Bedford County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Bedford County PA that are in
the postcard collection at the archives of the Susquehanna Conference of the
United Methodist Church. The Susquehanna
Conference covers 32 counties in central and northeast Pennsylvania. The archives of the Susquehanna Conference
are located at Lycoming College in Williamsport PA.
United
Methodism includes the following denominations, abbreviated as shown.
EA – Evangelical Association
EUB – Evangelical United Brethren Church
EV – Evangelical Church
MC – Methodist Church
ME – Methodist Episcopal Church
MES – Methodist Episcopal Church, South
MP – Methodist Protestant Church
UB – United Brethren Church
UE – United Evangelical Church
UM – United Methodist Church
1922:
The EA and UE denominations united to form the EV denomination.
1939:
The ME and MES and MP denominations united to form the MC denomination.
1946:
The UB and EV denominations united to form the EUB denomination.
1968:
The EUB and MC denominations united to form the UM denomination.
In
addition, United Methodism produced the following separate denominations,
created by congregations that left one of the above denominations. Relevant postcards from these denominations
are included in the collection.
EC – Evangelical Congregational Church,
left the UE in 1922
ECNA – Evangelical Church of North America
[now the Evangelical Church], left the EUB in 1968
UBOC – United Brethren Old Constitution
Church, left the UB in 1889
UC – United Christian Church, left the UB
in 1869
Bedford ME church and parsonage
The church structure is now Bedford
UM Church.
The
parsonage has been replaced by an educational building.
Coadale ME
This building is no longer
standing.
The site is a small park with a
commemorative marker.
Defiance ME
This building is now longer
standing.
The site is now part of the school
parking lot.
Everett ME view #1
This building is now part of the
Everett UM Church complex.
Everett ME view #2
This building is now part of the
Everett UM Church complex.
Everett ME view #3
This building is now part of the
Everett UM Church complex.
Loysburg ME
This congregation merged into
Bedford Forge. The building is no longer
United Methodist.
Queen ME
This building is now Queen UM
Church.
Rainsburg ME
This building is still standing but
is no longer a church.
Robinsonville ME
This building is still standing and
maintained by the cemetery association.
Saxton ME
This building is now Saxton UM
Church.
Trans Run ME
This building is now Trans Run UM
Church.
Wolfsburg ME
This building is now Wolfsburg UM
Church.
Wolfsburg town view
The ME church is in the center of
the picture.
That building is now Wolfsburg UM
Church.
