EMCC History

Bible Reading and Study

  • Family Bibles and the early EMCC

    Somehow I inherited through my grandfather, William James Oliver, a family Bible set of two volumes, printed in Boston in 1856. He inherited them from one of his great-grandparents, Philip Wade and his second wife, Susan. The spines have gone,… Continue reading

    Family Bibles and the early EMCC

  • Early EMCC Sunday Schools: Background

    The EMCC Sunday School is in decline at this writing, judging by annual reports, or lack of them, from congregations. (Beginning in 1986, more and more EMCC congregations failed to report their statistics, especially their Sunday School numbers.) The form… Continue reading

    Early EMCC Sunday Schools: Background