“I must be in the neighboring towns and villages, to seek for the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

— Francis Asbury

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About Francis Asbury

Cleric • English

Francis Asbury was a pioneering bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Born in England, he was sent to America in 1771 as a missionary and became a central figure in the Second Great Awakening....

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