Las Cruces Free Methodist Church records, 1958-1972.
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Las Cruces Free Methodist Church.
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The Las Cruces Free Methodist Church seems to have disbanded around 1972. Their 1453 Pecos Street property was purchased by the Missionary Bible Chapel in 1971, which became the First Evangelical Free Church which currently owns this site. Source: letter to NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections by Stephanie Long, Senior Curator of Collections, City of Las Cruces Museum System, June 25, 2009. From the description of Las Cruces Free Methodist Church records, 1958-1972. (New Mex...
Free Methodist Church of North America
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The Free Methodist denomination was founded in 1860. Congregations that were expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in western New York state and Illinois comprised its first adherents. Early leaders include B.T. Roberts, Loren Stiles, Walter Sellew, John Wesley Redfield and Wilson T. Hogue. Theologically, the denomination is part of the Wesleyan tradition and was an early player in the Holiness Movement that swept through the United States in the later part of the 19th centur...
