Wesleyan Heritage

Volunteer Nicole Jones helps welcome an attendee to the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on April 29. More than 1,000 volunteers have donned the distinctive red apron as volunteers at the legislative assembly, which continues through May 3 at the Charlotte Convention Center. Photo by Larry McCormack, UM News.

Seeing red: Volunteers make conference run smoothly

Donning crimson aprons, United Methodists answer questions, guide delegates and visitors, and keep things running like a well-oiled machine.

Church History

Portraits of Susanna Wesley, John Wesley and Charles Wesley, done by Frank O. Salisbury, are prominently displayed in the World Methodist Museum Collections exhibit. The recently opened exhibit is at Bridwell Library, on the campus of Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology, in Dallas. Photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

New stage, new look for historical collection

Bridwell Library at Perkins School of Theology opens display of materials that had been at the World Methodist Museum.

Church History

The Rev. Frank Lyman. Photo courtesy of the author.

Presbyterian church a key site in Methodist history

The complex story of Methodism in England and colonial America finds a juncture at Old South Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts. George Whitefield, a protégé and sometimes rival of John Wesley, is buried beneath the church’s pulpit.

Theology and Education

Knitting bonds of love and hope all over the world

Methodist education is all about transforming lives. Being part of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities is a way of feeling a part of something bigger than one’s own institution.

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