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Was Harvard founded by methodists?

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The Radcliffe Camera at Oxford University, built between 1737–1749, was originally used to house the Radcliffe Science Library. Most of the colleges in the United States that started over 300 years ago were Bible-proclaiming schools originally. read more

No, since Harvard pre-dated the creation of Methodism by over a century. Harvard was created in 1636 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony and while it did not have an official denomination the clergy that it trained mostly went Congregational and Unitarian churchs in New England. read more

Harvard, Yale, and all Ivy League schools were initiated by Christians--nearly always by evangelicals. Education in America was initiated by Christians. Harvard, Yale, and all Ivy League schools were initiated by Christians--nearly always by evangelicals. read more

The Wesley Foundation in Cambridge was founded in 1918 to serve the spiritual and social needs of United Methodist students at Harvard, Radcliffe, MIT, Wellesley, and Lesley. In the late 1940’s through the early 1960’s, it was not uncommon to have over 100 students attend Wesley Foundation Sunday evening activities at Harvard-Epworth. read more

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Religious organizations established in 1857
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