I found Taking Heaven by Storm is a very enlightening book. It offers a historical account of the religious foundation in America, in narrative form. The book was clear in showing how Methodism rested on being free from state-sponsored churches and allowed a freedom to worship as one chose. Wigger was careful not to write much on his own opinion but to back up statements with data with facts. He put much time research by reviewing the Methodist membership role from 1773 to 1810, recounting the lives and actions taken individuals to spread the religion; he used many dates to establish the timeframe of the growth of Methodism. Wigger’s focus was on the preachers of that time and how they organized meetings to draw in multitudes of people. Wigger
