41. Canadian Black History - North American Black Historical Museum 18501861, Black population of Canada West increased dramatically. 1851, Thebritish methodist episcopal denomination was organized by Rev. Willis Nazery. http://www.blackhistoricalmuseum.com/history.htm

Canadian Black History C anadian Black History and the Black history of the United States of America are actually inseparable. In reality, the Black history of North America must be understood in order to appreciate the true importance of Black history. Canadian History (Red) American History (Green) Joint Heritage (Blue) Free Blacks on record in Canada, Matthieu Da Costa Slavery introduced by French, Olivier Lejeune, six year old slave brought to Canada. Code Noir, passed by King Louis the fourteenth (allowed full economic use of slaves in the colonies) Slavery became legal in New France Marie-Joseph Angelique, Black slave, martyr, set fire to owner's house to attempt to escape, destroyed 46 homes, was caught and hung. Britain took control of New France through the Treaty of Paris. (slavery remained) Plains of Abraham - British took over Canadian Territories from France The War of Independence Black Loyalists promised freedom, farmland and supplies in Canada, for fighting for Britain in the war. (migration of black and white Loyalists to Canada) Colonel Matthew Elliot, a United Empire Loyalist, brought sixty slaves to the Amherstburg area.

42. Wesley United Methodist Church, Naperville: MethodistLinks to do so as part of the exisiting Methodist bodies.; a denomination in this traditionwithout a Web site is the british methodist episcopal Church of Canada. http://www.wesleyumcnaperville.org/links.html

Home Schedules Staff Programs ... Sermons MethodistLinks Wesley United Methodist Church 21 East Franklin Avenue, Naperville, Illinois, USA 60540 MethodistLinks The United Methodist Church is a "connectional" church and as such our links are especially important; the links on the Web are no different. Official United Methodist Links United Methodist Boards and Commissions Regional and Local Links Methodism in America ... Other Wesley Methodist Churches (opens new page) The United Methodist Church http://www.umc.org/ Official Web site of the The United Methodist Church About the United Methodist Church http://www.umc.org/abouttheumc/ What we believe, history, and more United Methodist News Service http://www.umc.org/umns/ Press releases about the church United Methodist Key Information from the General Board of Global Ministries http://gbgm-umc.org/connections/ Other United Methodist Links Youth Ministry http://www.umyouth.org/ Consolidated site for links to United Methodist Youth Ministry resources Fellowship of Adults in Youth Ministry http://www.umc.org/faym/

43. Niagara Church Canada. (The Canadians are known as the british methodist episcopal Church.They chose this name to better gain acceptance in Canada.). http://www.niagara.edu/cam/special/ugr/nc.html

Niagara-on-the-Lake School Niagara Church Lewiston Church Barker Park Pekin Home Lockport YWCA ... Castellani Art Museum Cellar Inscription: I couldn't hear if nobody prayed way down yonder by myself, couldn't hear if nobody prayed. Sam G. ST. JOHN'S AME CHURCH: 917 Garden Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York This church is not an actual underground railroad site, however, it was recognized for the rich historical legacy African-American churches have contributed in the Underground Railroad Movement. The African-American churches became a dominant and driving force in the abolitionist and underground movement, providing the funding for transportation and guides to allow many fugitives to achieve freedom to Canada. Located in the heart of the Niagara Falls African-American community, the stations sculpture stands underneath a majestic old tree faces north toward the site where the slaves once crossed the Suspension Bridge to freedom, (now the Whirlpool Bridge). The African Methodist Episcopal Church has it roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church which was founded by John Wesley, an Anglican Priest. From the beginning of Methodism, African-American people were allowed membership without incident. Both slave owners and their slaves were encouraged to hear the message of salvation. As membership grew, African-American population doubled. Uneasy with the developments, many whites began to turn back toward the old views of discrimination. They tried to force members to worship in the back of the church solely, causing member, Richard Allen to eventually break fully from the church to establish the African-American Methodist Church. After many years of struggle, Richard Allen became the first African-American Bishop in America.

44. HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN C.1820-1913 - ONTARIO HERITAGE FOUNDATION there until the end of March as part of the museum's Black History exhibit and thenwas installed on the grounds of the british methodist episcopal Church, 92 http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/Eng/Heritage/plaques/1999/pl-sept99.shtml

PROVINCIAL PLAQUE IN ST CATHARINES COMMEMORATES HARRIET TUBMAN HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN c.1820-1913 A legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman became known as the "Moses" of her people. Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation and suffered brutal treatment from numerous owners before escaping in 1849. Over the next decade she returned to the American South many times and led hundreds of freedom seekers north. When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed slave owners to recapture runaways in the northern free states, Tubman extended her operations across the Canadian border. For eight years she lived in St Catharines, and at one point rented a house in this neighbourhood. With the outbreak of the Civil War, she returned to the U.S. to serve the Union Army. Historical Background (Photo:Ontario Black History Society). The determination of Black men and women in the American South to liberate themselves from slavery and gain freedom for themselves and their children gave rise, early in the nineteenth century, to the Underground Railroad movement. This legendary "railroad" was a network of secret trails leading out of the southern states to safe locales in the northern free states, in Mexico and in Canada. Railway terms were used to confuse authorities and pursuers: "terminals" and "stations" referred to houses, barns and sheds where people could hide and rest; "station-keepers" were people who helped to feed and clothe travellers at these transfer points; "conductors" drove carts and wagons loaded with "cargo", or led people on foot along clandestine paths or "rail lines" at night from one terminal to the next. Members of the movement communicated with passwords, signals and coded messages.

45. Episcopal Church History Volume I Title Page Religion and the british methodist episcopalChurch The church was the most important White congregations http://www.chamberarts.org/workplace-and-ergonomics.htm

46. Oakville Museum At Erchless Estate - Black History Tours, Underground Railroad, The congregation included African Americans from Oakville and Bronte, and unitedmembers of the british methodist episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal http://www.oakvillemuseum.com/turnerchurch.asp

The Turner African Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1891 and opened under Reverend William Roberts in 1892. The congregation included African Americans from Oakville and Bronte, and united members of the British Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal churches. The Church was named after Bishop Henry Turner, a well-known preacher and community worker, whom President Lincoln had named as the first African American Chaplain in the United States Armed Forces. As well as being an important religious centre, the Turner Chapel became a hub of social activity. The Church choirs were of a very high calibre, and often travelled on exchanges to other local churches. Revival meetings were well attended, operettas were organized and performed, and garden parties were held in the summer time. The congregation remained very active for nearly 100 years. Renovated in 1991, the Turner Chapel still stands today at 37 Lakeshore Road West, between Chisholm and Wilson Streets. photo courtesy of City of Toronto Archives Visit Museum Events Workshops Education ... museum-info@oakville.ca

47. Faith In Action - One Voice For Christ - Official Website Of The United Methodis Reunification in 1884 with the previously dissident british methodist episcopalChurch added the Maritime Provinces, Bermuda and parts of South America. http://www.umc.org/faithinaction/unity/one_voice.htm

One Voice for Christ Common Heritage In the 1700s, John Wesley laid Methodism's groundwork by leading a renewal movement within the Church of England. Small groups met regularly for Bible study, prayer, hymn singing and discussions about striving toward grace and holiness in daily life. Most group leaders were lay women. Members were expected to receive sacraments from Church of England clergy and to follow three "General Rules": Avoid evil. Do good. Employ the means of God's grace for spiritual growth. Wesley's followers were called "Methodists" for practicing an ordered, disciplined lifestyle. Wesley assembled preachers to discuss ways "to reform the nation, particularly the Church, and to spread Scriptural holiness over the land" These preachers were dispersed to share the message of personal and social Christian faith. Shortly before the American Revolution, Methodism spread to North American colonies. Lay immigrants brought the Methodist movement's teachings and disciplines. Their enthusiasm for their faith led them to gather small groups who met regularly to pray, sing and witness. "Methodist societies" were formed throughout the colonies, especially in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Methodist preaching and teaching had a broad appeal, for Wesley's followers proclaimed the gospel is for everyone.

