Shrock was already a circuit rider before stepping foot in the Red River Valley. He was first admitted to the South Carolina Conference in 1811 and began traveling the Lincoln Circuit.

You hear the phrases “circuit riders” and “Main Line” and most likely you conjure up images of well-dressed equestrians atop well-groomed horses traveling along the horse trails that wind ...

The senior minister told the tale of the circuit riders: the Methodist preachers who rode through the wilderness on horseback to spread "the love of God" among settlers.

BRUNSWICK — A performance by Mark Alan Leslie will evoke the life and legend of America’s first “circuit rider” preacher on Sunday, June 23, at United Methodist Church. Leslie, author of ...