www.wesleyanhistory.org
This page is the future home
for resources related to the history of The Wesleyan Church and its precedent
bodies—The Wesleyan Methodist Church, The Pilgrim Holiness Church and other bodies
which united with what eventually became The Wesleyan Church in 1968. The site will be initiated in summer 2012
simultaneous with the release of the new official narrative history, THE STORY of The Wesleyan Church by Bob Black and Keith Drury.
The goal of this site is to
provide an electronic archive supporting further research in our denominational
history. It will include supportive
documents directly related to the book along with various archival documents
and papers. Wesleyanhistory.org a
cooperative resource developed by Bob Black of Southern Wesleyan University and
Keith Drury of Indiana Wesleyan University, co-authors of “The Story of The Wesleyan Church”
The book by Bob Black & Keith Drury
-to be released June 2012… BUY THIS BOOK
I. Supportive resources directly
related to the Book, THE STORY of The Wesleyan Church.
Discussion
Questions for each chapter
Visit
Our History… set your GPS and find Wesleyan
historical sites.
History
as it happens—NOTES for the next chapter
II. Electronic archival documents
Urban
Ethnic Study Committee report, November 1984
Frankfort
Camp, Indiana—recollections by Verna Shepherd
Frankfort
Camp, Indiana—collection by Harry Shepherd
III. Selected LINKS relevant to
research
Walter L. Surbrook biography and sermons (GS of Pilgrim church)
IV. Scholar and student papers
Hiram
McKee, by Ryan Wilson
(IWU student, 2010)
Potential additional
links:
From Houghton to West Africa & Beyond" Dr. Paul Shea: A brief survey of connections between the College and the Wesleyan Sierra Leone mission work. A paper read to the Faculty Forum Spring 2002 as part of the Wesleyan Theological Tradition Project by Paul W. Shea, Assistant Professor of Religion.
http://campus.houghton.edu/webs/employees/gavery/wesleyweb/houghton_to_west_africa.htm
Rees books online http://www.raptureready.com/resource/rees/rees.html
Rees summary biography by Petar Neychev at European Nazarene College http://wideandhigh.com/blog/2007/09/11/seth-cook-rees-a-biographical-review/
Full text of "Miracles in the slums; or, Thrilling stories of those rescued from the cesspools of iniquity, and touching incidents in the lives of the unfortunate"
http://www.archive.org/stream/miraclesinslumso00rees/miraclesinslumso00rees_djvu.txt
SEE THIS FOR ALL Oklohoma Wesleyan UniversityPREDECESSORS
http://www.okwu.edu/undergrad/explore/okwu-glance/history/miltonvale-wesleyan-college/