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The Marston Memorial Historical Center and Archives is mining the past for today's mission!

Mission: to COLLECT and PRESERVE Free Methodist history and EQUIP the Church to tell its story.

07/28/2026

We had two lovely visitors today - Vanetta Brandt Bratcher and Jana Tidball Spencer. Vanetta a former Free Spirit member and editor of Youth IN Action at the FM Publishing House enjoyed finding herself in material from the FM Archive.

07/15/2026

A new edition of the FM History Update newsletter went out this morning. This one is about our growing collection due to donations from the East Michigan Conference and New South Conference. As Annual Conferences are dissolving/merging, we can help answer questions about where conference materials should go.

You can read more here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/growing-collections?e=[UNIQID]

06/29/2026

The latest FM History Update newsletter went out this morning. In this edition you can view some of the photos contained in an album received by Director of the MMHC Cathy Robling at the recent Tri-Conference for the Ohio, Harvest, and Keystone Annual Conferences. These photos are of historical interest to the FMC and range from the early 1900s to 1966. You can view them and read the newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/photographs-tell-stories-without-words?e=[UNIQID]

05/29/2026

Stop by & see us at the Crossroads Annual Conference. Today & tomorrow! Sign up to win a prize. Pick up stickers & learn about the FM Archive.

05/25/2026

The latest FM History Update newsletter went out last week. This edition has a video you can watch with MMHC Director Cathy Robling talking about some key responsibilities the Center has that pertain to Annual Conferences and local churches.

You can read it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/our-collective-investment-in-preserving-free-methodist-history

04/22/2026

A new FM History Update newsletter went out Monday afternoon. This edition has an update about the book digitization project that was started several years ago. This project is a partnership with Asbury Theological Seminary and is meant to get important Free Methodist books digitized, online, and searchable for researchers. It is focusing on the 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 beginning in 1892 for now. You can read more about it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/digital-library-project-revised?e=[UNIQID]

04/09/2026

So glad to greet recent visitors at the Free Methodist World Ministries Center and Marston Historical Center. When you are traveling in the area, stop in and see us!

03/17/2026

The latest FM History Update newsletter went out last Friday. This edition tells the story of how the title Bishop replaced General Superintendent in the FMC at the General Conference of 1907.

You can read more about it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/general-superintendency-of-the-fmc

02/17/2026

A new FM History Update newsletter went out last week. This edition contains parts of an article about Adelia Arnold by Greg Coates from a Spring 2015 Free Methodist Historical Society newsletter. She was an evangelist who travelled the Mississippi River by raft beginning in 1867 preaching to recently emancipated slaves. She did this until 1889. You can read the newsletter, which contains a link to the full article, here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/adelia-arnold-radically-embracing-racial-equality

01/22/2026

A new FM History Update newsletter went out last week. This edition gives an update on the renovation that is nearing completion at the FM Archive. You can read it here: https://mailchi.mp/fmcusa.org/fm-archive-renovation-nearing-completion?e=fc6242dcfc

Address

5235 Decatur Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN
46241

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Website

https://historical.fmcusa.org/

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