Carnegie church marks 125 years; Bridgeville pastor celebrates 40 years | TribLIVE

Carnegie church marks 125 years; Bridgeville pastor celebrates 40 years | TribLIVE: "Carnegie church marks 125 years; Bridgeville pastor celebrates 40 years
CHARLOTTE SMITH | Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, 1:30 a.m.

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First Primitive Methodist Church of Carnegie

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Rev. John Hamilton, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian in Bridgeville.
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First Primitive Methodist Church of Carnegie recently celebrated its 125th anniversary and marked the 110th anniversary of the church structure at 640 Dow Ave.

Primitive Methodism began in England in the early 1800s in an attempt to restore the Methodist Revival begun under the ministry of John Wesley. In America, Methodist preachers invented a new form of Evangelism — the camp meeting — and, in 1840, the American Primitive Methodist Church was established.

The first pastor stationed at the Carnegie church was the Rev. John McGuinness. In May 1998, the current pastor, Daniel Pastorius, came to lead the small but active congregation.

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