United Methodist Church records, 1784-1984, bulk 1800-1940. Phone:(609) 497-7875 WebJohn Wesley United Methodist Church 901 Benton Ave Nashville TN 37204 United States 2.00 km, 1.25 mi Belmont United Methodist Church 2007 Acklen Avenue Nashville TN Nashville
Catalog. Allactiveclergy of the Virginia Conference have been assigned conference email addresses that will be published in the Conference Clergy Directory. materials in the Duke University Libraries, search for these terms in the Use the search function below to find a person, or scroll through the list sorted last name. Email:library@ptsem.edu, Heritage Hall Archives and Research Center If a church closes and there is no successor then the records are transferred to the annual conference archives - the regional depository. This page has been viewed 21,939 times (0 via redirect). Nashville
Clergy: Please submit this form if you wish to opt out of having a hard copy of the Clergy Directory mailed to you each year. There are two resources for doing genealogy research on this site: The United Methodist Church is a big tent theologically, and people with conservative or traditional religious beliefs make up the largest group under that spreading canvas. Journals, 1838-1923. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan Methodist Ministers and Preachers on Trial in Connexion with the British and Irish Conferences; Showing the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Conference of 1896; also an Alphabetical List of the Ministers who have Died in the Work;together with a List of Ministers in Connexion with the French, the Australasian, the South African and the West Indian Conferences who Entered theMinistry previous to the Constitution of these Affiliated Conferences, eighteenth edition, corrected and revised to date by David James Waller. TN
Contact the current minister to find out what records are still available. WebThe ministries team exists to equip the Methodist Church by training, developing and supporting those called by God to serve in lay and ordained ministry. Spurce: Wikipedia. Showing the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Conferences of 1881. There are conference-level records only for the Virginia and Wisconsin Conferences and these include an 1815 list of ministers serving Virginia Conference districts and circuits, as well as a group of hand-written "responses" of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the Methodist Episcopal Church split (1864-1866). Summary information about all our Methodist holdings and an introduction to more detailed catalogues and finding aids can be found in the Guide to Methodist Resources at the University of Manchester. There are also bound volumes of N.C. Conference, MECS, district conference minutes (1866-1939); financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference, MECS (1909-1952); bound journals of annual conference meetings of the N.C. Conference, MECS (1838-1913); as well as some district, conference, and national records for non-N.C. conferences and for the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). 2020 The Florida Conference of London: John Mason, 1833, [2], 96pp. 1132208. is the simplest way for finding the location and contact details of your nearest Methodist church. TN
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Available on microfilm, #189-1-1. Please let us know your suggestions for improvement, Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Are you new to the area? The MARC holds the worlds largest collection of circuit plans up to 1933 (over 5,000), which record the names of itinerant and local preachers in particular circuits, and can be used to chart the growth and decline of Methodism at the local level. Oversight and Trusteeship: Proposals for changes to Methodist Church Structures, The President and Vice-President of the Conference, Singing the Faith Plus worship planning hub, The Well Learning Hub - equipping and supporting workers, Resources and help for lockdown and beyond, Digital communication guidance for churches, The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Policies & Procedures, Posters, and Leaflets, Courage, Cost and Hope - Past Cases Review, Safer Recruitment (Including DBS/PVG, DDC, Forms, & Policy and Guidance Documents), Safeguarding Blogs (including blogs from London and BEH Methodist Districts), The Theology of Safeguarding and Spiritual Abuse. Calvin Ward. 1. Dr. Henry Brown Methodist minister and author of The Impending Peril: Or, Methodism and Amusement William Gannaway Brownlow Governor of Tennessee Get in touch via emailif you spotany errors in the map. This list may not reflect recent changes. Because of the assignment of these conference email addresses, personal email addresses will not be published in the Conference Clergy Directory. WebOrdination is the process Methodist and other Christian churches use to certify their pastors and leaders. Conferences, the N.C. Conference, and the Western N.C. Conference for information by county. The Methodist movement began in England in the early 1700s, under Anglican minister John Wesley and his followers. Box 821 An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers and Preachers on Trial, in Connection with the British and Irish Conferences, with several of the Ministers of the Affiliated Conferences. 37209
