Disaffiliating Congregation Disengages with Required Process
Korean United Methodist Church in Naperville has taken extraordinary steps to end its relationship to the denomination. Some members--and the police they summoned--b…
Contacts:
Chair: TBS
Secretary: Marilyn Steenwyk RMML9347@gmail.com
Historian: Dan Swinson, pastordan@sycamoreumc.org
Archivist: TBA
Depository: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, The Styberg Library, 2121 N. Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201 847.866.3909 jaeyeon.chung@garrett.edu
General Commission on Archives and History
Resources:
Rock River Journals: In cooperation with G-ETS Styberg Library, we have digitized the nearly 400-page typescript of the Rock River Conference Journals from 1840-1852 into a searchable pdf. Click to view.
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Survey for Local Church
Mission and Scope of the NIC Archives & History
Local Church Records – What to Save
Guidelines for Creating an Oral History
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