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New page: right|thumb|First United Methodist ChurchThe '''First United Methodist Church''' or '''First Methodist Church''' is a historic church in Pensacola,...
[[Image:FirstUnitedMethodistChurch.jpg|right|thumb|First United Methodist Church]]The '''First United Methodist Church''' or '''First Methodist Church''' is a historic church in Pensacola, currently located at 6 East [[Wright Street]]. The church's current pastor is the Reverend [[Wesley Wachob|Dr. Wesley H. Wachob]].
First Methodist Church was first established in Pensacola on 7 December [[1821]] as a mission of the Mississippi Methodist Conference, with the Reverend [[Alexander Talley]] as the mission's first pastor. Initially services were held in a courthouse and old theatre. In [[1827]], the church purchased a lot on the northeast corner of [[Tarragona Street|Tarragona]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s, and a permanent home for the church was built, with the first services held on 2 June [[1828]].
This first church building suffered two fires and in [[1881]] the property was sold and the church constructed a new facility on the northwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s. In [[1906]], that lot was sold to make way for the [[San Carlos Hotel]], and the church purchased its current site in. The cornerstone the church's current building was laid on 14 October [[1908]]. Services were held at [[Hannah Hall]] on [[Romana Street]] until the current building was completed in [[1910]]. Services were first held on 30 October [[1910]].
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First Methodist Church was first established in Pensacola on 7 December [[1821]] as a mission of the Mississippi Methodist Conference, with the Reverend [[Alexander Talley]] as the mission's first pastor. Initially services were held in a courthouse and old theatre. In [[1827]], the church purchased a lot on the northeast corner of [[Tarragona Street|Tarragona]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s, and a permanent home for the church was built, with the first services held on 2 June [[1828]].
This first church building suffered two fires and in [[1881]] the property was sold and the church constructed a new facility on the northwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s. In [[1906]], that lot was sold to make way for the [[San Carlos Hotel]], and the church purchased its current site in. The cornerstone the church's current building was laid on 14 October [[1908]]. Services were held at [[Hannah Hall]] on [[Romana Street]] until the current building was completed in [[1910]]. Services were first held on 30 October [[1910]].
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