Rev. John Wesleydetails

(From the painting by Romney)

The article is entitled “John Wesley, Evangelist” and was written by the Rev. Richard Green. John Wesley founded the Methodist movement, and also wrote “A Short History of Methodism” in which he suggests that the movement originated at Oxford university in 1729, amongst a group of fellows (graduates) and students where all wanted to be “Bible Christians,” honouring the precepts of the Church of England only so far as did not contradict their own interpretation and understanding of the Bible.