1725 Birth of Martin Boehm

1726 Birth of Philip William Otterbein

1739 Wesley Preached first open-air sermon (In England)

1740 First Methodist society formed (in England)

1759 Birth of Jacob Albright

1784 Methodist Episcopal Church in America Organized

1800 First society of the United Brethren in Christ formed

1803 People from the Albright movement came together

1816 First General Conference of Albright's people; chose as their name The Evangelical Association

1844 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, organized (denomination split over slavery)

1939 Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Protestant Church, and Methodist Episcopal Church, South, merge into The Methodist Church.

1946 The Evangelical United Brethren church formed by merger of The Evangelical Church and Church of the United Brethren in Christ

1968 Merger of EUB Church and The Methodist Church, renamed the United Methodist Church

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