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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.
Jun 13, 2024 · 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.
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Learn about the life and ministry of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, who was born in 1703 and died in 1791. Explore his early years, his missionary work in America, his conversion experience, his preaching and his legacy.
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As priests in the Church of England, John and Charles Wesley traveled from Great Britain to Georgia, in the American colonies in 1735. While John's desire had been to preach to the Indians, he was appointed pastor of the church in Savannah. When he imposed church discipline on members who failed to notify him that they were taking communion, John W...
As always, Wesley went about his new work methodically. He organized the groups into societies, then classes, connections, and circuits, under the direction of a superintendent. His brother Charles and some other Anglican priests joined, but John did most of the preaching. He later added lay preachers who could deliver a message but not offer commu...
Susanna Annesley Wesley, John's mother, had a profound influence on his life. She and her husband Samuel, an Anglican priest, had 19 children. John was the 15th, born June 17, 1703, in Epworth, England, where his father was rector. Family life for the Wesleys was rigidly structured, with exact times for meals, prayers, and sleep. Susanna home-schoo...
Learn about John Wesley, one of the co-founders of Methodism, who had a dramatic conversion in 1738 and became a tireless preacher and organizer. Find out how he influenced Christianity in England, America, and beyond.
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On board was a young Anglican minister, John Wesley, who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah, Georgia.
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.
Apr 9, 2022 · John Wesley was one of the most influential Christian preachers in history and a man who had an enormous and lasting impact on his nation and the world. Wesley was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1703.
