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| Born | August 20 or 21, 1745 Hamstead Bridge, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | March 31, 1816 (aged 70) |
| Occupation(s) | Minister, theologian |
Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was a British-American Methodist minister who became one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier.
Asbury spread Methodism in British colonial America and the United States as part of the Second Great Awakening. He also founded several schools during his lifetime, although his own formal education was limited. His journal is valuable to scholars for its account of frontier society, with references to many towns and villages in Colonial America.[1] Along with John and Charles Wesley, Asbury is often celebrated as one of the founders of the Methodist Church.
- ^ Clarke, E.T., Manning Potts, T., Payton, Jacob S., Editors. The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury, Vols. 1-3, Nashville and London, 1958