Grace for all, holiness for life, method for both.
Wesley's revival within the Church of England that became a global family: grace offered to everyone, sanctification pursued methodically, and faith organized into small accountable societies — with hymns Charles wrote by the thousand.
DeitiesOne God in three persons
Founded1738 CE · London
FounderJohn Wesley
AfterlifeResurrection and judgment
TextsBible · Wesley's sermons and hymns
The map
Methodism’s corner of it — solid lines are descent; dotted lines are resemblance only, ideas held in common across unrelated faiths. Click a node to recenter; ✕ returns here. All 171 faiths →
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Grace is for every person.
Arminian to the bone: Christ died for all, and no one is excluded by decree.
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Holiness is the goal of grace.
Sanctification — the heart perfected in love — pursued deliberately, examined weekly.
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Faith is social.
No holiness but social holiness: the class meeting, the society, the works of mercy — Methodism organizes.
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The class meeting.
How is it with your soul? — the weekly examined life in company, Methodism's engine.
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