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John Wesley (⫽ ˈ w ɛ s l i ⫽; 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.
Aug 8, 2008 · To Wesley, a True Christian was marked by two inseparable qualities: holiness and happiness. In his Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Wesley defined holiness not as achieving sinless ...
Jul 29, 2020 · From the early days of his ministry, Methodism founder John Wesley was a staunch abolitionist. Professing that all humans are made in the image of God, he worked continually to end slavery, offer salvation to all, and spread scriptural holiness throughout the world.
May 23, 2023 · Published May 23, 2023. John Wesley spent just two years in the American colonies, and he had a pretty dismal time of it. Yet that trip led to major changes in Wesley's life, and his work in turn did much to shape the religious climate in America.
Nov 1, 2017 · From the beginning of the Methodist movement, slaveholding was forbidden by the General Rules, and at the end of Wesley’s life, the subject was still on his mind. The last letter Wesley ever wrote (in 1791) was to William Wilberforce concerning his (Wilberforce’s) work as an abolitionist.
Five months later John refused to serve Mrs. Williamson Holy Communion. No doubt jealousy played a role in his decision, though he said he rejected her because he knew of unconfessed sin in her...
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1784 John Wesley ordains Thomas Coke and others for work in America which eventually and unintentionally leads to break with the Anglican Church: “ordination is separation”
