{"id":1662,"date":"2012-12-21T10:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T18:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?page_id=1662"},"modified":"2023-12-13T16:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:49:54","slug":"academy-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/academy-church","title":{"rendered":"Academy Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Academy-Side-e1308587922869.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-505\" title=\"Academy Church \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Academy-Side-e1308587922869-300x193.jpg?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Side view of the Academy Church\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Academy-Side-e1308587922869.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Academy-Side-e1308587922869.jpg?w=393&amp;ssl=1 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial&#039;s &quot;mother church&quot;. Located on hwy 168 northeast of Clovis, 10796 North Madsen Avenue, Clovis CA 93619 (not a United Methodist Church)'>Academy Church<\/abbr> was the first Methodist Church in the Fresno area, erected in 1863. The building exists today much as it did over 100 years ago. \u00a0 <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr>\u00a0still uses\u00a0it for special services, events, and bible studies in conjunction with the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A small town or area northeast of Clovis where the Academy Church is located'>Academy<\/abbr> Circle and the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A small town or area northeast of Clovis where the Academy Church is located'>Academy<\/abbr> Community Foundation, owner of the property. \u00a0Check out some <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial&#039;s &quot;mother church&quot;. Located on hwy 168 northeast of Clovis, 10796 North Madsen Avenue, Clovis CA 93619 (not a United Methodist Church)'>Academy Church<\/abbr> history<strong><a title=\"Historic info about the Academy Church.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/marker.asp?marker=26296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a><\/strong>. The <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial&#039;s &quot;mother church&quot;. Located on hwy 168 northeast of Clovis, 10796 North Madsen Avenue, Clovis CA 93619 (not a United Methodist Church)'>Academy Church<\/abbr> is is located on <a title=\"Click to see map of location.\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;rlz=1C1MOWC_enUS433US433&amp;q=10796+North+Madsen+Avenue,+Clovis+CA+93619&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&amp;biw=811&amp;bih=407&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x809451c37431b563:0xdcd16f6797b1bd,10796+N+Madsen+Ave,+Clovis,+CA+93619&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=iHj_TeT0LYm6vQP-kMWCAw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hwy 168 northeast of Clovis,\u00a010667 North Madsen Avenue, Clovis CA 93619<\/a>. <a title=\"Google map of the Academy area.\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;rlz=1C1MOWC_enUS433US433&amp;q=10796+North+Madsen+Avenue,+Clovis+CA+93619&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&amp;biw=811&amp;bih=407&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x809451c37431b563:0xdcd16f6797b1bd,10796+N+Madsen+Ave,+Clovis,+CA+93619&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=iHj_TeT0LYm6vQP-kMWCAw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial&#039;s &quot;mother church&quot;. Located on hwy 168 northeast of Clovis, 10796 North Madsen Avenue, Clovis CA 93619 (not a United Methodist Church)'>Academy Church<\/abbr> was the first Methodist Church in the Fresno area, erected in 1863. The building exists today much as it did over 100 years ago. \u00a0 <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr>\u00a0still uses\u00a0it for special services, events, and bible studies in conjunction with the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A small town or area northeast of Clovis where the Academy Church is located'>Academy<\/abbr> Circle and the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A small town or area northeast of Clovis where the Academy Church is located'>Academy<\/abbr> Community Foundation, owner of the property. \u00a0Check out some [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1662","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 00:09:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}