> I'm looking for information about the United > Brethren Church. One of my ancestors, John Dorcas, > was an early minister of the church in RCO. Is it > still a church with a congregation? Or what > denomination did it morph into? Is it in any way > connected with the Quakers? What were its principal > tenets? Where can I get more information about it? The United Brethren Church combined with another and became the Evangelical United Brethren in the 1940s or 1950s. The EUB then merged with the Methodists and became the United Methodist Church a few years ago. That's all I remember since I used to be a member years ago. To my knowledge it was not connected with the Quakers. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Milford, The Quaker churches at the time were called "Friends Church", some groups later became the First M.E.Church, as my ancestors were Quaker from Ashland & Huron Counties, and when they moved to Kansas they migrated into the First M.E. Church. I don't know if this is official for all Friends Churches, but with my Grandfather & his parents it was so. Myrna

I'm coming into this conversation a little late, but the M.E. Church, generally refers to a Methodist Episcopal Church which is one of the three divisions of the Methodist church that occurred in the early years of Methodism. The majority (but not all!) of its members are generally of African-American descent, at least in the western U.S. This branch did not reunite with the Methodist branch that joined in the 1970's with the Evangelical United Bretheran (EUB) Church to become the United Methodist Church. The Methodist Episcopal Church remains its own faith as does the Free Methodist Church. Confusing to even most Methodists! Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill and Myrna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [OHRICHLA] Re: United Brethren Church > Milford, > > The Quaker churches at the time were called "Friends Church", some groups > later became the First M.E.Church, as my ancestors were Quaker from Ashland > & Huron Counties, and when they moved to Kansas they migrated into the First > M.E. Church. I don't know if this is official for all Friends Churches, but > with my Grandfather & his parents it was so. > > Myrna > > ______________________________ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]