48. A History Of The Methodist Episcopal Church methodist episcopal CHURCH. Dr. Coke considered; conference consents to his temporaryresidence in Europe; letter of Bishop Asbury to the british Conference; Dr http://www.ccel.org/b/bangs/history_mec/HMEC2TOC.HTM

A HISTORY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH By Nathan Bangs Volume II (Third Revised Edition, Published in 1853) BOOK IV From 1792 to 1812 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Methodism won its way; satisfaction in the doings of the conference of 1792; conferences and circuits; efforts to establish district schools; labors of Bishop Asbury; Methodism in New England; preachers withdrawn, dead, and located, numbers, conferences, and circuits; Methodism in the west; affliction and labors of Bishop Asbury; others labor and suffer with him; Methodism in Vermont and Maine; in New Hampshire; days of fasting and thanksgiving; locations and deaths of preachers; number of members and conferences; poisonous effects of infidelity; a fast proclaimed; thanksgiving; numbers; conferences attended by Bishop Asbury; his labor and sufferings; meets the classes in New York; Benjamin Abbott; his labors and their effects; his last public service; his death; his character; death of other preachers; of Judge White; numbers CHAPTER 2 Second General Conference; locations deprecated; chartered fund; church property; manner in, and purposes for which it is held; local preachers, rules for the government of rule respecting the use of ardent spirits; Dr. Coke offers his services to the conference, which were accepted; he returns to Europe; an incident of the voyage; conference adjourns. CHAPTER 3 Conferences and circuits; illness of Bishop Asbury; his labors and sufferings; further sufferings at Tuckehoe, N.Y.; not able to attend conferences, but appoints Jesse Lee in his place; death of preachers, and number in the church; people of color special object of attention; rebuilding of the Light street church; extension of the work in Western New York; numbers; death and character of John Dickins; deaths and locations; revival in Upper Canada;Calvin Wooster; good results of; his labors; others enter into the work; opposition to it; Methodism in Ohio; in Georgia and Mississippi; locations and deaths death and character of H. C. Wooster; numbers.

49. A History Of The Methodist Episcopal Church his services as one of the general superintendents of the methodist episcopal Churchas Europe in conformity to an earnest request of the british Conference to http://www.ccel.org/b/bangs/history_mec/HMEC13.HTM

A HISTORY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH By Nathan Bangs Volume II (Third Revised Edition, Published in 1853) BOOK IV CHAPTER 4 An Account of the General Conference of 1800 As the oldest manuscript journal of a General Conference I have been able to find is the one for this year, I have been guided thus far from printed documents only, and from such facts as I have been able to collect from living witnesses. Hereafter recourse will be also had to the records of the General Conference for such information as relates to the general affairs of the Church, and to the alterations or additions which may have been made from time to time in the rules and regulations of the Discipline. There were eight annual conferences held this year, the first beginning in Charleston, S. C., January 1, and the last in Lynn, Mass., on the 18th of July. But before we notice the extension of the work in the bounds of the several conferences, and in the new settlements of the western country, we will detail the doings of the General Conference, which was held from the 6th to the 20th day of May, in the city of Baltimore. "Question. Whereas, Mr. Asbury has signified his intention of resigning his official station in our Church on account of his weakness of body, what is the sense of the conference on this occasion?

50. Wfn.org | Work Of Methodist Women Ranges From Local To Global legislation is due to be introduced in the british Parliament regarding United methodistWomen, women from the African methodist episcopal, African methodist http://www.wfn.org/2003/03/msg00061.html

From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org Work of Methodist women ranges from local to global From "NewsDesk" < NewsDesk@UMCOM.ORG Date Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:43:28 -0600 http://umns.umc.org Browse month Browse month (sort by Source) WFN Home

51. Wfn.org | Woman, First To Chair Council methodist Church of Brazil; John CA Barrett, british methodist Church; Bishop ofEstonia; Bishop Donald GK Ming, African methodist episcopal Church, United http://www.wfn.org/1996/08/msg00039.html

From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org Woman, First to Chair Council From owner-umethnews@ecunet.org Date 14 Aug 1996 17:32:51 Browse month Browse month (sort by Source) WFN Home

52. Tophead led to the formation of the methodist episcopal Church in Baltimore. (Coke's adoptionof the title bishop was not approved by Wesley; the british church did http://www.csichurch.org/methodst.htm

53. Methodist from the british methodist revival movement led by John Wesley that was taken tothe American colonies in the 1760s. The autonomous methodist episcopal Church http://www.biblehistory.com/Methodist.html

