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139 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER

CHAPTER 14
GROUP PICTURES OF MINISTERS AND
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF CHURCHES

WITH PICTURES, BY DISTRICTS

I. BERKELEY SPRINGS
II. HARRISONBURG
III. KEYSER
IV. MARTINSBURG
V. METROPOLITAN
VI. PETERSBURG
VII. STAUNTON
VIII. WINCHESTER

BERKELEY SPRINGS DISTRICT
The Berkeley Springs District is very strategically located in the
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The early church fathers of both the
United Brethren in Christ, and the Evangelical Association traversed this
area frequently. Bishop Jacob Albright preached in the home of Mr.
Jacob Snyder in 1791 and later in Snyder’s Chapel. Today a thriving
Evangelical United Brethren Church is located in this area. Bishop
Christian Newcomer preached in the Ambrose Chapel in 1797 and later
preached there frequently. Today there are 19 Evangelical United
Brethren churches under the leadership of five ministers, with a total
membership of 1782 members in 1964. There were originally six
Evangelical churches in this district.