The fruit of the vine : a history of Methodism in the southern Piedmont / by Peter R. McGuire.
- Title
- The fruit of the vine : a history of Methodism in the southern Piedmont / by Peter R. McGuire.
- Published by
- Boone, N.C. : Parkway Publishers, 2002.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xv, 243 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Church history
- History
- Contents
- John Wesley and the rise of Methodism -- The rise of American Methodism -- The rise of the Methodist Protestant Church -- Unique aspects of Methodist Protestant organization -- Organization of the North Carolina Annual Conference -- Organization of the local church -- The Methodist Protestant Church and democratic ideals -- Education -- Slavery -- The camp meeting and its enduring influence -- Historical development of the North Carolina Annual Conference -- Methodist Protestant growth in the Piedmont -- The Davidson Circuit before the Civil War : 1844-1861 -- The governance of the Davidson Circuit -- Boundary changes of the Davidson Circuit -- The changing face of Methodism -- Other denominations in comparison to Methodists -- How Methodism's changes were revealed in the Davidson Circuit -- The Davidson Circuit today : the South Davidson Charge -- Biographies of pastors who served the Davidson Circuit -- The elder who first organized the Davidson Circuit -- Laypersons licensed to preach or exhort between 1844 and 1881 -- Individual church histories for each church associated with the Davidson Circuit since 1844.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain