Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church 1852-1977 125 Year Memorial Program Book

This listing is for Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church 1852-1977 125 Years Memorial Program Booklet.

Title: One Hundred Twenty-Five Years - Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church 1852-1977

Author: Pastor Rev Jack Eugene Guinn

Publisher: Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church

Language: English

Hardcover: 16 pages

Size: 5.5" wide x 8.5" tall 

Wheatland Salem Church is a United Methodist Church in Naperville, IL. We exist to Love God, Love Others, and Change The World. Our building houses a preschool and kindergarten called Wheatland Salem Christian Academy. The missionary zeal of preachers at Naperville, Plainfield, and Oswego led to the formation of new church societies in the surrounding area. The Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church grew from the formation of two of these societies, Wheatland and Copenhagen, both of Wheatland township in Will County. The Wheatland society organized in 1860 under the leadership of Samuel Dickover. A service, officiated by Bishop J.J. Esher, dedicated the church building on October 2, 1870. The society functioned prosperously until 1894 when a declining membership forced the church to close its doors. The Copenhagen Church’s history began at the home of Enos Stark of Wheatland, Illinois on December 26, 1860. The society built and dedicated a church at the cross roads near David Brown’s home on May 5, 1861. Membership increased to 53 in 1888 and the Plainfield and Wheatland circuit began serving the Copenhagen Church.  By 1905 the society deemed it necessary to either repair the old church or erect a new one. A dispute arose when some members requested that a new church be constructed one and a half miles south for convenience. In 1907 the members finally decided to agree on the new location. Simultaneously, they sent a petition to the Illinois Conference Session for permission to combine the defunct Wheatland Church and the Copenhagen Church. On April 5, 1908 Bishop S. P. Spreng held dedication services for the new church--the Salem Church. The Salem Church continued to be served with Plainfield until 1920. On November 23, 1927 a fire completely destroyed the church building.  Rather than remodeling the old structure, the society built a new church dedicated on November 25, 1928. By 1936, the church association requested that a parsonage be built for the residing pastor; they dedicated the manse on December 20, 1936. A few years later, 1947, the congregation decided to light the picture window of the sanctuary at night. To this day, the Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church is known as the “Church with the Lighted Window.”

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