Add to ORKGThis paper surveys the development of Methodist frontier societies in Caswell County, North Carolina, into modern institutional churches during their first 125 years.Caswell Methodism proves to be a useful microcosm of American Methodism in which some broad historical trends can be demonstrated in local practice: 1. The planting of frontier Methodism. 2. The slow erosion of Wesleyan hallmarks like societies and classes, conversion-oriented preaching, and the model deed. 3. And, the incremental shift to nurture-oriented Sunday Schools and an institutional emphasis on buildings and bureaucracies. Some of the Methodist churches or class meetings mentioned in the paper include: Baxter's, Bethany, Camp Springs, Concord, Hebron, Lea's Chapel, New...
It is to Virginia that American Methodism must look as the nurturing center of its remarkable spirit...
Assesses the missionary work of the Methodist Church, as it relates to slavery in the American South...
Between 1780 and 1820, the Methodist Episcopal Church became the largest Protestant body in the Unit...
In 1772 the religious situation in the colony of North Carolina was one of neglect and tension. The ...
Summarizes the growth of the Methodist Church in colonial and early national America
Looks at the founding of Methodism and some of the characteristics that make the denomination unique
Biographical sketches of clergy in South Carolina who served as local preachers, and historical info...
A history of Methodism in Charleston, from the time of the denomination\u27s founding, including his...
The article surveys the spread of Methodism and other denominations through camp meetings in the ear...
This thesis examines the practice of the camp meeting as a significant factor in the growth of the M...
Surveys the history of Methodist efforts in higher education, in both Great Britain and in the Unite...
The purpose of this paper is to trace the historical development of Caswell County during its first ...
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1972. 35 mm. (American Culture Series, ree...
This thesis extends our understanding of the history of the Primitive Methodist Connexion by examini...
Arguably, Methodist Union in 1932 was the most significant event in twentieth-century Methodist hist...
It is to Virginia that American Methodism must look as the nurturing center of its remarkable spirit...
Assesses the missionary work of the Methodist Church, as it relates to slavery in the American South...
Between 1780 and 1820, the Methodist Episcopal Church became the largest Protestant body in the Unit...
In 1772 the religious situation in the colony of North Carolina was one of neglect and tension. The ...
Summarizes the growth of the Methodist Church in colonial and early national America
Looks at the founding of Methodism and some of the characteristics that make the denomination unique
Biographical sketches of clergy in South Carolina who served as local preachers, and historical info...
A history of Methodism in Charleston, from the time of the denomination\u27s founding, including his...
The article surveys the spread of Methodism and other denominations through camp meetings in the ear...
This thesis examines the practice of the camp meeting as a significant factor in the growth of the M...
Surveys the history of Methodist efforts in higher education, in both Great Britain and in the Unite...
The purpose of this paper is to trace the historical development of Caswell County during its first ...
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1972. 35 mm. (American Culture Series, ree...
This thesis extends our understanding of the history of the Primitive Methodist Connexion by examini...
Arguably, Methodist Union in 1932 was the most significant event in twentieth-century Methodist hist...
It is to Virginia that American Methodism must look as the nurturing center of its remarkable spirit...
Assesses the missionary work of the Methodist Church, as it relates to slavery in the American South...
Between 1780 and 1820, the Methodist Episcopal Church became the largest Protestant body in the Unit...