Yesterday I fulfilled a longtime dream of pilgrimage to the oldest Methodist church in America, Saint George United Methodist in Philadelphia, dating to 1767. Everybody in early American Methodism was there at some point, including Bishops Asbury and Coke. Several of the first annual conferences convened there.
There were fewer than 20 there on a warm August Sunday, but the worship was vibrant, although straining to be heard over the elevated highway just outside the ancient windows. The current pastor has been there only a year and is enthusiastic. Alongside the sanctuary is an old house with a wonderful museum of early Methodism.
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