Francis Asbury

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Francis Asbury was a pioneering Methodist bishop and missionary leader who played a central role in establishing and spreading Methodism throughout early America.

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Francis Asbury canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Methodist bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
advocatedFor itinerant ministry system ⓘ
lay leadership in Methodist societies ⓘ
appointedAs general assistant in America ⓘ
appointedBy John Wesley ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1745-08-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Hamstead Bridge, Staffordshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coBishopWith Thomas Coke ⓘ
commemoratedBy Francis Asbury United Methodist Church congregations ⓘ
Francis Asbury statue in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
consecratedAsBishop 1784 ⓘ
deathDate 1816-03-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Sparta, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
denomination Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
estimatedMilesTraveled 270000 ⓘ
estimatedSermonsPreached 16000 ⓘ
eventParticipatedIn Christmas Conference of 1784 ⓘ
familyName Asbury ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
hasNamesake Asbury Theological Seminary ⓘ
Asbury University ⓘ
influenced growth of Methodism on the American frontier ⓘ
knownAs Father of American Methodism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement Evangelical revival ⓘ
Methodist movement ⓘ
linked to: Methodism
notableFor organizing Methodist Episcopal Church in America ⓘ
spreading Methodism in early United States ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
itinerant preacher ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
placeOfArrivalInAmerica Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
promotedPractice circuit riding preachers ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
supportedInstitution Cokesbury College ⓘ
title Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America ⓘ
traveledExtensivelyIn United States ⓘ
yearOfArrivalInAmerica 1771 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Methodist Episcopal Church → foundedBy → Francis Asbury ⓘ
Asbury Park → namedAfter → Francis Asbury ⓘ
Francis Asbury Roe → namedAfter → Francis Asbury ⓘ
Asbury University → namedAfter → Francis Asbury ⓘ
Asbury Theological Seminary → namedAfter → Francis Asbury ⓘ
Indiana Asbury University → namedAfter → Francis Asbury ⓘ