6. 1867
• Civil War ended in 1865
• The Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern
Methodists) sent missionaries into North
Carolina, with the goal of organizing new
congregations
• Predominantly African-American
congregations were formed
• Predominantly Caucasian congregations
of Union sympathizers were formed
7. 1867
• Result—new congregations being formed
in what is now WNC Annual Conference in
all three branches of Methodism
• Methodist Episcopal Church (both
predominantly African-American and
predominantly Caucasian)
• Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• Methodist Protestant Church