| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1767/00/00 | A Philadelphia congregation begin meeting in a sail loft on Dock Street. They are an evangelical society whose members are also members of St Paul's Anglican Church (lost) at 3rd and Chancellor Sts. | |||||
| 1769/00/00 | St Paul's Anglican Methodist buy an unfinished church from Dutch Presbyterians who had become bankrupt and are forced to auction the building. | |||||
| 1771/00/00 | Francis Asbury | Vocation | Like all of John Wesley's Itinerants, Francis Asbury preaches his first sermon in America at St George's. | |||
| 1774/10/00 | John Adams | Faith | John Adams and other members of the Continental Congress worship at St George's. | |||
| 1776/12/31 | Robert Morris | Patriot | Robert Morris prays all night at a Watch Night service that God will open up the hearts of the people to furnish money needed to pay General Washington's troops at Valley Forge and that the Army might be saved. | Valley Forge Encampment | ||
| 1784/00/00 | Richard Allen | Vocation | At St George's, Richard Alien is licensed to preach by the Methodists in America. | |||
| 1784/00/00 | The walls of St George's Methodist Church are plastered. | |||||
| 1786/00/00 | Richard Allen | Vocation | Methodist elders call Allen to minister to blacks at St George's ME Church at a 5:00 AM service on Sundays. Black participation is tolerated if they occupy the Negro pews which are in the rear, side, or the galleries, and otherwise keep their place. | |||
| 1787/11/00 | Rev Absalom Jones | Vocation | Absalom Jones, a negro, begins his prayers close to the sanctuary's center instead near a wall where colored congregants are segregated. After a sexton orders him to get up, Jones responds that after prays, he will get up and trouble you no more. | |||
| 1789/00/00 | The Methodist Book Concern, the precursor to the Methodist Publishing House, is organized at Philadelphia's St George's ME Church. | |||||
| 1792/00/00 | The gallery is erected at St George's Methodist Church. Original wooden candlesticks which adorn the gallery remain. | |||||
| 1793/00/00 | Francis Asbury | Vocation | The 1770 collection boxes, the 1793 altar candelabra and the Asbury Chair, are property of Francis Asbury, third pastor of St George's and the first Bishop of American Methodism. |
| Particulars for St George's Methodist Church, Philly: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Type | Church |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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