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Old St. George's United Methodist Church

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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On October 27, 1771, Francis Asbury arrived here, and on October 28th he preached in this church his first sermon in America. In 1773, 1774, and 1775, the first three conferences of American Methodism met here.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States

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