The Lovely Lane Meeting House in Baltimore, MD was the site on December 24, 1784, where the American Methodist Episcopal Church was formed. John Wesley apparently didn’t like the idea of the Americans starting their own church organization, but they ordained Francis Asbury as their first bishop anyway (smart choice). The Methodist Episcopal Church would eventually (after various mergers) become what is today the United Methodist Church. This plaque is about all that is left of the meeting house location, but the Lovely Lane Chapel Methodist Church relocated into a beautiful building.
