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Centennial milestones
Written: 12/21/2007
Oklahoma United Methodist Archives • Located at Oklahoma City University.• Direct research requests to Christina Wolf, archivist.• Phone: 405-208-5067. E-mail: dblarchives@okcu.edu.  by Aloise McCullough and Christina WolfEditor’s note: This is the last in a 12-part series marking the 100th...

Centennial perspectives: a Native American viewpoint
Written: 11/9/2007
 Editor’s note: November is National American Indian Heritage Month. By David Wilson, Conference Superintendent, Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference On Nov. 1, I attended a movie premiere, the first Oklahoma event commemorating National American Indian Heritage Month. The movie, produced in...

Centennial milestones
Written: 11/2/2007
 Oklahoma United Methodist Archives Located in Dulaney-Browne Library Direct research requests and requests to use the reading room to Christina Wolf, archivist, 405-208-5067, dblarchives@okcu.edu at Oklahoma City University   by Aloise McCullough and Christina Wolf Editor’s note: T...

Centennial milestones
Written: 10/19/2007
 Oklahoma United Methodist Archivesn Located in Dulaney-Browne Library at Oklahoma City Universityn Direct research requests and requests to use the reading room to Christina Wolf, archivist, 405-208-5067, dblarchives@okcu.edu by Aloise McCullough and Christina Wolf Editor’s note: This colum...

Centennial milestones
Written: 10/5/2007
Editor’s note: This column is spotlighting a church in each district, in recognition of Oklahoma’s 100th year of statehood. by Aloise McCullough and Christina Wolf    This is a story of a church birthed before Oklahoma statehood began and the first sooner staked his land.  &nbs...

Centennial milestones
Written: 9/21/2007
Oklahoma United Methodist Archives n Located in Dulaney-Browne Library at Oklahoma City University n Direct research requests and requests to use the reading room to Christina Wolf, archivist,405-208-5067, dblarchives@okcu.edu   by Aloise McCullough Editor’s note: This column is spotlight...

Centennial milestones
Written: 9/7/2007
Oklahoma United Methodist Archives n Located in Dulaney-Browne Library, Oklahoma City Universityn Direct research requests and requests to use the reading room to Christina Wolf, archivist, 405-208-5067, dblarchives@okcu.edu. Editor’s note: This column is spotlighting a church in each district, ...

Centennial milestones
Written: 8/24/2007
by Aloise McCullough Editor’s note: This is one in a 2007 series, spotlighting one church in each district, in recognition of Oklahoma’s 100th year of statehood. * In 1898, the people of a railroad town named Maramec seemed content without any worship centers—just saloons and a casino. As...

Centennial milestones
Written: 7/27/2007
 by Christina Wolf Editor’s note: This column in 2007 is spotlighting a church in each of the 12 districts, in recognition of Oklahoma’s 100th year of statehood.   Today the Tulsa District includes 41 charges. One of them is St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of Tulsa.   Establish...

Centennial milestones
Written: 6/29/2007
Oklahoma United Methodist Archives Located in Dulaney-Browne Library at Oklahoma City University. Direct research requests and requests to use the reading room to Christina Wolf, archivist, 405-208-5067, dblarchives@okcu.edu. Editor’s note: This column in 2007 is spotlighting a church in...

Centennial milestones by Christina Wolf
Written: 3/23/2007
Editor’s note: This column in 2007 is spotlighting a church in each of the 12 UM districts, in recognition of Oklahoma’s 100th year of statehood. At Afton in 1892, a Cherokee Indian chief and his counsel granted permission to the Methodist Episcopal Church-South to build a church on land the In...

Centennial milestones by Christina Wolf
Written: 2/23/2007
Editor’s Note: This column in 2007 is spotlighting a church in each of the 12 UM districts, in recognition of Oklahoma’s 100th year of statehood. Today, the Enid District is comprised of 44 United Methodist congregations. One of these, First United Methodist Church of Braman, began its ministry in ...

Milestones
Written: 9/22/2006
1865—The Civil War officially ended in April 1865, but it was not until July 14, 1865, when the last Indian regiment surrendered, that the war was finished in Indian Territory. The Southern Church was in dismal straits–many church buildings were in disrepair, if not outright destroyed, and the min...

Milestones
Written: 8/18/2006
Civil War. During 1861-1865, the Indian Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, continued with its work, amid the hardships of the Civil War. When the federal government withdrew its troops, the Confederacy took over Indian Territory. Conflicting loyalties affected church membe...

Milestones
Written: 6/30/2006
by Christina Wolf 1850s: The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, made great inroads into Indian Territory (I.T.) during the 1840s. However, financial problems during the early 1850s created great hardship also. With few established churches, major financial support for the missionaries came from ...

Milestones
Written: 5/26/2006
1840s: By studying the annual appointments of pastors to specific Indian tribes, schools, churches, and circuits, we can trace the expansion of the Southern branch of Methodism into Indian Territory during the 1840s. The Indian Mission Conference sent pastors to general areas where tribes had rel...

Milestones
Written: 3/24/2006
Located on the fifth floor of Dulaney-Browne Library at Oklahoma City University. Reading room hours: from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays. Direct research requests to Christina Wolf, archivist.Phone: 405-208-5067.Mail: Archives and Special Collections, Oklahoma City University, 2501 N...

Milestones
Written: 1/27/2006
Introduction: Beginning with this edition, Contact will offer monthly reflections from Oklahoma Methodist history, compiled by Christina Wolf, Conference archivist.  1844: The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church called for the formation of the Indian Mission Conference, par...