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Wesley United Methodist Church

SC-117: originally installed in 1997. This congregation’s beginnings can be traced to a visit from Methodist pioneer Francis Asbury to a gathering of farm families at the home of Abraham Harris on September 24, 1779. A prominent local landowner, Mr. Harris later conveyed a substantial portion of the land upon which the Town of Georgetown […]



Wesley United Methodist Church

KC-79: originally installed in 2003. 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 Richard Whatcoat, pioneers of American Methodism, often conducted services there. […]



Wesley United Methodist Church

SC-232: originally installed on 5/9/2014. Founded in 1846 and part of Seaford’s rural community for over 160 years, Wesley United Methodist Church was originally organized circa 1861 in a local schoolhouse. On November 18 of that same year, Henry Little donated a half-acre of land to be used for the church site. First named “Little’s […]