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St. George's United Methodist Church
St. George's United Methodist Church, located at corner of 4th and New Streets, in Philadelphia, is the oldest Methodist church worship in continuous use in the United States.[1]
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.[2]
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