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We're a historic, progressive, Christian church in downtown NYC

Come worship with us this Sunday, live or online. You can find us steps away from Fulton Center and the World Trade Center.

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Explore a place that has sparked Methodist history since 1766

Philip Embury started America's very first Methodist congregation here. Fanny Crosby started writing the world's most famous hymns here. (And Barbara Heck started it all by breaking up a card game.)

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Choose how you want to share Christian love in New York City: support our ministry downtown, help asylum seekers, fund clothing sustainability initiatives, or preserve American Methodist history.

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