Welcome to the GCAH Virtual Reading Room. This is a digital service, provided by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. Currently you will find representative material from our print collections.

Select a community to browse its collections.

• Annual / Jurisdictional / Central Conferences

  Regional pastoral and administrative bodies of The United Methodist Church
• General Agencies Newsletters/Periodicals

  Newsletters from the General Agencies
• General Conferences

  Church Governance Records
• Historical Societies

  Regional and conference based historical societies
• Methodist History Journal
• Methodist Reference Material

  Contains lists of reference material files
• United Methodist News Press Releases

  Denominational News Releases and Stories from UMCom.org