John Wesley Methodist Church

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This church, founded about 1865, is the first African-American church in Lamar and was long known as Lamar Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. It was organized by Rev. John Boston, a former slave who was its first minister, serving here ...

Wesley Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

This church, founded in 1866, is the oldest Black congregation in Akron. After worshipping in several locations, the congregation held a fund-raiser to help finance the construction of a permanent home. The person collecting the most money had the privilege ...

Wesley United Methodist Church

Chartered August, 13, 1895

Wesley United Methodist Church was chartered August, 13, 1895 by the evangelical spirit and vision of pioneer Issei Christians and the struggles and hopes of immigrant families who had come to farm rich soil of the Santa ...

Wesley Grove United Methodist Church

Consecrated Sunday, November 4, 1951, by the joint congregations of Friendship and Ridge Methodist Churches.

Timber Ridge and Friendship Methodist Churches.

Timber Ridge Church was built c.1840 two miles to the east. It was disbanded in 1869 when Southern sympathizers ...