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This is a list of notable Methodist churches. There are about 700 Methodist churches in the United Kingdom that have been identified as significant, and many more in the United States, and also others in Canada, China, Korea, and other countries where there has been a Methodist presence. In many cases the name of a church as a congregation--which would be termed a "local" church in Methodism--is synonymous with the name of a corresponding building. This list covers notable churches of either meaning.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, is said to have had a preference for octagonal buildings, as exemplified by the Heptonstall Methodist Church in West Yorkshire, England.

Appropriate style for Methodist church buildings was debated during the mid-1800s. Architect-trained Reverend Frederick Jobson argued for "beauty and perfection in design and execution without unnecessary adornment"; the governing body of Methodism adopted his works and Gothic architecture "became the predominant style, particularly within Wesleyan Methodism."

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Church	Image	Dates	Location	City or Town	Description
Wesley Methodist Church			5 Fort Canning Road1°17′53″N 103°50′51″E / 1.297949°N 103.847623°E / 1.297949; 103.847623 (Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore)	Singapore	Oldest Methodist church with an English-speaking congregation in Singapore

United Kingdom

About 700 Methodist chapels in the United Kingdom have been identified as significant buildings for their architecture or history by author Ian Serjeant, who has served as Conservation Officer for the Methodist church since 1996.

A list of Methodist churches that are listed buildings was prepared by the U.K. Methodist church's division of property in 1976. A standing committee of the Methodist Church of Britain is charged with having "knowledge of the history, development and use of Methodist chapels, of Methodist liturgy and worship, or archaeology, of the history and the development of architecture and the visual arts, and the experience of the care of historic buildings and their contents", and to advise on about 250 renovation projects per year to the Methodist listed buildings.

(by city or town)

Church	Image	Dates	Location	City or Town	Description
St. John's Methodist Church		1772 built	56°33′40.99″N 2°35′8.54″W / 56.5613861°N 2.5857056°W / 56.5613861; -2.5857056 (St. John’s Methodist Church)	Arbroath Angus, Scotland	A listed building that is identified by Serjeant as particularly notable. It was opened by John Wesley in 1772. Remodellings and other changes in 1882, 1896, and 1946.
Altarnum Methodist Chapel		1854 built	50°36′10.8″N 4°30′39.6″W / 50.603000°N 4.511000°W / 50.603000; -4.511000 (Altarnum Methodist Chapel)	Altarnun, Cornwall	A typical building reflecting the values expressed by Jobson.
Methodist Central Hall Westminster		1905-11 built	51°30′00″N 0°07′48″W / 51.50000°N 0.13000°W / 51.50000; -0.13000 (Methodist Central Hall Westminster)	Westminster, London	Built in order to commemorate the centenary of the death of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.
Heptonstall Methodist Church		1764 built	53°45′11.12″N 2°2′13.78″W / 53.7530889°N 2.0371611°W / 53.7530889; -2.0371611 (Heptonstall Methodist Church)	West Yorkshire	Octagonal chapel whose foundation stone was laid by John Wesley. Church was completed in 1864 in symmetric octagon shape, but was extended in 1802 to provide for more space. Wesley recommended the octagonal shape to differentiate from the established church. The building was featured in a BBC Four 2010 series Churches: How to read them, in which Dr Richard Taylor named it as one of his ten favourite churches, saying: "If buildings have an aura, this one radiated friendship." See photo here.

United States

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In the United States, numerous Methodist churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on state and local historic registers, many reflecting the values of plainness, of Gothic architecture, of simple adornment. The Greek Revival style is also simple and came to be adopted for numerous American Methodist churches.

