Delaware’s Historic Houses of Worship

“Nazareth Methodist Church (M.E.) at New Castle. Captain Webb, a pensioned British officer, preached Methodism in New Castle about 1769. He preached in his uniform, his sword upon the pulpit and with a patch over his blind eye. Although the Court House was used for balls and all forms of amusements, its use was denied the Methodists. Robert Furness, who conducted a public-house, joined the Methodists and opened his tavern for the meetings. By this move he lost a great deal of his custom…”