Mission Conference, which includes the entire state of N.C.; exists until 1878, Southern and western piedmont counties move from the S.C. Conference, MECS, to the N.C. Conference, MECS; the N.C. Conference is now composed of all N.C. counties except territory to the west of the Appalachian mountains, which remain in the Holston Conference of the MECS, A separate Methodist Church, the Colored Methodist Church in America (CMCA), forms out of the MECS for all African-American members; exists until 1956, White members of the N.C. Conference of the MEC and the N.C. part of the Asheville District of the Holston Conference, MEC, form the Southern Central Conference, MEC; exists until 1880, N.C. Black Conference of the MEC forms out of the Va.-NC. TN
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http://archive.org/details/alphabeticaland00unkngoog, Hill, William. In addition, the series includes bound journals of annual conference meetings for the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1838-1913), as well as bound volumes of district conference minutes and quarterly conference minutes for, among other districts, the Durham, Elizabeth City, Raleigh, and Wilmington Districts of the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1866-1939). Unknown Co., Davidson Circuit (Greensboro District), Plan of Davidson Circuit and Preacher's Memorandum, 1860-1861. E-mail:library@payne.edu, Princeton Theological Seminary Library Generally acknowledged to be one of the finest research resources in the world for the study of evangelical religion in its broad social, political and economic context, it incorporates print collections and important archive and manuscript material. For other related Charles is represented by over 650 manuscript letters, the manuscript of his journal, all of his extant sermons and other miscellaneous papers. Never ask for "everything on a family or surname". Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 27. WebCharlene Fuino. Augusta, GA 30901 Available on microfilm, #192-1-1 and #192-1-2. 37212
In the 1800s in the Methodist Church in the United States, a "circuit" consisted of two or more local churches or societies that were served by one pastor or a group of pastors in regular succession. 2022-2023 Clergy Directory (pdf) Updated 01/12/23A directory of Surviving Clergy Spouses is now included beginning on page 114.Appointments are listed in the back of the Directory beginning on page 121. Halifax Co., Roanoke and Littleton Circuits (Warrenton District), Methodist Church Records, 1860-1905 and undated Found in Edward Alston Thorne Papers. Randolph Co., WebBishops: Primary contact information for bishops of The United Methodist Church. Email: higlej@wesleyan.org. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/
Please let us know your suggestions for improvement, Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Accessions from 1948-1997 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid. Resources used to write this history include Methodism in the Upper Cape Fear Valley, "Chapter 1: The North Carolina Conference, 1838," by C. Franklin Grill (Nashville, Tenn.: The Parthenon Press, 1966) and "History of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference," by Joseph W. Lasley, Southeastern Jurisdiction Historical Society Proceedings June 30-July 3, 1989 (Lake Junaluska, N.C., [1989]). The General Commission on Archives and History does not hold such records. QuestionPros survey software plays a major role in helping us keep in touch with our alumni, volunteers, donors, employees and other affiliates. The most revealing documents are the unique manuscript journals of Conference proceedings; these contain significantly more detail than the published minutes. This collection does not include complete runs of any set of bound minutes, correspondence, or other documentation for any N.C. county or district. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i-QNAAAAQAAJ, Hill, William. American Mission in North Africa, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Thank you for your understanding of this decision. Unknown Co., plan of Tar River Circuit. The Methodist Archives and Research Centre (MARC), established by the Methodist Church of Great Britain, has been held on deposit at the Rylands since 1977. In all, the collection comprises approximately 5,000 letters, notebooks and associated papers of the period 1700-1865. Conferences, the N.C. Conference, and the Western N.C. Conference are each arranged into three further groupings of conference, district, and circuit records. London: Methodist Publishing House, 1964. Sang in church choirs while growing up as the granddaughter of two Methodist ministers. Malcolm X, A Nation of Islam minister at one time, he was assassinated while giving a speech in 1965. Medgar Evers, Helped register black voters in Mississippi and led boycotts there of firms that practiced racial discrimination. Ralph Bunche, Ministers also conduct marriages and funerals. The mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Another merger in 1968 resulted in the formation of The United Methodist Church from the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) and the Methodist Church. Found in the Mt. Paine College Information regarding what counties and which circuits, charges, and churches in the collection can be found within each district has been retained, as has any administrative history relating which district(s) a particular circuit, charge, or church was a part of during what time period. TN
There are major archives of three ministerial training colleges Handsworth (Birmingham), Hartley Victoria (Manchester) and Richmond (Surrey) while smaller collections survive for Didsbury and Sunderland Colleges. The Methodist Church Registered Charity no. 1502 Edgehill Avenue
