More than 120 years ago, a small gathering of Christian people assembled approximately one and one-half miles north of the present location in a place called Sommer's Hill Methodist Episcopal Church.  This church was a part of the Woodville Charge, which include St. Thomas (Baden), John Wesley (Aquasco), and Sommer's Hill (Asbury).

The church moved to its present location on one and one-half acres of land donated by Judge Parker from Piscataway.  Judge Parker was related to Ignatius Gardiner, father of the Gardiner family who owned property near the church.  The church was renamed Asbury Methodist Episcopal church by Cecelia Pinkney.

Asbury Methodist was later transferred to Oxon Hill Charge.  This charge consisted of Chapel Hill (Grace Methodist Episcopal), Oxon Hill (St. Paul Methodist Episcopal) and Asbury.  The minister of the charge, Rev. William H. Dent, was the first to initiate building funds for a new church at Asbury.  This church, which was the first church built on the present property, was built parallel to the old structure.  The mortgage was burned during the tenure of Rev. Fairfax F. King.

The church was again transferred to another charge, the Brandywine Charge.  This charge consisted of Asbury, Gibbons and Zion Wesley (Waldorf).  The District Superintendent was Rev. Earnest Williams.

The present Asbury sanctuary was constructed during the early 1950's under the tenure of Rev. William G. Simms.  The new sanctuary was built in the same location as the previous church.  The present tower is a part of the old church.  The mortgage for our present church was burned on April 30, 1967 during the tenure of Rev. Robert O. Johnson.