Methodist Circuit Rider

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Owner:: cad-guy Message this owner
Released:: Sunday, November 13, 2005
Origin:: Arkansas, United States
Recently Spotted:: In Merrit Mountain and Tom Sawyer

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In honor of our circuit riders, we want this travel bug to visit as many Methodist Churches as possible, across the nation and across the world, traveling from cache to cache. Our main goal is to get a photo in front of lots of Methodist Church signs. Just look for the Cross and Flame logo to identify a Methodist Church

About This Item

Methodist Circuit Rider

A HISTORY LESSON ABOUT THE METHODIST CIRCUIT RIDER

A circuit rider is a concept from the history of American Methodism.

A circuit was a geographical area that encompassed two or more local churches. Once a pastor was assigned a circuit, it was his responsibility to visit each church in his charge at least once a year in addition to possibly erecting new churches.

Because of the distance between churches, these preachers would ride on horseback. They were called circuit riders or saddlebag preachers. They traveled with few possessions, carrying whatever they had in their saddlebags. They traveled through wilderness and villages, they preached every day at any place available (peoples' cabins, courthouses, fields, meeting houses, later even basements and street corners). Unlike preachers of settled denominations, Methodist preachers were always on the move (most circuits were so large that it would take 5 to 6 weeks to cover their assignment). This is what boosted Methodism into the largest protestant denomination at the time; bringing the church to the common people.

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2/8/2010	mtn-man posted a note for it		Visit Log
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5/10/2007	buckeyefinder placed it in Merrit Mountain and Tom Sawyer	Louisiana - 14.45 miles	Visit Log

5/10/2007	buckeyefinder retrieved it from Slumber on the Bayou	Louisiana	Visit Log
Will move it along.
4/20/2007	Team Gryarvold placed it in Slumber on the Bayou	Louisiana - 84.96 miles	Visit Log

4/15/2007	bluesprucejr discovered it		Visit Log
discovered at the IRS event in Ruston, LA.
4/15/2007	woodduck870 discovered it		Visit Log
discovered at the 16th amendment event
4/14/2007	lharrison616 discovered it		Visit Log
Discovered at the 16th amendment event in La.
4/14/2007	Cowboy9 discovered it		Visit Log
Discovered this one at the 16th Amendment Event.
4/14/2007	GONEPOSTAL35 discovered it		Visit Log
TFTF!
4/14/2007	GEOScience discovered it		Visit Log
Discovered
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