The Church is a Many Membered Body

The Lord Sent A Variety of Laborers.  This is a Look at (15 yrs) the Flathead Valley in N.W. Montana from 1886 to 1901


…But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them,

because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."    - Matthew 9:36-38

Frontier History Minute

A Special Focused 12 Week Series on the Church in One Region

As Broadcast on Your Network of Praise

Serving Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado & Utah

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While making our way along our ministry travels,

we'll find crossings that are challenging.  We will need

the help of our co-laborers in the fields.



Site of the Therriault Ferry, Selish, Montana

Historical Reference Books Used for Research

- Life of Rev. L.B. Stateler or Sixty-Five Years on the Frontier, by Rev. E.J. Stanley

Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South  1907


- When Wagon Trails Were Dim, by Paul M. Adams

Copyright, 1957, by Montana Conference Board of Education of The Methodist Church


- Kalispell, Montana and the Upper Flathead Valley

Copyright, 1980 & 1989, by Henry Elwood


- Looking Back: A Pictorial History of the Flathead Valley, Montana

Copyright, 1997, by Kathryn L. McKay


- Trails of the Past: Historical Overview of the Flathead National Forest, Montana, 1800 -

Copyright, 1994, by Kathryn L. McKay, Historian


- Vittles of the Valley, A Cookbook (Containing Local Stories)

Printed, 2002, by the Little Brown Church, Christian & Missionary Alliance, Bigfork


- In addition, key reference pieces were found at the Bethel (Brocken), Lone Pine (Holt) & Demersville cemeteries.