Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery

Church Organized 1818:

Church organized in 1819; First Cemetery Burial in 1819. One of the earliest Methodist Congregations in the area, this church was organized by local preacher, Rev. Alexander Faires, in a log school built in 1816. Land donated in ...

Wesley United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the establishment of a Methodist society in Dover in 1778. Land on North Street was obtained in 1782, and a brick chapel was completed there in 1784. Bishops Francis Asbury and ...

Union Wesley United Methodist Church and Campground

The roots of African-American Methodism in this area can be traced to the late 18th century when Methodism pioneers such as Francis Asbury and Freeborn Garrettson traveled locally organizing black “classes” for worship. Over time some groups chose to leave ...

Wesley United Methodist Church

This congregation was established at the end of the Civil War for freedmen of the Austin area. It was begun through the efforts of the Rev. Joseph Welch, a white Methodist missionary, and the Rev. Isaac Wright, a black minister ...

Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church

Organized January 19, 1868

as Wesley Church

renamed Wesley Monumental, 1875

and built as a monument

to John and Charles Wesley

Founders of the

Methodist Movement

Sanctuary cornerstone laid

August 10, 1875

completed and dedicated

March 30, 1890

Educational Building

completed February 20, 1927

Marker is at the intersection of Abercorn Street and ...

Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Centennial

Centennial

1868 - 1968

Wesley Monumental

United Methodist Church

Originally Wesley Church, was founded

January 19, 1868. The cornerstone for

this building was laid August 10, 1875,

but has not since been located. In this

centennial year a new cornerstone

has been placed in this wall......

October 27, ...

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 ...