Methodist Our History In 1729 in England, a small group of Oxford University students were ridiculed as "Bible Bigots, " the "Holy Club" and "Methodists" because they spent so much time in methodical prayer and Bible reading. Led by John and Charles Wesley, the students held their ground against jeering students and went out to preach and pray with those considered to be the underbelly of English society. The United Methodist Church is the result of the 1939 merger of three Methodist bodies (Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South and Methodist Protestant churches), and a 1968 union of the Evangelical United Brethren and The Methodist churches. United Methodist (Encyclopaedia Britannica) United Methodist Church in the United States, a major Protestant church formed in 1968 in Dallas, Texas, by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. It developed from the British Methodist revival movement led by John Wesley that was taken to the American colonies in the 1760s. The autonomous Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1784 in Baltimore, Md., with Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury as superintendents (later called bishops). The church grew rapidly, but various schisms developed. In 1830 a dissenting group organized the Methodist Protestant Church, a nonepiscopal church. The slavery question caused a larger disruption, and in 1845 in Louisville, Ky., southern Methodists organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

54. United Methodist Church Therefore in 1784, at Baltimore, the methodist episcopal Church was establishedwhile british methodists remained part of the Anglican Church. http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/christ/esp/umc.html

Back to English Speaking Protestantism United Methodist Church Doctrines The essential doctrines of the United Methodist Church are derived from the broader Methodist tradition from which it emerged. The Twenty Five Articles of Religion, adapted by John Wesley from the Anglican articles to emphasise Arminian doctrines, remain the foundations of American Methodist doctrine. They were to become the basis for the British Methodist churches as well. Today the church tends not to stress Wesley's ideas of Christian perfectionism and is dominated by liberal theology. History (Also see African Methodist Episcopal Church The success of Methodism was tempered by disagreements over church organisation. Ashbury, while extremely hardworking, was authoritarian and antagonised members who wanted a looser organisation. Thus in 1827 dissenters formed the Methodist Protestant Church and adopted a congregational organisation. A worse split was caused by the increasing commitment of Northern Methodists to the abolition of slavery, a institution which Southern Methodists regarded as essential and justified by scripture. Bitter arguments resulted in the formation the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1845. After the civil war the Methodist churches became increasingly formalised and conservative and this resulted in the formation of the "Holiness" movement which aimed at emphasising Wesley's ideas on Christian perfectionism. This lead to the division of the Methodists into holiness and antiholiness camps and to several schisms (see

55. Pan-Methodist Bishops Confront Issues Of Racism, Repentance W. Peter Stephens, president of the british methodist Conference, visits with BishopD. Ward Nichols, 99, of the African methodist episcopal Church, during a http://umns.umc.org/99/mar/138.htm

BRITISH METHODIST CONNECTIONS Bishop William Boyd Grove of Charleston, W.Va., ecumenical officer for the UMC Council of Bishops (left), greets the Rev. W. Peter Stephens, president of the British Methodist Conference, during a consultation of pan-Methodist bishops in Atlanta March 9-11. Grove has served twice as one of two United Methodist delegates to the annual British Methodist Conference. The British Methodist Conference reciprocates with four delegates to the United Methodist General Conference, held every four years. UMNS photo by Thomas S. McAnally. Photo number 99-72 Accompanies UMNS #138, 3/15/99. PAN METHODIST GREETINGS The Rev. W. Peter Stephens, president of the British Methodist Conference, visits with Bishop D. Ward Nichols, 99, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, during a consultation of pan-Methodist bishops in Atlanta March 9-11. British Methodism does not have bishops. Stephens, serving a one-year term as president, is therefore the highest-ranking official in what is often considered the "mother church" of Methodism. UMNS photo by Thomas S. McAnally. Photo number 99-73 Accompanies UMNS #138, 3/15/99. ECUMENICAL VISITATION Ecumenical officers of two U.S. Methodist denominations Bishops McKinley Young of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and William Boyd Grove of the United Methodist Church visit with the Rev. W. Peter Stephens, president of the British Methodist Conference, during a consultation of pan-Methodist bishops in Atlanta March 9-11. UMNS photo by Thomas S. McAnally. Photo number 99-74 Accompanies UMNS #138, 3/15/99.

