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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Bishop
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
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gptkbp:artist
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gptkb:Charles_Willson_Peale
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gptkbp:birth_date
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August 20, 1745
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:Mount_Olivet_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:circuit_rider
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gptkb:Yes
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gptkbp:consecration_date
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1784
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:American_Christianity
Spread of Methodism in America
Religious education in America
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gptkbp:death_date
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March 31, 1816
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gptkbp:distance
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over 300,000 miles
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gptkbp:education
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Kingswood School
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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“ I am a man of one book.”
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
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gptkbp:has_title
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gptkb:none
gptkb:Francis
Asbury
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Expansion of Methodism in frontier America
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gptkbp:historical_legacy
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Methodist Church growth in the U. S.
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gptkbp:historical_period
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gptkb:18th_century
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gptkbp:historical_role
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Early American religious leader
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Pioneer of circuit riding
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bishop Francis Asbury
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gptkbp:image
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Francis Asbury portrait.jpg
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:John_Wesley
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gptkbp:influence_on
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gptkb:African_American_Methodism
gptkb:American_evangelicalism
Methodist theology
American religious landscape
American social reform movements
Methodist missions
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gptkbp:known_for
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Founding the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:Asbury_Theological_Seminary
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Father_of_American_Methodism
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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Establishment of Methodist conferences in America
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gptkbp:notable_contributor
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Promotion of lay leadership in the church
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:First_General_Conference_of_the_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Journal_of_the_Rev._Francis_Asbury
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gptkbp:number_of_sermons
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over 10,000
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:England
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Thomas_Coke
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Methodism
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gptkbp:role
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gptkb:American_Revolution
Formation of the Methodist Church in America
Leader of the American Methodist Church
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:start_date
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1784
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:William_Mc_Kendree
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gptkbp:travel_method
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Horseback
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
gptkb:the_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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