(by state then city or town)

Church	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Andrews Chapel		1860 built 1974 NRHP-listed	31°15′51″N 88°1′46″W / 31.26417°N 88.02944°W / 31.26417; -88.02944 (Andrews Chapel (McIntosh, Alabama))	McIntosh, Alabama	Squared-log building, one of only a few surviving log churches in Alabama. Named for James Osgood Andrew, a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Mount Sterling Methodist Church		1859 built 1986 NRHP-listed	32°5′28″N 88°9′49″W / 32.09111°N 88.16361°W / 32.09111; -88.16361 (Mount Sterling Methodist Church)	Mount Sterling, Alabama	One-story, simple Greek Revival-style, used as a church from 1859 to 1970s. Restored by local historical society over 15 years to serve now as a community hall.
Barratt's Chapel		1780 built 1972 NRHP-listed	39°1′28.6″N 75°27′34.36″W / 39.024611°N 75.4595444°W / 39.024611; -75.4595444	Frederica, Delaware	"Cradle of Methodism", where Methodism first took hold in the United States in 1784
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church		1884 built 1973 NRHP-listed	39°18′52″N 76°36′57″W / 39.31444°N 76.61583°W / 39.31444; -76.61583 (Lovely Lane United Methodist Church)	Baltimore, Maryland	Romanesque Revival style, known as the Mother Church of American Methodism
Epworth by the Sea			Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Asbury United Methodist Church		1844 built 1983 NRHP-listed	42°53′17″N 72°28′14″W / 42.88806°N 72.47056°W / 42.88806; -72.47056 (Asbury United Methodist Church)	Chesterfield, New Hampshire	"Mother church" of Methodism in New Hampshire; Greek Revival style.
Grace United Methodist Church		1869 built 1985 NRHP-listed	42°56′8″N 72°16′49″W / 42.93556°N 72.28028°W / 42.93556; -72.28028 (Grace United Methodist Church)	Keene, New Hampshire	High Victorian Gothic style church designed by Shepard S. Woodcock, built larger and more expensively than its parishioners could afford.
Tuftonboro United Methodist Church		c.1853 built 1997 NRHP-listed	43°41′45″N 71°13′16″W / 43.69583°N 71.22111°W / 43.69583; -71.22111 (Tuftonboro United Methodist Church)	Tuftonboro, New Hampshire	Notable as an "excellent" Greek Revival style church
John Street United Methodist Church		1841 built 1973 NRHP-listed	40°42′32.55″N 74°0′31.25″W / 40.7090417°N 74.0086806°W / 40.7090417; -74.0086806 (John Street Methodist Church)	New York City	Georgian style, designed by Phillip Embury
Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Church		1859 built	42°24′45″N 74°9′18″W / 42.41250°N 74.15500°W / 42.41250; -74.15500 (Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Church)		Greek Revival
St. George's United Methodist Church		1767 built 1971 NRHP-listed	39°57′17.9″N 75°8′46.82″W / 39.954972°N 75.1463389°W / 39.954972; -75.1463389 (St. George's United Methodist Church)	Philadelphia	The oldest Methodist church worship in continuous use in the United States.
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		1794 built 1972 NRHP-listed	39°56′35″N 75°9′9″W / 39.94306°N 75.15250°W / 39.94306; -75.15250 (Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church)	Philadelphia	Romanesque style, The founding church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
African Methodist Episcopal Church		1892 built 1979 NRHP-listed	39°39′22.18″N 78°45′35.96″W / 39.6561611°N 78.7599889°W / 39.6561611; -78.7599889 (African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cumberland, Maryland))	Cumberland, Maryland
Alabama Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bernice, Louisiana
Alamo Methodist Church		1912 built 1979 NRHP-listed	1150 S. Alamo St.29°24′40″N 98°29′34″W / 29.41111°N 98.49278°W / 29.41111; -98.49278 (Alamo Methodist Church)	San Antonio, Texas	Designed by Beverly Spillman in Mission/Spanish Revival style.
Albion Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Albion, Idaho
Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Eaton, Colorado
Algoma Boulevard Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Algood Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Algood, Tennessee
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Lincoln, Illinois
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Terre Haute, Indiana)		built NRHP-listed	218 Crawford St.39°27′35″N 87°24′51″W / 39.459722°N 87.414167°W / 39.459722; -87.414167 (Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Terre Haute, Indiana))	Terre Haute, Indiana
Andrews Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Grafton, West Virginia
Andrews United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Brooklyn, New York
Appleby's Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	St. George, South Carolina
Arizona Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Arizona, Louisiana
Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, South		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Arlington, Georgia
Asbury Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Raynham, North Carolina
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Allen, Maryland
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Knoxville, Tennessee
Asbury United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Washington, D.C.
Asbury United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Asbury United Methodist Church and Bethel Chapel and Cemetery		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Aurora, Indiana
Austin Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Austin, Nevada
Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Fillmore, California
Bay Ridge United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Brooklyn, New York
Bay Shore Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bay Shore, New York
Bethany United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Lodgepole, South Dakota
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Batesville, Arkansas
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Malvern, Arkansas
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Coffeyville, Kansas
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Vicksburg, Mississippi
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Springtown, New Jersey
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	McClellanville, South Carolina
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Plymouth, Massachusetts
Bethel Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bantam, Ohio
Bethel Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Charleston, South Carolina
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bluffton, Indiana
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Pleasant City, Ohio
Bethel Methodist Protestant Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Andrewsville, Delaware
Bethlehem Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Wildwood, Tennessee
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Taylor's Island, Maryland
Beulah Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Falls City, Oregon
Big Bone Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Union, Kentucky
Bigelow Methodist Episcopal Church, South		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bigelow, Arkansas
Bigelow United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Portsmouth, Ohio
Blackburn Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Blackburn, Oklahoma
Bloomville Methodist Epicopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Bloomville, New York
Board of Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Louisville, Kentucky
Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Hartsburg, Missouri
Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Brandenburg Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Brandenburg, Kentucky
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Fall River, Massachusetts
Brick Chapel United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Greencastle, Indiana
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church South		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Columbus, Georgia
Broad Street United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Columbus, Ohio
Broad Street United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Cleveland, Tennessee
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Selma, Alabama
Bryantsville Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Lancaster, Kentucky
Buck's Bridge United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Buck's Bridge, New York
Burns United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Des Moines, Iowa
Burnside Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Burnside, Kentucky
Burr Oak United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Burr Oak, Kansas
Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Tuskegee, Alabama
Butler Street Colored Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Atlanta, Georgia
Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Blackstone, Virginia
Byhalia United Methodist Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Byhalia, Mississippi
Calico Rock Methodist Episcopal Church		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Calico Rock, Arkansas
Callicoon Methodist Church and Parsonage		built NRHP-listed	Coordinates: Missing latitude {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude	Callicoon, New York

