Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church
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Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church is a warm and welcoming Church with a rich and extensive heritage, multi-generational membership and a diverse ethnicity.
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1024 Bergen Street
New York, NY
11216
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A Rich & Extensive Heritage
On August 14, 1905 a small group of West Indian Methodists* met in the home of Joseph Bridgewater at 200 Johnson Street in Brooklyn, to discuss the organizing of a place of worship for the growing number of Wesleyan Methodists who were desirous of worshiping in the manner they were accustomed to.
On September 3, 1905 the first service of worship was held at 118 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, Brother A. B. Baker presided over this inaugural service.
On June 25, 1906, the church was incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York as the Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church. The church did not remain at Myrtle Avenue very long, but moved to 377 Hudson Avenue, where it also ran a Day School. The Brooklyn City Mission and the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island gave invaluable assistance to Brother Joseph Bridgewater and the Board of Trustees in purchasing the St. Augustine Church at 69 St. Edwards Street as is next place of worship. Ebenezer soon to find itself without a home as the City bought plots in the area including the church. The YMCA on Bedford Avenue provided a temporary place of worship until it moved to 387 Stuyvesant Avenue, where it remained for the next twelve years.
