John Wesley's preachers
Subtitle: a social and statistical analysis of the British and Irish preachers who entered the Methodist itinerancy before 1791
By: John Lenton ; foreword by Richard P. Heitzenrater
Series: Studies in evangelical history and thought
Publisher: Paternoster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Keynes [Eng.]; Colorado Springs [CO]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781842276259
Subjects: Methodist Church (Great Britain); Clergy; Methodist Church; History
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [461]-483) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Definitions; title: Origins; title: Education; title: Probation; title: Marriage; title: Family; title: Circuits; title: Conference; title: Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands; title: Ireland; title: America to 1778; title: America from 1778; title: Missionaries; title: Why did men leave?; title: Numbers and destinations of leavers; title: Preachers returning to the itinerancy; title: Ordination; title: Retirement; title: Death; title: Conclusion.