Record #:

27919

Author(s):

Baker, Mary

Abstract:

In 1772, Anglican priest John Wesley sent Joseph Pilmore to New Bern, North Carolina to extend the work of the Methodists. The Methodists of New Bern became the most numerous denomination in the area. In 1843 the Centenary Methodist Church was built and named for the the fact that the religious reawakening of the church was about one-hundred years after the Aldersgate experience of John Wesley.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Nov 1992, p21-31, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Methodism--History; Methodist Church--North Carolina

Record #:

8480

Author(s):

Anderson, Ben

Abstract:

English Chapel was constructed outside of Brevard in 1860 by the Reverend A. F. English. The Reverend built the church because he disagreed with the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church's stance on slavery. The church remains today but has gone through some hard times. At one time English Chapel served over forty mountain families. However, this number declined greatly after much of the area became part of the Pisgah National Forest. Since then, membership at the church as dwindled. English Chapel is now served by Reverend Chris Fitzgerald, who splits his time with two other Methodist churches. Attendance swells during the summer months as campers and hikers visit services.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 2, July 1983, p21, por

Subject(s):

Methodism--History; English Chapel (Brevard)

Record #:

16467

Author(s):

Parker, Charles

Abstract:

From its early days on the frontiers of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, the old-fashioned camp meeting has stood in folklore as a wild and raucous outdoor gathering where the rugged pioneer vented his religious steam, often in unusual ways. Carried on the wings of the Second Great Awakening at the turn of the 19th-century, the idea of the camp meeting spread both on the frontier and along the eastern seaboard, and became a hallmark of American Methodism.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967, p35-40 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Methodism--History

Record #:

14678

Author(s):

Yarbrough, E.S.

Abstract:

John Wesley Jenkins was a Methodist Minister traveling the circuit during the late 1800s. As a devout Methodist, Jenkins envisioned an orphanage dedicated solely to aiding and housing children and widows of the Methodist faith. To realize his vision, Jenkins wrote letters to The Christian Advocate and The North Carolina Christian Advocate and finally, after appearing before a Methodist conference, convinced enough fellow church members to fund the project. The facility, called The Methodist Home was approved to by state legislature March 6, 1899 to be built in Raleigh. It opened November 29, 1900 and the first child admitted, Cassie Bright, on January 7, 1901.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 43, Mar 1947, p11

Subject(s):

Methodism--History; Jenkins, John Wesley, 1832-1906; The Methodist Home (Raleigh); Orphanages--Raleigh

Record #:

17097

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

Francis Asbury was born in England and is considered the first bishop of American Methodism. He traveled extensively in America, covering over 6,000 miles annually. Hicklin recounts his time in North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 42, Mar 1938, p7, 20, il

Subject(s):

Methodism--History