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National United Methodist Church

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The National 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.

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Nebraska Avenue Northwest, Washington

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