Thanks for the information. My Mom and sister are Methodist, but I wasn’t aware that there was a separate Wesleyan Church.
On a different note, I saw the history of North Carolina on your About page. My family spent a week in Atlantic Beach over the July 4th holiday. We went to Ft. Macon and Beaufort, and found the visits to be very interesting and informative. On the way home, we ate lunch in New Bern and stopped at the visitors center at Tryon Palace. My wife learned that one of her favorite authors lives in New Bern. It was a wonderful vacation and I hope we can do it again.
New Bern is old too, once a colonial capital. Settled by Swiss (hence the name), the town has a beautiful heraldic flag with a bear on it, that’s the symbol of New Bern.
If you like shipwrecks and pirates, as well as Civil War and WWII history, you’d enjoy Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks. Ocracoke is only reachable by ferry, private boat or small plane. Blackbeard hung out there and was executed there.
There have been some discussions bandied about that the two should unite.
I don't think it'll happen; for we see too much compromise with the world in a lot of Methodist congregations.
If the UMC would clean up THEIR act; then perhaps something may come of the discussions.