The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
Peninsula Conference
Methodist Church
Newly Formed Conference Is
Composed Of Four Districts


of ecclesiastical world was brought
to final accomplishment in this sec
ton of the United States when the
three branches of the Methodist
Church were amalgamated into
completely new organization at the
Uniting conference held in Sails
bury, Md, October 31st.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes OF
washington, D. c., called the Unit
ing Conference composed of 500
delega les, together in the large
auditorium of the State Teachers
College.
Bishop Hughes organized the last
session of the Wilmington Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, with the secretary, Rev. DR..
u. R. Bicking, pastor of the I'M
manuel M. e. Church, Crisfield, at
/ his desk. The last roll call of the
Wilmington Annual Conference was
called, after which several items OF
business comprising the transferring
of property and monies and funds
Conference" when formed.
When all these items of closing
out of the old Wilmington Confer
ence were completed motion was
put to adjourn the old Wilmington
Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church forever.
The Wilmington Conference, thus
ended, had been converting for the
last " years.
The new, Conference was then i'm
mediately organized, comprised OF
ministers and lay delega les from all
the charges of the former Whining
ton Conference, ministers and lay
delegates from all the Methodist
Protestant Churches in Delaware and
Eastern Shore Maryland which were
formerly in the Baltimore Confer
ence and in the Virginia Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church,
and the ministers and lay delegates
of the Baltimore Conference and the
Virginia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.
To this newly formed Conference
the Wilmington Annual Conference
contributed It's charge; 233 church
es, $3.50 members; the Maryland
Annual Methodist Protestant Confer
ence, 81 charges, LOG churches, H.
O56 members; the Baltimore Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, seven
charges, 10 churches, 1,145 members
and the Virginia Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, seven charges, IL
churches, 2,S47 members. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Secre-
tary, DR.. Bunting, Crisfield; treasur-
er, Rev. w. H. Revelle, Sudlersville,
and statistician, Rev. J. e. Lester,
assistant, Rev. J.. w. Wooten, both
of Pocomoke City; auditor, Rev. II.
B. Kelso, East New Market; regis
trar, Rev. L. E. Wimbrow, Denton.
Fred R. Adkins, Salisbury; Harry
e. Walls, Church Hill; Luther
Bennett, Goldsboro, and c. N. Sat
terfield, Chestertown.
Considerable controversy develop
ed over the selections of a name for
the newly-formed Conference. The
matter was finally settled when, by
majority vote, it was decided to
call the Conference 1.-THE Peninsula
Conference of the Methodist
Church" The new Conference is
to be composed of four districts to
be known as the Wilmington Dis
trict, the Dover District, the Easton
District and the Salisbury District,
composed of the following areas:
The Wilmington District will in
clude all churches in New Castle
county north of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, plus all churches
in Cecil county, Md, and two charg-
es in Kent county, Md, namely, Ga
lena and Millington.
The Dover District will include all
the churches in Kent county, DEL,
and the part of New Castle county,
Del, which lies south of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal.
The Salisbury District will COM
prise all the churches in Somerset,
Wicomico and Worcester counties
and three charges in Dorchester
county, namely, Hurlock, Galestown
and Williamsburg.
The Easton District will comprise
all the churches in Caroline, Queen
Anne's Talbot and Kent counties,
with the exception of two churches,
the one at Gslena and the one at
Wilmington.
These Districts will compise the
following number Of charges: Will
mington District, 81 charges, with
pastors salaries totaling $S9,400
Dover District, 60 charges, with pas
tor salaries amounting to $S5,023;
Salisbury District, Sc charges and 2
missions, salaries amounting to $84,-
500; Easton District, IS charges,
salaries amounting to $34,5s1.
The following men were appointed
By Bishop Hughes as District Su-
perintsndents: Wilmington District,
DR.. Walter Z. Gunby; Dover Dis
trict DR.. Walter A. Hearn; Salisbury
District. d. ]. ]. Bunting; Easton