The son of an Anglican (Episcopal) priest and born in 1703, John Wesley lived a remarkable life. Trained at Oxford University’s Lincoln College, Wesley is the founder of the Methodist movement.
The movement was intended to be a renewal movement and not a separate denomination. Wesley saw the purpose of Methodism as restoring the nation, and spreading scriptural holiness.
The movement was intended to be a renewal movement and not a separate denomination. Wesley saw the purpose of Methodism as restoring the nation, and spreading scriptural holiness.
Throughout his remarkable life, Mr. Wesley traveled over one quarter million miles on horseback, preached over fifty thousand times, and was the overseer of the beginnings of a worldwide Church which today numbers in the tens of millions.
Along with his brother, Charles Wesley, he wrote thousands of hymns including
“Christ the Lord is Risen Today,”
“O For a Thousand Tongues” and
“Love Divine, All Love, Excelling.”
“Christ the Lord is Risen Today,”
“O For a Thousand Tongues” and
“Love Divine, All Love, Excelling.”
