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On September 4, 1771, 22-year-old English lay-preacher Francis Asbury boarded a ship bound for America. He would remain there for the rest of his life.
In December of 1784, he oversaw The Christmas Conference where he was ordained a pastor and consecrated the first bishop of the newly founded Methodist Episcopal Church.
Under Bishop Asbury’s direction, the Methodist Episcopal Church grew from 1,200 to 214,000 members and more than 700 ordained preachers.
In October 2021, The United Methodist Church celebrated the 250th anniversary of Bishop Francis Asbury's arrival in Philadelphia, PA.
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A brief documentary of the life of the first American Methodist Bishop who traveled to the American territories where he spent his life preaching.
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