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John Wesley's preachers : a social and statistical analysis of the British and Irish preachers who entered the Methodist itinerancy before 1791 / John Lenton ; foreword by Richard P. Heitzenrater.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in evangelical history and thoughtPublication details: Milton Keynes : Paternoster, 2009.Description: xxviii, 506 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781842276259 (pbk.)
  • 1842276255 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: John Wesley's preachers.
Contents:
Introduction -- Definitions -- Origins -- Education -- Probation -- Marriage -- Family -- Circuits -- Conference -- Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands --Ireland -- America to 1778 -- America from 1778 -- Missionaries -- Why did men leave? -- Numbers and destinations of leavers -- Preachers returning to the itinerancy -- Ordination -- Retirement -- Death -- Conclusion.
Review: "This book is about those preachers whom John Wesley called his 'Sons in the Gospel', their lives. their importance in the Methodist movement and their wider significance. It is about those who entered in Wesley's lifetime; they had begun their work by 1791. Because of their unity and dedication they had more effect than either of the Wesley brothers in the creation of the worldwide Methodist Church. This study analyses their lives and achievements. It provides new statistical information and brings to life the calling, travels and everyday experience of individual preachers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliography (p. [461]-483) and index.

Introduction -- Definitions -- Origins -- Education -- Probation -- Marriage -- Family -- Circuits -- Conference -- Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands --Ireland -- America to 1778 -- America from 1778 -- Missionaries -- Why did men leave? -- Numbers and destinations of leavers -- Preachers returning to the itinerancy -- Ordination -- Retirement -- Death -- Conclusion.

"This book is about those preachers whom John Wesley called his 'Sons in the Gospel', their lives. their importance in the Methodist movement and their wider significance. It is about those who entered in Wesley's lifetime; they had begun their work by 1791. Because of their unity and dedication they had more effect than either of the Wesley brothers in the creation of the worldwide Methodist Church. This study analyses their lives and achievements. It provides new statistical information and brings to life the calling, travels and everyday experience of individual preachers."--BOOK JACKET.

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