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Virginia United Methodist Historical Society and Archives

The Virginia Conference is unquestionably the most complex and the most richly historic of any conference in Methodism.

Since its founding in 1932, the Virginia Conference Historical Society has encouraged individuals and churches to preserve their historic artifacts and records. After all, the current Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church is the successor to seven denominations and 38 conferences. Preserving the record of this historic conference is the task of the Conference Archives, housed in the V

irginia Conference Center. The archives contain a rich treasury of artifacts and records from the history of the Conference, its churches, and its people. That record includes the minutes of the predecessor conferences — admittedly with some gaps — and the current Virginia Conference. In fact, the archives collection includes the leather-bound, handwritten minutes of the first 10 conferences of American Methodism — 1773 to 1783.

07/13/2026

The next Annual Meeting of the SEJ Historical Society will be held September 15-17, 2026, in Greeneville, Tennessee, and is hosted by the Holston Conference. Please find below a link to the website which contains information on the conference presentations, tours, registration, and lodging.

02/24/2026

‘Rooted Methodism’ launches today to explore faith and culture
New GCAH course traces Methodist engagement from Wesley to the present

Madison, N.J. – Madison, N.J. – “Rooted Methodism: Deeper Dives into our History,” the follow up to the popular “Radicle Methodism” video curriculum , launches today as a seven-part exploration of how Methodism has intersected -- and continues to intersect -- with American culture. Produced by the General Commission on Archives and History, the course explores topics, including race, medicine, education, women, voting, youth and sexuality.
Learn more about “Rooted Methodism” at

Welcome to "Rooted Methodism" where we take a deep dive into the story of Methodism in America, focusing on how various topics and groups, including women, race, medicine, education, youth shaped and reshaped the church's life and witness.

01/06/2026

The remaining print issues of the Virginia United Methodist Advocate for 1987-2010 are now online at Virginia Chronicle, completing the project to get virtually all known print issues of the Virginia Conference newspapers still in existence digitized and online. The majority came from the collection at Randolph-Macon College, supplemented by issues from the Library of Virginia and a small number of early issues from the Huntington Library.

The holdings are under these titles at https://www.virginiachronicle.com/

Virginia Conference Sentinel (1836-1837)
Richmond Christian Advocate (1841-1901; scattered issues prior to 1867, complete from 1867-1901)
Baltimore and Richmond Christian Advocate (1901-1918)
Richmond Christian Advocate (1919-1939)
Virginia Methodist Advocate (1939-1969)
Virginia Advocate (1969-1984)
Virginia United Methodist Advocate (1985-2010)

Virginia Chronicle: historical archive of Virginia newspapers. Free access to full text searching and digitized images of over 3 million newspaper pages.

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10330 Staples Mill Road
Glen Allen, VA
23060

Telephone

+18045211132

Website

https://vaumc.org/historicalsociety/

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