commission on archives and history 2016
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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