By Jeff Finley
Leaders of the Free Methodist Church – USA and Roberts Wesleyan College celebrated their common founders — B.T. and Ellen Roberts — with the dedication of the Founders Garden on the Roberts Wesleyan campus.
“The Robertses founded …
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Exclusive Theatre at GC11
By Christy Mesaros-Winckles
Spring Arbor University Professor Paul Patton brings Free Methodism’s principal founder to life in a series of short plays “Rescue the Perishing: The Road Traveled by B.T. and Ellen Roberts” each evening at 5 p.m. during General …
Free Methodists Visit Key Sites of Church History
By Christy Mesaros-Winckles
Vast farmland, orchards and rolling hills dot the landscape of western New York.
This is the land of Benjamin Titus (B.T.) Roberts. New York state is where he served as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
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A Talk With the Bishops
Have you ever wanted to sit down and talk with the Bishops? The feeling is mutual. The Board of Bishops has a strong vision for General Conference 2011 and it’s their desire to share it with the denomination. They will …
Sesqui-reflection: Grace Allen
by Kate McGinn, Free Methodist archivist
Every picture tells a story — but only one.
Consider this photograph of missionary Grace Allen, taken in 1888, as she embarked for South Africa. Happiness brims beneath her calm expression. She appears poised, …
150 Years in Photographs
The Free Methodist Church of North America has had a busy 150 years. With a picture worth a thousand words, the Marston Memorial Historical Center thought photographs would be a wonderful way to share the Church’s impressive and inspiring history.…
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