ALEXANDRIA, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A more than two-hundred-year-old tale about a circuit-riding preacher named John Shrock proves that some Americans in the Red River Valley during the early 1800s had the ...

A two-year plan to travel as a circuit-riding preacher has turned into a longer journey, but for Dan Boyd it’s all part of a larger plan. Dubbing himself “the last circuit riding preacher,” Boyd was ...

When two branches of your family send you the same off-beat national news story—with convincing rationale and within an hour of each other—you’d better at least read it. I did more than that. I read ...

On a blistering hot day, compounded by a howling wind that wouldn't quit, cowboy preacher Dan Boyd and his wife, Grace, rode slowly on horseback along the shoulder of U.S. Highway 310. On the road ...

I love an old story that circulates in my family about my great-great grandfather, a fiery circuit-riding preacher named John Martin McBrayer. “The Reverend,” or just “Preacher,” as he was known, ...

Pastor David Brown is a circuit preacher. Once called called circuit riders, these preachers went from town to town in 19th-century America to spread the Gospel. They’ve gone from horseback to car, ...

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 ...

BRISTOL, Va. – For seven years, Keith McGrew has led the Sunday services at three different Methodist churches every week. But Sunday, the pastor of Mary’s Chapel, Booher’s Chapel and Campground ...

In looking through reams of collectibles, I re-discovered something I’d been asked to read in 1984 at Homestead United Methodist Church as part of their bicentennial celebration. Enter the life story ...

Methodism took root in England at Oxford University in 1729. Forty-four years later, the sect had reached the “Holston Country,” the rugged American frontier region where Indians posed resistance. One ...