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John Wesley (/ ˈ w ɛ s l i / WESS-lee; [1] 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.
John Wesley (born June 17, 1703, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England—died March 2, 1791, London) was an Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and founder, with his brother Charles, of the Methodist movement in the Church of England.
1. JOHN WESLEY WROTE ONE OF THE ALL-TIME BESTSELLING MEDICAL TEXTS. Wesley was deeply convicted that God is concerned about our earthly life as well as our heavenly one. To that end, he wrote a medical text for the everyday person titled " Primitive Physick."
Learn about John Wesley, one of the co-founders of the Methodist Church, and why he is admired as a true giant of Christianity.
On board was a young Anglican minister, John Wesley, who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah, Georgia. When the weather went sour, the ship found itself in...
John Wesley, (1703–1791)Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and cofounder of Methodism. The 15th child of a former Nonconformist minister, he graduated from the University of Oxford and became a priest in the Church of England in 1728.
Biography of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, who led a life of persecution and tribulation but remained faithful to God. His influence countless lives around the world today.
John Wesley (1703-1791), Prolific English preacher and founder of Methodism. Wesley travelled extensively preaching the message that everyone could have a relationship with God.
John Wesley (June 17, 1703-March 2, 1791) was the central figure of the eighteenth-century evangelical revival in Great Britain and founder of the Methodist movement.
Methodism, 18th-century movement founded by John Wesley that sought to reform the Church of England from within. The movement, however, became separate from its parent body and developed into an autonomous church. The World Methodist Council comprises more than 40.5 million people in 138 countries.