2017 ANNIVERSARY
CHURCHES
COMMISSION ON
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
WNC Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
Bethel UMC
Davie County
Organized 1816
Inadvertently omitted last year
Jackson UMC
Guilford County
Organized 1817
Early African-American congregation
Jackson UMC
Guilford County
Organized 1817
Early African-American congregation
Prospect UMC
Union County
Organized 1817
1867
• Civil War ended in 1865
• The Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern
Methodists) sent 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
1867
• 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
Center Grove UMC (MECS)
Cabarrus County
Organized 1867
First UMC, Dallas (ME, then MECS)
Gaston County
Organized 1867
Little Laurel UMC (ME)
Ashe County
Organized 1867
Mount Zion UMC (MP)
Stokes County
Organized 1867
Oak Grove UMC (MECS)
Rowan County
Organized 1867
Wells Spring UMC, Forest City (ME)
Rutherford County
Organized 1867