Updated by Paula Jeannet, one volume added, May 2013. Web(includes other Methodist denominations) (346.2) Elder or Ordained Clergy from Other Denomination (344.1) Clergy serving in extension ministry beyond the ministry usually extended through the local UMC (AF) Affiliate Member (AM) Associate Member (AM-R) Retired Associate Member Serving Appointment Showing the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Conferences of 1869. The MARC also contains a complete set of published conference minutes and many agendas. Page added. Unknown Co., Duke's Chapel Methodist Church. Phone:(937) 376-2946 ext. Arranged in five series: National Records Series; Non-N.C. Conference Records Series; N.C. Conference Records Series; Western N.C. Conference Records Series; Historical Sketches Series. 25 Library Place If you have a clergy-person in your family tree we may be able to provide some biographical information about them. The N.C. Conference Records Seriescomprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations of the N.C. Conference, MECS, in the eastern and central counties of North Carolina, particularly Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Dare, Durham, Gates, New Hanover, Perquimans, and Wake, but also including other counties (1784-1974). through the collection names and descriptionsusing our searchable A-Z tool. Gates Co., North Gates Circuit (Elizabeth City, Murfreesboro, Va., and Suffolk, Va. Surveying them has helped strengthen our relationship. Contact details for ministers can Find-A-Church is an online directory where you can sort through thousands of United Methodist churches. A "station" or a"charge" comprised one or more churches served by one preacher. To find church staff available, you might have to visit on Sunday. In addition to the quarterly conference and district conference minutes, the N.C. Conference and Non-N.C. Conference Series include membership, Sunday School, abstinence society, and susbscription and class lists (Buckhorn, Currituck, Forsyth, and Haw River Circuits); plans and maps of circuits (Currituck, Forsyth, and Holly Springs Circuits); notes, drawings, and inventories of church buildings and furniture (Iredell and Roanoke Circuits); and handwritten "responses" of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the MEC split, some written by William Gwynn Coe. Carl Sterling. Baptism and local church membership records are the two most frequently requested materials. An overview of our Special Collections, including information about the background and history of our holdings. Nashville
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. This includescircuit and District boundaries, membership and attendance data as well aslayeredinformation aboutage, ethnicity, religion and deprivation throughout the Connexion:Methodist Church Advanced Webmap, We want to know how this website works for you. Pleasant, Richmond, Robeson, Chadbourn, Jonesboro, Creedmoor, Durham and Mt. Some records have been digitized and posted online, where they are easily searched. Abbreviations used in this finding aid: N.C. (North Carolina); MECS (Methodist Episcopal Church, South); MEC (Methodist Episcopal Church); ME (Methodist Church); MPC (Methodist Protestant Church); UMC (United Methodist Church); Dist. Also, historical societies may be able to tell you where the records are being held. Request to Advertise Event with Conference, Virginia Conference The United Methodist Church, Virginia United Methodist Center Offices and Staff, Pictorial Directory of the United Methodist Center Staff, Map of Churches in the Virginia Conference, A Message from our Virginia Conference Lay Leader, Martha Stokes. Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. Baptism and Local Church Membership This means that people who were Methodist ministers but who then left the ministry, for whatever reason, are not listed. Key to Map of the Western N.C. Conference. Unknown Co., Franklin Circuit (Va.), Class Book, 1851-1852. A minister would be appointed to a circuit, station, or charge. This can lead to two common errors: Some records are still held in the local churches. The Methodist church believes that the Bible is the churchs primary source for doctrine and practice. God revealed himself through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The Bible bears witness to this self-revelation. The Bible also contains all that is necessary for salvation. (Also see What Do Methodists Believe About Heaven?) TN
In this calling and serving we live life in all its fullness. These include Thomas Coke (17471814), Joseph Benson (17481821), Adam Clarke (17601832), William Clowes (17801852), Hugh Bourne (17721852), Jabez Bunting (17791858), John Rattenbury (18061879), John Ernest Rattenbury (18701963), Harold Burgoyne Rattenbury (18781962), and Dr Rupert Davies (19091994). http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=DC-37131055298558D, Hill, William. Boundaries of the Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference of the MEC change to include only N.C. CMCA continues as a separate denomination, MECS, MEC, and MPC merge into the Methodist Church (MC), Western N.C. Conference and N.C. Conference of the MC forms, composed of white ministers and congregations, Central Jurisdiction of the MC forms, composed of African-American congregations and ministers; exists until 1964, CMCA changes name to Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, North Carolina-Virginia Conference Central Jurisdictions, MC, form from the Central Jurisdiction, MC; jurisdictions exist until 1968, MC and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merge into the United Methodist Church (UMC), North Carolina-Virginia Central Jurisdictions merge into either the Western N.C. Conference or the N.C. Conference, UMC, "Chapter 1: The North Carolina Conference, 1838,", "History of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference,", Race relations -- Christianity -- Methodist Church, Church records and registers -- North Carolina, Church architecture -- United States -- North Carolina, Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional information from Minutes and Yearbook of the Methodist Conference. Many are from the libraries of former Methodist theological collections, while others have been collected by the Church in the twentieth century. TN
