The United Methodist Church

Between 1735 and 1738, Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of the Methodist church, spent time in Savannah, Georgia, as a chaplain to the colony of Georgia. He hoped to convert the Indians and to save his own soul. (World Book Encyclopedia) He preached at what is now Christ Episcopal Church, one of the most historic churches in the city. After leaving Savannah, he returned to London where he had his Aldersgate experience, finding his "heart was strangely warmed" as he listened to a reading of Martin Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans, one of the books of the New Testament.

Rev. Wesley and his brother, Rev. Charles Wesley, were prolific writers of hymns (over 9000) which are used in many Christian churches today. One of the most loved is "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing." The General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church has a site with the words and midi music of many of the hymns.

The Cross and Flame is a registered trademark and the use is supervised by the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church. Permission to use the Cross and Flame must be obtained from the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church: Legal Department, GCFA, Post Office Box 340029, Nashville, TN 37203-0029.

The United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 through a union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

Here are some United Methodist sites that showcase the church founded by John Wesley.

The UMC Official Page	The UMC Unofficial Page
UM Churches on the WWW	United Methodist Women
UMC History	About the UMC
Our symbol	Sermons by John Wesley
Hymns from the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal	A Collection of Hymns for Methodists
Barratt's Chapel & Museum	United Methodist Research Links
Methodist Archives and Research Center	The Wesleys and Their Times
General Board of Global Ministries
Kennesaw UMC (my church)	Holston Conference of the UMC
Fountain City UMC (the church I grew up in)	South Georgia Conference of the UMC
White Bluff UMC, Savannah, GA (the church where I was Director of Music for over 10 years)	North Georgia Conference of the UMC

Other Christian Links

While I am a Methodist and am particularly interested in that denomination, many of you who see this page will be interested in an other denomination and other Christian pages. Following are links that lead to information on the largest denominations in the U.S.A. as well as to pages concerning Christian literature and information.

Southern Baptist Convention	The Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Presbyterian Church in America	Presbyterian Church - USA
Catholic Online	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The Episcopal Church	United Church of Christ
Search Christian Resources	Billy Graham Ministries
The Upper Room Online	Guideposts
Yahoo's Religion Site

Other Religions

Jewish Communication Network	The International Kwanzaa Exchange
In light of the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001, you may be interested in learning more about the various religions of the world. Here is a site listed recently in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that will be helpful in this search. Church Statistics

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Diadem tune)

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