References

1. Perhaps unique to Methodism, the "local" church is considered to be the most important tool through which discipleship occurs. It is understood to be the true community of believers, and it is the redemptive fellowship in which the sacraments are administered and practiced. As such, "local" is a term used to refer to individual churches within Methodism, fundamental to the Methodist understanding of the church. Per "The United Methodist Book of Discipline, 2008." Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 2008, ¶201.
2. ^ Ian Serjeant. "Historic Methodist Architecture and its Protection".
3. Listed buildings advisory committee
4. Scottish listed building information on St. John's Methodist Church
5. Heptonstall Trail, A Calder Civic Trust publication, 1996
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tlwfb
7. "Richard Taylor, Rider Books".
8. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
9. Adelle Rivers (2005). "Andrews Chapel". Washington County Historical and Genealogical Quarterly (October/November/December). Washington County Alabama Historical and Genealogical Society.
10. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
11. Carol J. Waseleski (May 10, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Asbury United Methodist Church" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying five photos from 1983
12. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grace Methodist Episcopal Church / Grace United Methodist Church" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying seven photos from 1984 and c.1870
13. David Rue11 and Christine Fonda (March, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tuftonboro United Methodist Church" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) and accompanying six photos from 1995 and 1997
14. St. George's United Methodist Church
15. Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

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