It is today part of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese in the Anglican Church in North America; its building is a contributing property to the Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District.
[1] Henry Herbert, a priest in the Church of England, was with them, establishing a mission in the city under the auspices of the Bishop of London.
[1][2] While a lot for a church building had been plotted by James Oglethorpe, the first services for the parish were open air and, after its construction in 1736, held in the city's courthouse.
[6] While there, Wesley founded one of the first Sunday schools in the United States and held services at his house (which he would later cite as being an important moment in the creation of the Methodist movement), but difficulties in evangelizing the Native Americans in the region and friction between Wesley and residents of the city led to his departure less than two years later.
[13] This building, located on Johnson Square in the Savannah Historic District,[14] was designed by James Hamilton Couper, a noted planter from the state.
[17] The congregation was legally evicted from the historic building in December 2011 and began holding services at Independent Presbyterian Church.
In 1966, Hull Presbyterian's session voted to secede from the Presbytery of Savannah over objections to the ordination of women, social issues, the embrace of neo-orthodoxy and the PCUS' membership in the National Council of Churches.
[20] By a unanimous decision in January 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Georgia Supreme Court's decision that Hull Presbyterian rightfully owned its property, holding that the First Amendment bars the state from passing judgment in theological matters when judging property disputes involving religious organizations.
[24] CCA established the Whitefield Center near its present-day location on land set aside for potential church construction.