Through fulfilling research requests from various parties, to speaking engagements, to webinars, online courses, podcasts, and so much more, we ensure that those in the pews, the seminaries, the pulpits, and beyond know what it means to be United Methodist.
With over six miles of linear shelving, we house the primary documentary record of our connection. We also care for a digital vault, an artifact’s vault, and a growing digital archive/exhibit.
Selfies with Methodism's early founders, a history trivia night, legislation and more will be on the agenda when the General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) attends General Conference.
Heritage Sunday, celebrated the third Sunday of May, is a time for United Methodists to reflect on their legacy and consider their own place in the story of The United Methodist Church.
"Radicle Methodism: Back to our Roots" is an in-depth, four-module online course offered for free to local churches, small groups, confirmation classes, new member classes and anyone who wants to examine Methodism from the earliest days to the present.
MoreDr. Ashley Boggan D., general secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History, shares her thoughts on what United Methodists believe and how we are to live our faith in the world around us.
Learn alongside the General Commission on Archives and History to understand the past, contextualize the present and envision the future. Courses include Local Church Historians' School, offered for free.
Better understand The UMC by exploring the denomination's history and consider what its future may look like on "Un-Tied Methodism," a podcast hosted by Dr. Ashley Boggan D., general secretary of The UMC's General Commission on Archives and History.
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