Manchester Area Conference of Churches (1898)

On October 11, 1898, the Hartford Courant reported an item of news from South Manchester: “The John Wesley Pentecostal Church has begun the erection of a church building on the lot north of Mrs. Catherine Cotter’s house at the center.” The church, founded in 1897, joined a new denomination, the Church of the Nazarene, in 1908. The Manchester Church of the Nazarene moved to a new church building in 1958. The 1898 church, located at 466 Main Street is now home to the Manchester Area Conference of Churches, which manages such charities as the Community Kitchen and the Community Threads Thrift Shoppe.