The printed reference book by Oliver Beckerlegge lists all the ministers, even if they left the ministry. Vernon United Methodist Church, Trinity, N.C. Richmond Co., Rockingham Station (Fayetteville District), Pastor's Visiting and Memorandum Book, 1889-1890. 1132208, Reflection and Conversation spaces for Ministers, Oversight and Trusteeship: Proposals for changes to Methodist Church Structures, The President and Vice-President of the Conference, Singing the Faith Plus worship planning hub, The Well Learning Hub - equipping and supporting workers, Resources and help for lockdown and beyond, Digital communication guidance for churches, The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Policies & Procedures, Posters, and Leaflets, Courage, Cost and Hope - Past Cases Review, Safer Recruitment (Including DBS/PVG, DDC, Forms, & Policy and Guidance Documents), Safeguarding Blogs (including blogs from London and BEH Methodist Districts), The Theology of Safeguarding and Spiritual Abuse, Conversations on Ministry during Covid and beyond, Mental Health and Wellbeing for Ministers, Ministers of other Churches [and Conferences], to oversee the processes of vocational discernment and training for lay and ordained ministries, to celebrate the vocational call and ensure our processes are enabling all ministries, to equip those in ministry to witness to the transformative power of the gospel, to resource, support and encourage ongoing theological reflection and ministry development, to develop the worshipping life of the Methodist Church as a response to Our Calling. Other smaller Methodist denominations in the United States, including those that split from the Methodist Episcopal Church, exist, such as the Free Methodist Church, Evangelical Methodist Church, Congregational Methodist Church, Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection and Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, among others. Salisbury, NC 28144 Box 474 Be prepared to find the correct church records by gathering in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor as possible: Carefully evaluate the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a "near match". 37206
Brooklyn, NY, 11238 2022-2023 Clergy Directory (pdf) Updated 01/12/23 A directory of Surviving Clergy Spouses is now included beginning on page 114. This collection contains approximately one-third of Johns extant correspondence, comprising just over 700 autograph letters, together with his diaries, sermons, annotated printed material and miscellaneous notebooks. United States, 803 Main Street
United States. WebAll reported job changes since 1999 are listed. WebAn Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers and Preachers on Trial, in Connection with the British and Irish Conferences, with several of the Ministers Payne Theological Seminary WebRev. We have added details of ministers who died since 1963. Circuit, charge, and church-level records include a classbook of the Pleasant Hill Society (1851-1879, Dallas Co., Ala.); a hand-drawn map from the 1800s of the Holly Springs Circuit (unknown Co., Miss. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/
Methodism thrived in America thanks to the First and Second Great Awakenings beginning in the 1700s. Unknown Co., Green Valley Mission (Va.), Notebook, 1870-1878. WebThe Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was created in 1868. Additionally there is a substantial collection of early hymnals, including the only complete copy of John Wesleys Charleston Hymnbook. Nashville
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Using the Special Collections Reading Rooms. Rockingham District, Presiding Elder's Minutes, 1892. The core documents are the minutes of the district meetings, these contain character assessments of applicants for local preachers, information on ministers and their families, and detailed statistics of chapel and circuit membership. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan Methodist Preachers and Missionaries,who are now Travelling in Great-Britain and in Distant Parts of the Globe, with a View of all the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed by the Conference, from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Present Period, Carefully Extracted from the Printed Minutes. You will want to read about our clergy research service in order to understand what we can offer and how to make a request. United States, 700 Monroe Street
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Conferences, some districts, circuits, and counties are well-represented. The collection also reflects the latest research on Methodism in its policy of purchasing contemporary works on the subject. Western N.C. Conference (generally), Methodist Board of Education, and Women's Society of Christian Service (Mary Eskridge King). Online church records can be listed in the FamilySearch Catalog state-wide, county-wide, or for a town. North Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Catawba County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Chatham County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Cleveland County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Dare County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Davidson County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Durham