The collection includes minutes of meetings of the Methodist Associated Church'sgoverning society. This group was begun by Methodists expelled from the MethodistEpiscopal Church because of differences concerning the leadership. In the back is a listof members of the church. Lying loosely in the volume is what is probably part of asermon. There are also letters (1825-1828) about lay representation in church affairs,which was the cause of the 1828 expulsion. This was the beginning of the MethodistProtestant Church which existed as a separate entity until reuniting with the MethodistEpiscopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in forming The MethodistChurch in 1939.
Methodist Associated Church Papers Held At Jones Memorial Library In Lynchburg, Virginia. The Papers Include Meetings Of Minutes Of The Governing Society For The Methodist Associated Church, Which Broke Away From The Methodist Episcopal Church.
