Commission on Archives and History 2016

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2016 ANNIVERSARY CHURCHES COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY WNC Annual Conference The United Methodist Church

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2016 ANNIVERSARY CHURCHES

COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY

WNC Annual ConferenceThe United Methodist Church

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First UMC, LincolntonLincoln CountyOrganized 1816

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1866 • Civil War ended in 1865• The Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern

Methodists) began sending missionaries into North Carolina, with the goal of organizing new congregations

• Predominantly African-American congregations were formed

• Predominantly Caucasian congregations of Union sympathizers were formed

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1866

• Result—new congregations being formed in what is now WNC Annual Conference in all three branches of Methodism

• Methodist Episcopal Church (both predominantly African-American and predominantly Caucasian)

• Methodist Episcopal Church, South• Methodist Protestant Church

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Baltimore UMC (MP)Yadkin County

Organized 1866

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Bell UMC, Leicester (ME)Buncombe County

Organized 1866

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Big Spring UMC, Charlotte (MECS)Mecklenburg County

Organized 1866

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Boone UMC, Boone (MECS)Watauga CountyOrganized 1866

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Morning Star UMC (ME)Haywood CountyOrganized 1866

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St. Matthews UMC, Greensboro (ME)Guilford CountyOrganized 1866

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Simpson-Gillespie UMC, Charlotte (ME)Mecklenburg County

Organized 1866

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Badin UMC, Badin (MECS)Stanly County

Organized 1916