, also called "saddlebag preachers," were a different kind of clergy ...
LENORA — The Rev. John Dyer, founding circuit rider of the historic Lenora United Methodist Church, will appear at the 1856 church for his annual visit at 3 p.m. July 8. The Lenora Church is in the ...
One of the joys of historical research is stumbling upon a previously unknown source. The thrill of discovery is even greater when the source is interestingly written. Recently I discovered a memoir ...
HELENA - Shiloh United Methodist Church is continuing a yearlong celebration of its 175th anniversary that began last fall. Although locals gathered for religious classes as early as 1838, the ...
Do not be alarmed Sunday morning if you see a man in black riding a horse across the prairie behind Janesville’s Asbury United Methodist Church.
SHELLEY — The Oregon-Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church has appointed Pastor Davey L. Lefler to develop, form and implement the Snake River Cooperative Parish. The Snake River Cooperative ...