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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a religious body organized at a convention in Louisville, Ky., in 1845, by a number of annual Methodist conferences in the Southern States. The slavery agitation was the cause of the separation of the Northern and Southern Methodists. As early as 1780 a conference held at Baltimore adopted a resolution requiring itinerant preachers who owned slaves to set them free, and urging lay slave-holders to do the same. In 1789 the following sentence appeared in the rules of discipline which prohibited certain things: The buying or selling the bodies and souls of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844,
Louisville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a religious body organized at a convention in Louisville, Ky., in 1845, by a number of annual Methodist conferences in the Southern States. The slavery agitation was the cause of the separation of the Northern and Southern Methodists. As early as 1780 a conference held at Baltimore adopted a resolution requiring itinerant preachers who owned slaves to set them free, and urging lay slave-holders to do the same. In 1789 the following sentence appeared immittee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the following year these Southern conferences sent representatives to the convention in Louisville, Ky., which formally organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During and for some years after the Civil War the growth of the Southern Church was slow, but latterly it has been quite rapid. In 1900 this Church reported 6,041 ministers,
John A. Andrew (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
hurch, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111 to 69, that Bishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connecteBishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connected with slavery. The outcome of the discussion was the report of a committee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the following year these Southern conferences sent representatives to the convention in Louisville, Ky., which formally organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During and for some years after the Civil War the growth of the Southern Church was slow, but latterly it
1844 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
ed in the rules of discipline which prohibited certain things: The buying or selling the bodies and souls of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111 to 69, that Bishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connected with slavery. The outcome of the discussion was the report of a committee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the followin
May (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111 to 69, that Bishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connected with slavery. The outcome of the discussion was the report of a committee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the following year these Southern conferences sent representatives to the convention in Louisville, Ky., which formally organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During and for some years after the Civil War the growth of the Southern Church was slow, but latterly it has been quite rapid. In 1900 this Church reported 6,041 ministers, 14,244 churches, and 1,457,864 members.
1845 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a religious body organized at a convention in Louisville, Ky., in 1845, by a number of annual Methodist conferences in the Southern States. The slavery agitation was the cause of the separation of the Northern and Southern Methodists. As early as 1780 a conference held at Baltimore adopted a resolution requiring itinerant preachers who owned slaves to set them free, and urging lay slave-holders to do the same. In 1789 the following sentence appeared in the rules of discipline which prohibited certain things: The buying or selling the bodies and souls of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, w
1816 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
rn States. The slavery agitation was the cause of the separation of the Northern and Southern Methodists. As early as 1780 a conference held at Baltimore adopted a resolution requiring itinerant preachers who owned slaves to set them free, and urging lay slave-holders to do the same. In 1789 the following sentence appeared in the rules of discipline which prohibited certain things: The buying or selling the bodies and souls of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111
1789 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a religious body organized at a convention in Louisville, Ky., in 1845, by a number of annual Methodist conferences in the Southern States. The slavery agitation was the cause of the separation of the Northern and Southern Methodists. As early as 1780 a conference held at Baltimore adopted a resolution requiring itinerant preachers who owned slaves to set them free, and urging lay slave-holders to do the same. In 1789 the following sentence appeared in the rules of discipline which prohibited certain things: The buying or selling the bodies and souls of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, w
May, 1844 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
ildren, with an intention to enslave them. In 1816 the general conference passed an act that no slave-holder could hold any office in the Church, except in such States where the laws did not admit of emancipation and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111 to 69, that Bishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connected with slavery. The outcome of the discussion was the report of a committee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the following year these Southern conferences sent representatives to the convention in Louisville, Ky., which formally organized the Met
1900 AD (search for this): entry methodist-episcopal-church-south
enjoy freedom. The agitation caused by slavery which continually disturbed the Church culminated in a serious condition in 1844, when Bishop Andrew, of the South, became a slave-holder by marriage. At the general conference held in New York, in May, 1844, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 111 to 69, that Bishop Andrew desist from the exercise of his office so long as he is connected with slavery. The outcome of the discussion was the report of a committee that the thirteen annual conferences in slave-holding States would find it necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical connection. In May of the following year these Southern conferences sent representatives to the convention in Louisville, Ky., which formally organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During and for some years after the Civil War the growth of the Southern Church was slow, but latterly it has been quite rapid. In 1900 this Church reported 6,041 ministers, 14,244 churches, and 1,457,864 members.
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