Un-Tied Methodism podcast

Why do Methodists use Welch's grape juice for communion? What does a famous mountain in Zimbabwe have to do with The UMC's formation in that African nation? What U.S. church predates the famous Christmas Conference in 1784 that launched the American Methodists? Explore these questions and more as we examine the roots of The United Methodist Church (and its predecessor denominations) to understand why The UMC is the way that it is...and where it might be going.

Dr. Ashley Boggan, general secretary for the General Commission on Archives and History, hosts the "Un-Tied Methodism" podcast. Join us to unravel our past to make sense of today.

Rev. Brian Milford and Rev. Stefanie Bennett join host Dr. Ashley Boggan to discuss the Christian Advocate, which first published 200 years ago on Sept. 9, 1826. 

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"From a printing press to a nation: The story of the Christian Advocate"

On Sept. 9, 1826, the first issue of the Christian Advocate rolled off the press in New York City, launching a Methodist newspaper that would become the most widely read periodical on the continent.
 
The Rev. Stefanie Bennett, senior pastor at John Street UMC, and the Rev. Brian Milford, president and publisher of the United Methodist Publishing House, join Dr. Ashley Boggan to explore the remarkable history of the Christian Advocate and its influence on the church, American society and the legacy of Methodist publishing.
 

  

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