St. George's United Methodist Church

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location= 324 New St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 57
lat_seconds = 17.9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 8
long_seconds = 46.82
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1767
architect= Unknown
architecture=
added = May 27, 1971
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000064cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. George's United Methodist Church, located at the corner of 4th and New Streets, in Philadelphia, is the oldest Methodist church worship in continuous use in the United States. [http://www.gcah.org/Heritage_Landmarks/George.htm St. George's United Methodist Church ] ]

Richard Allen and Absalom Jones became the first African Americans ordained by the Methodist Church. They were licensed by St. George's Church in 1784. Three years later, protesting racial discrimination, Allen led most of the black members out of St. George's; eventually they founded the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church and the African Methodist Episcopal denomination. Absalom Jones became an Episcopal priest. [http://www.gcah.org/Heritage_Landmarks/George.htm St. George's United Methodist Church ] ]

ee also

*Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

External links

* [http://www.historicstgeorges.org/home Official Site]

References