Researchers have discovered a cache of 11 journals containing unique and valuable information on early Boerne. These reports were written by Methodist circuit riders from 1883 to 1922. No such records ...

Several of the tympanums above the doors of First United Methodist Church have sculptural groups. The south door of Wesley Hall has a descending dove, perhaps an appropriate subject for Pentecost and ...

From about 1784 to 1890, Methodism in what is now the southeastern United States was fostered by "circuit riders." The term was an American coinage and the circuit rider traveled by horseback from ...

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 ...

You hear the phrases “circuit riders” and “Main Line” and most likely you conjure up images of well-dressed equestrians atop well-groomed horses traveling along the horse trails that wind around ...

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 ...

If not for circuit riders, the pioneers in the early days would have had no access to worship services, revivals, prayer meetings and religious training. When the early settlers began moving into ...

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 ...

First United Methodist Church of Elgin has been proudly celebrating its 175th anniversary this year — a milestone that puts it in rather elite company among Fox Valley churches. It is an occasion ...