Methodist / United Methodist History

A total of 1,031 recordings in this collection came from United Methodist sources, providing a varied and deep insight. Included are these special recordings:

  • The 1939 merger that created The Methodist Church
  • The 1968 merger of the E.U.B. and The Methodist Church
  • Earl Kent Brown’s 10-part series on American Methodism, and 5-part series on John Wesley’s Methodism
  • Albert Outler’s 4-part series on Evangelism in the Methodist Tradition

To find programs on Methodism, go to our Audio Programs page and use the search system drop-downs:

Subject: look for History: Methodist, Central Jurisdiction, U.M General Conference, and Wesley, John – or any other subject you wish.

Selected Speakers: find such speakers as Earl Kent Brown, Fred Corson, Van Bogard Dunn, Judith Craig, Alvin Deer, William Boyd Grove, Charlene Kammerer, Leontine Kelly, Harry Lambdin, Joseph Lowery, Frederick Maser, Albert Outler, William Quick, Ellen Johnson Sirlief, Forrest Stith, Prince Albert Taylor, James Thomas, C. Dale White, and Woodie White.

Randomly-chosen Program from a United Methodist institution:

Efforts, in 1997, to Remove Confederate Flag from South Carolina Statehouse

Speaker(s): Rhett Jackson, Eban Taylor, Mike Hickcox (reporter)


Efforts, in 1997, to Remove Confederate Flag from South Carolina Statehouse

Description: In the 1960s, the Confederate flag was hoisted to a place of honor above the South Carolina State House. Hundreds of church people were working to get the flag removed to another place. The Rev. Eben Taylor was a retired United Methodist pastor, and Rhett Jackson was a local bookseller and a member of the United Methodist Church.

Length: 2:58

Recording Date: 2/9/1997

Recorded at: Spectrum Radio Religion News, Rochester, NH