Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 1712 North Capitol Street Northwest in Washington, DC 20002. It is one of 862 churches in Washington, and one of 10 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.

Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, founded in 1832, served as a station on the famed “Underground Railroad”, is the birthplace of the first Public School for Washington’s African-American children, and is the “Mother Church” of the witness of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in the nation’s capitol.

Serving since 1832

1712 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20002

Phone: +1 202-483-3262 · Website: http://metropolitanwesley.org/

Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Social Isolation: 36.0%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.

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