Unsung Heroes of Methodism: Martin Boehm

We’ve all heard the names John and Charles Wesley, but there are a lot of other important names in the history of Methodism you may not know. The Unsung Heroes of Methodism series tells the stories of lesser-known figures whose lives and witness still impact The United Methodist Church today, even if their names aren’t familiar to us.

This article is part of a miniseries on the founding figures in The Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB). The EUB is one of the predecessor denominations to The United Methodist Church. You can learn more about The EUB and its unique history here.

It all began inside a barn. German-American pastor Philip William Otterbein was attending a church service at Long’s Barn outside Lancaster, PA, when he heard the preacher give the sermon and was so moved, that he walked up to him, embraced him, and said in German “We are brothers.” That preacher was Martin Boehm, a local Mennonite bishop of Swiss-German descent. Together with Otterbein he would go on to found The United Brethren of Christ (a predecessor denomination to The United Methodist Church).

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