UMC History

    Our Church History

    A good place to start to learn about our past.  You'll find short articles and biographies suitable for reformatting and slipping into a bulletin or newsletter.  You can listen and see sound and images from the past and discover useful texts to gain further information.

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    Biographies

    Discover the stories of ministers, missionaries and laypeople throughout our church's history.  These are suitable for reformatting and placing in bulletins and newsletters. 

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    Historical Audio

    Discover sounds from our past.  This links to our virtual reading room site which currently preserves  radio programs and to which will be added, sermons, speeches and other audio and visual material from our past.

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    Serving the Church's "Ministry of Memory" so we may continue to learn from our past and anticipate our future.

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    Find Out What We Have

    For More Information Contact

    Research Archivist's desk

    Phone: 973-408-3196

    Email: research@gcah.org

    or use  our reference form

    Our research staff  is here to help you with your history and research questions.

    List of Publications

    The General Commission on Archives and History has a variety of publications for use in the local church or at the annual conference level.  Some may be downloaded from this site, and others are for purchase

    See our list

    Related Links

    Historical Society of The United Methodist Church
    World Methodist Historical Society
    Dictionary of Methodism in Great Britain and Ireland
    British Methodist Archives
    Historical Society for the German speaking area of Europe
    African American Methodist Heritage Center

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