A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . nt which to them was an experiment. Bythe energy of our Northern friends there have beenformed 18 Churches in Sunderland District, fivein Spennymoor Circuit, four in Newcastle, one atCatchgate and one at Darlington. They are federated asthe Northern Counties Federation, and elect representativesto our Annual Assembly—an arrangement which may eventually commenditself as worthy ofimitation inpreference to thepresent system ofrepresentation byindividual
A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . nt which to them was an experiment. Bythe energy of our Northern friends there have beenformed 18 Churches in Sunderland District, fivein Spennymoor Circuit, four in Newcastle, one atCatchgate and one at Darlington. They are federated asthe Northern Counties Federation, and elect representativesto our Annual Assembly—an arrangement which may eventually commenditself as worthy ofimitation inpreference to thepresent system ofrepresentation byindividual with theseChurches, whichhave now i, i i 8members and 65ministers, are thenames of WilliamBranfoot, WilliamLaythorpe, RobertHope, ].,and Myers Wayman,whose memory ischerished. A summary of ourposition as given inthe 1904 Year Bookshows that we have143 Churches, 13Mission stations,8,799 members, 383ministers, 150 Sun-day schools, 27,729 scholars, 3,089 teachers and officers,with property valued at ^209,477, on which there is adebt of ,£, most of the property having been erectedduring the last 30 JAMES GREENHALGH. 1799-1S77. ^4 OUR ANNUAL ASSEMBLY. The Annual Meetings of the past few years have affordedmuch evidence of the growing friendliness among the FreeChurches. For a number of years representatives of theWesleyan Reform Union have sat in the meetings and aninterchange of pulpits has been maintained. Deputationsfrom local Free Church Councils have welcomed the AnnualMeetings to the various towns in which it has met. and lastyear a deputation was received from the Wesleyan Con-ference. The opening of Free Church pulpits to ourministers has also been a feature of recent Annual Meetings,and has given evidence of a growing appreciation of ourministry and denominational work. OUR GROWTH. Data is not available for giving in figures the growth ofour Connexion in Churches and membership. Until 1864the figures are not reliable. Year. Churches. Ministe
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