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Reformed Free Methodist Church

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The name of the denomination derives from the Church it left, the Free Methodist Church, as well as the word "Reformed", which does not refer to the theology of the denomination, but invokes the meaning of the word in plain English, "refined" or "improved". The Reformed Free Methodist Church upheld
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The Reformed Free Methodist Church will hold its annual Old Time camp meeting Aug. 6 through 16. The camp grounds are located south of Pittsburgh off route 711 at Flatwoods. The camp is run on the free will offering plan with no charge made for room and board, and the general public may attend the
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Members of the Reformed Free Methodist Church of Flatwoods have built this tabernacle, not far from Route 51. Attendance has been high at a camp meeting now held at the site, to be concluded this coming Sunday. Tent space and food are available at the site, with only a free-will offering
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was the oldest one in that city until it was demolished on 25 January 2019; the congregation, ministered by the Rev. Herbert Smith, is now located at the Home Mission in Alliance. The Reformed Free Methodist Church of
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The Reformed Free Methodist Church is located at 646 Jones Avenue. It is a frame building designed like a tabernacle. ... The membership is less than 200.
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of Flatwoods Reformed Free Methodist Campground, which served as the location of the Reformed Free Methodist Church's annual
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after acquiring property there. It was free of cost, running only off of the free-will offerings of those who attended it.
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The Reformed Free Methodist Church had congregations throughout North America, with notable churches existing in
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spearheaded by Samuel E. West. The Reformed Free Methodist Church was one of the first denominations in the
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After its formation, some members of the Reformed Free Methodist Church attended the
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Communicants of the Reformed Free Methodist Church sung hymns in corporate worship
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The 175th Anniversary of the Formation of Monongalia County, West Virginia
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of the Reformed Free Methodist Church were held at McClain's Grove in
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services. James R. West of Perryopolis will overseer the meeting.
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Reformed Free Methodist Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.
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Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church
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Forty years of history at Flatwoods Camp, 1958-1998
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Tabernacle
camp meeting
Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
Methodism
Conservative holiness movement
Polity
Connexionalism
Interchurch Holiness Convention
Separated from
Free Methodist Church
Methodist
conservative holiness movement
history of Methodism in the United States
schism
Free Methodist Church
conservative holiness movement
Interchurch Holiness Convention
Wesleyan-Arminian theology
a cappella
plain dress
Holiness Methodist standards
camp meetings
Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Perryopolis
Fairmont
Morgantown
Havelock

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