Category Archives: Living Our United Methodist Beliefs

QUOTE:  His father wrote him on January 26th, 1725… His shrewd sense is seen in another paragraph: “You ask me which is the best commentary on the Bible I answer, The Bible itself. For the several paraphrases and translations of it … Continue reading →

A webpage from Lincoln College itself adds detail to the story: In 1726 a vacancy became available for a Fellowship at Lincoln College, which at that time was open only to those born in the diocese of Lincoln. Wesley’s father … Continue reading →

The Boy John Wesley at Charterhouse – an article by Donald N. Bastian, a retired Free Methodist bishop serving in Canada. *** Source: You can find the article here: http://justcallmepastor.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/the-boy-john-wesley-at-charterhouse/

In 1714, at age 11, Wesley was sent to the Charterhouse School in London (under the mastership of John King from 1715), where he lived the studious, methodical and—for a while—religious life in which he had been trained at home. John Telford relates the … Continue reading →

William Law (1686 – 9 April 1761) was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, George I. Law had previously … Continue reading →

Note: this article from Wikipedia helps us understand the overarching context for religion in the United Kingdom throughout history; Methodism arose in the midst of that historical context. Religion in the United Kingdom and in the countries that preceded it has … Continue reading →

Nonconformist (or Non-conformist) was a term used in England and Wales after the Act of Uniformity 1662 to refer to a Protestant Christian who did not “conform” to the governance and usages of the established Church of England. English Dissenters (such as Puritans) who violated the Act of Uniformity 1559 may retrospectively be considered Nonconformists, typically by … Continue reading →

John Wesley was born in 1703 in Epworth, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Lincoln, as the fifteenth child ofSamuel Wesley and his wife Susanna Wesley (née Annesley). Samuel Wesley was a graduate of the University of Oxford and a poet who, since 1696, had been rector of Epworth. He had … Continue reading →

The 18th century: Age of Enlightenment had a chilling effect on spiritual movements, but this was countered by the Methodist revival of John Wesley, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield in England … Note: The Methodist revival was a societal response to ideas from the Age of Enlightenment. The quote … Continue reading →