In the News
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In the News
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Articles related to newsworthy events at Park Avenue United Methodist Church
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Disturbing Church Services
Newspaper article describing the events surrounding the arrest of a young man who refused to comply with a police officer's request to move off the church steps. The young man was part of a small group of people who had regularly been gathering on…
Good Work Among the Freedmen
Newspaper article detailing a conference of the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in the Park Avenue Methodist Church. Speakers at the afternoon and evening sessions are identified followed by an overview of the society's…
Dropped Dead in Church
Newspaper article describing the congregation's reaction when parishioner Thomas Judge died suddenly while attending church.
Revival Meetings Crowded: Large Gatherings at Niblo's and the Masonic Temple. Services of Sons at Both Places -- The Rev. F.C. Iglehart Speaks of God's Power and Promises -- The Rev. D. J. Burrell Tells of His Salvation and the Revival of 1857 -- A Minister Who Does Not Want to Meet Converted Gamblers.
Newspaper article describing evangelistic revival meetings during which the Reverends F. C. Iglehart, pastor at Park Avenue United Methodist Church, and David J. Burrell, pastor at the Marble Collegiate Reformed (Dutch) Church, both spoke. Selections…
3 Pastors Mixed Over Pulpit for 1
Confusion over pastoral assignments at the New York Methodist Annual Conference, 1922.