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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 principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism.
This is a list of the sermons of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. The first four volumes of Wesley's sermons include 44 discourses that are of special significance, while later volumes are also studied by Methodists for their doctrinal and moral teachings.
Memorial to John Wesley and Charles Wesley in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
Hamilton, James; Wesley, John (1790). A Sermon, preached at Leeds, July 29th, 1789, before the Methodist Preachers (assembled in Conference) and a large body of the people in connection with them ; and now published at the request of many of the hearers. By James Hamilton, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. London.
The Sunday Service of the Methodists (full title: The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other Occasional Services) is the first Christian liturgical book given to the Methodist Churches by their founder, John Wesley. It has its basis in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. [1]
It includes hymns, prayers, Scripture lessons, a sermon, ... An extract of the Rev. Mr John Wesley's Journal., from February 16 1749 to June 16, 1758.
Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, who convinced John Wesley to allow all women to preach in Methodism. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, was the first within his movement to authorize a woman to preach. In 1761, he granted a license to preach to Sarah Crosby. [9] Mary Bosanquet was responsible for Wesley formally allowing all women to ...
In 1860, B.T. Roberts and John Wesley Redfield founded the Free Methodist Church on the ideals of slavery abolition, egalitarianism, and second-blessing holiness. [52] In 1900, the Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church was organized to minister to Native Americans , especially the Lumbee tribe. [ 54 ]