Until 1784 in US (much later in Britian) the Methodists were group within the Anglican church. After independence, the Anglican church didn't work in US any more (King George was the head of the church as well). The "mainline" Anglicans became the Episcopal Church in America. The Methodists didn't exactly fit in there either, so in 1784, they formed thier own separate church at the "Christmas Conference" in Baltimore. Methodist Church grew exponetially from there. Rev Joe Harrington Big Springs UMC Woodstock GA <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.gbgm-umc.org/bigspringsumc> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAWALKER] Fwd: [WALLING] Methodist faith --part1_117.1ad8b9.2854ecb2_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_117.1ad8b9.2854ecb2_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] Full-name: Hollyblu1 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:17:32 EDT Subject: Re: [WALLING] Methodist faith To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 Joyce. I know that my Wallin string in Walker County GA where Methodist. My Grandmother told me that her mother was of Baptist faith as had been all the Parrish for some time but her father Julius Wallin was raised Methodist and his father also. I wish someone who know more about this faith could give us some insight. Due to Thomas Wallin being born in Mass. I know that he was a Puritan as no other religion was allowed in New England during that time. Was this why our Thomas left MA. and went to Rhode Island and New Jersey? I have been researching lately about one Nehemiah Abbot who was a grandson to our Daniel Abbot and his being accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. Did our Wallins and other families leave the area and become part of a group that started the Methodist faith? Or was it already started and they went to join it. One thing is for sure they left because the Puritan laws where unbearable. More later on Nehemiah Abbott Linda Sue --part1_117.1ad8b9.2854ecb2_boundary-- ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use [email protected] or [email protected] if you are on the Digest list. To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett