With prayer, faith in God and $300, Eli Nugent and Black congregation members left the Foundry Methodist Church (FMC) in 1836 and started what is known today as Asbury United Methodist Church at 926 11th Street NW.
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With prayer, faith in God and $300, Eli Nugent and Black congregation members left the Foundry Methodist Church (FMC) in 1836 and started what is known today as Asbury United Methodist Church at 926 11th Street NW.