The National United Methodist Church, formerly known as Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, is a United Methodist congregation in the Wesley Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Designated as the national church of the United Methodist Church, the building complex occupies a 6-acre campus adjoining the American University, comprising a church structure and administrative building. It includes a neo-Gothic main church, the fourth largest religious structure in the nation's capital.
History The church was founded in 1852 by a group of Methodists from the Washington, D.C. It was dedicated on February 28, 1869. On February 7, 1932, a new building was dedicated.
Beliefs Marriage The church has an inclusive vision and celebrates both opposite-sex marriages and same-sex marriages.
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