James Sawyer
Mrs. Langford
History
2-5-2017
John Wesley: The Life and Impact John Wesley, the child who was groomed to be a Christian leader for many years to come. He was brought up in the Anglican Church, but he knew that the Anglican denomination was not for him. His two parents, Susanna and Samuel Wesley, had either eighteen or nineteen children all together. The parents taught their kids in six hour sessions daily. John Wesley, by the age of ten, decided to leave his family and travel to London to go to school. While in London, John learned Greek and Latin. He continued at his studies and became a pastor for the Methodist denomination, which he founded. John Wesley was a devout Christian, who worked hard to bring Christianity to the …show more content…
The Methodist church’s name was formed by the use of the the two words of “method” and “rule”, which were two character traits that each of the two brothers shared. The denomination originated from a small group of people who attended Oxford University. The group’s goals were to study the Bible, continual prayer, and to aid the poor. Though the two brothers were ordained as ministers of the Church of England, neither of them were allowed to preach. The reason for the brothers not being able to preach can be attributed to the fact that the two preached in an Evangelical fashion. At the beginning, it was not John Wesley’s goal to create a new church, but it was after he experienced some turmoil in his life. The Church of England had sent him to Savannah (In America) to preach at a church. Wesley wanted to evangelise to the indians, but he did what they asked. While there he was placed in court over a small matter, but the courts were completely against him. Then, soon after the court case, the women who he was courting marries another man. He then returned to England, distraught and spiritually weak (relatively). In his turmoil, John Wesley listened to Peter Boehler, the man changed Wesley’s views in many ways. Wesley then began to communicate with George Whitefield, and accepted his request to essentially become an evangelist. John Wesley became primarily a preacher and organizer for the Methodist Church. The work of John Wesley founded the Methodist Church, and has helped it sustain even to
Mrs. Langford
History
2-5-2017
John Wesley: The Life and Impact John Wesley, the child who was groomed to be a Christian leader for many years to come. He was brought up in the Anglican Church, but he knew that the Anglican denomination was not for him. His two parents, Susanna and Samuel Wesley, had either eighteen or nineteen children all together. The parents taught their kids in six hour sessions daily. John Wesley, by the age of ten, decided to leave his family and travel to London to go to school. While in London, John learned Greek and Latin. He continued at his studies and became a pastor for the Methodist denomination, which he founded. John Wesley was a devout Christian, who worked hard to bring Christianity to the …show more content…
The Methodist church’s name was formed by the use of the the two words of “method” and “rule”, which were two character traits that each of the two brothers shared. The denomination originated from a small group of people who attended Oxford University. The group’s goals were to study the Bible, continual prayer, and to aid the poor. Though the two brothers were ordained as ministers of the Church of England, neither of them were allowed to preach. The reason for the brothers not being able to preach can be attributed to the fact that the two preached in an Evangelical fashion. At the beginning, it was not John Wesley’s goal to create a new church, but it was after he experienced some turmoil in his life. The Church of England had sent him to Savannah (In America) to preach at a church. Wesley wanted to evangelise to the indians, but he did what they asked. While there he was placed in court over a small matter, but the courts were completely against him. Then, soon after the court case, the women who he was courting marries another man. He then returned to England, distraught and spiritually weak (relatively). In his turmoil, John Wesley listened to Peter Boehler, the man changed Wesley’s views in many ways. Wesley then began to communicate with George Whitefield, and accepted his request to essentially become an evangelist. John Wesley became primarily a preacher and organizer for the Methodist Church. The work of John Wesley founded the Methodist Church, and has helped it sustain even to