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June 1703 A.D. Enthusiast,
Revivalist, Arminian, Pietist, Non-Confessionalist & Methodist John Wesley
Born
John Wesley (1703 to 1791)
Methodist
Methodist Founder.
John Wesley was born this day at Epworth England.
Ordained in the Anglican church in 1728, he joined his brother Charles the
following year in their "Holy Club," which developed methodical
procedures in meeting, study, prayer and weekly communion. They and their like
minded associates were mocked. However, it was not until he was 34 years old
that he experienced the new birth, led to it by Moravians, a conversion that
changed his whole life. Embarking on an evangelistic career, he was soon barred
from preaching in Anglican pulpits. Although strictly speaking he never left
the Church of England, his following spread widely, especially into the United
States and became a separate denomination. Eighteenth century England, in moral
decline, was greatly improved by the Methodist influence. Some historians
believe the mass conversions spared England a revolutions such as took France.
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