There are 21 churches representing many Christian denominations on Saint Simons Island, but by far the most renowned is the earliest one – Christ Church at the site of the former settlement of Frederica.

When General James Oglethorpe arrived to found Frederica settlement in 1736, his chaplain was the Anglican Rev. Charles Wesley. For the next thirty years he, his brother John, and other clergymen conducted services, at times outdoors under a sheltering Live Oak tree. In 1758, Frederica became an official Anglican parish, and ... (more)