County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Gates County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- History, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Lincoln County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Perquimans County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Randolph County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Rowan County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Wake County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Yadkin County, Methodist Church -- North Carolina -- History -- 18th century, Methodist Church -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century, Methodist Church -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Alamance County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- History, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Bladen County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Ashe County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Caswell County, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Burke County, North Carolina -- Religious life and customs, Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- North Carolina -- Iredell County. 37212
If the church has a website, you may be able to. Correspond with genealogical or historical societies. This mapis the simplest way for finding the location and contact details of your nearest Methodist church. Roman Catholics became WebWith more than 134,000 members, the Upper New York Annual (Regional) Conference of The United Methodist Church comprises 865 local churches and 85 new faith communities in 12 districts, covering 48,000 square miles in 49 of the 62 counties in New York state. In 1791, as part of a restructuring following John Wesleys death, Methodist circuits were grouped into districts, analogous to Anglican dioceses. Nearly 70 Methodist congregations have exited Mississippi's United Methodist Church by way of a disaffiliation process. The Property Division archive, for example, includes lists of Wesleyan chapels with details of the date and cost of their construction, while the archive of the Division of Ministries incorporates papers relating to the acceptance of candidates for the ministry. If you would like to find out more information about the regional context your church is in, go to the advanced version of the webmap whichgraphically represents all the data we hold about the Church alongside a wide variety of government and census data. United States, 2007 Acklen Avenue
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The intellectual organization of this collection is designed to provide maximum geographic and personal and church name access to the records in the collection, while maintaining as much administrative Methodist Church structure as possible. London: John Mason, 1862, iv, 198 pp. Found in John C. Kilgo Records and Papers (Duke University Archives), Lectures, Folder 96. Clergy Information The Methodist Archives include numerous small collections of personal papers relating to approximately 4,000 ministers and lay-Methodists from the eighteenth century to the present. Our work: to All the pages listing Methodist ministers are based on a list of those who had "died in the work" published in September 1963. Nashville
Also, the unification, in 1939, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Episcopal Church into the United Methodist Church appears to have not had a strong impact on the local church level, especially in the Western N.C. Conference, where the conference continued to provide the same ministries, with the same names, and using the same forms. TN
Send us your feedback, Historic Artefact Collections Management Policy, http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=DC-37131055298558D, http://archive.org/details/alphabeticaland00unkngoog, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JuwNAAAAQAAJ&source=gbs_slider_thumb, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i-QNAAAAQAAJ, https://archive.org/details/analphabeticala00hillgoog, http://www.archive.org/details/alphabeticalarra00hilliala. Found in William Clark Doub Papers. 10330 Staples Mill Road (See the entries for "circuit" and"charge, pastoral" in the Encyclopedia of Methodism (1888) and Encyclopedia of World Methodism(1974)). Nashville
Some materials from this collection are available online. The United Methodist Church has 46 active bishops in the United States and 20 active bishops in Africa, Europe and the Philippines. Bishops in the U.S. are elected every four years and serve until retirement. Each bishop supervises a specific geographical area of the church and annually appoints all ordained ministers in that area. In United Methodist practice these records are kept at the local church. The Methodist Church Registered Charity no. Found in Washington Varner Papers. Modern periodicals, such as MetConnexion, Connexion and journals of the Wesleyan Historical Society continue to be added to the MARC. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Preachers and Missionaries who are now Travelling, or are Located, in Great Britain, and in Distant Parts of the Globe, with a View of all the Circuits and Stations to which they have been Appointed by the Conference,from the Commencement of their Itinerancy to the Present Period. 3.4 Iowa Published Church Records 3.5 Correspond with or visit the actual churches. Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers, (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 15. London: John Mason, 1858, iv, 180 pp. TN
701 West Monroe Street The ministries team exists to equip the Methodist Church by training, developing and supporting those called by God to serve in lay and ordained ministry.