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Barratt's Chapel, built in 1780, is the second oldest Methodist Church in the United States built for that purpose.The church was a meeting place of Asbury and Coke.. The history of Methodism in the United States dates back to the mid-18th century with the ministries of early Methodist preachers such as Laurence Coughlan and Robert Strawbridge.
When the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was founded in the United States at the "Christmas Conference" synod meeting of ministers at the Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore in December 1784, the denomination officially opposed slavery very early. Numerous Methodist missionaries toured the South in the "Great Awakening" and tried to convince ...
Daniel Coker (1780–1846), born Isaac Wright, was an African American of mixed race from Baltimore, Maryland. Born a slave, after he gained his freedom, he became a Methodist minister in 1802. He wrote one of the few pamphlets published in the South that protested against slavery and supported abolition. [1]
The church considered slavery to be "evil." Methodist preachers and church members were expected to take action to end the institution of slavery in America. [6] Bishop Andrew was criticized by the 1844 General Convention and suspended from office until such time as he should end his "connection with slavery."
African American Methodists from the North saw it as their duty both to evangelize to and educate African Americans in the South. [55] Currently, the two major Methodist churches in America are the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church. There is a clear racial divide between the two groups. [36]
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1884) online; Sweet, William Warren Methodism in American History, (1954) 472pp. Teasdale, Mark R. Methodist Evangelism, American Salvation: The Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1860–1920 (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014) Tucker, Karen B. Westerfield.
James O'Kelly (1735 – October 16, 1826) was an American clergyman during the Second Great Awakening and an important figure in the early history of Methodism in America. He was also known for his outspoken views on abolitionism , [ 1 ] penning the strong antislavery work, Essay on Negro Slavery .
English preacher Charles Spurgeon had some of his sermons burned in America due to his censure of slavery, calling it "the foulest blot" and which "may have to be washed out in blood". [8] Methodist founder John Wesley denounced human bondage as "the sum of all villainies", and detailed its abuses. [9]