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37 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
CHAPTER 5
CONFERENCE AND CHURCH DIVISIONS
Division of the Original Conference. Various names had been applied
to the original conference before the division in 1830, such as the Eastern
Conference, the Hagerstown Conference, the Old Conference, the Mother
Conference, etc. The General Conference of 1829 ordered “that the
Hagerstown Conference District shall consist of the State of Virginia (West
Virginia was still a part of Virginia) and the counties of Washington and
Alleghany in Maryland, and the remaining part of the Hagerstown Conference
District shall in the future constitute a new conference district, to be called the
Harrisburg Conference District.” The churches in Frederick County, Maryland,
ignored the mandate of the General Conference and remained with the southern
group. The 1830 session of the Old Conference was its last session before the
division became effective.
Division of the Virginia Conference. The Western Maryland
Churches were affiliated with Virginia Conference from 1831 to 1887. At the
session of the Virginia Conference, held in the Keedysville, Maryland Church,
March 1887, the Maryland Churches withdrew from Virginia Conference and
organized as Maryland Conference. The Maryland churches had previously
voted on the matter in their respective quarterlies, and the previous General
Conference had passed an enabling act. The roll was called and those
desiring to go with the Maryland group arose when their names were called
and went downstairs into the Sunday school room, while those preferring to remain
with the Virginia Conference remained in the main auditorium. Bishop J.
Dickson presided over the Virginia Conference while Bishop Jonathan Weaver
presided over the Maryland Conference. Thus two separate and distinct
annual conferences were in session at the same time in the same church.
Division of the Church
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ in a General Conference
Meeting at York, Pennsylvania, 1889, voted to revise its Constitution regarding
Secret Orders. At this twentieth General Conference a revised Constitution
and Confession of Faith was adopted by a vote of 110 to 20, which upon
proclamation of the Bishops became the fundamental law of the Church.
Heated controversy over secret orders resulted in the division of the Church.
The opponents to the revision, who were in the minority, withdrew from
the sessions of the General Con-
CHAPTER 5
CONFERENCE AND CHURCH DIVISIONS
Division of the Original Conference. Various names had been applied
to the original conference before the division in 1830, such as the Eastern
Conference, the Hagerstown Conference, the Old Conference, the Mother
Conference, etc. The General Conference of 1829 ordered “that the
Hagerstown Conference District shall consist of the State of Virginia (West
Virginia was still a part of Virginia) and the counties of Washington and
Alleghany in Maryland, and the remaining part of the Hagerstown Conference
District shall in the future constitute a new conference district, to be called the
Harrisburg Conference District.” The churches in Frederick County, Maryland,
ignored the mandate of the General Conference and remained with the southern
group. The 1830 session of the Old Conference was its last session before the
division became effective.
Division of the Virginia Conference. The Western Maryland
Churches were affiliated with Virginia Conference from 1831 to 1887. At the
session of the Virginia Conference, held in the Keedysville, Maryland Church,
March 1887, the Maryland Churches withdrew from Virginia Conference and
organized as Maryland Conference. The Maryland churches had previously
voted on the matter in their respective quarterlies, and the previous General
Conference had passed an enabling act. The roll was called and those
desiring to go with the Maryland group arose when their names were called
and went downstairs into the Sunday school room, while those preferring to remain
with the Virginia Conference remained in the main auditorium. Bishop J.
Dickson presided over the Virginia Conference while Bishop Jonathan Weaver
presided over the Maryland Conference. Thus two separate and distinct
annual conferences were in session at the same time in the same church.
Division of the Church
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ in a General Conference
Meeting at York, Pennsylvania, 1889, voted to revise its Constitution regarding
Secret Orders. At this twentieth General Conference a revised Constitution
and Confession of Faith was adopted by a vote of 110 to 20, which upon
proclamation of the Bishops became the fundamental law of the Church.
Heated controversy over secret orders resulted in the division of the Church.
The opponents to the revision, who were in the minority, withdrew from
the sessions of the General Con-
