Church Timeline

A.D.  Birth of Jesus Christ

36      Early church

325    Council of Nicea

1054   Orthodox and Roman Catholic split

1456   Gutenberg Bible

1500   Martin Luther translates Bible into German

                        Tyndale translates Bible into English

1536   Church of England splits from Rome

1611   King James Version of Bible

1703   John Wesley born

1709   John rescued from the burning parsonage

1725   John  ordained deacon in Anglican Church

1729   John leads “Holy Club” which is ridiculed as being ‘methodist’

1728   John  ordained priest in the Anglican Church

1729  John and Charles Wesley sail to Savannah , Georgia

1735  Charles returns to England

1736  John returns to England

1737  John has a heartwarming experience at Aldersgate Street

1742   John establishes class meetings

1744   First Methodist conference at Foundery Chapel

1784    John sends Francis Asbury to colonies

            -Christmas Conference, Baltimore

                        -Rockville Circuit and classes

1791    John Wesley dies

1800’s  Francis Asbury preaches at Rockville

1844  Rockville Methodist Episcopal Church, South splits

-Jerusalem Mount Pleasant Church established

1867   Present site is built upon

1939   Rockville Methodist Church

1940   Fire

1950   Boy Scout Troop 447 chartered

1968    Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Church merge to become the United

Methodist Church

1968   Rockville United Methodist Church

1972   New Day Preschool organized

1983   Fire

1988  Women’s Day Shelter founded