2016 ANNIVERSARY CHURCHES

COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY

WNC Annual ConferenceThe United Methodist Church

First UMC, LincolntonLincoln CountyOrganized 1816

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

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

Baltimore UMC (MP)Yadkin County

Organized 1866

Bell UMC, Leicester (ME)Buncombe County

Organized 1866

Big Spring UMC, Charlotte (MECS)Mecklenburg County

Organized 1866

Boone UMC, Boone (MECS)Watauga CountyOrganized 1866

Morning Star UMC (ME)Haywood CountyOrganized 1866

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

Simpson-Gillespie UMC, Charlotte (ME)Mecklenburg County

Organized 1866

Badin UMC, Badin (MECS)Stanly County

Organized 1916