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Methodist and Wesleyan
3 places connected through church family. Read them together to see both shared patterns and the local histories that resist a single Christian story.
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Churches across Christian history
Reformation · MethodistJohn Wesley’s New RoomBristol, United KingdomBuilt in 1739; enlarged in 1748The oldest surviving Methodist building, designed for preaching, care, education, organizing, and life together.Read the full history Modern & Global · African Methodist EpiscopalMother Emanuel AME ChurchCharleston, South Carolina, United StatesCongregation founded in 1818; present church completed in 1891The historic Charleston congregation whose life spans Black religious independence, resistance, suppression, rebuilding, and costly witness.Read the full history Modern & Global · African Methodist EpiscopalBrown Chapel AME ChurchSelma, Alabama, United StatesCongregation founded 1866; present building completed 1908The AME church that sheltered Selma’s voting-rights campaign and launched the marches whose discipline, violence, faith, and national witness changed federal law.Read the full history