The Historical Messenger is a quarterly publication of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference Historical Society. Membership dues to the Historical Society are $10 per year, which includes the Historical Messenger. For additional information or to join the Historial Society, contact Lauretta Scheller or Richard Chrisman.


Issues [available in pdf format]
Oct./Dec. 2007 — Preaching With Spirit and Authority by Jonathan Dixon - The annual Peter Cartwright Sermon

July/Sept. 2007 — Go West, Young Man - Illinois as a mission field for early Methodists

April/June 2007 — Our Bishops and "Almost" Bishops: A Preacher's Experience on the Circuit
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