The Embury Methodist Church on East Main Street represented the second oldest Methodist congregation in America until its closing in 2016.. The four PDFs contained herein provide history of Philip Embury and his church.
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Click on these links to read the PDFs online, or right-click and select Save Link As to download the PDF to your computer. Each PDF is quite large so be patient during the download
200th Anniversary of the Embury Methodist Church - written by my father, Ken Gottry Sr, in 1970 to celebrate the 200th annniversary of the congregation in America
John Street Church (NYC) - oldest Methodist church in America
Memorials of Ash Grove Methodist Episcopal Church 1887 - history of the church collected by Rev J. E. Bowen
History of the Cambridge Area - by Bob Raymond; has some church history