56. World Methodist Conference-Photos R. Bryant of the African methodist episcopal Church following to the World methodistConference in David Wilkinson, british methodist minister and theoretical http://umns.umc.org/wmc/photos0727.htm

18th World Methodist Conference BRIGHTON, ENGLAND July 25-31, 2001 Agenda (updated) Photo Gallery News room Seminars Speakers ... UMNS Home Before downloading photos, be sure to read our photo primer . Please do not use the small photos for print publications. Click on photo for a large printer-ready photo. The Rev. Grace Imathiu leads Bible study at the World Methodist Conference in Brighton, England. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose. Photo number WM01-033, 7/27/01 Bishop John R. Bryant of the African Methodist Episcopal Church delivers the theme address at the World Methodist Conference in Brighton, England. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose. Photo number WM01-034, 7/27/01 Anna Grotberg (left) and Kim Reik, members of the contemporary Christian drama group "The Strangely Warmed Players," perform the sketch "MacJesus to Go" for delegates to the World Methodist Conference in Brighton, England. The group is a ministry of First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Mich. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose.

57. School Of Theology Library Guides Methodist Internet Free methodist Church of North America; Wesleyan Church. Other Useful Sites NathanBangs, A History of the methodist episcopal Church; british methodist Archives; http://www.bu.edu/sth/library/methodistinternet.html

58. Links To Methodist/Wesleyan-related Denominations - River Hills Christian methodist episcopal Church Ecumenical/International. british methodistChurch; Uniting Church in Australia; United Church of Canada; Other international http://riverhillsumc.org/churchlinks.html

59. Methodist Collections methodist CHURCH (GREAT BRITAIN) Engravings of british methodist clergy collection NorthAmerican methodist episcopal Church clergy engravings collection, 1800 http://www.pitts.emory.edu/Archives/Methodist.html

PITTS THEOLOGY LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS DEPT. METHODIST COLLECTIONS United Methodist Church (U.S.) Conference Records Churches Missioniaries Methodist Clergy ... UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (U.S.) North Georgia Conference. Administrative files, 1866-1922. RG 025 Board and agency records, 1830-1952. RG 025 Charge records, 1871-1952. RG 025 Conference proceedings, 1846-1921. RG 025 ... Local church histories, 1898-1996. MSS 028 Board of Education. Records, 1945-1979. RG 025 Georgia United Methodist Communications Council. News Service and Media Relations Office records, 1962-1974. RG 025 Office of the Bishop. Administrative files, 1953-1996. RG 025 Heriges, R. M., compiler. History of the publishing house, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1846-1930. MSS 071 Missionary legislation by the General Conference of M.E. Church, South, 1846-1930. MSS 069 Publishing house [of the] M[ethodist] E[piscopal] Church, South: legislation by the General conferences, 1846-1922. MSS 070 Illinois Conference. Records, 1867-1917. MSS 012 METHODIST CHURCH (U.S.) Woman's Society of Christian Service. North Georgia Conference.

60. Methodist History system was adopted in the methodist episcopal Church, and the basic structure ofthe United methodist Church. Within both british and American Methodism, two http://www.saintandrews-umc.org/methodist_history.htm

United Methodist Church , Protestant denomination formed in 1968 by merger of the Methodist church and the Evangelical United Brethren church. Because both denominations shared a common theological heritage and similar polity, few structural changes were introduced ( see Methodism). The United Methodist church inherited more than 125 secondary schools, colleges, and universities; 14 seminaries; and 2 publishing establishments; it maintains missions in the U.S. and 51 other countries. A network of national, regional, and local boards and commissions is responsible for missionary, educational, social, evangelistic, and administrative programs. Structurally, the United Methodist church is an Episcopal democracy. Local congregations are organized into districts presided over by superintendents. The districts, in turn, are supervised by annual conferences led by bishops. A bishop's territory, known as an area, may have more than one conference. Conferences form five geographic jurisdictions that meet quadrennially. A legislating General Conference, composed of lay and clerical delegates from annual conferences, meets every four years. Special sessions may be held if voted by the General Conference. Bishops are chosen by the geographic jurisdictions and are members of an executive Council of Bishops. The governing unit of last appeal, in the case of disagreements or a need for clarification, is the Judicial Council. Doctrines, laws, and liturgies are contained in a book of discipline, revised following each General Conference.

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