11 Facts About BT Roberts

BT Roberts first trained as an attorney, then entered the ministry in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York State.

BT Roberts married Ellen Lois Stowe, had seven children, and pastored several churches in New York state.

BT Roberts declined the position, electing instead to enter the pastorate, seeking elders orders in Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

At the 1850 annual conference, BT Roberts was admitted to full membership and ordained a deacon.

BT Roberts encountered leaders of what has come to be called the Holiness Movement, individuals like Phoebe Palmer.

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In 1852, BT Roberts was ordained elder and sent to Niagara Street Church, a central church of the district and oldest church in Buffalo, New York.

BT Roberts was formally stripped of his ordination but remained a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a layman on probation.

However, BT Roberts attempted to avoid secession, waiting during his probation period to appeal his case directly to the General Conference of the MEC to be held in 1860.

BT Roberts was general superintendent of the Free Methodist Church from 1860 to 1893.

BT Roberts traveled extensively and was a frequent speaker at Holiness camp meetings.

BT Roberts was a staunch abolitionist and early Free Methodists derived their name in part from their opposition to slavery.