LITTLE ROCK — One of the joys of historical research is stumbling upon a previously unknown source. The thrill of discovery is even greater when the newly discovered source is interestingly written.

Several of the tympanums above the doors of First United Methodist Church have sculptural groups. The south door of Wesley Hall has a descending dove, perhaps an appropriate subject for Pentecost and ...

From about 1784 to 1890, Methodism in what is now the southeastern United States was fostered by "circuit riders." The term was an American coinage and the circuit rider traveled by horseback from ...

You hear the phrases “circuit riders” and “Main Line” and most likely you conjure up images of well-dressed equestrians atop well-groomed horses traveling along the horse trails that wind around ...

One of the joys of historical research is stumbling upon a previously unknown source. The thrill of discovery is even greater when the source is interestingly written. Recently I discovered a memoir ...

Methodism enjoyed widespread growth in America in the middle to late 1700s and 1800s because of its "circuit riders." Circuit riders, also called "saddlebag preachers," were a different kind of clergy ...

If not for circuit riders, the pioneers in the early days would have had no access to worship services, revivals, prayer meetings and religious training. When the early settlers began moving into ...

travels throughout Northern Illinois each week introducing congregations to creative ways to use music in worship, leading workshops, youth events, camps, and retreats. He is a "Musician-ary," helping ...